FILE PHOTO: 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/File Photo
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's High Court on Tuesday ordered that global police agency Interpol immediately extradite a former director of Venezuelan military intelligence to the United States, where he is wanted on drug trafficking charges, from Spain.
The decision comes after the European Court of Human Rights last week denied an effort by Hugo Carvajal - who was late President Hugo Chavez's eyes and ears within Venezuela's military for more than a decade - to avoid extradition that had earlier been authorised by Spain.
