In Cape Verde, they assure that the judicial fate of Álex Saab, the appointed figurehead of Nicolás Maduro, will be determined by 11 March. And the DEA plane is poised to fly with him to Miami, if the Supreme Court upholds the Court of Appeals decision to allow his extradition to the United States.
Publicly, his defense continues to appeal to stop the decision. But EL TIEMPO established that other movements have also been made in private, in anticipation of a positive or negative result.
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Last weekend, his lawyers in Cape Verde announced they had filed a request to suspend the extradition process after a new hearing on his case took place before the Court of Justice of the Economic Community of African States on February 5. Occidental (Cedeao).
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For the defense of Saab, With whom they call an ambassador in their statements, Cape Verde must wait and abide by the decisions made at Cedeao about the alleged immunity he enjoys, the alleged illegitimacy of his imprisonment and the freedom they demand. But Cape Verde has already made it clear that it should not abide by Cedeao’s decisions.
This is one of the first known images of the barrinquellero and his Italian partner, the model Camila Fabri.
Family and negotiations
At the same time, EL TIEMPO settled with sources close to his Saab that his family had moved from Caracas to Moscow at the beginning of the year.
In a discreet operation, the model Camilla Fabri (current Saab partner) and other members of her family left Caracas.
They had been in Venezuela since before the pandemic and after a short visit to Colombia, it was officially registered.
(Also: Alex Saab was transferred to a secret place, heavily guarded) EL TIEMPO found that the transfer from Caracas to Moscow had the approval of the regime, which has drawn the attention of the authorities. The reason: they had reported that after Saab’s arrest, on June 12, 2020, the family remained in Caracas with a so-called security plan for their protection.
This is the office where Jorge Arreaza announces that Álex Saab is an authorized ambassador.
However, this newspaper noted that amid the tension over the capture of the Barranquilla man, prosecuted for a mega money laundering operation related to the regime, they had not allowed him to leave the country. to a relative of Saab’s wife who was urged to return to Italy for medical reasons.
As early as 2019, EL TIEMPO had revealed that Camilla Fabri had traveled to Russia after an investigation into money laundering was launched in Italy for major cash flows through one of her relatives and a trust in the United Kingdom.
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The departure of the Saab family from VenezuelaFor some, it confirms its importance to the regime, which it has already exposed several times.
Negotiate?
In addition to appointing him last-minute plenipotentiary ambassador to Africa, in an unsuccessful attempt to grant him diplomatic threat, he has described the investigation against Saab as part of the Venezuelan blockade and of the United States’ political decisions against it regime. .
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And Spain’s ABC newspaper released a version according to which there was a rapprochement between emissaries from the outgoing Trump administration and the dictatorship in December, where Saab’s name emerged.
Nicolás Maduro has emphasized the importance of Saab to his dictatorship.
Indeed, the version indicates that Maduro is said to have made any negotiation conditional on the release of his alleged special envoy.
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The information confirms what federal sources have indicated: Sabb is a major player in agreements between Venezuela, Turkey, Iran and Moscow that could influence the interests of the United States. In addition, it is key to reaching the illegal fortunes of members of the dictatorship, as well as the gold and dollars that have come out.
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At present, Cape Verde has confirmed that Saab is not an ambassador for its government and its judicial institutions, nor does it have any form of immunity. Extradition is underway.
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