The minister, arrested for allegedly leaking information to a company linked to the US intelligence services, was praised for ...

Venezuela’s top prosecutor has announced the arrest of a former oil minister and accused him of working with the U.S.

Venezuelan authorities have arrested former industry and oil minister Pedro Tellechea, Attorney General Tarek Saab said on ...

Venezuelan authorities have arrested a former oil minister accused of links to a firm controlled by US intelligence services, the public prosecutor's office announced Monday.

Pedro Tellechea, who served as petroleum minister and head of state oil company PDVSA until August, was detained on Sunday along with “his closest collaborators,” Attorney General Tarek ...

Former Venezuelan oil minister Pedro Tellechea was arrested for allegedly committing grave crimes against national interests. He was accused of handing over control of parts of the state oil firm to a ...