Venezuela presents details in weapons case against Utah man
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Venezuelan authorities are presenting what they say are new details in the case against a 24-year-old American being held on weapons charges.
Joshua Holt traveled to Venezuela to marry a fellow Mormon he met on the internet. At the time of the arrest June 30, Holt's new wife was waiting for a U.S. visa so the pair could travel to his home in a suburb of Salt Lake City, Utah.
Interior Minister Gustavo Gonzalez said Wednesday that Holt was a "trained gunman" and had a pilot's license. He called Holt by the alias "the gringo" and said his wife's apartment was used to stockpile weapons.
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Holt's mother told The Associated Press that her family likes to hunt but denied her son is a spy and says he's been mistakenly accused.