CARACAS—Venezuelan regime leader Nicolas Maduro on Monday accepted the resignation of the country’s powerful oil minister following the detention of several high level officials amid a corruption probe focused on state-run company PDVSA and the judiciary.
Tareck El Aissami had said earlier on Monday on Twitter he would resign to fully support the investigations. The probe especially touches PDVSA, which is supervised by the oil ministry.
Arresting government officials for corruption is rare in Venezuela, a country that rights groups such as Transparency International have described as opaque.
Maduro did not immediately name a replacement for El Aissami, who has served as vice president, and as a minister and mayor over the past two decades….