Venezuela arrests ex-oil bosses for graft in widening purge

[TomSea]

Venezuela arrests ex-oil bosses for graft in widening purge
Alexandra Ulmer, Deisy Buitrago

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan authorities on Thursday arrested two once-powerful officials who had run the oil ministry and state energy company PDVSA as part of a deepening industry purge also seen as a power play by leftist President Nicolas Maduro.

In the highest-profile arrests to date, engineer Eulogio Del Pino and chemist Nelson Martinez were detained early on Thursday on accusations of graft and seeking to sabotage the nation’s ailing energy industry, prosecutor Tarek Saab said in a televised speech.

Read more at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-oil/venezuela-arrests-ex-oil-bosses-for-graft-in-widening-purge-idUSKBN1DU1X4

[thackney]

Venezuela's military is reportedly taking over the country's state oil giant
http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,292472.msg1525082.html#msg1525082
 November 27, 2017

[driftdiver]

Venezuela's military is reportedly taking over the country's state oil giant
http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,292472.msg1525082.html#msg1525082
 November 27, 2017

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