Venezuela ex-intel chief missing in Spain ahead of US extradition: Police

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Venezuela's former military intelligence chief has gone missing in Spain just days after a court approved a request for his extradition to the ...

MADRID: Venezuela's former military intelligence chief has gone missing in Spain just days after a court approved a request for his extradition to the United States on drug trafficking charges, police said Wednesday .

In mid-September, Spain's National Court had rejected a US extradition request, instead ordering the release of Carvajal, who served as intelligence chief under the late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez. But the court reversed that decision on Friday after accepting an appeal from the public prosecutor's office, although full details of the ruling have not yet been made public.Speaking to AFP, Carvajal's lawyer María Dolores de Arguelles said she had"not been informed" they were going to rearrest him, adding that she did not know his whereabouts.

Known as"El Pollo" , Carvajal was stripped of his rank by the administration of President Nicolas Maduro after coming out in support of Juan Guaido as Venezuela's acting president in February.Carvajal has long been sought by US Treasury officials who suspect him of providing support to drug trafficking by the FARC guerrilla group in Colombia.

 

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