Alex Saab, an ally of the Venezuelan president, agreed in 2018 to cooperate with the US drug agency, documents show. Alex Saab, a close ally of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, cooperated with United States authorities for nearly a year starting in 2018 by forfeiting funds and serving as a confidential source, according to a US court filing unsealed on Wednesday. …
MIAMI — A businessman accused of siphoning off millions in state contracts from Venezuela met secretly with U.S. law enforcement to provide intelligence against Nicolás Maduro’s government prior to being charged in 2019 with money laundering, according to new filings in a related case against a disgraced University of Miami professor. In a request for leniency, Bagley’s attorney argued that …