Maduro Ally Alex Saab Appears in US Court After 'Deportation'
Prosecutors say Saab helped funnel hundreds of millions through inflated food contracts and bribed officials in a scheme tied to Venezuela’s CLAP program.
- On Saturday, Venezuelan authorities deported Alex Saab, a close ally of ousted President Nicolás Maduro, to the United States to face multiple criminal investigations.
- President Joe Biden pardoned Saab in 2023 as part of a prisoner swap, but federal prosecutors continued investigating other alleged crimes not covered by the narrowly tailored pardon.
- During a federal court appearance, Saab answered "Yes, ma'am" in English after being charged with money laundering; U.S. officials describe the businessman as Maduro's "bag man."
- Acting President Delcy Rodríguez ordered the deportation as part of a purge of insiders allegedly enriched through corrupt dealings with Maduro, signaling alignment with Washington's interests.
- Pro-Government media host Mario Silva questioned the legality of the removal, claiming it violates constitutional bans on extradition, a move expected to deepen divisions within Rodríguez's fragile coalition of Chavistas.
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Colombian businessman Alex Saab, who was a close collaborator of the overthrown Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and on Saturday was deported from Venezuela to the United States, had his first hearing on Monday in a federal court in Miami, where he...
The handing over to the United States of Alex Saab by the current interim authorities of Venezuela continues to cause astonishment in Caracas. Not only by the degree of subordination of the South American country to Washington’s interests, but by the fact that a large part of those who defended the honorability of the man who is considered by the United States as a frontman by Nicolás Maduro have quickly modified his old words of unequivocal sup…
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Nicolás Maduro ally is charged in Venezuela bribery case after deportation to U.S.
A close ally of ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was charged Monday with bribing top officials to steal hundreds of millions of dollars from lucrative contracts to import food at a time of widespread hardship in the South American country.
Maduro Regime Ally Charged With Money Laundering Over Venezuelan Food Program
An associate of the former Maduro regime has been charged with a money laundering conspiracy, federal prosecutors announced on Monday. Alex Nain Saab Moran, 55, a Colombian national who once served as Venezuela’s minister of industry and national production, appeared in federal court in the Southern District of Florida after Homeland Security Task Force agents took him into custody. Venezuelan authorities had deported him to the United States tw…
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