Spain Approves U.S. Extradition Request for the Disappeared Venezuelan Ex-General for Narcotics Charges

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Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Author: 
Bruce Zagaris
Volume: 
36
Issue: 
3
Abstract: 

On March 3, 2020, the Spanish government approved an extradition request from the United States for General Hugo Carvajal, Venezuela’s former intelligence chief.  However, he has now disappeared to an unknown location.[1] His extradition is sought for drug trafficking crimes.  One indictment accuses him of coordinating a 5,600kg (12,345lb) shipment of cocaine from Venezuela to Mexico.[2] The 2006 New York indictment alleges Carvajal assisted Walid Makled to smuggle cocaine found in Mexico inside a DC-9 plane.[3]