Alvaro Pulido, a businessman wanted in a U.S. bribery case involving Venezuelan state contracts, is in U.S. custody, American officials said Sunday. Pulido, 62, is scheduled to appear in a Miami court Tuesday.
Federal prosecutors indicted Pulido in Miami in 2019 and again in 2021. He is alleged to have paid senior Venezuelan officials for lucrative state contracts. The case formed part of an investigation into his longtime business partner, Alex Saab, a former ally of Nicolás Maduro. U.S. authorities had offered up to $10 million for information leading to Pulido's arrest.
Officials said the DEA, FBI and Homeland Security Investigations led the investigation that preceded his detention in the United States. How Pulido came into U.S. custody remains unclear. Attorney General Todd Blanche said Pulido's alleged conduct involved government programs intended to provide food, medicine and housing. Venezuelan authorities have not commented on the arrest.
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