(Bloomberg) — Venezuela is targeting a group of investigative journalists as part of a wide-ranging corruption probe into billions of dollars of missing oil revenue. Most Read from Bloomberg Public Prosecutor Tarek William Saab accused former Oil Minister Tareck El Aissami, the most powerful target in the investigation, of hiring reporters to write damning stories […]
A congressman whose district is along the southern border is warning about the dangers posed by a bloodthirsty Venezuelan street gang whose presence has grown in the United States amid the ongoing migrant crisis. “This gang in several years is going to be the dominant transnational criminal organization throughout the United States. There’s no doubt […]
(Bloomberg) — Colombia is working on a deal to produce oil and natural gas in Venezuela, President Gustavo Petro said following a trip to Caracas. Most Read from Bloomberg State-controlled Ecopetrol SA could develop “high quality” oil and gas in western Venezuela under the agreement, while Colombia could export clean energy to its neighbor, Petro […]
Venezuela’s once powerful oil minister, who resigned unexpectedly last year, has been arrested in connection with an alleged scheme that siphoned hundreds of millions of dollars from state coffers, the government has said. The Ministry of Communications released images of Tareck El Aissami being handcuffed and walking down a hallway flanked by officers. Attorney general […]
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former Venezuelan general with close ties to the late leftist president Hugo Chavez was sentenced to 21-2/3 years in prison in the United States on Monday for supplying weapons to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebel group. Cliver Alcala, 62, pleaded guilty last June to […]
The Venezuelan “migrant influencer” who illegally entered the U.S. and encouraged other migrants to squat and take over Americans’ homes is now complaining from behind bars that he’s the victim of persecution and misses his freedom. Leonel Moreno, 27, spoke to The New York Post during a 30-minute televisit from inside Geauga County Jail in […]
CARMEL, N.Y. (AP) — With his strong military bearing, purposeful stride and firm handshake, Cliver Alcalá still looks every bit the retired three-star Venezuelan army general, even though the only uniform he wears now are drab jailhouse khakis. A formidable opponent of socialist Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro who twice tried to mount coups against him, […]
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is warning agents to be on the lookout for members of a notorious Venezuelan prison gang coming across the southern border — just as the socialist country is refusing to take its citizens back. A CBP source provided Fox News with an internal CBP intelligence bulletin revealing tattoos and identifiers […]
For a cargo plane, the Venezuelan Boeing 747 has sure had a controversial history. Originally owned by a U.S.-sanctioned Iranian airline, it was sold to a sanctioned Venezuelan airline, which had big plans for the aircraft until it was detained in Argentina under suspicion that it was carrying Iranian spies. The June 2022 incident in […]
At least 14 people have died after an illegally operated open-pit gold mine in central Venezuela collapsed, state authorities have said. Several more were injured in the incident and an undetermined number of people are thought to be trapped, officials reported. Bolivar state Governor Angel Marcano told reporters that 14 bodies had been removed so […]
Four immigrants from Venezuela were arrested Saturday for allegedly robbing and beating a man on a CTA train in Chicago. Chicago police identified the men as Fernando Loyo-Rodriguez, 22; Wilker Gutierrez Sierra, 21; Carlos Carreno-Carreno, 20; and Yonnier Guasamucare Garcia, 18. Police said the four men robbed and beat a 49-year-old man on a CTA […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government has seized a Boeing 747 cargo plane that officials say was previously sold by a sanctioned Iranian airline to a state-owned Venezuelan firm in violation of American export control laws. The Justice Department said Monday that the American-built plane had arrived in Florida and would be disposed of. The […]