No word on ‘Trini 5’ return

As he indicated this in a brief comment to reporters during the lunch break in the Senate Budget debate, Moses said he is in regular communication with the embassy on this matter.

Newsday yesterday reported that one week after an order was made by a Venezuela judge for the release of the five men, who were held more than two years ago under terrorism-related charges, they are still in prison in the South American nation. Relatives and friends of the jailed quintet staged a peaceful protest outside Parliament last Friday.

The repatriation of the men were discussed by Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley and Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro when they held bilateral talks in May at the Diplomatic Centre in St Ann’s.