(Reuters) -Alex Saab, a Colombian businessman who became a special envoy for Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, will plead not guilty to money laundering charges when arraigned on Monday, his lawyer Henry Bell told Reuters.
In a case that pits the United States against Maduro's socialist administration, Saab was arrested last year in Cape Verde during a refueling stop en route to Iran and extradited to the United States earlier this month.
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