e allegations "appeared Thursday in a new round of sanctions targeting three stepsons of Mr. Maduro and a Colombian business partner of theirs named Alex Saab, among others." US officials said that "for years the men had used shell companies and no-bid contracts to siphon off government money, largely fro

zuela's state-run food program, for their own profit." Reuters (7/25, Chiacu, Wroughton) reports in a statement, Treasury Secretary Mnuchin said, "Alex Saab engaged with Maduro insiders to run a wide-scale corruption network they callously used to exploit Venezuela's starving population." The AP (7/25, G

dicate, which allegedly has ties to the CIA. Maduro Ally Faces Extradition al — A court in Cape Verde ruled on Monday that Venezuelan special envoy Alex Saab can be extradited to the United States where he faces money laundering charges. The law firm representing Saab compared the ruling to the U.S. extr