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It’s about Fernando Gil Évora and Carlos Gomes Anjos, investigated by the authorities of that African country for allegedly traveling to Caracas to speak directly with Nicolás Maduro about the trial of Colombian businessman Saab.
In recent hours, the Cape Verde judicial police raided the offices of two key executives from the African country involved in the complex judicial process being conducted against the Barranquilla businessman and designated as Nicolas Maduro’s main figurehead, Alex Saab. They are Fernando Gil Évora and Carlos Gomes Anjos, two men who traveled to Caracas in August 2020 as alleged envoys of the Cape Verde government to meet Nicolás Maduro and talk about the Saab case.
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According to local media, computers, cell phones and documents were seized. When the trip took place last August, that country’s government removed Gil Évora from the board of directors of the state-owned Emprofac. At that time, the authorities of the African country confirmed that the decision on the “immediate” resignation of Gil Évora was taken unanimously “as a result of the violation of the duties inherent to the public administrator and a deviation from the purpose of the functions. “.
The government of that country immediately stated that the government of Cape Verde has not sent anyone on a mission to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. As far as is known, the two businessmen arrived by private plane through the presidential terminal in the neighboring country. Dos Anjos and Fernando Gil Alves Évora. The first is the former Cape Verde Tourism and Transport Director and the second is a millionaire businessman in pharmaceuticals. sector.
Saab was captured by Interpol agents on June 13, 2020 when his plane stopped to refuel at Amilcar Cabral International Airport on the island. An arrest warrant against him was issued from Washington via Interpol for alleged money laundering offenses. Born in Barranquilla and of Lebanese descent, Saab is referred to by the United States as the alleged frontman of the Venezuelan president and is related to several companies, including Group Grand Limited (GGL), which is accused of supplying the Maduro regime with food at high prices. and food for the local government supply and production committees (CLAP).
Washington also filed charges against Saab and its right-hand man, Álvaro Enrique Pulido, last July, accusing it of laundering up to $ 350 million allegedly defrauded through Venezuela’s exchange control system. For Garzón, “the avalanche of news in conflict with Saab makes it difficult to recognize the true origin of this circus trial, which is not due to corruption but to an alleged crime of conspiracy to launder assets; a crime which is more than questionable and which could be contrary to the principle of double crime in Cape Verde ”.