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Citgo 6 get lengthy prison termsPosted by Priapus 
on 11/27/20 at 6:58 am
on 11/27/20 at 6:58 am
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Six U.S. oil executives held for three years in Venezuela were convicted and sentenced to lengthy prison terms Thursday.
Known as the Citgo 6, the men are all employees of the Houston-based refining company of the same name, which is owned by Venezuela's state oil company, PDVSA.
Five of the men, Gustavo Cárdenas, Jorge Toledo, Jose Luis Zambrano and Alirio Zambrano, and Tomeu Vadell, all U.S. citizens, were sentenced to eight years and 10 months. Jose Pereira, a permanent resident of the U.S., received 13 years, The Associated Press reports.
Thursday's sentencing is the culmination of a saga that began Nov. 21, 2017, the day the men arrived for what they were told was a sudden business meeting in the country's capital of Caracas. Once in the boardroom, however, military intelligence officers stormed the room. Officers demanded the men hand over passports and other identification cards, and then hauled them off to jail, the AP and the Financial Times report.
They were charged with embezzlement tied to a never-executed proposal to refinance around $4 billion of Citgo bonds. All six maintain their innocence.
NPR
re: Citgo 6 get lengthy prison termsPosted by BatonRougeBuckeye 
on 11/27/20 at 7:27 am to Priapus
on 11/27/20 at 7:27 am to PriapusWhere the hell is the State Dept on this?
re: Citgo 6 get lengthy prison termsPosted by wileyjones on 11/27/20 at 7:31 am to Priapus
I don’t know anything about this
But I think more executive types, especially bankers, need to go to jail more often
But I think more executive types, especially bankers, need to go to jail more often
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Why did these morons fly to Venezuela?
They were sent by their company for a “budget meeting.” They were told they’d be home for thanksgiving. As soon as they got in the board room the military came in and threw them in jail.
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State dept
The Vadell family has been fighting for their release for years. I’m sure the other families have too. They have been to DC to get congressional support. The former New Mexico governor (who has negotiated other releases) has been to Venezuela. The Venezuelan government has jerked them around since 2017, even doing things like moving them to some kind of secure house outside the prison, then throwing them back in prison when Trump denounced Maduro. If China is asshoe, so is Venezuela.
re: Citgo 6 get lengthy prison termsPosted by SoFla Tideroller 
on 11/27/20 at 8:32 am to Sebastian
on 11/27/20 at 8:32 am to SebastianWe should have sent the modern day equivalent of "Perdicaris alive or Raisuli dead" to the Venezuelan government.
re: Citgo 6 get lengthy prison termsPosted by rattlebucket 
on 11/27/20 at 8:41 am to Priapus
on 11/27/20 at 8:41 am to Priapus2021 brings Seal team 6 rescues citgo 6
re: Citgo 6 get lengthy prison termsPosted by GEAUXmedic on 11/27/20 at 8:43 am to Priapus
on 11/27/20 at 8:43 am to PriapusYeah if you buy citgo gas, or work for them you're a piece of shite.
re: Citgo 6 get lengthy prison termsPosted by BowDownToLSU on 11/27/20 at 8:44 am to Queen
on 11/27/20 at 8:44 am to Queenquote:damn sounds like the company knew was going to happen. Guess they saved a lot of money on giving out Christmas bonuses this year
They were sent by their company for a “budget meeting.” They were told they’d be home for thanksgiving. As soon as they got in the board room the military came in and threw them in jail.
re: Citgo 6 get lengthy prison termsPosted by BowDownToLSU on 11/27/20 at 8:46 am to GEAUXmedic
on 11/27/20 at 8:46 am to GEAUXmedicI tell you what if I spent ten years in that shite hole country’s prison. I’m coming back and going head hunting for whoever set me up
re: Citgo 6 get lengthy prison termsPosted by BigDawg0420 
on 11/27/20 at 8:47 am to Priapus
on 11/27/20 at 8:47 am to PriapusComing to an American city near you
re: Citgo 6 get lengthy prison termsPosted by DarthRebel 
on 11/27/20 at 8:48 am to Priapus
on 11/27/20 at 8:48 am to PriapusI feel like there more to the story.
Trump has been pretty good about getting American citizens back, so I feel there is a reason we have not heard more about this.
Maybe they are innocent, sometimes people are not though.
Trump has been pretty good about getting American citizens back, so I feel there is a reason we have not heard more about this.
Maybe they are innocent, sometimes people are not though.
re: Citgo 6 get lengthy prison termsPosted by idlewatcher on 11/27/20 at 9:18 am to Priapus
on 11/27/20 at 9:18 am to PriapusJust an FYI for the board, CITGO is a wholly owned sub of PDVSA. They just have the US company here which any foreign National can have.
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I can’t believe we let foreign governments own some of our companies
Uhhh--Citgo is not "some of our companies". Do you want our government to own companies??? Not me.
Personally I am happy the CITGO assets that are in the USA are here as the country loses more and more civil suits. By having assets in the USA those entities that win civil suits against them will have assets to grab.
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