Overview
- Venezuela said it deported Saab based on ongoing U.S. criminal investigations and did not disclose his destination.
- PerthNow reported that the Colombian‑Venezuelan businessman was deported to the United States.
- Saab was arrested in Caracas in February in a joint operation by U.S. and Venezuelan authorities, according to a U.S. law enforcement official.
- Federal prosecutors have been examining his role in an alleged bribery conspiracy tied to Venezuelan government food import contracts, the Associated Press reported.
- He was detained in Cape Verde in 2020, later held in the United States on bribery charges, and received clemency in 2023 in a swap that freed Americans held in Venezuela.