Alex Saab, a Barranquilla businessman who served as a financial operative for the Maduro regime, appeared in a Miami federal court in a brown jumpsuit facing charges of money laundering and conspiracy to conduct illicit financial transactions. Saab was extradited to the US by Venezuela's interim government under Delcy Rodríguez following Maduro's ouster on January 3, 2026. Prosecutors allege he orchestrated the theft of approximately $350 million through shell companies and overpriced contracts tied to Venezuela's CLAP food program and crude oil trading, moving illicit funds through South Florida banks.