Fugitive businessman taken into US custody in Venezuela bribery case

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Convicted Colombian drug smuggler Alvaro Pulido Vargas is now in US custody. Pulido was wanted for allegedly bribing top Venezuelan officials to secure lucrative state contracts. Indicted in Miami federal court in 2019 and 2021, he was linked to business partner Alex Saab, a former ally of Nicolás Maduro. The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the state department had previously offered a reward of up to $10m for information leading to his arrest.
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