BOGOTA A retired Venezuelan general who was charged by the United States with “narco-terrorism” along with President Nicolas Maduro and other officials has surrendered in Colombia to US authorities, prosecutors said Saturday. “The national Attorney General learned that Mr Cliver Alcala surrendered to US authorities,” the Colombian prosecutor said in a statement, adding there was no arrest warrant when he gave himself up. Alcala turned himself in on Friday to the Colombians, who in turn handed him over to US authorities, the El Tiempo de Bogota newspaper said. He is among several current and former top Venezuelan government officials, along with Maduro, indicted by Washington on Thursday for “narcoterrorism.” The US offered a $15 million reward for information leading to Maduro’s capture. As part of the US Justice Department indictment, up to $10 million was offered for the capture of Alcala, who has been living in the northern Colombian city of Barranquilla for the last two years. –AP
