Nicolás Maduro’s regime on Friday released six American citizens imprisoned in Venezuela after the strongman met in Caracas with President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Richard Grenell.

Surveillance video caught the moment a Miami attorney from Venezuela says he received threatening messages after asking Sen. Marco Rubio to investigate whether a Venezuelan soccer player with ties to the government should be allowed into the United States.

The visit by U.S. envoy came as a shock to many Venezuelans who hoped that Presiden Trump would continue the “maximum pressure” campaign he pursued against Nicolás Maduro during his first term.

President Donald Trump’s envoy for special missions, Richard Grenell, is expected to meet with Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro on Friday, just before Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a fierce opponent of negotiations with the Venezuelan leader in the past,

Richard Grenell, United State Venezuela, will meet on Friday Nicolás Maduro, who recently took office for a third term after a controversial re-election, US Special Envoy for Latin America Mauricio Claver-Carone confirmed.

The Trump administration will not be renewing the Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans when it expires in April.

A senior Trump administration official traveled Friday to Venezuela to urge President Nicolás Maduro’s government to take back deported migrants who have committed crimes in the United States and release a handful of imprisoned Americans.

A special envoy is meeting with President Nicolás Maduro, a shift from the hard-line stance of Trump's first term.

A senior Trump administration official traveled to Venezuela to urge President Maduro’s government to accept deported migrants, a U.S. official said.

Edmundo González, recognized by the United States as Venezuela’s president-elect, urges the Trump administration not to deal with the Maduro regime on immigration.

Six Americans who had been detained in Venezuela in recent months have freed by the government of President Nicolás Maduro after he met with a senior Trump administration official.

Florida Senator Rick Scott said on Friday he expects that the meeting between Richard Grenell, Trump envoy for special missions, with Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro will result in the latter "finding a new country" along with other top members of his regime.