Prosecutor allied with Maduro who already accused Lula of being a CIA agent resigns from his position in Venezuela

Attorney General of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab AFP via Getty Images, via BBC The Attorney General of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, resigned from his position this Wednesday (25). Until then head of the country’s Public Ministry, Saab was one of Nicolás Maduro’s main allies and worked in the arrest of opponents of the Chavista regime. ✅ Follow the g1 international news channel on WhatsApp In 2024, Saab gained notoriety in Brazil by accusing President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) of being an agent of the CIA, the US intelligence service. At the time, he criticized the Brazilian government for demanding the release of the minutes of the presidential election that gave Maduro victory. “For me, Lula was co-opted in prison. That’s my theory,” he said at the time. “Lula, who is not the same person who came out of prison, for everything he accused now, is not the same at all: neither in his physique, nor in how he expresses himself.” Saab had been in office since 2017. After the July 2024 presidential election, he played a central role in the arrest of opponents who accused the Maduro government of lying about the result. International organizations claim that Edmundo González won the dispute with a wide advantage, based on the minutes released by the candidate’s allies. González ended up exiled to Spain to avoid being arrested. See the videos that are trending on g1 A month after the election, Saab accused opposition leader María Corina Machado of engineering protests against the government. She was held criminally responsible for the more than 20 deaths recorded during the demonstrations. In September 2024, he requested the inclusion of the name of the president of Argentina, Javier Milei, on the Interpol red list, after the Argentine court ordered Maduro’s arrest for human rights violations. In September last year, when tensions between the United States and Venezuela grew, Saab asked the UN to investigate North American attacks against vessels allegedly transporting drugs in the Caribbean. Saab has always denied that the Venezuelan government holds political prisoners. He recently supported an amnesty law approved by the National Assembly. It is still unclear what led the Chavista to resign from his position. According to the National Assembly, parliamentarians will choose interim replacements until President Delcy Rodríguez nominates who will occupy the position permanently. MORE

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