Jailed US filmmaker reported freed in Venezuela

Jailed US filmmaker reported freed in Venezuela
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Summary Sister of a US filmmaker jailed on espionage charges in Venezuela says he has been released.

 

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Tiffany Tracy reported the release of Timothy Tracy in an emailed message.


Family and friends say the 35-year-old Hollywood producer and actor had been making a documentary about Venezuelan politics when he was arrested on April 24 at Caracas  airport as he tried to leave the country to attend his father s 80th birthday in suburban Detroit.


Venezuelan officials allege Tracy was a spy who was trying to destabilize the country. U.S. President Barack Obama has called that allegation "ridiculous."
 

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