约书亚·古德曼，阿兰娜·杜金·里彻 迈阿密 — — 一名因涉嫌向委内瑞拉高级官员行贿以换取有利可图的国家合同而多年被美国通缉的商人已被拘留。
JOSHUA GOODMAN, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER MIAMI — A businessman wanted for years in the U.S. for allegedly paying bribes to top Venezuelan officials in exchange for lucrative state contracts in Venezuela has been taken into custody.
阿尔瓦罗·普利多于2019年在迈阿密联邦法院被起诉，2021年再次被起诉，作为对其长期商业伙伴亚历克斯·萨阿布的调查的一部分，萨阿布曾是被推翻总统尼古拉斯·马杜罗的盟友。美国缉毒局和国务院一直在提供高达1000万美元的奖励，以获取导致其逮捕的信息。
Alvaro Pulido was indicted in Miami federal court in 2019 and again in 2021 as part of an investigation into his longtime business partner, Alex Saab, a one-time ally of ousted President Nicolás Maduro. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and State Department had been offering a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to his arrest.
普利多在由缉毒局、联邦调查局和国土安全部调查局主导的调查后被美国拘留，国土安全部特遣队发言人妮可·纳瓦斯·奥克斯曼周日表示。
Pulido was taken into U.S. custody after an investigation led by the DEA, FBI and Homeland Security Investigations agencies, Nicole Navas Oxman, a Homeland Security Task Force spokesperson, said Sunday.
奥克斯曼没有透露普利多是如何最终被美国拘留的，但表示他将于周二在迈阿密出庭进行首次庭审。
Oxman didn’t say how Pulido ended up in U.S. custody but said he will make his initial court appearance Tuesday in Miami.
委内瑞拉当局至今对该逮捕保持沉默，这反映了代总统德尔西·罗德里格斯在安抚执政联盟中希望她抵制特朗普政府试图逮捕大量委内瑞拉内部人士的努力方面所面临的挑战，这些人士多年来因腐败到贩毒等严重罪行被美国通缉。
Venezuelan authorities have so far been silent about the arrest, reflecting the challenge acting President Delcy Rodríguez faces appeasing elements of the ruling coalition that want her to resist attempts by the Trump administration to round up scores of Venezuelan insiders wanted by the U.S., sometimes for years, for serious crimes ranging from corruption to drug trafficking.
出生于哥伦比亚的普利多于2023年在委内瑞拉被捕，作为对国营石油公司PDVSA内部腐败的广泛打击行动的一部分，该行动由罗德里格斯在担任马杜罗副总统期间领导。她在美军于一月份推翻马杜罗之后接任委内瑞拉代总统。
The Colombian-born Pulido was arrested in Venezuela in 2023 as part of a sprawling crackdown on corruption inside state-run oil company PDVSA that was led by Rodríguez while she was serving as Maduro’s vice president. She took over as Venezuela’s acting president following the U.S. military’s ouster of Maduro in January.
检察官指控称，普利多与萨阿布共同创建了一系列离岸空壳公司网络，以向马杜罗的顶级盟友输送贿赂，以换取进口食品、药品和低成本住房的合同，当时南美国家正经历广泛的困难。
Prosecutors allege that Pulido, together with Saab, created a network of offshore shell companies to funnel bribes to top Maduro allies in exchange for contracts to import food, medicine and low-cost housing at a time of widespread hardship in the South American country.
萨布也来自哥伦比亚，于五月被罗德里格斯驱逐回美国。上个月，他在一起相关的贿赂案中认罪，同意配合调查以对抗马杜罗及其他人员，并没收因腐败计划所得的1.95亿美元非法所得。杜金·里彻从华盛顿报道。
Saab, who also hails from Colombia, was deported to the U.S. by Rodríguez in May. Last month, he pleaded guilty in a related bribery case, agreeing to cooperate against Maduro and other individuals and forfeit $195 million in criminal proceeds from the corruption scheme. Durkin Richer reported from Washington.