On the Radar: Alex Saab's Deportation, Colombian Elections, and Sinaloa Cartel Investigations
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The family of Alex Saab has left Venezuela. Almost a week after the deportation of the businessman and former minister to the United States, his wife Camila Fabri has left the country in which he lived and prospered for years in the shadow of Chavismo. With her have traveled his two little daughters, Saab's eldest son and 10 other people, according to sources familiar with the episode. Unlike what has been published in recent hours, official sou…
Alex Saab And The Fragility Of The Solidarity Movement
Michelle Ellner for CodePink The recent deportation of Alex Saab from Caracas to the U.S. on May 18, 2026, has generated shock, confusion, anger, and intense debate across sectors of the international solidarity movement and many Venezuelans themselves. Alex Saab, a Colombian businessman who became closely associated with the Venezuelan government during the years of…
In the midst of so much noise in Mexico, little attention was given to the extradition of Alex Saab, a businessman very close to former President Nicolás Maduro, to the United States. Saab was accused by the Department of Justice in 2019 for having woven a network of corruption where some of his collaborators, relatives and business partners earned millions of dollars that should have been allocated to social programs to feed Venezuelans. A Mexi…
On the Radar: Alex Saab's Deportation, Colombian Elections, and Sinaloa Cartel Investigations
On the Radar: Alex Saab’s Deportation, Colombian Elections, and Sinaloa Cartel Investigations Why is the deportation of a key Chavista figure to the US so important? How will Colombia’s elections affect organized crime in the country? What does the surrender of two officials mean for the US case against Mexican politicians? We explain in this week’s On the Radar. Alex Saab Was Deported to the United States On May 16, Venezuela’s interim Presid…
Venezuela: Jorge Rodríguez Exposes US Hypocrisy and Alex Saab’s Ties to Washington
The president of Venezuela’s National Assembly (AN), Jorge Rodríguez, has reaffirmed that the national government “will not give an inch” to any form of irregularity, illegal activity, or acts committed against Venezuela, and revealed a number of alleged links between Alex Saab—the former Venezuelan minister for industries who was recently deported to the US empire—and agencies in that country since 2019. When addressing Saab’s deportation this …
De-Sovereignization of Venezuela: Alex Saab Has Been Handed Over to the Americans
Venezuela surrenders its sovereignty piece by piece — oil licenses, gold reserves, uranium, and now Alex Saab. What’s left of Bolivarian independence when Washington calls every shot? Originally published on Fondsk.ru by Leonid Savin Republished with permission. In less than six months, the leadership of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has made a swift journey from positioning the country as one of the driving forces of a multipolar world a…
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