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news Mercopress 2026-05-19

Alex Saab Appears in Miami Court on Money Laundering Charges

Colombian-Venezuelan businessman Alex Saab, accused of being Nicolás Maduro's financial frontman, appeared in a Miami federal court facing money laundering charges linked to bribery in Venezuela's food programs.


<p> <img alt="Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello declared that Saab&#039;s Venezuelan identity documents are fraudulent and that his nationality was never valid, despite defending him during years" height="80" src="https://en.mercopress.com/data/cache/noticias/110165/100x80/asaab2.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0 12px 6px 0; border: 1px solid #333;" width="100" /> Colombian-Venezuelan businessman Alex Saab, regarded for years as the main financial frontman of former presid...

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