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AP Exclusive: Venezuela jails 3 Americans amid US outreach

In this photo provided by the Hernandez family, Eyvin Hernandez picks coffee beans while on vacation in Colombia in 2019. Hernandez, from Los Angeles, is one of at least three American citizens who were quietly arrested in 2022 allegedly trying to enter Venezuela illegally and are being held at a maximum security prison facing long sentences, The Associated Press has learned. (Hernandez family via AP)

Eyvin Hernandez poses in front of the Statue of Liberty in this selfie taken during his visit to New York City in May 2018. Hernandez, from Los Angeles, is one of at least three American citizens who were quietly arrested in 2022 allegedly trying to enter Venezuela illegally and are being held at a maximum security prison facing long sentences, The Associated Press has learned. (Hernandez family via AP)

In this photo provided by the Kenemore family, Jerrel Kenemore stands at a Colombian checkpoint in the middle of the Simon Bolivar international bridge connecting San Antonio del Tachira, Venezuela with Villa del Rosario, Colombia, the second week of March 2022. Kenemore, from the Dallas area, is one of at least three American citizens who were quietly arrested in 2022 allegedly trying to enter Venezuela illegally and are being held at a maximum security prison facing long sentences, The Associated Press has learned. (Kenemore family via AP)

AP Exclusive: Venezuela jails 3 Americans amid US outreach