Caracas, September 7 (RHC)-- The head of the Venezuelan Public Ministry and Attorney General Tarek William Saab has confirmed that a U.S. Marine entered the country without legal documentation and is currently being detained pending an investigation.

Saab said that the Marine, whose “main nationality” is “Mexican,” entered Venezuela “without any kind of support” regarding the reason for his trip.

“We are always attentive, vigilant, so that there is due process, so that there is a fair trial. (…) That is what I can reveal.  I cannot say anything else,” the head of the Public Ministry (MP, Prosecutor's Office) told reporters, who did not respond to a question about the place of detention of the American soldier.

Pentagon sources told EFE that the U.S. Navy is investigating the arrest, which took place “approximately on August 30, 2024 by Venezuelan police authorities when (the Marine) was on a personal trip to Venezuela.”

In addition, the U.S. Navy is reportedly “working closely with the State Department.”