WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:

Note: A copy of the 2021 indictment can be foundhere and a copy of the 2019 indictment can be foundhere.

MIAMI - A Colombian national charged in two separate federal indictments involving the alleged laundering of more than $2 billion in connection with Venezuelan government bribery schemes will make his initial appearance on Tuesday, Oct. 13, in the Southern District of Florida to face federal prosecution.

According to court documents, Alvaro Pulido Vargas, also known as German Enrique Rubio Salas, 62, of Colombia, was indicted in 2019 and again in 2021 for his alleged involvement in separate sc...