According to U.S. prosecutors, Carvajal used his powerful military role to protect drug shipments, work with Colombian rebel group FARC, and allow tons of cocaine to enter the U.S. illegally. He ...

Hugo Carvajal Barrios, who served as Venezuela’s director of military intelligence, was due to go to trial on June 30.

Hugo Carvajal, a former top official in Venezuela's authoritarian government, pleaded guilty to narco terrorism, the Department of Justice announced ...

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.

A former Venezuelan spymaster pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges — including narco-terrorism -- a week before his ...

Venezuela's former head of military intelligence, Hugo Carvajal - also known as "El Pollo", or The Chicken - has pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and narco-terrorism charges in the US. US officials ...