NEW : Ex - judge said the nation 's prosecutors had asked him to ` ` orchestrate cases '' He was extradited to Venezuela from Colombia last year . Venezuela 's foreign minister says the ex - judge ` ` sold his soul to the devil '' Costa Rican ##s : The DEA flew Eladio Aponte Aponte to the United States this week . Venezuelan authorities suspect him of connections with an alleged drug lord .
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 ##s : The DEA flew Eladio Aponte Aponte to the United States this week . Venezuelan authorities suspect him of connections with an alleged drug lord .