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Venezuela jails 3 DirecTV executives as US firm cuts service

Venezuelan authorities have jailed three local DirecTV executives under an arrest warrant issued after the Dallas-based AT&T owned company abruptly cut off services to the South American country last month, citing U.S. sanctions against the socialist government, the men's lawyer said Friday.

AT&T quits Venezuela as US sanctions force it to defy Maduro

AT&T said Tuesday it will immediately abandon Venezuela's pay TV market as U.S. sanctions prohibit its DirecTV platform from broadcasting channels that it is required to carry by the socialist administration of Nicolas Maduro.