Ally To Venezuelan Leader Nicolas Maduro Extradited To US On Money Laundering Charges

MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) – A elder U.S. authoritative says that a apical fugitive adjacent to Venezuela’s socialist authorities has been enactment connected a level to the U.S. to look wealth laundering charges.

Alex Saab was connected a chartered Justice Department formation from Cape Verde, wherever helium was arrested 16 months agone portion making a halt connected the mode to Iran for what Nicolás Maduro’s authorities aboriginal described arsenic a diplomatic humanitarian mission. The authoritative spoke connected information helium not beryllium named.

Saab’s accomplishment to the U.S. is bound to complicate relations betwixt Washington and Caracas, perchance disrupting fledgling talks betwixt Maduro’s authorities and its U.S.-backed opponents taking spot successful Mexico.

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