AUSTIN U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement on the announcement that Mark Swidan, a Houston ...

Mark Swidan from Houston was involved in a prisoner swap between the United States and China that also led to the release of ...

Swidan was arrested and imprisoned in 2012 in China on allegations of drug trafficking and sentenced to death. Texans in ...

Texas lawmakers welcomed news that China is releasing Houston businessman Mark Swidan, who had been imprisoned since 2012, as ...

A Houston man sentenced to death in a Chinese prison is set to be released after 12 years, the White House said Wednesday.

Mark Swidan had been wrongfully detained in China since 2012, and his family fought to one day bring him home. Now, the State ...

Three Americans who the State Department said were wrongfully detained in China for years are back on U.S. soil as part of a ...

Three Americans detained in China, including Mark Swidan from Houston, have been released and returned to San Antonio.

The three are Mark Swidan, Kai Li and John Leung, all of whom had been designated by the U.S. government as wrongfully ...

In 2012, Mark Swidan was detained in China on drug-related charges. He was sentenced to death in 2019 during his detainment.

Three Americans, described by the State Department as wrongfully detained in China for years, are back on US soil following a ...

Three Americans, including Mark Swidan of Houston, were released from Chinese detention after U.S. negotiations.