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2019-06-26 Caribbean-Latin America
Maduro's Ex-Spy Chief Is In Washington And He's Spilling The Beans
[Hot Air] Here’s a surprise twist we didn’t see coming in the Venezuelan implosion saga. There’s a new visitor freshly arrived in Washington with some tales to tell and he probably knows plenty. His name is General Manuel Ricardo Cristopher Figuera and he was about as far into Venezuelan tyrant Nicolas Maduro’s inner circle as you could get. Until recently he ran the country’s highly feared secret police, the SEBIN. Before Maduro took power, Figuera spent a decade as the chief of security for his predecessor, Hugo Chavez. He reportedly studied his craft under communist spymasters in Castro’s Cuba. So this guy was on the inside.

But when Juan Guaido declared himself interim president and attempted to prod the military into revolt, Figuera jumped ship and backed Guaido. After the overthrow failed he went into hiding in Colombia, where he remained until now. But he’s in Washington and he’s ready to talk. (Washington Post)

Figuera is revealing all sorts of details about Maduro’s corrupt gold transfer schemes, the presence of Hezbollah cells in Venezuela, the involvement of the Russians and Cuban military assets in the country.
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Posted by Besoeker 2019-06-26 08:38|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ]  Top
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#1 ....."Spilling the Beans?"
Posted by Besoeker 2019-06-26 08:45||   2019-06-26 08:45|| Front Page Top

#2 I went to the WaPo article.

A lot of stuff is weird but I suppose that's the way it is in a socialist dictatorship (btw, the WaPo doesn't use the word 'socialist' in its narrative and neither does Figuera in direct quotes.
Posted by lord garth 2019-06-26 15:01||   2019-06-26 15:01|| Front Page Top

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