NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former Venezuelan general jailed in the United States on drug trafficking charges is discussing a possible guilty plea with prosecutors, according to recently-released court filings, in a sweeping case in which President Nicolas Maduro is also a defendant.
Cliver Alcala, who retired from the armed forces in 2013 and later fell out with Maduro's government, surrendered to U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents in neighboring Colombia in March 2020. Sources told Reuters at the time that Alcala had agreed to collaborate https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-venezuela-dea-exclusive/alleged-maduro-accomplice-surrenders-to-u-s-agents-will-help-prosecution-sources-idUSKBN21E3IQ with prosecutors.
