Saab announced new suspects involved in these events, which he also described as a political conspiracy against the Venezuelan government. | Photo: @elsiglocomve

Caracas, April 29 (RHC)-- The Attorney General of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, presented new evidence in the PDVSA Cripto widespread corruption case that involves former defendants of other crimes such as assassination attempts, failed coups d'état, among others.

In the corruption plot, in which Tareck El Aissami, Samark López, Julio Borges, Carlos Ocariz, Carlos Vecchio and Leopoldo López are involved, it was not only to steal through oil operations but to advance a political conspiracy to destabilize the country.

These new findings put these far-right characters in evidence and explain how those involved in the PDVSA-Cripto corruption plot acted. Furthermore, the objective of that gang was to implode the national economy, Saab explained.

"It was not only a moral conspiracy, but also a political and ideological one. They allied themselves with the enemies of the country," said Saab, who certified that there was a "political conspiracy linked to oil corruption" of the mafia that was revealed.

The prosecutor pointed out during the first and second phases of the Pdva-Cripto case, 66 people involved have been arrested.

"We advance the political conspiracy by this group, which used the digital financial system," the prosecutor recalled.

"This obsession with searching through the streets and violence, in addition to the sanctions that have promoted massive violations of Venezuelan rights; let's calculate the self-confidence of these people, which perplexed sectors that wondered where El Aissami was," he said.

"The three were detained in their respective hideouts, as a result of permanent surveillance since the end of 2023 and the second phase that began in 2024."

At the press conference, Saab released some audios in which Julio Borges talks by telephone with Samark López about this conspiracy.