Watch an updated version of FRONTLINE and Armando.info’s 2024 documentary on a corruption scandal spanning from Venezuela to the U.S., and what has happened to the journalists who helped uncover the story.

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As governments across the globe crack down on press freedom and journalists face increased intimidation, this updated version of “A Dangerous Assignment” brings the story up to the present — including the July 28, 2024, Venezuelan election and its aftermath.

“A Dangerous Assignment: Uncovering Corruption in Maduro’s Venezuela” is an Assignment Film production for GBH/FRONTLINE in association with Armando.info. The director is Juan Ravell. The producer is Jeff Arak. The reporter is Roberto Deniz. The executive producer for Armando.info is Ewald Scharfenberg. The editor-in-chief and executive producer of FRONTLINE is Raney Aronson-Rath.

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CHAPTERS:

0:00 – Prologue
01:05 – Journalists Investigate Complaints About Powdered Milk in Venezuela’s CLAP Food Program
14:02 – Who is Alex Saab?
31:44 – ‘Operación Alacrán’ / ‘Operation Scorpion’ and Its Impact on Venezuela’s Political Opposition
38:00 – How the U.S. Government Tracked Down Alex Saab
41:22 – A Campaign to Free Alex Saab Takes Hold in Venezuela and Other Countries
53:44 – Alex Saab Extradited to the U.S.
59:37 – Court Documents Reveal Alex Saab’s Cooperation With the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
01:09:42 – Alex Saab is Freed as Part of a Prisoner Swap Deal Between the U.S. and Venezuela
01:15:45 – The Venezuelan Election & Its Aftermath
01:22:00 – Credits