Venezuela's government said Saturday it had deported former Industry Minister Alex Saab to the United States.
Saab is a close ally of former President Nicolas Maduro.
"The deportation measure was adopted in consideration of the fact that the aforementioned Colombian citizen is involved in the commission of various crimes in the United States of America, as is public, well-known and reported," the Venezuelan immigration administration said in a statement.
Venezuela's constitution doesn't allow the extradition of Venezuelan nationals.
In this case, the country's immigration authority determined that Saab was a Colombian national and ordered him "deported" to the United States.The huge problem with Venezuela's oilTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video
