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Venezuelan politician and military officer
Hugo Carvajal
Carvajal in 2016.
Deputy of the National Assembly for Monagas
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 January 2016
Consul General of Venezuela in Aruba
In office January 2014 – April 2014
President
Nicolás Maduro
Director of the Directorate General of Military Counterintelligence
In office April 2013 – January 2014
Preceded by
Wilfredo Figueroa Chacín
Succeeded by
Iván Hernández Dala
In office July 2004 – December 2011
Succeeded by
Wilfredo Figueroa Chacín
Deputy Director of the Directorate General of Military Counterintelligence
In office 2003–2004
Personal details
Born
Hugo Armando Carvajal Barrios
(1960-04-01) 1 April 1960 (age 64) Puerto la Cruz, Anzoátegui, Venezuela
Political party
United Socialist Party of Venezuela (former)
Nickname
El Pollo ("The Chicken")
Military service
Rank
General
Carvajal as Major General with Hugo ChávezFrom left to right: Hugo Chávez, businessman Richard Boulton, his wife Marena Bencomo, and Carvajal. Carvajal worked actively in the resolution of the kidnapping of Boulton in ColombiaCarvajal as Deputy of the National Assembly
Hugo Armando Carvajal Barrios, nicknamed El Pollo ("The Chicken")[1] (born 1960), is a Venezuelan diplomat and retired general. He was the head of the military intelligence in Venezuela during Hugo Chávez's government, from July 2004 to December 2011.[2] Carvajal was arrested in Spain on 12 April 2019 based on an arrest warrant from the United States for 2011 drug trafficking charges; the U.S. asked Spain to extradite Carvajal.[3][4] After the Spanish courts approved his extradition to the United States Carvajal went into hiding. On 26 March 2020, the U.S. Department of State offered $10 million for information to bring him to justice in relation to drug trafficking and narco-terrorism.[5] On 9 September 2021 he was arrested by Spanish police in an apartment in Madrid.[6] On 19 July 2023, Carjaval was extradited to the United States.[7]
^"Timmermans laat drugsconsul Carvajal gaan" (in Dutch). De Telegraaf. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
^"Hugo Carvajal fue hombre de confianza de Chávez y estuvo al frente de la DIM" (in Spanish). El Nacional. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
^Castellanos, Silvio; Miguel Gutierrez; Andy Sullivan (12 April 2019). "Ex-Venezuelan intelligence chief arrested on U.S. drug trafficking warrant". Reuters. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
^"Ex-Venezuelan intelligence chief arrested on U.S. drug trafficking warrant". ABC News. Associated Press. 12 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
^"Department of State Offers Rewards for Information to Bring Venezuelan Drug Traffickers to Justice". state.gov. 26 March 2020.
^"Spanish police arrests ex-Venezuelan spy chief Carvajal". Reuters. 9 September 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
^Parra, Aritz (19 July 2023). "Ex-Venezuelan spy chief Carvajal is extradited from Spain to US on drug trafficking charges". Associated Press. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
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