OIL FOR LOAN DEALS.
WE'RE WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH
CHINA IS DUE AND OWING FROM
VENEZUELA.
STUART: I THINK THEY LOST THEIR
SHIRT.
>>> JOSHUA HOLT IS A IN A PRISON
IN VENEZUELA.
HE IS MAKING A PLEA TO PEOPLE
BACK HOME.
WATCH THIS.
>> I'M GOING ON THE PEOPLE OF
AMERICA, I NEED YOUR HELP TO GET
OUT OF THIS PLACE.
I'VE BEEN BEGGING MY GOVERNMENT
FOR TWO YEARS.
I'M STILL HERE.
NOW MY LIFE IS THREATENED.
HOW LONG DO I HAVE TO SUFFER
HERE?
HOW LONG DO MY KIDS HAVE TO GO
ON ASKING FOR THEIR MOTHER AND
DADDY?
STUART: A RIOT BROKE OUT OF THAT
PRISON.
JUST AHEAD OF VENEZUELA'S
ELECTION.
MADURO JUST WON IT ON SUNDAY.
JOINING US NOW IS JOSHUA HOLT'S
MOTHER, LAURIE HOLT.
LAURIE, PRESIDENT TRUMP GOT
THREE HOSTAGES OUT OF
NORTH KOREA, ANY SIGN HE COULD
GET YOUR SON, ANY MOVES BEING
MADE TO GET YOUR SON OUT OF
VENEZUELA?
>> I HAVE NOT SEEN ANYTHING FROM
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
I KNOW THAT SENATOR HATCH, MIA
LOVE, THE EMBASSY THERE IN
VENEZUELA, AND THE STATE
DEPARTMENT ARE WORKING VERY HARD
TO TRY TO GET HIM OUT.
THIS IS WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN
TELLING ME, AND I JUST HAVE TO
TRUST IN THAT.
STUART: OKAY, NOW HE WAS A
MORMON MISSIONARY I BELIEVE?
WAS THAT THE OFFENSE FOR WHICH
HE WAS ARRESTED AND IMPRISONED,
BEING A MISSIONARY?
>> NO.
HE HAD BEEN HOME FOR FIVE
MONTHS.
MET TAMARA ONLINE, AND WENT TO
ECUADOR IN MAY.
PROPOSED TO HER IN MAY THERE,
AND THEN, IN JUNE, ON
JUNE 11th HE WENT TO
VENEZUELA AND THEY WERE MARRIED
ON JUNE 16th.
HE WAS TAKEN TWO WEEKS AFTER
THAT.
STUART: SO THE LADY IN THE
PICTURE THAT WE JUST SAW, THAT
IS YOUR SON'S WIFE, YOUR
DAUGHTER-IN-LAW AS OF RIGHT NOW.
>> YES.
STUART: SHORTLY AFTER THEY WENT
TO VENEZUELA WHERE THEY WERE
MARRIED HE WAS ARRESTED.
NOW, AGAIN YOU HAVE TO TELL ME,
WHAT WERE THE CHARGES?
WHAT WAS HE ARRESTED FOR?
NO SO THE FIRST TIME THEY WERE
DOING A SWEEP INTO THE APARTMENT
COMPLEX AND THE FIRST TIME THEY
CAME TO THE DOOR JOSH AND TAMMY
WERE VERY AFRAID BECAUSE THE
NATIONAL GUARD DO THESE KIND OF
THINGS TO PEOPLE DOWN THERE,
SEEING THAT HE WAS AN AMERICAN,
THEY CAME IN, WANTED TO KNOW
WHAT HIS BUSINESS WAS.
SHOWED THEM ALL THEIR PAPERWORK.
AND THEY LEFT.
WHEN 45 MINUTES HAD GONE BY, ALL
OF SUDDEN THEY STORMED IN
THROUGH THE APARTMENT.
THEY HAD BLACK BAGS FULL OF
AMMUNITION, WEAPONS, PINEAPPLE
GRENADES.
THEY SET THEM AROUND THE
APARTMENT, TOOK PICTURES OF
THEM.
TOOK ALL OF HIS BELONGINGS,
PHONE, CAMERA, LAPTOP,
EVERYTHING, TOOK PICTURES OF IT.
TOOK HIM TO JAIL.
FIVE HOURS, THEY TOOK ABOUT FIVE
HOURS FOR THEM TO TAKE HIM TO
THE JAIL.
STUART: GOOD LORD.
>> THEY SAT OUTSIDE IN A VAN IN
A PARKING LOT AND SAT AND
THREATENED HIM AND HIT HIM.
SHOT BULLETS OVER THE TOP OF THE
TRUCK THAT HE WAS SITTING IN.
THEY THEN HAD TAMMY BRING DOWN
THEIR MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE TO
THE JAIL.
ONCE SHE GOT THERE, THEY
ARRESTED HER AS HIS ACCOMPLICE
AND STARTED ACCUSING THEM OF
BEING SPIES FOR THE UNITED
STATES.
STUART: SO THIS IS, LOOK, THIS
IS CLEARLY A SET-UP JOB.
YOUR SON AND HIS WIFE ARE, IN MY
OPINION, THEY ARE FLAT-OUT
HOSTAGES.
>> YES.
STUART: NOW TAKE ME TO THAT
PRISON AGAIN.
THERE WAS A RIOT IN THAT PRISON
AND DURING THAT RIOT THAT'S WHEN
YOUR SON MADE THAT VIDEO AND
HEAD UP THE SIGN.
THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED, RIGHT?
>> YES.
YES,.
I WAS AT WORK.
I KEPT GETTING SHORT LITTLE
MESSAGES.
THEY'RE TRYING TO KILL ME.
MOM, YOU HAVE TO GET HELP.
THEY'RE TRYING TO KILL ME.
I AM ASSUMING HE HAD SOMEBODY
ELSE'S PHONE.
THERE WERE A LOT OF VIDEOS THAT
WERE SENT FROM DIFFERENT
INDIVIDUALS INSIDE THE PRISON.
ONE OF THEM ACTUALLY SENT ME A
VIDEO OF TAMMY AND JOSH STILL
BEHIND THE BARS IN THEIR CELL.
YOU COULD SEE AT THE SIDE WHERE
THE PEOPLE HAD SAT AND POUNDED
INTO THE CEMENT TO OPEN UP THE
DOORWAY TO GET IN TO KILL HIM.
STUART: GOOD LORD.
LAURIE, I HAVE TO CUT IT SHOT.
WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING
WITH US.
>> THANK YOU.
STUART: OBVIOUSLY A TRYING
SITUATION.
PLEASE COME BACK AND SEE US
AGAIN.
WE WOULD LIKE TO UPDATE THIS