Former Venezuelan intelligence chief Hugo Carvajal stands during his extradition hearing to U.S. at the High Court in Madrid, Spain, September 12, 2019. . Emilio Naranjo/Pool via REUTERS
MADRID (Reuters) - Venezuela's ex-military intelligence chief told a Spanish court that Washington was fabricating drug-trafficking charges in its extradition request, throwing into doubt future cooperation with the U.S. push against Venezuela's socialist rulers.
Washington believes Hugo Carvajal, a former general and ally of late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, has incriminating information he is willing to share about Chavez' successor President Nicolas Maduro, whom he turned against.
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