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Former Venezuela spymaster pleads guilty to narcoterrorism charge ahead of trial
VENEZUELA, JUN 25 – Hugo Carvajal admitted leading a cartel that trafficked tons of cocaine to the U.S. with Colombian rebels, facing a likely 50-year sentence for narcoterrorism and drug conspiracy charges.
- A former Venezuelan spymaster, Hugo Carvajal, pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges in Manhattan federal court, one week before his trial began.
- Carvajal faces a sentence of 50 years to life in prison after pleading guilty to narco-terrorism and leading a cartel.
- He allegedly led a cartel involved in cocaine trafficking to the U.S. in cooperation with Colombian guerrillas.
- DEA Acting Administrator Robert Murphy commented that Carvajal exploited his position to harm the United States.
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Hugo Chávez’s Head of Intelligence Pleads Guilty to Drug and Arms Trafficking
Hugo “El Pollo” Carvajal, the intelligence chief who served under former Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and arms trafficking in New York on June 25. Carvajal, whose full name is Hugo Armando Carvajal Barrios, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein on several counts, including conspiracy to import cocaine into the United States; participation in narco-terrorism on behalf of the Revolut…
RIO DE JANEIRO. After two years of denials, Venezuela's former intelligence chief Hugo Carvajal has admitted his involvement in the regime's cocaine smuggling to the United States. The admission in a New York court suggests he chose to cooperate in order to receive a lighter sentence.
The former official, who broke up with Nicolás Maduro in 2019, faces charges of drug trafficking and narcoterrorism, and the possibility of life imprisonment
Venezuela’s former intelligence director, Hugo Armando Carvajal, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to the charges of drug trafficking and narcoterrorism before a U.S. federal court, the Department of Justice reported. Known as “El Pollo”, Carvajal, 65 years old, was one of the most powerful men in Venezuela in his day under the presidency of former president Hugo Chávez. He was the head of the Military Intelligence Directorate (DIM) of Venezuela betwe…
Hugo Carvajal, nicknamed "El Pollo", was one of the most powerful people in the Venezuelan government. He was on the run from the US authorities for ten years.
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