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Alex Saab will appear in court in Florida on Monday

Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney

(CNN) – Alex Saab, the alleged financier of embattled Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, will appear in court in Florida on Monday, October 18, a statement from the United States Department of Justice reported Sunday.

“He is expected [Alex Saab] make your first court appearance on Monday, October 18 at 1:00 pm before Federal Judge John J. O’Sullivan of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, ”Nicole said in a statement Sunday. Navas Oxman, spokesman for the United States Department of Justice.

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Saab’s extradition was “carried out in full compliance with all relevant Cape Verdean laws and court rulings,” the statement added.

On Saturday, Saab’s lawyer alleged in a video statement that Saab had been “kidnapped” by the United States and that his extradition “violated” the rules of Cape Verdean domestic law and international law.

The 6 Citgo oil executives detained in Venezuela were captured in apparent retaliation for Alex Saab’s extradition to the United States.

Alex Saab, a Colombian businessman and alleged financier of Nicolás Maduro, was extradited to the United States from Cape Verde on Saturday. He was arrested in June 2020 in the African nation after a red notice from Interpol due to his accusation in the US.

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