Venezuela Says It Deported Close Ally of Maduro to Face Judicial Proceedings in US

Maduro’s alleged ‘bag man’ Alex Saab arrested less than 3 years after Biden pardon: report

Alex Saab, a 54-year-old Colombian businessman and close ally of captured former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, was reportedly deported after his February arrest in a joint US-Venezuelan operation.

Venezuela hands over to the United States former minister and Maduro frontman Alex Saab

The Venezuelan government on Saturday deported to the United States the Colombian businessman Alex Saab, considered for years the main financial operator of former president Nicolás Maduro and minister of Industry and National Production until January 2026. The businessman landed at sunset at Opa-locka airport in Miami-Dade County, escorted by agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), bringing to a close a judicial file that had turned Saab into one of the most visible symbols of the economic apparatus of Chavismo and into one of the most wanted figures by US justice over the past decade.

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Venezuela deports Maduro ally Alex Saab to US

Alex Saab fell out of favor with the new administration that took power since Maduro’s ouster and capture by US forces in January.

Venezuela extradites Maduro ally to the US 'with the help of the CIA'

Local media reported that the deportation was carried out by the State Department, Department of Justice, CIA and FBI.

Venezuela says it deported a close ally of Maduro to face judicial proceedings in US

Venezuela’s government says it has deported a close ally of Nicolás Maduro to face judicial proceedings in the U.S. less than three years after the business owner was pardoned by President Joe Biden as part of a prisoner swap