CARACAS/MIAMI (Reuters) - Venezuela's former military intelligence chief, accused of involvement in drug trafficking by the United States, was arrested on a Caribbean island while on diplomatic business, the South American country said on Thursday.
"The government rejects the illegal and arbitrary detention," the foreign ministry said in a statement announcing the arrest of military general Hugo Carvajal on the nearby island of Aruba.
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