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Fugitive businessman taken into US custody in Venezuela bribery case

Global Published 12 October 2026, 18:14 · archived 12 Oct 2026

A businessman wanted in the US for allegedly bribing top Venezuelan officials has been taken into custodyA 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 u...

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