Two people threatened a Venezuelan woman’s family to keep her in a human-trafficking and prostitution operation, according to Miami Beach police. Carleana Garcia-Garcia, 24, and Carlos Medina Puche, 24,

A human trafficking operation in Miami Beach resulted in the arrests of two people accused of recruiting and exploiting a young undocumented woman for prostitution, authorities confirmed Friday.

The Trump administration formally revoked on Tuesday the license that allows oil giant Chevron Corp. to sell Venezuelan oil in the United States, giving the U.S. company only 30 days to wind down its operations in the South American country.

In her February 5 memorandum, Bondi said cases alleging violations of U.S. foreign agent laws should be limited to cases involving traditional espionage. Separately, on February 10, Trump directed Bondi to pause prosecutions of Americans accused of bribing foreign officials to win business.

After President Donald Trump nixed an oil deal between the U.S. and Venezuela forged by the Biden administration, Rep. Carlos Gimenez, R-Fla., headlined a conference with Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó in Miami.

After his special envoy's controversial comment that President Trump "doesn't want to do regime change" in Venezuela, Trump reversed course and tightened oil sanctions on that country's brutal dictatorship.

The suspension of foreign aid programs supporting democracy promotion in authoritarian countries has left many wondering if U.S. policy has abandoned that goal.

President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that in March Chevron will no longer have a license to produce and export oil in Venezuela.