Venezuela suspends talks with opposition after Maduro ally extradited to U.S.

• If Saab were to cooperate with American officials, it could potentially help them untangle the president's "economic web" and charge other Venezuelan government allies, the New York Times notes.

The big picture: The U.S. Department of Justice indicted Saab in 2019 in connection with a $350 million illegal bribery scheme the DOJ said involved a Venezuelan government housing project. Saab denies the charge.

• Law enforcement officials detained Saab in Cape Verde in June last year after his plane stopped to refuel in the West African island nation, Reuters reports.

What they're saying: His lawyers have said that as Saab is Venezuela's envoy to Iran, he shouldn't have been arrested, Bloomberg notes. They claim he was extradited without his legal team being informed about it, according to the NYT.

• Maduro's regime condemned Saab's extradition in a statement calling his arrest a "grave human rights violation." It accused the United Nations and several countries of plotting against the Venezuelan government.

Of note: Freddy Guevara, one of the delegates for the Venezuelan opposition, announced Saturday that he wouldn’t be traveling to Mexico because of health complications.

Editor's note: This article has been updated to include details of the oil executive's detention.