This is what you should know about the complex extradition of Hugo "El Pollo" Carvajal 4:11
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The Anti-Drug Prosecutor's Office of Spain has considered the guarantees offered by the US justice "sufficient" to extradite Hugo "Pollo" Carvajal, according to a legal source informed CNN.
These guarantees include rejecting the prior request of the National Court that the former head of the Venezuelan Military Intelligence Directorate not be sentenced to life imprisonment, although it adds that Carvajal may request a review of his sentence to obtain a lesser sentence or even a pardon, according to what his lawyer María Dolores de Argüelles told CNN.
The Prosecutor's Office has already informed the Third Section of the Criminal Chamber of the National High Court of its decision, but the defense of the former Venezuelan official has yet to be informed, who confirmed that he had not yet received the notification.
Even so, Argüelles assured that when they receive it they will present allegations.
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Hugo Carvajal is wanted by the United States to be tried for alleged narco-terrorist conspiracy, possession of weapons and drug trafficking.
Among others, the US Department of Justice accuses him of being part of the Cartel of the Suns, a criminal group controlled by the Venezuelan military and whose name honors the insignia on their uniforms.
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According to the Prosecutor's Office for the Southern District of New York, as a member of this organization, Carvajal would have planned together with the FARC to "flood" the North American nation with cocaine to affect the well-being of the population.
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Carvajal has rejected those accusations since the beginning of the extradition process.
