Brown then purchased some of the requested parts from SkyHigh Accessories.

According to its website, SkyHigh Accessories offers new and overhauled parts for C-130 aircraft and other services.

Prosecutors allege Pichardo and Arguelles also attempted to buy other defense material from a business in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Court documents say at one point the Venezuelan Air Force expressed interest to Pichardo in buying ejection seats and munitions for F-16 fighter jets and unmanned aerial vehicle parts.

Venezuelan officials have not commented publicly about the charges.

The case is the United States of America vs Kirk Drellich, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, No. 12-cr-20477-CMA.

A related case is the United States of America vs. Alberto Pichardo and Freddy Arguelles, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, No. 12-cr-20478-WPD.