Caracas (AFP) – Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido distanced himself from allegations of corruption against his allies on Sunday, in the latest blow to his faltering efforts to oust President Nicolas Maduro from office.
Venezuelan investigative website Armando.info had earlier in the day published a report claiming that nine pro-Guaido MPs intervened on behalf of a Colombian businessman linked to a subsidized food aid program known as CLAP.
Businessman Carlos Lizcano reportedly worked for fellow Colombian Alex Nain Saab Moran and his business partner Alvaro Pulido, who were among a group of people sanctioned by the US Treasury Department in July for running a “corruption network” that profited off of emergency food imports meant for CLAP.
Armando.info reported that a group of opposition MPs allegedly contacted Colombian and American authorities to ask them to show leniency towards Lizcano, claiming he had nothing to do with Saab and Pulido’s illegal activities.
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