Venezuela's former spy chief has pleaded not guilty in a New York court to US charges of drug trafficking, SİA reports citing BBC.
Hugo Carvajal, 63, was extradited from Spain on Wednesday after an over-ten year effort by prosecutors to bring him to the US to face the charges.
Mr Carvajal, who was a confidante to late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, has denied that he was ever involved in the illicit drug trade.
US prosecutors say he shipped tonnes of cocaine to Mexico to be sent to the US. Prosecutors allege he used his position in government to ship approximately 5,600kg (12,300lbs) from Venezuela to Mexico to be sent on to the US.
At a federal hearing in Manhattan on Thursday, Mr Carvajal entered a not guilty plea. He was ordered held in detention pending his next court hearing on 25 July.
Outside of the courthouse, his lawyer Zachary Margulis-Ohnuma told reporters that his client is "categorically innocent".
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