⛓ Extradited to the United States in 2023 after evading justice in Spain for two years, Carvajal pleaded guilty on June 25 before a New York court to four crimes linked to the Cartel of the Suns, a criminal network within the Venezuelan Armed Forces classified as a terrorist organization by Washington.

🚩 According to his statements, the state oil company PDVSA was the main vehicle for channeling funds to political campaigns, aligned media, and ideological projects abroad. In previous testimony before Spanish justice, while detained in Madrid, he stated that “the Venezuelan government has illegally financed leftist political movements around the world for at least 15 years.”

🛠 Among the beneficiaries mentioned by Carvajal are prominent leaders and parties: Néstor Kirchner in Argentina, Evo Morales in Bolivia, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brazil, Fernando Lugo in Paraguay, Ollanta Humala in Peru, Manuel Zelaya in Honduras, Gustavo Petro in Colombia, the Five Star Movement in Italy, and Podemos in Spain. “All of them were recipients of money sent by the Venezuelan government,” the former general asserted in his statements.

🇮🇹 One specific case highlighted by Carvajal involves Italy’s Five Star Movement (M5S), founded by Beppe Grillo. According to his testimony, the Chavista regime transferred 3.5 million euros in cash to Gianroberto Casaleggio, the group’s ideologue, via diplomatic pouch. This operation, executed by Tareck El Aissami (then Interior Minister) and approved by Nicolás Maduro as Foreign Minister, was replicated in other countries, including financing for Podemos and the Kirchners.

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