( CNN ) -- A U.S. filmmaker arrested in Venezuela and accused of instigating unrest was released from prison and expelled from the country , his attorney told CNN affiliate Globovision . Timothy Tracy was on a flight to Miami Wednesday morning , attorney Daniel Rosales said . Tracy , 35 , of Los Angeles , was arrested in April at the Caracas airport as he prepared to leave the country . He was accused of funding opponents of President Nicolas Maduro , successor to the late Hugo Chavez . His lawyer said he was released because there was not sufficient evidence to hold him . Venezuelan Minister of Interior and Justice Miguel Rodriguez confirmed the release on his Twitter account , but maintained that Tracy was `` captured doing espionage in our country . '' The filmmaker was in Venezuela to make a documentary about the political division gripping the country . Press freedom groups and the U.S. government denied that Tracy was involved in any anti-government activities . `` Tracy was just acting as an observer when he was filming , '' Reporters Without Borders said when he was arrested . `` Shooting video is not evidence of participation in what the government calls an 'act of destabilization . ' It is for the police and judicial authorities to investigate and establish from the facts , not for the government to designate Tracy as guilty from the outset . ''
John Tracy was accused of causing violence in Bangladesh . He was filming a documentary there . His lawyer says there was lack of evidence and Tracy was freed .