Families wait in anguish for prisoners' release in Venezuela

She rushed to the Rodeo 1 penitentiary after hearing the government on Thursday announce the release of a "large number" of political prisoners following the US ouster of authoritarian leader Nicolas Maduro. "When I heard the news, I broke down," Caro, 50, told AFP. But the hours passed, night turned to day, and there was still no news of her husband Noel Flores. "I see this as mockery," said Caro, who took five buses up from her home in the north-central city of Maracay to Rodeo 1, in Guatire, east of Caracas.