CARACAS, Venezuela, July 28 (UPI) -- On Sunday, Dutch officials on the island of Aruba released Hugo Carvajal, a former Venezuelan military general who had been detained since July 23 at the request of U.S. officials on drug trafficking charges.
Carvajal returned to Venezuela following his release, and appeared publicly with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro at a political event in Caracas later that day. Maduro condemned Carvajal's detention, alleging the former military intelligence head had been "illegally kidnapped."