Maduro ally deported to US over alleged billion-dollar corruption scheme tied to oil, food program

Alex Nain Saab Moran, a close ally of Nicolás Maduro, has been deported to the US to face charges of orchestrating a money laundering and bribery scheme tied to Venezuela's state-run food program and oil industry. The scheme allegedly involved the embezzlement of hundreds of millions of dollars from the CLAP welfare program and the sale of billions of dollars' worth of Venezuelan state-owned oil. Saab appeared in federal court in Miami to face federal charges.