Venezuela · Direct source
Fugitive businessman taken into US custody in Venezuela bribery case
A businessman wanted in the US for allegedly bribing top Venezuelan officials has been taken into custody A businessman wanted for years in the US for allegedly paying bribes to top Venezuelan officials in exchange for lucrative state contracts in Venezuela has been taken into custody. Alvaro Pulido was indicted in Miami federal court in 2019 and again in 2021 as part of an investigation into his longtime business partner, Alex Saab, a one-time ally of ousted Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro . The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the state department had been offering a reward of up to $10m for inf...
- Source published
- 12 Oct 2026, 15:14 CEST
Publication time from the source RSS/feed - Captured by GC
- 13 Oct 2026, 12:08 CEST
When GlobalsConflicts first captured this item. - Source
- The Guardian - World
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- medium · one source, verify further
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direct source; further independent sources matter for hard confidence - Actors
- Venezuela
A businessman wanted in the US for allegedly bribing top Venezuelan officials has been taken into custody A businessman wanted for years in the US for allegedly paying bribes to top Venezuelan officials in exchange for lucrative state contracts in Venezuela has been taken into custody. Alvaro Pulido was indicted in Miami federal court in 2019 and again in 2021 as part of an investigation into his longtime business partner, Alex Saab, a one-time ally of ousted Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro . The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the state department had been offering a reward of up to $10m for inf...
What is reported
A businessman wanted in the US for allegedly bribing top Venezuelan officials has been taken into custody A businessman wanted for years in the US for allegedly paying bribes to top Venezuelan officials in exchange for lucrative state contracts in Venezuela has been taken into custody. Alvaro Pulido was indicted in Miami federal court in 2019 and again in 2021 as part of an investigation into his longtime business partner, Alex Saab, a one-time ally of ousted Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro . The US Drug Enforc...
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- Source published (RSS): 12 Oct 2026, 15:14 CEST. Publication time from the source RSS/feed
- The report is assigned to the Venezuela dossier.
- The visible source is The Guardian - World.
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