A Miami federal judge scheduled for next August a new hearing to establish the dates of the money laundering trial facing in the States United Colombian-Venezuelan businessman Alex Saabconsidered the figurehead of the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro.
In a brief hearing, the South Florida court established this friday for august 29 next viewaccording to information from local media.
EFE consulted the judicial registry but still Information about today’s hearing is not included.
Saab, 50 years old, lost an appeal in court on May 2 of Atlanta before which he defended that is a “foreign diplomat” and therefore enjoy immunity.
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Detained in a federal prison in downtown Miami since last octoberSaab will face trial on a charge of conspiracy to commit money laundering.
Saab was extradited to the United States last October from Cape Verde (Africa), where was arrested in 2020 following an international arrest warrant requested by the American justice.
last november pleaded “not guilty” before Judge Alicia M. Otazo-Reyes. If found guilty, he will face a sentence of about 20 years.
Since before his extradition, Saab has based his allegation on the alleged diplomatic immunity and therefore has requested to dismiss the indictment.
An appeal filed by his defense in April 2021, when he was detained in Cape Verde, rejected that the defendant be treated as a “fugitive”, mainly arguing that he enjoyed diplomatic immunity when he was arrested in the African island country.
