"US-Venezuela Prisoner Swap Frees Oakland Man and LA Public Defender"

An Oakland man, Savoi Wright, who was wrongfully arrested in Venezuela in October, has been released as part of a prisoner exchange orchestrated by the Biden administration. Wright and nine other American prisoners are being sent back to the United States in exchange for an ally of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Wright's family expressed relief and gratitude for his release, stating that they had endured a difficult ordeal. Another California resident, Eyvin Hernandez, was also released in the swap. Wright's family believes he was set up, and although police ruled out any wrongdoing on his part, he was held in a detention center by Venezuelan military counterintelligence. The man being returned to Venezuela is Alex Saab, an associate of Venezuela's president, who had been accused of money laundering and swindling millions of dollars through state contracts.