FILE - In this Sept. 15, 2019 file photo, former Venezuelan military spy chief, retired Maj. Gen. Hugo Carvajal, walks out of prison in Estremera on the outskirts of Madrid, Spain. On Thursday, March 26, 2020, the U.S. Justice Department made public it has charged in several indictments against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his inner circle, including Carvajal, that the leader has effectively converted Venezuela into a criminal enterprise at the service of drug tra…
March 27, 2020
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A defiant Maduro threatens 'cowboy' Trump after drug charge
MIAMI (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro stood defiant in the face of a $15 million bounty by the U.S. to face drug trafficking charges, calling Donald Trump a “racist cowboy” and warning that he is ready to fight by whatever means necessary should the U.S. and neighboring Colombia dare to invade.