Alex Saab to Plead Guilty in US Venezuela

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Alex Saab, an associate of former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is expected to plead guilty in a US federal court. The charges relate to allegations of bribing officials for lucrative food import contracts during a period of hardship in Venezuela. Saab is scheduled to appear before Judge Kathleen Williams in Miami for a change of plea hearing. He was previously deported from Venezuela to the US and had faced money laundering charges.