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'Please Help Me!' American Caught In Venezuelan Prison Riot Pleads On Video

In two brief videos posted to his Facebook page, Joshua Holt, a 26-year-old Mormon missionary jailed without charge since 2016, says the other inmates are trying to kill him.

Joshua Holt — a Mormon missionary from Utah jailed in Venezuela's most notorious prison — has uploaded an emotional video plea for his freedom, saying that his life is under threat amid an ongoing riot by fellow inmates.

Holt, 26, who

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