American Returns Home After 2 'Very Difficult' Years in Venezuelan Prison: 'I'm Just So Grateful'

An American missionary held hostage for nearly two years by Venezuela after traveling there to marry a woman he met online cheered the end of his ordeal, saying he is "overwhelmed with gratitude" following his release Saturday and return to U.S. soil with his wife. Joshua Holt, 26, a Mormon missionary, had been held captive with his wife, fellow missionary Thamara Caleno, since shortly after their wedding in 2016. The two had been jailed and held without trial after Venezuelan law enforcement ac...