by Dallas Express News Staff
The Dallas Express has obtained an explosive letter addressed to President Donald Trump from Hugo Carvajal Barrios — the former Director of Military Intelligence for Venezuela and once one of the most powerful figures inside the governments of Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro.
The letter, shared exclusively with DX by Carvajal’s attorney, Robert Feitel — a former senior Justice Department prosecutor — marks the first time the retired Major General has put these warnings on the record since pleading guilty earlier this year in a U.S. federal narco-terrorism case.
Carvajal — extradited from Spain after a lengthy international manhunt — says he is writing “to atone” and to alert Americans to what he describes as a coordinated, state-directed campaign targeting the United States.
The DX Brief
- Former Venezuelan intelligence chief Hugo Carvajal — once a top Chávez and Maduro insider — pleaded guilty in U.S. federal court in June and now warns that Venezuela is a “narco-terrorist organization” intentionally targeting the United States.
- Carvajal alleges the Maduro regime weaponized cocaine, collaborated with FARC, ELN, Cuban intelligence, and Hezbollah, and exported violent criminal networks — including Tren de Aragua — into the United States.
- He asserts Venezuelan and Cuban intelligence infiltrated U.S. institutions for two decades, including military installations.
- He claims Smartmatic was developed inside Venezuela as an election-manipulation tool later deployed abroad.
- Carvajal says he supports Trump’s Venezuela policies and stands ready to provide further details to federal authorities.
A Warning Delivered From Inside Venezuela’s Inner Circle
Carvajal — widely known by his nickname “El Pollo” — spent years inside the top tiers of Venezuela’s security apparatus and dealt directly with the senior leadership of both Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro.
Earlier this year, he pleaded guilty in federal court to charges stemming from a conspiracy that moved cocaine into the United States and provided support to Colombia’s FARC guerrillas. Prosecutors say at the center of the so-called Cartel de los Soles, a network of Venezuelan military officials accused of weaponizing cocaine and the drug trade against Americans.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, speaking Thursday on Hannity, issued one of the strongest statements yet:
“The Maduro regime is not a legitimate government. What it is is a transshipment organization… allowing cocaine and other drugs to move through Venezuela on airplanes and ships headed toward the United States.”
The U.S. State Department currently maintains a $50 million reward for information leading to Maduro’s arrest — a figure publicly announced by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi earlier this year.
The following letter reflects Carvajal’s statements and claims; The Dallas Express has not independently verified all of the underlying allegations.
Carvajal’s Letter in Full to President Trump
Below is the full text of the letter provided to The Dallas Express by attorney Robert Feitel:…
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