Hugo “El Pollo” Carvajal, former head of the Military Intelligence Directorate (DIM) and advisor to Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro, has sent an explosive letter to President Donald Trump and the American public from his prison cell in the United States.
In his letter, Carvajal accuses high-ranking U.S. officials and reveals significant details about the ties between the Maduro regime and various international actors.
The letter surfaced amid a tense political climate, characterized by complex relations between Venezuela and the United States.
Carvajal addresses a range of issues, including the Maduro regime’s collaboration with drug trafficking organizations and the involvement of American figures in Venezuela’s political events.
The ex-general admitted his guilt in a narcoterrorist conspiracy and unveiled how the Venezuelan regime employs organized crime, espionage, and drug trafficking as “weapons of war” against the United States.
Carvajal, who claimed to write to “atone for his sins,” asserted that he was an eyewitness to the establishment of the “Cartel of the Suns” under the leadership of Maduro and Diosdado Cabello. According to him, drug shipments to the U.S. are not merely isolated acts of corruption but part of a “deliberate policy” suggested by the Cuban regime and executed in collaboration with the FARC, ELN, and Hezbollah to flood American cities with narcotics.
This letter has captured media attention due to its explosive content and the nature of Carvajal’s accusations, as he, having been one of the closest allies to the Chavismo movement, possesses privileged knowledge of Maduro’s internal operations.
One of the most alarming allegations made by Carvajal revolves around the criminal gang Tren de Aragua. The former official claimed that this group was armed and organized by Chavismo to “defend the revolution” in exchange for impunity.
Carvajal revealed that after Chávez’s death, Maduro broadened this strategy, exporting chaos abroad to target exiles and artificially lower crime statistics in Venezuela. “They took advantage of the opportunity to send these agents to the United States… Now they have obedient and armed personnel on U.S. soil,” he wrote.
The ex-general unequivocally linked the crime wave caused by this gang in the U.S. to Miraflores: “To finance their operations, they received explicit instructions to continue kidnapping, extorting, and murdering. Every crime committed in their territory is an act mandated by the regime.”
Traitorous spies within the CIA
In matters of counterintelligence, Carvajal denounced Russian and Cuban interference facilitated by the Chavistas. He recounted that Russian intelligence proposed to Chávez that they intervene in the underwater internet cables to penetrate Washington’s communications, and warned Maduro in 2015 about the risks of allowing a Russian listening post in La Orchila.
Moreover, he asserted that the regime has infiltrated spies in the United States for decades, with some disguised as members of the Venezuelan opposition and even inside naval bases. More alarmingly, Carvajal claimed that “U.S. diplomats and CIA agents were paid to help Chávez and Maduro stay in power.”
Smartmatic and total war
Carvajal also discussed the electoral system, confirming that Smartmatic was conceived as a tool to perpetuate the regime. “The Smartmatic system can be altered; this is a fact,” he stated, warning that this technology has been exported to other countries, including the United States.
The former intelligence chief concluded his letter by endorsing Trump’s “maximum pressure” policies, deeming them necessary and proportional. He cautioned that the Maduro regime “is at war” with the United States and has “contingency plans for any extreme scenario” to retain power.
Agencies