Maduro’s alleged frontman Alex Saab reportedly detained in Caracas

<p>FBI and Venezuela’s intelligence agency also reportedly arrest billionaire media mogul Raúl Gorrín at same address</p><p>A close and powerful associate of the deposed Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro has reportedly been detained during a joint operation by Venezuela’s intelligence agency and the FBI.</p><p>Alex Saab, a wealthy Colombian-Venezuelan businessman long considered Maduro’s frontman, was removed from his position in Venezuela’s government a fortnight after <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/03/colombia-sends-armed-forces-venezuela-border-concern-refugee-influx">US forces captured his ally on 3 January</a>. In the early hours of Wednesday, the 54-year-old was reportedly detained by members of the Bolivarian national intelligence service (Sebin) at a luxury home in Venezuela’s capital, Caracas.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/05/nicolas-maduro-alex-saab-caracas-venezuela">Continue reading...</a>