Sputnik International
By Evan Craighead
October 16, 2021
Earlier on Saturday, Alex Saab, a Colombian-born Venezuelan national with business ties to a Venezuelan food distribution and subsidies program, was placed on a US Department of Justice-chartered flight to the US, where he faces money laundering charges. Saab had remained in Cape Verde for some sixteen months after he was detained by authorities.
National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez announced on Saturday that Venezuela would be suspending this weekend’s upcoming negotiations with the opposition after the same-day extradition of Saab, a 49-year-old envoy of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.