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USA freed a close ally of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in a swap for 10 Americans imprisoned in the South American country and the extradition of a fugitive defense contractor known as “Fat Leonard,” who is linked to a Pentagon bribery scandal, reported the US government on Wednesday. The American detainees arrived at the Kelly […]
Tag: Alex Saab
Maduro defends alleged figurehead Saab in the United Nations Human Rights Council
The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, defended this Monday, at the opening of the session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, the Colombian-Venezuelan Alex Saab, accused of being an alleged figurehead of the president, and assured that the trial that faces in the US “is riddled with serious vices.” “His diplomatic immunity, his human […]
Saab, the alleged figurehead of Maduro, had dealings with politicians from Colombia and Ecuador, report says
The Colombian Alex Saab, alleged front man of the illegitimate president Nicolas Maduro, led a “transnational money laundering operation” involving politicians from Venezuela, Ecuador and Colombia, Ecuadorian congressmen determined in an investigation they shared with Bogotá. Fernando Villavicencio, president of the oversight commission of the Ecuadorian Congress, traveled to Bogotá and delivered a 125-page report […]
Chavismo conditions dialogue with opposition to the US releasing Saab, alleged figurehead of Maduro
The president of the questioned National Assembly (AN, Parliament) of Venezuela, Jorge Rodriguez, affirmed that for the Chavista regime to resume the dialogue process with the opposition, it is necessary to release the Colombian businessman “immediately” Álex Saab, alleged front man of the illegitimate president Nicolas Maduro, currently detained in the United States. “Do you […]
The Colombian officer who uncovered the face of Saab, the alleged figurehead of Maduro
Before the United States laid eyes on Alex Saab, the alleged front man of Nicolás Maduro detained in Miami, in Colombia a police officer obsessively followed his steps until he reached an international money laundering network. In 2011, the now retired general Juan Carlos Buitrago, former director of the Tax and Customs Police, received the […]
The “Citgo 6”, a Venezuelan token to pressure the US.
When Alex Saab was extradited to USA, Verónica Vadell had a bad feeling, and was not mistaken, that same day they revoked the benefit of house by jail to her father, and to the rest of the six former directors of Citgo condemned in Venezuela. Known as the “Citgo 6,” five citizens of the United […]
US judge dismisses seven out of eight money laundering charges against Maduro ally Alex Saab
A United States judge dismissed seven of the eight money laundering charges charged against Alex Saab, a Colombian businessman who is credited with being a front man for the illegitimate president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, due to “guarantees” given to Cape Verde during the defendant’s extradition process. Saab, 49, has been on trial in Miami, […]
Alex Saab, alleged front man for Nicolás Maduro, asks to limit video hearings in the United States.
Colombian businessman Alex Saab, alleged front man of the illegitimate Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and accused of laundering hundreds of millions of dollars from corrupt businesses with the government of that country, does not want to be seen in a prison suit for what he asked of a federal judge limiting video access to hearings. […]
Venezuela: the extraditions that darkened the October of Chavismo and Maduro
The illegitimate regime of Nicolas Maduro has faced a dark month this October with the progress in the extradition processes to USA of three people linked to the Chavista Administration who can reveal sensitive information that affects it internally and externally. Álex Saab, Claudia Díaz and Hugo “el pollo” Carvajal are those linked to the […]
US offers $ 10 million reward for information on alleged Alex Saab partner
Updated on 10/22/2021 05:09 pm The government of USA offered a reward of US $ 10 million for any information leading to the arrest or conviction of Colombian Álvaro Pulido Vargas, alleged partner of Alex Saab, the supposed front man of the illegitimate Venezuelan president, Nicolas Maduro. In a statement, the US State Department explained […]