A US Drug Enforcement Administration agent accused late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez of cooperating with Colombian rebel group FARC to ease the shipment of cocaine into the
United States, a Spanish court ruling published Tuesday showed.
The accusation was cited in a ruling by Spain's National Court, the country's top criminal court, rejecting a US request to extradite Venezuela's former military intelligence chief, General Hugo Armando Carvajal, on drug trafficking charges.
The ruling includes a sworn statement from an agent from a DEA agent that was included as evidence to back the extradition request.