Venezuelan law enforcement authorities detained a U.S. sailor and former Navy SEAL last week while the service member was on personal travel, officials said Wednesday.

       “I can confirm that a U.S. service member was in fact detained in Venezuela. My understanding was that this individual was on some sort of personal travel and not on official government business,” White House spokesman John Kirby said during a news briefing. “We’re obviously in touch, as appropriate, as you’d think we would be, with Venezuelan authorities to try and get more knowledge and information about this.”