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El Aissami was born on 12 November 1974 in El Vigía, Mérida, Venezuela. [1] [9] He is one of five children. His mother, May Maddah de El Aissami, is Lebanese [10] [11] while his father, Zaidan El Amin El Aissami, also known as Carlos Zaidan, was a Druze immigrant from Jabal al-Druze in Syria. [12]
The Ministry of Communications released images of Tareck El Aissami being handcuffed and walking down a hallway, flanked by officers. Former Venezuelan oil minister is arrested in connection with ...
Tareck El Aissami was sanctioned by the US Treasury Department on 13 February 2017 under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act after being accused of facilitating drug shipments from Venezuela to Mexico and the United States, freezing tens of millions of dollars of assets purportedly under El Aissami's control. [20] [21]
A U.S. pilot pleaded guilty on Tuesday to violating American sanctions by transporting former Venezuelan oil minister Tareck El Aissami, whom Washington accuses of drug trafficking. Michols Orsini ...
On 14 June 2018, President Maduro named Rodríguez to be Vice President of Venezuela, succeeding Tareck El Aissami. [3] She also became the head official of the Bolivarian Intelligence Service (SEBIN), Venezuela's intelligence agency, as it is dependent on the office of the vice presidency. [32]
On 26 March 2020, the United States accused Maduro of narcoterrorism, and through its Narcotics Rewards Program offered a US$15 million reward for information leading to his arrest, plus an additional US$10 million each for information leading to the arrest of four close Maduro allies: Diosdado Cabello, Maikel Moreno, Tareck El Aissami ...
On March 21, 2023, he was appointed by the government of Nicolás Maduro as the new Minister of the Ministry of Popular Power for Petroleum, a position held by Tareck El Aissami, who resigned via Twitter on the same day following accusations of "corruption and money laundering" by his workgroup.
A sign for the World Food Programme outside a United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) food aid warehouse in Deir Al-balah, Gaza, on Jan. 23, 2025.