Pequiven Officials Charged with ‘Web of Corruption’

Venezuela’s Interior Minister Pedro Carreno says federal intelligence officials have dismantled an alleged “web of corruption” within state petrochemical company Pequiven (Caracas) based in the Jose petrochemical complex, according to the state television station Venezolana de Television (Caracas). Among those detained was Pequiven’s Jose project and technical manager Alejandro Hernandez. An alleged co-conspirator, who was not named, has also been detained, the station’s Web site says. Carreno says that, after receiving a complaint...

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