Colombian Associate of Alex Saab Appears Before United States Court
This Tuesday, October 13, Colombian-born businessman Alvaro Pulido Vargas, extradited by Venezuela to the United States this weekend, appeared before a federal court in the Southern District of Florida. Pulido Vargas, who also went by the name German Enrique Rubio Salas, was a business partner of fellow Colombian Alex Saab, who is imprisoned in the […]
Colombian-born businessman Alvaro Pulido Vargas, also known as German Enrique Rubio Salas, appeared before a federal court in Florida on Tuesday, October 13, following his extradition from Venezuela. Pulido Vargas is accused of laundering over US$2 billion in connection with bribery schemes involving the Venezuelan government, for which he was indicted in 2019 and again in 2021.
The Department of Justice's Criminal Division emphasized that Pulido Vargas, who had a prior drug trafficking conviction in Italy in 1997, is now "no longer a fugitive from justice." Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva warned that the U.S. Department of Justice will prosecute those who bring bribery and money laundering schemes into the country.
DEA Administrator Terrance Cole added that Pulido Vargas is accused of exploiting the U.S. financial system and moving illicit money through a corrupt network that exploited the Venezuelan people.
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