Laurie Holt Laurie Holt holds a photograph of her son Josh Holt at her home, in Riverton, Utah. Josh Holt, a 24-year-old American man jailed in Venezuela who is being held in Venezuela on weapons charges, described being harassed by police and forced to sleep in a hot cell barely big enough for a small bed in his first communication from jail. The former Mormon missionary was arrested two months ago after police raided the public housing complex where he was staying with his Venezuelan bride as they were waiting for her U.S. visa. Authorities said they found an assault rifle
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