Tag: US citizen

• Saturday, June 8th 2019 - 07:46 UTC

  Ecuador denies extradition of US citizen charged with trying to defraud Facebook's Zuckenberg

  

  Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno has blocked the extradition to the United States of a New York man charged with trying to defraud Facebook Inc founder Mark Zuckerberg, according to a document obtained by Reuters.

• Saturday, April 27th 2019 - 08:47 UTC

  Venezuela releases US citizen arrested in 2014

  

  A U.S. citizen arrested in Venezuela in 2014 on weapons trafficking and attempted murder charges his family called “trumped-up” was released this week, his family said in a statement on Friday. Todd Leininger, 37, was arrested in western Tachira state where he and his Venezuelan wife were visiting his sister-in-law.

• Thursday, December 27th 2018 - 08:56 UTC

  US citizen becomes first person to cross Antarctica alone and unassisted

  

  A 33-year-old American man has become the first person to cross Antarctica alone and unassisted. Explorer Colin O'Brady finished in 53 days, ahead of British Army Captain Louis Rudd, 49, after an epic race across the ice. Both men set out on 3 November to complete the journey, which killed a British ex-Army officer two years ago.