A federal judge in Miami ordered $314 million in damages to be paid to three US citizens who were imprisoned in Venezuela, where they said they were tortured by intelligence services before being freed in a 2023 exchange with Washington for Colombian businessman Alex Saab.

A federal judge in Miami has awarded $314 million to three Americans jailed and allegedly tortured in Venezuela before being freed in a 2023 prisoner swap.

The case is the largest judgment to date amid a slew of lawsuits filed by Americans imprisoned in Venezuela