Alex Saab Associate Álvaro Pulido Extracted By DEA From Caracas Prison, Sent to Miami
MIAMI — Álvaro Pulido, a 62-year-old Colombian-born businessman and longtime partner of Alex Saab, has been taken into U.S. custody after being held in Venezuela since 2023 in the PDVSA corruption investigation. He faces two Miami federal indictments, from 2019 and 2021, that allege he and Saab used offshore shell companies to funnel bribes to Maduro allies in exchange for more than $2 billion in food, medicine and housing import contracts, and the U.S. had offered a reward of up to $10 million for his arrest.
Venezuelan authorities haven’t commented, and it remains unclear how Pulido ended up in American hands, with his first court appearance in Miami set for this week.
Maikel Moreno & Tareck El Aissami: Who Could Be the Next Ones Extradited to the U.S.
MIAMI — Following Álvaro Pulido’s transfer to Miami, a Bloomberg report names former Supreme Court president Maikel Moreno and former Oil Minister Tareck El Aissami among the Venezuelans Washington wants.
Moreno was indicted in South Florida in 2023 on bribery and money laundering charges, while El Aissami, who faces U.S. drug-trafficking and sanctions allegations, has been held in Venezuela since April 2024.
No transfer of either man has been announced, and Caracas hasn’t explained how it is sending its citizens to the U.S. despite a constitutional ban on extradition.
Álvaro Leyva Delivers Petro Case Documents to U.S. Embassy
BOGOTÁ — Former Colombian Foreign Minister Álvaro Leyva says he delivered a package of documents and the names of “qualified witnesses” to the U.S. Embassy in Bogotá, tied to criminal complaints he filed in the U.S. in 2025 against former President Gustavo Petro.
The letter is addressed to Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella and U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche, and Leyva says the embassy received it on October 9.
The stamped receipt shows only that the embassy got a communication, not that U.S. authorities have opened a case, and neither Petro nor the embassy has responded.
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