Venezuelan authorities Tuesday arrested former Oil Minister Tareck El Aissami in a corruption probe after about one year at large following his resignation. When making the announcement ...

El Aissami is named on a list of government officials linked to drug trafficking, according to the Treasury Department, resulting in the freezing of his U.S. assets.

Singled out as a drug lord by the United States, El Aissami said his sidestep sought to help investigators fight PDVSA corruption Venezuelan Oil Minister Tareck El Aissami Monday resigned his post ...

He did not offer any evidence to support the accusations. Tellechea became oil minister following the resignation of Tareck El Aissami, who had helped Maduro and his government devise a structure ...

According to the Venezuelan prosecutor’s office, the country’s former oil czar, Tareck El Aissami, used these illicit oil deals to siphon off billions of dollars from PDVSA. El Aissami was ...