{"id":399917,"date":"2026-09-14T23:52:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T23:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/399917\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T23:52:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T23:52:10","slug":"alex-saab-appears-poised-to-plead-guilty-in-miami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/399917\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Saab appears poised to plead guilty in Miami"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_IMG_Alex_Saa_fitted._3_1_1LOI6C5O_L811814301.JPG\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"Alex Saab, the Colombian businessman accused by U.S. prosecutors of serving as a financial operator for Venezuela\u2019s government, is scheduled for a change-of-plea hearing Tuesday in Miami federal court, signaling he may plead guilty in a money-laundering case involving Venezuela\u2019s CLAP food program and PDVSA oil sales.\" alt=\"Alex Saab, the Colombian businessman accused by U.S. prosecutors of serving as a financial operator for Venezuela\u2019s government, is scheduled for a change-of-plea hearing Tuesday in Miami federal court, signaling he may plead guilty in a money-laundering case involving Venezuela\u2019s CLAP food program and PDVSA oil sales.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Alex Saab, the Colombian businessman accused by U.S. prosecutors of serving as a financial operator for Venezuela\u2019s government, is scheduled for a change-of-plea hearing Tuesday in Miami federal court, signaling he may plead guilty in a money-laundering case involving Venezuela\u2019s CLAP food program and PDVSA oil sales.<\/p>\n<p>                Archivo ENH<\/p>\n<p>            Miami<\/p>\n<p>Alex Saab, the Colombian businessman accused of serving as a financial front man for Venezuela\u2019s government, appears poised to plead guilty Tuesday in a new federal money-laundering case in Miami, after a judge scheduled a change-of-plea hearing and canceled his upcoming jury trial.<\/p>\n<p>The hearing is scheduled for 11 a.m. before U.S. District Judge Kathleen M. Williams in Miami, signaling that a case that once appeared headed for a November jury trial may instead be approaching a negotiated resolution.<\/p>\n<p>The court has canceled both the trial and a previously scheduled Zoom calendar call and removed them from Williams\u2019 calendar. Such a move typically occurs when a defendant has reached, or is preparing to formally enter, a plea agreement with prosecutors.<\/p>\n<p>Exactly what Saab, 55, intends to admit remains unclear. Court records do not yet publicly disclose the terms of any agreement with prosecutors, and the docket entry scheduling Tuesday\u2019s proceeding lists the case caption as \u201cUSA v. SEALED\u201d rather than under Saab\u2019s name.<\/p>\n<p>Saab is currently charged with one count of conspiracy to launder monetary instruments, an offense carrying a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison. He pleaded not guilty in July.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday\u2019s expected plea would represent a remarkable second turn through Miami\u2019s federal criminal justice system for a businessman who for years occupied a central position in the confrontation between Washington and Venezuela\u2019s government.<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story. Will be updated<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/profile\/218531130\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789429930_971_Adelgado2.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Antonio Maria Delgado\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/profile\/218531130\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Antonio Maria Delgado<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    el Nuevo Herald<\/p>\n<p>            Galardonado periodista con m\u00e1s de 30 a\u00f1os de experiencia, especializado en la cobertura de temas sobre Venezuela. Amante de la historia y la literatura.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alex Saab, the Colombian businessman accused by U.S. prosecutors of serving as a financial operator for Venezuela\u2019s government,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":399918,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-399917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=399917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/399918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=399917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}