Spain will mediate so that the former director of military intelligence of Chavismo, Hugo Carvajal, surrenders to the United States.
The former director of military intelligence of Venezuela (DGCOM), Hugo Carvajal, calculated that he had four years of legal battles in the Spanish courts to stop his extradition to the United States. The European Justice approved his shipment to North American territory, but the long times of the legal process gave a survival to the former strong man of Chavismo.
Ennemista with Nicolás Maduro, he remains on the run with an unknown whereabouts. But that “security” that “Pollo” Carvajal felt from his hiding place vanished days ago when the Donald Trump government accused him and other Chavista officials – even the dictator Maduro himself – of narcoterrorism and put a large reward on anyone. that provides data leading to his arrest.
Priced at $ 10 million dollars for his head, Carvajal no longer trusts anyone. He begins to feel that his own environment may betray him and, for the first time, he thinks of giving himself up.
Until now, secret negotiations with the North American government to present themselves voluntarily have not reached any agreement, but now everything is different. Carvajal would have diminished his claims and is more afraid of his own treason than of the US jails.
The whereabouts of the retired general and ally of the late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez in Spain has been unknown since a court in that country in November approved his extradition to the United States. But now, the Spanish media revealed that the National Intelligence Center (CNI) of Spain located him and will mediate to finalize his delivery.
Still, it is unclear when the former intelligence chief will be released to US authorities, and the two familiar sources consulted by Reuters declined to offer the information.
Last Thursday, the Justice department included 14 officials, but put a special focus on seven of them and for five offered rewards totaling USD 55 million for those who provide information leading to their arrest: USD 15 million by dictator Nicolás Maduro; and USD 10 million for, in addition to Carvajal, Diosdado Cabello, president of the National Constituent Assembly (ANC) and considered number two of the regime; the Minister of Industry and Vice President of Economy, Tareck El Aissami; and former military chief Cliver Alcalá Cordones, who arrived in the United States from Colombia on Friday, guarded by agents of the Administration for Drug Control (DEA).
Carvajal has repeatedly denied allegations of having aided cocaine trafficking to the United States. Since leaving Venezuela, Carvajal denounced Maduro and offered his support to the opponents.
The former head of military intelligence of the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez was stripped of his rank of general in Venezuela in February 2019 after disregarding the authority of President Nicolás Maduro and instead recognizing the opposition leader Juan Guaidó as president in charge.
Accused of “acts of treason against the country”, he fled to the Dominican Republic and then to Spain. There, the retired military man was arrested by the Spanish police in April 2019 at the request of the United States authorities, but the highest court in the European country initially ruled that he should be released and denied his extradition request. The court finally reversed that decision in November. Since then, he has been on the run.
From Infobae.
