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Alex Saab pleaded guilty to Count 1 at a change-of-plea hearing before Judge Williams, according to the court record; the court set January 20, 2027 for sentencing, according to Reuters/EFE.
On David Placeres's channel, investigative journalist Joseph Poliszuk said Saab "designed, structured and ran the entire financial structure tied to the criminality, the sanctions violations, the money laundering" for Nicolás Maduro, and said Diosdado Cabello was reportedly the one who came to detain him before his extradition. Daniel Lara Farías, for his part, described on his channel how Saab bought food nearing expiration with preferential dollars to resell it to the state.
«Alex, for Nicolás Maduro, was the one who designed, structured and ran the entire financial structure tied to the criminality, the sanctions violations, the money laundering, the legitimizing of capital.»— Joseph Poliszuk (interviewed by David Placeres), September 16, 2026 · watch
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Former Carora mayor (Torres municipality, Lara state) Javier Oropeza was detained, according to Patricia Poleo, after making remarks on a radio program; Dinorah Figuera's organization demanded his release, El Pitazo reported.
The detention came 48 hours after he returned to the country under the amnesty law, according to David Placeres, the same day new members joined the U.S.-supervised negotiating table, El Pitazo reported.
«They detained the mayor of Carora after he made remarks on a radio program. The repressive apparatus is intact in Venezuela.»— Patricia Poleo, September 17, 2026 · watch
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The UN's Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela presented its report to the Human Rights Council, acknowledging advances such as the release of political prisoners since January 3, but warned that "the structure of the state's repressive apparatus has remained completely" intact, according to VPItv.
«It was found that the structure of the state's repressive apparatus has remained completely…»— UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission (quoted by VPItv), September 18, 2026 · watch
