The surprise prisoner exchange that led to Trevor Reed's release from Russia is emboldening the families of other hostages to apply new pressure on the Biden administration to make deals for their loved ones as well.
The surprise prisoner exchange that led to Trevor Reed's release from Russia is emboldening the families of other hostages to apply new pressure on the Biden administrationMore than a dozen families of American hostages and wrongful detainees will appear in front of the White House on Wednesday morning — some remotely and others in person — to demand to meet with President Biden and share their proposals.
The campaign organizers believe at least 16 of 55 Americans known to be held abroad could be freed through a prisoner exchange.Three key factors played a role in the agreement to trade Reed for convicted Russian drug smuggler Konstantin Yaroshenko, says Mickey Bergman, a hostage expert whose work with former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has led to a number of high-profile releases in recent years.
"Is it worth insisting that criminals, like Konstantin Yaroshenko, serve their full term under U.S. protection and care at the cost of an innocent American rotting in foreign jail? That's the question," Bergman said.Bergman and Richardson had worked on Reed's case for two years and Paul Whelan's for even longer, but only Reed came home last week.
Whelan said she holds Secretary of State Antony Blinken, national security adviser Jake Sullivan and other officials who work on hostage issues in high regard but wants to meet with Biden himself. Her requests have, so far, gone unanswered. Alexandra Forseth, whose father, Alirio Zambrano, and uncle Jose Luis Zambrano are part of the "Citgo 6" detained in Venezuela, tells Axios she views Reed's release as a "case in point" of how the Biden administration's "pattern of indecision" has left many families in bureaucratic limbo.
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