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Venezuelan navy ship visiting Aruba |
The Netherlands' release of a former top
Venezuelan official wanted by the U.S. for alleged drug trafficking came after
Venezuela raised economic and military pressure on two Dutch islands in the
Caribbean, a top Aruban official said Monday. Aruba's chief prosecutor Peter
Blanken said that Venezuelan navy ships neared Aruba and Curaçao over the
weekend as Dutch officials were debating what to do with Hugo Carvajal
—Venezuela's former chief of military intelligence who was jailed in Aruba last
week on a U.S. warrant. "The threat was there," Mr. Blanken said.
"We don't know what their intentions were, but I think a lot of people in
Aruba were scared that something would happen." More…
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