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Venezuelan Oil Tycoon Ruperti Held by Police, Law Firm Says

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The president in charge of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez , ordered the arrest of the Venezuelan oil tycoon Wilmer Ruperti, the main source of financing for chavismo . The detainee is in custody of the Bolivarian Service of National Intelligence (Sebin) after having been quoted this Thursday, according to his lawyers. Ruperti is a 66-year-old Bolivarian of the important shipping sector within the oil and financial framework of chavismo, and one of t…

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The president in charge of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez , ordered the arrest of the Venezuelan oil tycoon Wilmer Ruperti, the main source of financing for chavismo . The detainee is in custody of the Bolivarian Service of National Intelligence (Sebin) after having been quoted this Thursday, according to his lawyers. Ruperti is a 66-year-old Bolivarian of the important shipping sector within the oil and financial framework of chavismo, and one of t…

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CARACAS. – The Venezuelan business sector of the official wing is on alert after confirmation of the arrest of Wilmer Ruperti, owner of Canal i and of the baseball team, the Sharks of La Guaira. The entrepreneur, a neuralgic figure in the energy logistics of the country for...

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The lawyers of the oil entrepreneur Wilmer Ruperti indicated that he remains in the custody of the security forces after being arrested on Thursday noon. According to CGTN America’s social media report, Ruperti was contacted for a “meeting” with intelligence agents and until this Friday he has not been released and there is no information about why he has been arrested. “The businessman recognized for his record in the oil sector and for his lin…

Wilmer Ruperti remains in the custody of the authorities after the intelligence police of the country requested a meeting with him, the law firm representing him reported this Friday, March 20. According to the lawyers of the oil businessman, the request for a meeting by the intelligence agents was made last Thursday, 19, around noon, without so far formalizing a release or any specific charges against him.

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focoinformativo.site broke the news in on Friday, March 20, 2026.
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