A Colombian businessman wanted by the United States for allegedly paying bribes to secure lucrative Venezuelan government contracts has been taken into custody and will appear in a Florida courtroom on Tuesday.
Alvaro Pulido, 62, is alleged to have laundered more than $2 billion in connection with the bribery schemes, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
A federal court in Miami indicted Pulido in absentia in 2019 and again in 2021. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. State Department offered a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to his arrest. It is unclear where authorities arrested him….