WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Venezuelan official Alex Saab, a former businessman once held in the U.S., was arrested in Venezuela on Wednesday as part of a joint operation between U.S. and Venezuelan authorities,a U.S. law enforcement official said.
Colombian-born Saab, a close ally of former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, was detained in Cape Verde in 2020 and held in the U.S. for more than three years on bribery charges, before being granted clemencyin exchange for the release of Americans held in Venezuela.
