Venezuela-Argenina: Trial for suitcase scandal begins in Miami

" Defendant Franklin Durán appeared on Tuesday in court at the beginning of a federal trial against him for charges of having acted illegally as an agent of the Venezuelan government. Durán presumably took...

Venezuelan defendants in suitcase scandal suspected of paying kickbacks

" Franklin Durán and Carlos Kauffman, the two Venezuelans accused in the US of conspiring to act as cover agents of Venezuela in the so-called "suitcase scandal," allegedly paid bribes to officials and military...