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Ex-Venezuela spy chief “El Pollo” pleads guilty to U.S. drug trafficking charges including narco-terrorism

eriinfo.com4 weeks ago08 mins

Miami — A former Venezuelan spymaster who was close to the country’s late President Hugo Chávez pleaded guilty Wednesday to drug trafficking charges a week before his trial was set to begin in a Manhattan federal court. Retired Maj. Gen. Hugo Carvajal was extradited from Spain in 2023 after more than a decade on the…

Frederick Forsyth, former spy and Day of the Jackal author, dies aged 86 | Obituaries News

eriinfo.com1 month ago05 mins

Approached by Britain’s MI6 while reporting on Nigeria’s Biafra War, he mined his experiences for literary inspiration. Best-selling British novelist Frederick Forsyth, author of about 20 spy thrillers, has died at the age of 86. Forsyth, who was a reporter and informant for Britain’s MI6 spy agency before turning his hand to writing blockbuster novels…