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Sunday, April 1, 2001
Volume:
17
Issue:
4
152
Abstract:
On February 24, 2001, the U.S. extradited Victor Alberto Venero to Peru on charges of corruption and money laundering relating to his alleged work with former Peruvian intelligence chief, Vladimiro Montesinos.
Venero was flown from Miami to Lima under police guard to stand trial.
The U.S. arrested Venero in January on an international arrest warrant based on the Peruvian charges. The FBI claimed that Venero had deposited about $15 million in a Miami bank account, which has now been frozen pursuant to an order of a U.S. district court in Miami…[more]