Retired Venezuelan general sentenced to over 21 years in US prison.

A retired three-star Venezuelan army general, Cliver Alcalá, who twice attempted coups against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, was sentenced to over 21 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein. Alcalá admitted to providing weapons to drug-funded rebels, considered by the U.S. as a foreign terrorist organization, known as the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). Prosecutors initially sought a 30-year prison sentence but U.S. Judge Alvin Hellerstein ordered Alcalá to spend 21 years and eight months in prison.

April 08, 2024
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