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LA man jailed in Venezuela pleas for Biden not to forget him

FILE - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a ceremony marking the start of the judicial year at the Supreme Court in Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 22, 2021. In a calm if desperate-sounding voice Eyvin Hernandez, a Los Angeles attorney detained for months in Venezuela, said in a Aug. 21, 2022 recording provided to The Associated Press, that he and other Americans imprisoned in Venezuela — at least 10, including five oil executives and three veterans — all feel "like our government has abandoned us." (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File) FILE - Jesus Loreto, an attorney representing Tomeu Vadell, one of six U.S. oil executives jailed for three years in Venezuela, shows a letter written by Vadell, in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020. In a calm if desperate-sounding voice Eyvin Hernandez, a Los Angeles attorney detained for months in Venezuela, said in a Aug. 21, 2022 recording provided to The Associated Press, that he and other Americans imprisoned in Venezuela — at least 10, including five oil executives and three veterans — all feel "like our government has abandoned us." (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File) FILE - This undated file photo posted on Twitter on June 18, 2020 by Venezuela's Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza, shows CITGO oil executives, from left, Jose Angel Pereira, Gustavo Cardenas, Jorge Toledo, Jose Luis Zambrano, Tomeu Vadell and Alirio Jose Zambrano, standing outside the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service, in Caracas, Venezuela. In a calm if desperate-sounding voice Eyvin Hernandez, a Los Angeles attorney detained for months in Venezuela, said in a Aug. 21, 2022 recording provided to The Associated Press, that he and other Americans imprisoned in Venezuela — at least 10, including five oil executives and three veterans — all feel "like our government has abandoned us." (Posted on Twitter by Jorge Arreaza/Venezuela's Foreign Ministry via AP, File) Ana Sandoval, mother of Eyvin Hernandez, a Los Angeles attorney who has been detained for five months in Venezuela, looks at her family photos in Compton, Calif., Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. The Los Angeles attorney detained for five months in Venezuela is pleading for help from the Biden administration, saying in a secretly recorded jailhouse message that he feels forgotten by the U.S. government as he faces criminal charges at the hands of one of the nation's top adversaries. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Drew Havens, a colleague of Eyvin Hernandez, a Los Angeles attorney who has been detained for five months in Venezuela, talks to Hernandez's family after an interview with The Associated Press in Compton, Calif., Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. The Los Angeles attorney detained for five months in Venezuela is pleading for help from the Biden administration, saying in a secretly recorded jailhouse message that he feels forgotten by the U.S. government as he faces criminal charges at the hands of one of the nation's top adversaries. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Ana Sandoval, mother of Eyvin Hernandez, a Los Angeles attorney who has been detained for five months in Venezuela, checks her phone while talking with Hernandez's step-father, Pedro Martinez, in Compton, Calif., Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. The Los Angeles attorney detained for five months in Venezuela is pleading for help from the Biden administration, saying in a secretly recorded jailhouse message that he feels forgotten by the U.S. government as he faces criminal charges at the hands of one of the nation's top adversaries. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Ana Sandoval, mother of Eyvin Hernandez, a Los Angeles attorney who has been detained for five months in Venezuela, shows a photo of Hernandez in Compton, Calif., Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. The Los Angeles attorney detained for five months in Venezuela is pleading for help from the Biden administration, saying in a secretly recorded jailhouse message that he feels forgotten by the U.S. government as he faces criminal charges at the hands of one of the nation's top adversaries. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Ana Sandoval, mother of Eyvin Hernandez, a Los Angeles attorney who has been detained for five months in Venezuela, hugs her son Henry Martinez, Hernandez's half-brother, while posing for photos in Compton, Calif., Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. The Los Angeles attorney detained for five months in Venezuela is pleading for help from the Biden administration, saying in a secretly recorded jailhouse message that he feels forgotten by the U.S. government as he faces criminal charges at the hands of one of the nation's top adversaries. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)