diplomat, who spoke condition of anonymity because not authorized to speak publicly, said that Maduro’s passage was delayed because he had showed up late without a ticket, prompting the screening process. When he explained that he was the Venezuelan foreign minister and showed his diplomatic passport, he says he was threatened, pushed and yelled at by immigration and police officials.Īirlines check passengers names against watch lists and apply certain criteria - such as paying for a ticket with cash - to direct passengers to a more intensive, or “secondary,” screening process.Ī U.N. So it looks like it happened and the US apologized. government has apologized to Foreign Minister Maduro and the government of Venezuela.” He did not elaborate on what prompted the detention.
State Department spokesman Tom Casey said, “We can confirm that a regrettable incident occurred at John F.
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