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Related: About this forumVenezuela's ex-spy chief arrested in Madrid on US warrant
Source: Associated Press
Venezuelas ex-spy chief arrested in Madrid on US warrant
By ARITZ PARRA
April 12, 2019
MADRID (AP) Venezuelas longtime spy chief was arrested Friday in Madrid by Spanish police acting on a U.S. drug warrant a few weeks after he threw his support behind opponents of President Nicolas Maduro.
The arrest of retired Maj. Gen. Hugo Carvajal, who for more than a decade advised the late leader Hugo Chávez, was celebrated by U.S. law enforcement officials who watched helplessly as the spymaster slipped from their grips five years ago when he was picked up in Aruba on the same New York indictment used to order Fridays arrest.
But some analysts said his surprise detention might have a chilling effect on Venezuelas opposition.
The opposition saw Carvajals criticism of Venezuelas socialist government as a stimulus to prod other military figures to defect, but the countrys armed forces have remained largely loyal to current Maduro.
Prosecutors in New York alleged Carvajal used his high office to coordinate the smuggling of approximately 5,600 kilograms of cocaine from Venezuela to Mexico in 2006, according to the indictment.
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By ARITZ PARRA
April 12, 2019
MADRID (AP) Venezuelas longtime spy chief was arrested Friday in Madrid by Spanish police acting on a U.S. drug warrant a few weeks after he threw his support behind opponents of President Nicolas Maduro.
The arrest of retired Maj. Gen. Hugo Carvajal, who for more than a decade advised the late leader Hugo Chávez, was celebrated by U.S. law enforcement officials who watched helplessly as the spymaster slipped from their grips five years ago when he was picked up in Aruba on the same New York indictment used to order Fridays arrest.
But some analysts said his surprise detention might have a chilling effect on Venezuelas opposition.
The opposition saw Carvajals criticism of Venezuelas socialist government as a stimulus to prod other military figures to defect, but the countrys armed forces have remained largely loyal to current Maduro.
Prosecutors in New York alleged Carvajal used his high office to coordinate the smuggling of approximately 5,600 kilograms of cocaine from Venezuela to Mexico in 2006, according to the indictment.
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Venezuela's ex-spy chief arrested in Madrid on US warrant (Original Post)
Eugene
Apr 2019
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PupCamo
(288 posts)1. he was only arrested after he switched sides?
I'm confused at what the article is saying
Eugene
(61,974 posts)2. You were expecting the Trump Gang *not* to screw up?
PupCamo
(288 posts)3. but he's on the "right" side now
why arrest him now?
I do expect them to screw up