DEA agent leaked secret information about Maduro ally targeted by US, prosecutor says

In a wiretapped phone call, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Agent John Costanzo Jr. revealed the exact date in 2019 when prosecutors in Miami planned to bring charges against businessman Alex Saab for allegedly siphoning $350 million from state contracts. The leak, not previously made public, marks yet another embarrassing case of high-profile agent misconduct at the U.S.' premier anti-narcotics agency and could complicate the Justice Department’s already-fraught prosecution of Saab. Saab has become a cause célèbre among allies of President Nicolas Maduro.