Naman Wakil, who faced foreign corruption charges in Miami, died in 2023. But the feds still seized his tainted profits.
The USMNT-Venezuela friendly will be held at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Chase Stadium is the home of Inter Miami CF of Major League Soccer. The television broadcast will be available on TNT, with pregame coverage starting at 2:30 p.m. ET.
The U.S. government said the money came from illegal payments made by Naman Wakil to win lucrative contracts with a Venezuelan agency.
Mauricio Pochettino, the Argentine coach tasked with leading the U.S. national team through the 2026 World Cup, said he and his staff have been quite impressed with the level of play from the MLS players at camp in Fort Lauderdale this week.
"The Iranians, in fact, are beginning to build drone factories for the manufacture of Iranian drones in our own hemisphere," Sen. Marco Rubio said.
The United States and Mauricio Pochettino will play an international friendly against Venezuela on Saturday afternoon at Chase Stadium in Miami, Florida.
A former Green Beret behind a clandestine invasion of Venezuela in 2020 to try and overthrow Nicolás Maduro says in court filings that he had authority from the highest levels of the government for the amphibious raid that ended with several combatants killed and two of his U.
On Saturday, the U.S. men’s national team will face Venezuela in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The friendly is an opportunity for the United States to build positive momentum under new head coach Mauricio Pochettino.
Goalkeeper Drake Callender became the fourth player dropped from the roster for the United States’ friendly against Venezuela on Saturday. The U.S.
The increase to $25 million reflects "the gravity of his crimes and the continued threat he poses," a senior official said.
Hundreds of Venezuelans gathered on Thursday in Doral, near Miami, to demand stronger international action for a free and democratic Venezuela. Waving their country's tricolour flags, they called for more pressure on the Venezuelan government and expressed their support for the opposition leader they recognise as the legitimate president.