Former Chavista General Hugo “el Pollo” Carvajal, former Director of Intelligence of Venezuela, only will collaborate with Colombia if requested by the United States. This was stated by his lawyer María Dolores De Argüelles to Weekfollowing last Friday the former official refused to provide information to the Colombian justice system.
The magistrate Cristina Lombana advanced a diligence in Madrid, in the context of an investigation once morest the presidential candidate Gustavo Petro for the alleged financing of Chavismo to the Historical Pact, but Carvajal refrained from declaring.
“They asked him if he wanted to answer the magistrate’s questions. And he stated that at the moment he did not want to respond as long as there were no guarantees or he did not want, rather, to make any statement regarding. Later, the prosecutor asks him the same thing and says that he does not want to answer. Finally, Petro’s lawyer asked if it was true that she had no information, “said the lawyer to the Colombian media.
in a complicated situation
Carvajal stated that he did have information, but did not want to reveal it at the time. He claimed that is in a difficult situation because they are requesting his extradition to the United States.
“From the first moment he has confessed that he wants to talk and collaborate with everyone. But he wants America to look good because he does not want that country to tell him why, while waiting to get there, he gave information that may seem good, bad or regular to them,” added De Argüelles.
The lawyer assured that Judge Lombana tried to convince Carvajal, but he finally understood his situation. “She tells him that she is doing an investigation and that if it is possible for her to have more information, it is normal for her to offer it to him. I insist, he does not know if that can harm him, “she said.
De Argüelles affirmed to Week that the former general does not have the evidence, but he does know where it is and who has it.