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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Hugo Chavez's ex-nurse-turned treasurer extradited to US

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A Venezuelan woman who rose from being the late President Hugo Chávez's nurse to the nation's treasurer has been extradited from Spain to the U.S. to face money-laundering charges.

Federal prosecutors in South Florida are accusing Claudia Díaz, 48, of taking bribes from a billionaire media mogul to greenlight lucrative currency transactions when she served as Venezuela's treasurer a decade ago.

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