The U.S. has issued a major travel warning for Venezuela. The alert consists of these strategies:

• Don’t journey to Venezuela.
• U.S. residents in Venezuela ought to depart instantly.
• Keep away from all Venezuelan borders.

“Don’t journey to Venezuela for any purpose and keep away from Venezuelan borders with Colombia, Brazil, and Guyana,” the U.S. Division of State wrote on Might 27, 2025.

“The U.S. authorities warns U.S. residents in opposition to journey to Venezuela for any purpose. Venezuela has the very best Travel Advisory stage – Stage 4: Do Not Travel – attributable to extreme dangers to People together with wrongful detention, torture in detention, terrorism, kidnapping, arbitrary enforcement of native legal guidelines, crime, civil unrest, and poor well being infrastructure,” the journey warning says.

“Extra U.S. nationals are presently wrongfully detained in Venezuela than in every other nation. Different international nationals in Venezuela are additionally steadily unjustly detained. U.S. residents in Venezuela ought to depart instantly,” it provides. “There is no such thing as a U.S. embassy or consulate working in Venezuela and the U.S. authorities can not present routine or emergency consular providers to U.S. residents in Venezuela.”

According to Fox News, “extra U.S. nationals are wrongfully detained in Venezuela  than anyplace else on the earth.”

Venezuelan borders with Colombia, Brazil, and Guyana “usually are not clearly marked in lots of areas. Don’t go close to the border because of the danger of crossing into Venezuela by chance and being detained,” the Division of State warns.

“U.S. residents are at excessive danger of detention when coming into Venezuela at any location. They could be unjustly charged with terrorism or different critical crimes and detained for lengthy durations. U.S. residents have been detained upon arrival at land borders, airports, and maritime ports of entry,” the warning says. “There is no such thing as a protected manner for People to journey to Venezuela.”

Venezuelan authorities “don’t inform the U.S. authorities of the detention of U.S. residents and the U.S. authorities isn’t capable of go to these residents. Venezuelan authorities don’t permit detained U.S. residents to contact relations or non-public attorneys,” the discharge provides.

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