Five Venezuelan opposition members 'rescued' from Caracas, US saysClaudia Macero (L), Pedro Uchurrurtu (C) and Magalli Meda are photographed greeting the media in August from the embassy where they had been sheltering. Venezuela's opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said she was thankful "to all those who made it possible". "The US welcomes the successful rescue of all hostages held by the Maduro regime at the Argentinian Embassy in Caracas," Rubio wrote in a post on X. The Argentine foreign ministry thanked Rubio and the US government "for the successful operation that secured the freedom of the Venezuelan asylum seekers at our Embassy in Caracas". Rubio did not confirm the names of those who were rescued, but the five opposition members who had been sheltering at the Argentine embassy are Magalli Meda, Pedro Urruchurtu, Omar Gonzalez, Humberto Villalobos and Claudia Macero.