Alejandro Betancourt, Trump’s Partner in Venezuelan Oil Deal, Has Faced Investigations

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• The New York Times left

  Alejandro Betancourt, Trump’s Partner in Venezuelan Oil Deal, Has Faced Investigations
• Edward Wong

  NEW: In a White House meeting this spring, Rubio brought up Alejandro Betancourt as an oil partner in Venezuela. Then US officials pressed Switzerland and UK to ease or drop travel restrictions and investigations into him. UK was reluctant but agreed. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/w...
  
• CNN left

  For a decade, Venezuelan businessman Alejandro Betancourt has been ensnared in the tentacles of a sprawling Justice Department probe into a sophisticated billion-dollar money laundering scheme that US prosecutors allege embezzled funds from Venezuela’s state-owned oil company known as PDVSA.
  
• The New York Times left

  Venezuelan oilman Alejandro Betancourt has been targeted by multiple investigations. Now he’s the U.S. government’s unrivaled partner in President Trump’s bid to control oil resources in Venezuela.