Her dream wedding turned into a complete nightmare for her Joshua HoltAmerican citizen who traveled there Venezuela in 2016 with the belief that he would get married. However, he was accused of terrorism imprisoned for two years from the government of Nicolas Maduro.
Joshua Holt, a Mormon missionary in his early 20s, was experiencing the two most difficult years of his life wrongfully imprisoned in Venezuela.
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How did he come to be imprisoned? Joshua Holt in Venezuela?
Originally, his trip to the lowlands was intended to marry a Mormon woman he met online. But unfortunately for him, Holt wasn't expecting this Venezuelan authorities broke into his fiancée's house and accused him of possessing assault weapons and grenades and described him as one “CIA terrorist” with alleged plans to overthrow the President Maduro.
Five years have passed since his release. This week, however Joshua Holt filed a lawsuit against it Nicolas Maduro in federal court Miami, Florida.
The complaint describes the torture suffered in detail Get following his arrest, including an incident in which he was taken to an abandoned building and subjected to a mock execution by an armed group who took aim at him and fired unloaded weapons.
Get He argues that he constantly feared for his life because he thought he could be killed if one of the police officers had live ammunition. In addition, he revealed that during the first six months of his detention in Venezuela experienced inhumane treatment.
On the other hand, his wife, Thamy HoltShe was also arrested and pressured to sign a false statement implicating her husband in a conspiracy allegedly orchestrated by the government U.S. governmentan accusation she steadfastly denied.
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Thamy Holt, wife of Joshua Holt, listens to former US President Donald Trump at the White House. (Photo: Getty Images)
What happened to Joshua Holt after his release?
Joshua Holt was released in 2018 thanks to negotiations led by a U.S. employee Senator Bob Corker. After his release Gustavo Gonzalez Lopezthe prison guard of Getadmitted that the allegations against him were unfounded, as stated in the statement of claim.
Upon his release, he was immediately taken to the White House with his wife and met with then-President Donald Trump, where he commented on everything he had experienced during his nearly two years in prison.
The demand that Holt made Nicolas Maduro seeks compensation for the ongoing psychological and emotional harm suffered by Holt and his family, including anxiety disorders, insomnia and depression.
In addition, the death of Laurie Holt, Joshua's mother, in 2019 due to a heart condition. The family claims that the stress caused by the long incarceration contributed significantly to his death.
The lawsuit filed seeks damages in accordance with Anti-Terror Lawthat allows American victims of foreign terrorist organizations to seize assets of their attackers.
It is also known that this legal remedy has been used in similar cases by other US citizens imprisoned in Venezuela have obtained significant judgments against it Nicolas Maduro and its immediate surroundings.
These verdicts are based on allegations that include the alleged administration of the Cartel of Sunsa drug trafficking network attributed to the Venezuelan government.
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