Hugo Carvajalthe former head of Venezuelan military intelligence imprisoned in USAOn Wednesday, he detailed in writing the full extent of the criminal network in which he admitted to participating over two decades. The document that the President received moments ago … Donald Trump, which has now been brought to ABC’s attention, constitutes the most comprehensive and direct admission yet from the former top leadership of Chavismo. In it he describes how the so-called Suns carteldirected by Nicolas Maduro, Diosdado poetry and other regime officials, operated as a transnational corporation dedicated not only to drug trafficking, but also to political infiltration into the United States and other countries, and cooperation with foreign intelligence services, including U.S. intelligence services.
According to sources linked to the case, Carvajal offered to hand over to the Ministry of Justice everything he knew about corruption networks. Relating to “former senior officials of the Spanish government”, Which could reach the North American Attorney’s Office soon. As a former director of Venezuelan military intelligence, Carvajal claims to have detailed information on the state’s internal operations and on the recruitment of foreign collaborators by the dictatorship. His accompanying delegation confirms that it made these materials available to the American authorities as part of its cooperation strategy, which may open a subsidiary case.
In his writing, which ABC also publishes in full, Carvajal points out that the Venezuelan regime has cooperated for years with… Russia and Cuba To spy on the United States. He claims Russian agents proposed eavesdropping on underwater cables connecting the continent to the United States, while Cuba ran spy networks infiltrating naval bases on the East Coast. He confirms that for two decades, the regime sent spies to American soil, some of them disguised as opponents, and that even American diplomats and officials would have facilitated the regime’s survival. Chavez Maduro is in power.
“For twenty years, the Venezuelan regime has sent spies into its country; Many are still there, some disguised as members of the opposition. Cuban intelligence showed me their networks inside their naval bases on the East Coast. “They bragged that they had sent thousands of spies over decades, some of whom have now become politicians,” Carvajal says in his letter. This indicates the possibility of revealing the identity of hackers, or politicians paid by the Venezuelan regime, who have been planted for years in the United States and other countries.
Carvajal offered to hand over to the Ministry of Justice everything he knew about the corruption networks linked to “former senior officials in the Spanish government.”
ABC has seen some of the documents provided to the White House by Carvajal and those who advised him, as well as handwritten notes from the prisoner, who is now awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty.
Agreements with Russia, China and Cuba
The Venezuelan general also confirms that this criminal apparatus transported tons of drugs to the United States via routes designed to flood North American cities. It indicates that it maintained operational agreements with Russia, China, and Cuba, and that the regime allowed foreign technicians and agents to penetrate communications and obtain sensitive information. He adds that Venezuela attacked the United States through secret emissaries, money from drug trafficking and intelligence systems obtained with the support of third countries, and that part of these operations is still active.
His guilty plea, in June of this year, meant taking responsibility for all the crimes committed, which was interpreted by those around him as an acceptance that he would spend the rest of his life in prison. Carvajal confirms that his goal at this stage is to fully reveal how the criminal apparatus of which he was a part operates.
Despite this, he has not yet been interviewed by the Department of Justice or US intelligence agencies. When this happens, your appearance will be the key to determining the true scope of the operations you are condemning.
In parallel, the judicial process is progressing. The latest development in the case is a new postponement of its hearing New York. judge Alvin K. Hellerstein It accepted a request from the prosecution, supported by the defence, and set a new date for 23 February 2026. On that day, the evidence, those involved and witnesses will be reviewed to determine what factors will influence the sentence.
Excited from Spain
Carvajal was extradited from Spain in 2022 and faces charges of drug trafficking and conspiring with the country’s Colombian militias. frac And Venezuelan state structures to introduce Tons of cocaine On American soil. His case is part of growing pressure from Washington, which designated the Sun Cartel a foreign terrorist organization, after its members, including Maduro himself, were indicted in 2020.
In the electoral field, Carvajal devoted a section to Smartmatica technology company founded by Venezuelans and used in electoral processes in several countries. He asserts that it was born as a tool of Chavismoism to ensure that power is controlled and that the regime “can be changed.”
It claims that the technology was exported abroad, including to the United States, and that agents of the system maintained contact with officials and companies associated with voting machines. Already in 2020, Trump denounced the involvement of a company created under Chavez in alleged electoral fraud in that election. “The Smartmatic system can be changed; This is a fact. “This technology was then exported abroad, including to the United States,” says Carvajal. “It is actually being used in several elections, such as the one that took place in Honduras on Sunday.”
The general finally asserts that the regime he serves is “not just a hostile regime.” “He is at war with you, and uses drugs, criminal gangs, espionage and even his own democratic processes as weapons,” he says. This statement comes at a time of increasing tension in the Caribbean region, as the White House has increased its military deployment with peacekeeping forces. Movement of the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Fordthe largest in the world. Trump is considering attacks inside Venezuela, as he admitted. He said on Tuesday that he was convinced Maduro would leave power.
According to official sources, in about twenty operations against ships linked to drug trafficking and networks linked to the Venezuelan security service, US forces killed about 80 people. These measures are part of the strategy promoted by Trump which, from the government’s point of view, seeks to contain a threat that is no longer interpreted as a criminal or border problem, but as a coordinated attack from a state that, according to Carvajal’s account, has been operating for years with the intention of violating American security.