A Venezuelan oilman faced a Swiss arrest warrant. The U.S. had other plans for him.

Source: www.washingtonpost.com · Section: headlines · Bias: Center · Published: Thu, 27 Aug 2026 10:09:46 GMT

The Trump administration intervened in a Swiss criminal investigation of Alejandro Betancourt, who has been helping Washington as an intermediary in Caracas.

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