Official: Venezuela tried to pressure Aruba

By geermandavid-mcfadden, Dilma Arends

Published July 30, 2014 2:53am ET

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Official: Venezuela tried to pressure Aruba — CORRECTS DATE TO 2014 Former Venezuelan general Hugo Carvajal arrives at the Queen Beatrix International Airport in Oranjestad, Aruba, Sunday July 27, 2014 after being released by authorities. Aruba's government released Carvajal who was detained on U.S. drug charges when he arrived to serve as his country's consul on the Dutch Caribbean island, sending him home Sunday night and defusing a diplomatic fight with its neighbor.(AP Photo/Pedro Famous Diaz) | Pedro Famous Diaz

ORANJESTAD, Aruba (AP) — Aruba’s top prosecutor said Tuesday that Venezuela ratcheted up various types of pressure against the Dutch Caribbean island and the Netherlands in recent days to try to win the release of a powerful former general wanted on U.S. drug-trafficking charges.

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