Venezuelan Emissary Alex Saab Approved for Extradition to the U.S., Called to Mexico for Talks with Opposition

On September 8, 2021, Cape Verde’s Constitutional Court, the island nation’s highest judicial authority, approved the extradition to the U.S. of Colombian businessman Alex Saab, a Venezuelan emissary detained last year while refueling his private jet en route to Iran.^[1]  The decision to extradite Saab accompanies rising tensions between the U.S. and Maduro’s Venezuelan government and comes after a legal battle over the validity of Saab’s detainment and potential extradition.