John Leung, an FBI informant who was gathering intelligence on China, was among the three people freed in a rare prisoner swap between the two countries. The other two were Mark Swidan and Kai Li.

Relations deteriorated, and the Trump administration closed the Chinese consulate in Houston in July 2020, saying it was a hub of spying. Beijing responded by shuttering the U.S. consulate in Chengdu.

Mark Swidan is a Texan from Houston. His mom, Katherine, is from Luling, Texas. I have talked with Katherine many times.

Three Americans, including Houston resident Mark Swidan, touched down in San Antonio yesterday after enduring years of detention in China, marking an end to a prolonged diplomatic skirmish between ...

Three Americans who the State Department said were wrongfully detained in China for years are back on U.S. soil as part of a prisoner swap, a senior U.S. official with knowledge of the deal told ABC ...

Mark Swidan, a Houston businessman, was held in China for over 10 years on drug charges.© Bring Our Families Home Kai Li, a ...

The State Department announced that Mark Swidan, of Houston, Texas, Kai Li, of Long Island, New York, and John Leung, a permanent resident of Hong Kong, would soon be “reunited with their ...

Mark Swidan, Kai Li, and John Leung were all designated by the U.S. government as wrongfully detained by China. Swidan, a Houston resident, had been facing a death sentence on drug charges while ...

Nov. 27—AUSTIN U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) released the following statement on the announcement that Mark Swidan, a Houston resident, was released from Chinese prison: "After 12 long years ...

The United Nations called the detention a "deprivation of liberty." PHOTO: Mark Swidan, a Houston businessman, was held in China for over 10 years on drug charges. (Bring Our Families Home) ...

Houston native Mark Swidan had been jailed overseas for the past 12 years. He faced the death penalty for drug charges, but Texas leaders including Senators Ted Cruz and John Cornyn have fought ...

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, hailed news of Swidan's release Wednesday. "After 12 long years of unjust imprisonment, Houstonian Mark Swidan is finally free," Cornyn said in a statement.