The Anti-Drug Prosecutor's Office considers that the United States has given "sufficient guarantees" to the Spanish Justice regarding the possible conviction of Hugo Carvajal to carry out the extradition of the former head of Chavista military intelligence.

This is what the prosecutor in the case, Javier Redondo, considers in a letter to the Third Criminal Section, in charge of enforcing the decision of the Plenary to hand over El Pollo Carvajal to the US authorities to be tried for drug trafficking.

The National Court had asked the US to offer "guarantees" on the type of sentence that could be imposed, to check if they were compatible with Spanish regulations, thus following the doctrine of the TC.

The response of the US consul indicates that the extradition treaty that governs between the US and Spain does not establish a system to "condition" extraditions to the guarantee that life imprisonment will not be imposed.

Despite this, he continues, "the US, in this particular case, informs the Government of Spain of the following: If Carvajal were convicted of any crime contained in the indictment [...], which carries a potential sentence of life imprisonment, You will not be subject to an unalterable life imprisonment, because if life imprisonment is imposed, the current legal framework in the United States allows you to request the revision of your sentence on appeal and you could also get rid of your sentence by means of a petition for pardon or substitution of sentence. for a lesser sentence. If pardon or substitution of sentence is granted in accordance with applicable US procedural laws, this would result in a reduction of the sentence. "

The prosecutor considers that the guarantees offered.

From the US response "it is clear that, indeed, its legal system has arranged a review of the sentence of life imprisonment and the application of clemency measures with which, if it were imposed, the defendant could obtain a reduction or reduction. Of the same".

"Even if it were imposed, this does not mean that he will remain in prison for life in an unfailing way, with which the doctrine of our Constitutional Court is fulfilled," adds the prosecutor, according to Efe.

Despite the favorable opinion of Anti-drug, a decision on whether or not the delivery is sufficient corresponds to the Criminal Chamber, taking into account the brief from the Public Ministry and what Carvajal alleged.

The United States accuses El Pollo Carvajal of drug trafficking on a large scale, a crime that could mean imprisonment for life.

The former Chavismo leadership considers that it is a setup to try to obtain information about the Chaves and Maduro regime from him.

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