NEW : Ex-judge said the nation 's prosecutors had asked him to `` orchestrate cases '' Venezuela 's foreign minister says the ex-judge `` sold his soul to the devil '' Costa Rican official : The former head of Venezuela's National Intelligence Service has accused President Hugo Chavez and other senior officials in Caracas of selling their souls for a slice of Venezuelan oil wealth. Chavez has strongly denied those accusations and stood up for his government officials . Venezuelan officials accuse him of connections with an alleged drug trafficker .
NEW : Ex-judge said the nation 's prosecutors had asked him to `` orchestrate cases '' Venezuela 's foreign minister says the ex-judge `` sold his soul to the devil '' Costa Rican official : The former head of Venezuela's National Intelligence Service has accused President Hugo Chavez and other senior officials in Caracas of selling their souls for a slice of Venezuelan oil wealth. Venezuelan officials accuse him of connections with an alleged drug trafficker .