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BOSTON (WBZ NewsRadio) — Major disruptions out of Logan Airport and across the country on Saturday as multiple flights in and out of the Caribbean were cancelled following United States military’s attack on Venezuela overnight that captured President Nicolas Maduro and his wife.
Jack Maserejian told WBZ NewsRadio that he and his family were on their way to Aruba and didn’t expect things to escalate to this level.
“It was shocking,” he said. “We knew that there were tensions, we knew there were issues, but I don’t think anyone realized something like this was going to happen.”
Denise, another Logan passenger, heading to San Juan to depart on a cruise added that her travel agent told her, “they’ve never seen anything like this happen before.”
President Donald Trump confirmed on social media of the “large scale strike” and Meduro and his wife were “flown out of the Country” to New York, where they were indicted of criminal charges.
This follows weeks of tensions with the country after the U.S. Coast Guards seized two oil tankers off the coast of Venezuela last month and have been pursuing a third. The Trump administration alleged the country was using “sanctioned oil tankers” for drug trafficking.
The Department of State issued a Level 4 travel restrictions Saturday, the highest-level advisory, saying U.S residents should “not travel to or remain in Venezuela due to the high risk of wrongful detention, torture in detention, terrorism, kidnapping, arbitrary enforcement of local laws, crime, civil unrest, and poor health infrastructure. All U.S. citizens and Lawful Permanent Residents in Venezuela are strongly advised to depart immediately.”
Several other travelers, including Maserejian, were told by agents that, even with rescheduling, everything is still up in the air.
“Even though we’re rebooking for the next day, [the airline] can’t guarantee they’re going to lift the air restrictions,” he said.
WBZ NewsRadio's Charlie Bergeron (@CharlieBergeron) reports.
