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2020-05-05 Caribbean-Latin America
Two arrested US 'mercenaries playing Rambo' are paraded after failed attempt 'to kill' Venezuela's Maduro – masterminded by a former green beret - which president blamed on America and Colombia and left eight attackers dead
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • New footage shows the shocking moment two U.S. former special forces soldiers were arrested in Venezuela Monday after their 'plot to assassinate President Nicolás Maduro' was foiled

  • Luke Denman, 34, and Airan Berry, 41, were identified by Maduro in a press conference as he showed their passports and other forms of identification

  • Maduro has accused the Trump administration and Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó, who have denied involvement

  • The U.S. has led a campaign to oust Maduro, indicting the socialist leader as a narco-trafficker and offering a $15 million reward for his arrest in March

  • They have instead lent support to Guaidó

  • 'But it has nothing to do with our government,' Trump said Tuesday of the failed plot

  • Ex-Green Beret Jordan Goudreau, 43, has claimed responsibility and said its aim was to capture Maduro

  • Goudreau was planning a coup by training 300 soldiers in Colombia, reports say

  • He is a former associate of Keith Schiller, Donald Trump's bodyguard

  • Schiller accompanied Goudreau to a meeting last May to discuss security with representatives of Guaidó

  • A shadowy group of US billionaires led by Roen Kraft promised support for the 'private coup' and also met with Schiller and Goudreau

  • Kraft allegedly lured prospective donors with the promise of preferential access to negotiate deals in the energy and mining sectors with an eventual Guaidó government

  • Guaidó has said he has 'no relationship nor responsibility for any actions' taken by Goudreau, and that Maduro is using the incident as a distraction
Posted by Skidmark 2020-05-05 10:48|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ]  Top
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#1 Their security really sucked since they were arrested at the beach. The Venezuelans knew they were coming.
Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2020-05-05 13:28||   2020-05-05 13:28|| Front Page Top

#2 Not unlike Cuba's pigs, eh?
Posted by Skidmark 2020-05-05 14:52||   2020-05-05 14:52|| Front Page Top

#3 Seemed like amateur hour
Posted by DarthVader 2020-05-05 16:52||   2020-05-05 16:52|| Front Page Top

#4 They were compromised before arrival. The tragedy will be the Cuban interrogations that are currently underway. Their best hope is that the Maduro people see a ransom opportunity, otherwise it’s grim.
Posted by NoMoreBS 2020-05-05 18:52||   2020-05-05 18:52|| Front Page Top

#5 here come da bots
here come da bots
here come da bots
here come da bots
here come da bots
Posted by Lex 2020-05-05 20:38||   2020-05-05 20:38|| Front Page Top

#6 hammer ready
Posted by Frank G 2020-05-05 20:56||   2020-05-05 20:56|| Front Page Top

#7 Thank you Thor Frank
Posted by Lex 2020-05-05 21:11||   2020-05-05 21:11|| Front Page Top

#8 Morning in Beijing?
Posted by Lex 2020-05-05 21:12||   2020-05-05 21:12|| Front Page Top

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