Rivera's Ex-Partner Kept Cut Of $50M Venezuela Contract

By Carolina Bolado ( April 9, 2026, 8:59 PM EDT) -- Real estate developer and convicted drug trafficker Hugo Perera told jurors Thursday he regretted "1,000%" getting involved with former Florida Congressman David Rivera in a $50 million contract with a unit of Venezuela's state-owned oil company but admitted he kept his $5 million cut of the deal....

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