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Justice Department Reportedly Preparing Criminal Indictment Against Venezuela's Interim Leader Delcy Rodriguez
The U.S. Department of Justice is preparing charges against Delcy Rodríguez for corruption, money laundering, and narcoterrorism, linked to Venezuela's Cartel de los Soles and FARC.
- On March 3, Reuters reported that the U.S. Attorney's Office in Miami is preparing a draft indictment against Delcy Rodriguez as part of a U.S. effort to strengthen leverage with Caracas, while the Department of Justice declined to comment.
- After the Jan. 3 capture of Maduro, Rodriguez took power roughly two months later, with Trump praising her for stabilizing Venezuela and securing oil access.
- The probe targets alleged PDVSA-linked laundering from 2021 to 2025, with Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello and Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino already indicted, while grand juries meet in secret.
- U.S. officials handed Rodriguez a list seeking at least seven individuals for arrest or potential extradition, delivered by Laura Dogu, U.S. envoy to Venezuela, but Venezuelan law on extradition prohibits nationals' transfer.
- Alex Saab's case illustrates the stakes: he was arrested in early February, remains detained by SEBIN, and faces a sealed money‑laundering indictment with unclear extradition prospects.
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U.S. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said Tuesday that the information released today that says Donald Trump’s government is preparing an indictment for alleged corruption against Venezuela’s president-in-charge, Delcy Rodríguez, is “false.”
US turns up heat on Venezuela with threat to indict new leader Delcy Rodriguez
The Trump administration is quietly building a legal case against Venezuelan interim president Delcy Rodriguez including readying a draft criminal indictment, one of several tools it is using to strengthen its leverage with Caracas, according to four people familiar with the matter.
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The congresswoman said that Donald Trump's pressure conditions the future of Delcy Rodríguez and said that Venezuela's fate goes through free elections.
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