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FILE - Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, left, and Alex Saab stand together during an event marking the anniversary of the 1958 coup that overthrew dictator Marcos Perez Jimenez, in Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Jesus Vargas, File)

Maduro ally Alex Saab expected to plead guilty in federal money laundering case

By Joshua Goodman and Alanna Durkin Richer - Associated Press

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks during the notification ceremony for the referendum about the future of a disputed territory with Guyana, in Caracas, Venezuela, Dec. 4, 2023. The Associated Press has learned that the Biden administration has released a close ally of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in swap for jailed Americans. Alex Saab, who was arrested on a U.S. warrant for money laundering in 2020, was released from custody Wednesday. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) **FILE**

Biden administration releases ally of Venezuela’s Maduro in exchange for jailed Americans

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

A woman holds a poster showing Colombian-born businessman Alex Saab in a demonstration demanding his release, in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Dec. 16, 2022. For more than two years, almost since the time of his arrest on U.S. warrant, Saab has insisted he is a Venezuelan diplomat targeted for his work helping the South American country circumvent American economic sanctions. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

U.S. judge rejects Maduro ally’s claim of diplomatic immunity

By Joshua Goodman - Associated Press

Demonstrators shout &quot;Free Alex Saab,&quot; as they demand the release of Colombian businessman Alex Saab who has been extradited to the U.S., during a protest in the Petare neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, April 4, 2022. Saab, a close ally of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, who prosecutors in the U.S. believe could be the most significant witness ever about corruption in the South American country, was extradited from Cabo Verde and is now in U.S. custody. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Maduro ally claims diplomatic status to avoid U.S. charges

By Joshua Goodman - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, Sept 9, 2021, file photo, pedestrians walk near a poster asking for the freedom of Colombian businessman and Venezuelan special envoy Alex Saab, in Caracas, Venezuela. Saab, a top fugitive close to Venezuela's socialist government has been put on a plane to the U.S. to face money laundering charges, a senior U.S. official confirmed Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

Maduro ally extradited to US on money laundering charges

By Joshua Goodman - Associated Press

West African court allows extradition to US of Venezuelan

By BARRY HATTON - Associated Press

Lawyer: No quick extradition from W. Africa for US suspect

By BARRY HATTON - Associated Press

Cape Verde may send suspect to US without extradition treaty

Associated Press

FILE - In this June 21, 2019 file photo, first lady Cilia Flores stands behind her husband Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro during a press conference, at Miraflores Presidential Palace, in Caracas, Venezuela. The U.S. on Thursday, July 25, 2019, placed sanctions on two businessman and three sons of Venezuela's first lady, for allegedly forming part of a network that stole hundreds of millions in dollars from food import contracts at a time of widespread hunger in the crisis-wracked South American nation. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

US sanctions Maduro’s stepsons for alleged food corruption

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and LUIS ALONSO LUGO - Associated Press