As U.S. pressure mounts, Venezuelas foreign hostages face growing uncertainty

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  • Manuel Tique, a 32-year-old humanitarian worker, is among a growing number of foreign nationals detained by Venezuela.
  • Venezuela's government has accused many of the foreigners in its prisons of plotting to overthrow President Maduro.
  • Human rights groups say these prisoners are mostly tourists, business people and humanitarian workers.
  • Earlier this year, Venezuela released 10 Americans held in its jails in exchange for more than 200 Venezuelan migrants whom the U.S. had deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador.
  • But some say that as Maduro's grip on power comes under pressure, his government is likely to take more prisoners.
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