Pedro Martínez gets on his knees and prays for the release of his son.
Photo: Rod Lamkey/Zuma PressThirteen months ago, on the day she celebrated her retirement, Elaine Cristella received a text message with a mug shot of her son and the news that the former Florida resident had been jailed in Venezuela.
Security forces arrested her son, Joseph Cristella, in September last year at a bus stop shortly after he had crossed into Venezuela from Colombia to visit his fiancée, a Venezuelan.
The charge: conspiracy against the Venezuelan state, his mother said.
Persons:
Pedro Martínez, Rod Lamkey, Elaine Cristella, Joseph Cristella
Organizations:
Zuma, Security, Venezuelan
Locations:
Florida, Venezuela, Colombia, Venezuelan