called to a meeting caracas by citgo's parent company. gather in a conference room, venezuela's feared military intelligence sweep in and arrest the five americans and a u.s. resident. j general manuel christoffer was a senior intelligence officer, very close to president nicolas maduro until he turned on him and fled to the united states. he says the "citgo 6" were set up. >> translator: it was a well prepared trap to arrest them. there was no arrest warrant. >> initially the six were held at a prison controlled by the agency he was part of. now in the united states, he tells us he takes responsibility for his actions. >> translator: i feel responsible not just for them, but because i was part of that nefarious structure that today is destroying our country. >> their families and lawyers tell us they are being kept in overcrowded cells, no windows and in unsanitary conditions. they have to buy everything from food to water, tooth paste, even toilet paper. have a listen to what toledo asked for just a few weeks ago. >>> early this year th

a blatant and massive robbery at citgo. >> they said tried to renegotiate the citgo debt without consulting one of the six was part of the -- the deal, by the way, never went ahead. the company that was mediating the refinancing move says no money was ever exchanged. still, they were convicted. the arrests took place after protesters began pouring onto the streets in 2018. venezuela's once booming industry was on its knees. sanctioning imposed by president trump crippled the company. as the flow of cash dried up. the regime's blame and strategy connect in. >> reporter: he ran the system under -- once an ally, he became a threat to maduro's rise to power, and a potential challenger to the presidency. he feld into exile, maduro wanted to arrest him on corruption charges, charges he denies. >> translator: the arrest order and the way they were detained is an instruction to spread terror, to generate fear. >> reporter: so they were set up? >> translator: yes, of course. this spread fear throughout the country, a feeling of fear and terror with regards to the security forces started to grow arou

if you buy a ford taurus or a honda civic, you can go to a shell station or a citgo -- neil: right. >adapters and different ways of doing it. but for the supercharging if you don't want to sit for 8 hours to charge your car, for example, we're going to need toll make some inroads on that. tesla's done a lot within that space, and they'll be happy to license the technology -- [laughter] neil: sure. >> but i think the problem with electric cars, and correct me if i'm wrong here, is what's the longest epa certification? 520 miles per charge? that's for the lucent air. you still have to top midway between san francisco and los angeles. neil: it used to be in the early days 100, 150 miles. >> well, it's an improvement -- neil: that's more than traditional cars get -- >> will it get your across montana? you tell me. >> that's an extreme example. the average commuter does 40-503 miles per day -- neil: but taking a trip. >> monterey, right. >> listen, if you're taking a trip across country in a tesla, it is not only going to tell you how much further you can go, it's going to tell you how muc