The interest of the United States government in having the Barranquillero in their hands Alex Saab increased in the last hours, on account of some statements from their own lawyers.
As part of the defense, to prevent Cape Verde extradite him to the United States, they revealed that Saab had made a couple of visits to Iran to negotiate the shipment of ships full of gasoline to alleviate the crisis that the Venezuelan people are going through due to their shortage.
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Saab’s lawyers admitted, in an interview with Reuters, that the Colombian made a first visit to Iran in April.
At that time, it sealed an agreement for that country to send tank ships loaded with gasoline and planes with materials for a refinery to Venezuela. In addition, food and medicine, in the face of the pandemic.
About, Saab’s defense says that at the beginning of the year, the Foreign Ministry entrusted Sabb with “the responsibility of acquiring humanitarian resources of great need in Venezuela.”
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That is why they qualify him as a special envoy of the Bolivarian government, with immunity and a diplomatic passport. And they allege that their detention in Cape Verde, on June 12, was illegal and arbitrary.
After the meeting with Saab – tried in Miami for money laundering and corruption, linked to the Maduro regime – his contacts in Iran agreed to send eight oil tankers. In addition, at least 16 flights coordinated by Mahan Air, his lawyers said.
Iran sent five ships with gasoline to Venezuela in mid-May. But, with an order from a judge, the United States seized four additional fuel shipments 15 days ago.