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U.S. arrests Colombian national Alvaro Pulido Vargas on money laundering charges

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U.S. federal authorities arrested Colombian national Alvaro Pulido Vargas, 62, on Sunday regarding his alleged participation in multibillion-dollar bribery and money laundering schemes linked to the Venezuelan government. Pulido Vargas faces two federal indictments from 2019 and 2021 accusing him of laundering proceeds from fraudulent contracts related to…

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