First arrests of venezuelan regimen,ex judge and ex general both linked with drugsmuggling

First arrests of venezuelan regimen,ex judge and ex general both linked with drugsmuggling and money laundering

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Judge Commissioner Aruba, van Wersch decided that Major General (r) Hugo Carvajal and remain detained pending his extradition.

That was determined that the former director of the DIM had no diplomatic immunity.

 

Accusations Florida. The Court for the Southern District of Florida United States drew Carvajal, former director of military intelligence, drug trafficking and illegal substances enter there. The indictment, dated 16 May 2013, it links with the North Valley cartel of Colombia.

The text relates to Carvajal with drug lord Wilber Varela, alias Soap, killed in Mérida in 2008, which used to Venezuela as a base and took the help of Venezuelan military to send thousands of kilos of the drug in Mexico and the United States .

The court indicates that Carvajal, alias Pollo not only allowed the export of drugs and provided protection and information, but also was responsible for finance shipments and sell hundreds of kilos a member of the organization Varela. They argue that the military allowed members of the Varela organization distribute illegal substances in the U.S., offered transport and protection for its operations in Venezuela and gave them intelligence on the activities of the Army and security agencies in the country. When Varela, cartel members continued to pay him for the help in traffic died.

The accusation of the Court of Miami remained under book came to light one day after the capture of Carvajal in Aruba.

The Infobae portal. com Carvajal as head linked to a network of 10 general for shipping drugs to the United States and the Caribbean, as well as illegal activities of PDVSA related money laundering. The former director of the DIM is also linked to the murder of the sign language interpreter Adriana Venevision Urquiola last March.

In another indictment, from December 19, 2013, linking Bernny Bacchi Palmieri, former Venezuelan judge arrested on Thursday at the Miami airport, and Rodolfo McTurk, former head of Interpol Caracas, the drug trafficker Jaime Alberto Marin Zamora to facilitate traffic drugs between Colombia, Venezuela and the United States.

Bacchi Palmieri pleaded not guilty to the charges against him, one of which involves a life sentence.



Fear rescue. Since Carvajal was arrested, the Justice Center Macuarima is surrounded by the special police officers who stood up on roofs to prevent anyone from approaching the detainee.

The police prevented any attempt to rescue Carvajal for fear of revealing compromising information.

There is a possibility to be transferred to the prison of Kia, which would have better control of the situation. The arrest warrant was issued on July 4.

It was learned that the military had four phones. One is registered in your name and one on behalf of the Ministry of Defense. He arrived in Aruba on a Cessna S550, would be owned Venezuelan businessman Roberto Rincon.

Carvajal list contained in the Clinton Treasury Department of the United States, which are also General Henry Rangel Silva, governor of Montreal, and Captain Ramon Rodriguez Chacin, Guárico governor, who Washington says of collaborating with the FARC.



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The Deputy Foreign Minister for Europe, Calixto Ortega, said that Venezuela Aruba expected to rectify what Carvajal considered unlawful detention on the island, to safeguard bilateral relations and respect for the rules of international law.

"After this there is a very clear detention masterminding the U.S. government," he said.

The lawyer Chris Lejuez told Efe that is convinced that the judge order the release of generally having diplomatic passports. "Carvajal meet the conditions to qualify for the right of diplomatic immunity." He said the military was appointed Consul General in Aruba and expected government accreditation to taking office. Amabel Lugo Irizarry is the official who appears registered as consul in charge of Venezuela in Aruba.

Gov. Trujillo, General Henry Rangel Silva, Carvajal rejected the arrest. In a statement says: "The U.S. government has made a vicious campaign to tarnish the name and reputation of individual staff members, including myself, for allegedly collaborating with drug traffickers and guerrillas. A campaign built laboratories dirty war, without evidence, that only sought to impose an international siege commander Hugo Chavez. "