It's been 570 days, say family members, who worry about the men's health and insist they're innocent as they worry their situation has been forgotten.
Carlos Añez, 34, says he was upset when his stepfather, a Citgo executive, was called for a last-minute meeting in Venezuela the weekend before Thanksgiving 2017. His stepfather, Jorge Toledo, vice president of supply and marketing at the time, would miss his granddaughter’s fourth birthday and possibly Thanksgiving if the meeting ran late, as they usually did.
“What was strange was that when he arrived at the airport, all the Venezuelan American vice presidents were there. The others were excluded,” Añez recounted. “He called my mom and told her this is unusual.” The families of the executives, with deep roots in Texas and Louisiana, were perplexed when later that day, Venezuela’s chief prosecutor, Tarek William Saab, announced at a news conference that the executives had been detained on charges stemming from a deal to refinance Citgo’s debt.Jorge Toledo lost 40 pounds and prison officials shaved his head.
At home, times are tough. Citgo cut the executives’ salaries after six months. Añez’s mother, who takes care of her mother-in-law full time, is now selling her house because she does not have an income.Citgo is Venezuela’s largest foreign asset and the eighth-largest refiner in the U.S. Saab, Venezuela’s attorney general, accused the six Citgo executives of signing off on a deal to refinance the company's debt with terms unfavorable to Venezuela, and offering Citgo as collateral.
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