Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 12:08pm on 05 Feb 2026,Thursday International
Venezuelan official Alex Saab, a Colombian-Venezuelan businessman and close ally of former President Nicolás Maduro, has reportedly been arrested in Caracas as part of a joint operation between U.S. and Venezuelan authorities, according to U.S. law enforcement and Colombian media reports. Saab, once held in the United States on bribery and money-laundering charges and granted clemency for a prisoner swap, was detained early Wednesday and is expected to be extradited to the U.S. in the coming days. Government figures have neither fully confirmed nor denied the arrest, and his lawyer has called reports “fake news.” (PC: Reuters)
