Unlock iPhone 5 with Verizon Contract

how can a person unlock an USA Apple Store purchased iPhone5 with a Verizon contract in another country for use with their local sim card? the iPhone5 was never out of the box/used in USA.

Reportedly, iPhone 5's sold for the Verizon network already come out of the box with the nano-SIM slot unlocked.
Of course, the CDMA radio remains locked to Verizon, but the GSM radio should work with any nano-SIM without doing anything - at least there have been literally dozens of news and tech media reports of it being that way.

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    puneet.marwaha wrote:
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    RichmondDan wrote:
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