Venezuela deports a Colombian to US in Money-Laundering Case
On October 22, a Colombian man connected with a pyramid scheme that bilked Colombians out of hundreds of millions of USD was deported by Venezuela to the United States of America. This criminal was wanted on money-laundering charges in the US .
Venezuelan authorities took Luis Cediel to Caracas’ main airport for the flight to the US Justice Minister Tareck El Aissami. In the United States, Cediel was be handed over to the US Drug Enforcement Administration.
Cediel was indicted by US authorities in New York earlier in 2009 with his 3 co-defendents who were accused of coordinating the collection of millions of USD in drug proceeds in Mexico City beginning in February 2008.
The Colombian is charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering. He can be imprisoned for up to 20 years.