Two PDVSA executives arrested by Venezuela's intelligence agents
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(Reuters) - Venezuelan intelligence agents on Friday detained two
executives from PDVSA’s supply and trading division, three company
sources said, just over a week after President Nicolas Maduro appointed
a commission to restructure the state-run oil company.

Under growing pressure due to U.S. sanctions on PDVSA and its main
business partner, Rosneft Trading, Maduro last week ordered the nation’s economy vice president, Tareck El Aissami, who is under sanctions
himself, to lead a committee to reorganize the company.

Maduro said he would accept no more excuses from PDVSA’s workers,
including reasons related to sanctions, to justify its performance, and declared an “energy emergency” in the country.

In one of its first decisions, the commission appointed a lieutenant
colonel with no apparent industry experience, Antonio Perez Suarez, as
vice president of PDVSA’s supply and trading division. It is yet unclear
if other vice presidents who were asked to resign are still in office.

The executives detained, Aryenis Torrealba and Alfredo Chirinos from
supply and trade’s operations, left the company in handcuffs according
to two of the sources. Torrealba is also a board member of PDVSA’s
refining unit in Europe, Nynas AB.

Neither PDVSA nor Venezuela’s oil or information ministries immediately responded to requests for comment. It was not immediately clear which intelligence police body acted.


https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-pdvsa-probe/two-pdvsa-executives-arrested-by-venezuelas-intelligence-agents-sources-idUSKCN20M3C8

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