Fugitive tied to Maduro regime arrested on US money laundering charges
Alvaro Pulido Vargas, 62, was arrested in a Homeland Security Task Force operation and is scheduled to appear in federal court in South Florida. He faces 13 money laundering charges across two federal cases alleging he helped funnel money from Venezuelan government bribery schemes through U.S. banks. Prosecutors say he exploited programs intended to provide food, medicine, and housing to Venezuelans.
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