Venezuelan Lawmaker Claims Gold Bars Loaded on Russian Mystery Plane

The FBI alleges that Adalberto Perez was involved in the March 1, 2015 armed robbery of nearly $5 million in gold bars from a tractor-trailer A Venezuelan opposition lawmaker named José Guerra posted images on Tuesday evening that purportedly capture government workers loading tons of gold bars onto a Russian aircraft for transport out of Venezuela. The embattled regime of dictator Nicolás Maduro refused to comment on the report, while Russian officials dismissed it as “fake news.” -- More...