Alex Saab Pleads Not Guilty to US Charges

Alex Saab, a businessman who used to be close to Venezuela's former president Nicolas Maduro, was brought to the United States to face charges of money laundering.

He pleaded not guilty in a court in Miami.

The US says he took millions of dollars meant for a food program in Venezuela and moved some of that money to US banks.

Venezuela says they sent him to the US because it was in their country's best interest.

This isn't the first time Saab has been in trouble with US law.

He was caught in another country a few years ago and later got a deal to be freed in exchange for helping release Americans held in Venezuela.