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Álex Saab, a Colombian businessman long suspected of serving as the financial architect for Venezuela's Maduro regime, was deported from Caracas to the United States on May 16th aboard a Gulfstream jet escorted by DEA agents, after the Venezuelan government unexpectedly authorized his extradition. U.S. federal authorities are pursuing new charges against Saab related to alleged money laundering, inflated food contracts through Venezuela's CLAP program, illicit oil and gas operations, and the diversion of public funds through shell companies registered across multiple countries. Intelligence suggests Saab possesses incriminating information about a sprawling international network of businessmen, lawyers, and political figures—including figures close to Nicolás Maduro and Delcy Rodríguez—who allegedly participated in these schemes, raising the possibility of a cooperation agreement with American prosecutors that could expose senior Venezuelan and Colombian officials.

A cruise ship carrying 147 passengers and crew from 23 countries reported a cluster of severe respiratory illness linked to hantavirus infection on 2 May 2026. As of 4 May, 7 cases had been identified—2 laboratory-confirmed hantavirus infections and 5 suspected—with 3 deaths, 1 critically ill patient, and 3 with mild symptoms. The Dutch-flagged vessel departed Argentina on 1 April and visited remote regions including Antarctica, South Georgia, and island territories in the South Atlantic before being moored off Cabo Verde. WHO-coordinated response includes case isolation, medical evacuation, laboratory investigation, and international contact tracing, with particular concern given documented human-to-human transmission potential of the Andes hantavirus variant.

Investor issued threats in Cape Verde [10 sources]

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — The Airports Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (AATT) Friday night said that a Ukrainian aircraft impounded at the Piarco International Airport after explosives were discovered onboard, had been given the authorisation to leave following extensive investigations by security agencies. In a statement, AATT said that Flight CVK-7078 had arrived in Trinidad and Tobago from The Bahamas on May 14 for a technical refuelling stop while en route to Cape Verde, with Libya as its final destination. The AATT said that officers of the Immigration Division discovered upon the aircraft’s arrival that it was transporting explosives which had not been declared in keeping with established international aviation and security protocols.