Venezuela's former head of military intelligence, Hugo Carvajal - also known as "El Pollo", or The Chicken - has pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and ... efforts to remove him from office. As former ...

Venezuela's former intelligence chief Hugo Armando Carvajal pleaded guilty Wednesday to drug trafficking and narco-terrorism charges in a US federal court, the Justice Department said.

Former Venezuelan military intelligence chief Hugo Carvajal has reached an agreement to plead guilty to federal drug trafficking charges in the U.S., in a deal that leaves open the possibility ...

FILE - Former Venezuelan military spy chief, retired Maj. Gen. Hugo Carvajal, walks out of prison in Estremera on the outskirts of Madrid, on Sept. 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File) MIAMI ...

FILE – Former Venezuelan military spy chief, retired Maj. Gen. Hugo Carvajal, walks out of prison in Estremera on the outskirts of Madrid, on Sept. 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File) ...

MIAMI (AP) — A former Venezuelan spymaster who was close to the country’s late President Hugo Chávez pleaded guilty Wednesday to drug trafficking charges a week before his trial was set to ...

Former Venezuelan military spy chief, retired Maj. Gen. Hugo Carvajal, walks out of prison in Estremera on the outskirts of Madrid, on Sept. 15, 2019. Credit: AP ...

MIAMI (AP) — A former Venezuelan spymaster who was close to the country’s late President Hugo Chávez pleaded guilty Wednesday to drug trafficking charges a week before his trial was set to ...

FILE – Former Venezuelan military spy chief, retired Maj. Gen. Hugo Carvajal, walks out of prison in Estremera on the outskirts of Madrid, on Sept. 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File) ...

FILE – Former Venezuelan military spy chief, retired Maj. Gen. Hugo Carvajal, walks out of prison in Estremera on the outskirts of Madrid, on Sept. 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File) ...

FILE - Former Venezuelan military spy chief, retired Maj. Gen. Hugo Carvajal, walks out of prison in Estremera on the outskirts of Madrid, on Sept. 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File) (Manu ...