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Venezuela arrests ex-oil minister El Aissami in graft probe
Venezuela arrests ex-oil minister El Aissami in graft probe
Economy
by  AFP

Venezuelan authorities announced the arrest Tuesday of influential ex-oil minister Tareck El Aissami, who had resigned from his post last year amid a corruption scandal at state oil company PDVSA. "We have managed to reveal the direct participation and consequent arrest" of El Aissami, Attorney General Tarek William Saab said, adding that charges would be announced "in the next few hours."