The 63-year-old had served as former Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez’s eyes and ears in the country’s military from 2004 to 2011.
US federal prosecutors said, during that time, he facilitated the shipment of thousands of kilograms of cocaine from Venezuela to Mexico, where it was ultimately sent to the US.
Carvajal’s appearance in New York federal court marked the culmination of more than ten years of effort by the Department of Justice to bring him to US soil.
The charges against him include participating in a narco-terrorism conspiracy, conspiring to import cocaine to the US and conspiring to use, carry or possess machine guns and destructive devices in connection with the cocaine trafficking.
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