Spain—Police Arrest Ex-Venezuelan Intel Chief
New York Times | 09/10/2021
Spanish police have arrested a senior Venezuelan intelligence official after he disappeared two years ago, reports the New York Times.
On Thursday, police announced that they had apprehended Hugo Carvajal at an undisclosed location in Madrid.
Carvajal went into hiding two years ago shortly after Spain approved a U.S. request for his extradition on drug-trafficking charges.
For more than a decade, he served as the head of military intelligence under Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez.
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