Venezuela Alex Saab appears for the first time before the US justice
Surprise in the process that is being followed in the United States against Alex Saab, the Colombian magnate accused of being the main international financial operator of the Bolivarian revolution and front man of Nicolás Maduro.
The Miami Prosecutor's Office has asked the judge to dismiss seven of the eight charges that weighed against the false diplomat of Chavismo, according to the Efe Agency, which accessed the judicial document.
In this way,
the seven charges related to money laundering for 350 million dollars
will
disappear
and only the crime of conspiracy to commit the crime of laundering would remain, according to the motion presented by prosecutor
Kurt Lunkenheimer.
This shift would be forced by the "guarantees made to the Republic of Cape Verde during the extradition process," as it appears in the electronic brief submitted to the judicial court.
"Otherwise the possible penalty in the United States would exceed the maximum penalty of Cape Verde and that did not meet the extradition criteria," explained journalist
Roberto Déniz
, who has led the investigation that has unraveled the corruption of Saab in its relationship with Chavismo. Both he and his colleagues from the armando.info portal were
forced into exile from Venezuela due to threats from the Colombian businessman
and his Bolivarian partners.
The substantial novelty has coincided with the suspension of the arraignment hearing scheduled for this Monday, which has been delayed for two weeks.
Saab's lawyers, who have complained about the difficulty in accessing their client, had anticipated that the millionaire was going to plead not guilty before the judge.
The defendant
has already completed the coronavirus quarantine that was imposed upon entering jail.
The agreement confirmed today between the authorities of both countries is prior to the operation carried out by US agents, who last month transferred the businessman from Barranquilla from Cape Verde to Miami to complete
an extradition process that had lasted for almost a year and a half.
During that time, maneuvers from Caracas to prevent it multiplied, from the purchase of civil servants to digital campaigns throughout the continent.
Chavismo even appointed him as a delegate in the negotiations that continue in Mexico
with the opposition and with Norway as the facilitating country.
Maduro ordered the suspension of these talks as revenge for the extradition of Saab, artificially turned into a "hero of the Venezuelan people."
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