Feds auction off prized horses of ex-Venezuela treasurer who got rich as socialist country crumbled

MIAMI -- As Venezuela's path of socialism was going bust and millions of people were drowning in poverty without access to adequate healthcare or even food, a small group of military leaders, politicians and businessmen siphoned billions from the government that went straight into their pockets. One of the worst offenders is Venezuela's former national treasurer Alejandro Andrade, who teamed up with other shady characters to pilfer more than $1 billion from his government's coffers. Andrade had been the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's best friend and personal bodyguard before rising to the role of treasurer and hitting pay dirt.-- More...