Venezuela’s ex-spy chief extradited from Spain to US to face drug charges

Hugo Carvajal, intelligence leader under Hugo Chavez, accused of providing support to drug trafficking by rebel Farc group

Venezuela's former intelligence chief has been extradited from Spain to the United States where he is wanted on drug trafficking charges, his lawyer and judicial sources said.

Gen Hugo Armando Carvajal, who served as intelligence chief under the former Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, has long been sought by US Treasury officials who suspect him of providing support to drug trafficking by the now disarmed Farc guerrilla group in Colombia.