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2020-05-05 Caribbean-Latin America
Venezuela: Two US citizens arrested after beach invasion aimed at capturing Nicolas Maduro, says regime
[Telegraph] Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Monday that authorities have captured 13 "terrorists", including two US citizens he described as mercenaries, over allegations that they were involved in a failed plot to invade the country and oust him.

In a state television address, Maduro showed what he said were the passports and other identification cards of Airan Berry and Luke Denman, who he described as employees of Silvercorp, a Florida-based company whose owner has claimed responsibility for the invasion attempt.

Venezuelan authorities said on Monday that they arrested another eight accused "mercenaries" in a coastal town and showed images on state TV of several unidentified men handcuffed and lying prone in a street. The Venezuelan government said that more than 25,000 troops have been mobilised to hunt for other rebels operating in the country.

Diosdado Cabello, the vice-president of the ruling party, posted on his Twitter account a video of a Venezuelan identified as Josnars Adolfo Baduel, who was also detained, and claimed that two US citizens were among those arrested. Mr Baduel is shown responding to a security official who asks him about the Americans captured.
Posted by Besoeker 2020-05-05 12:13|| || Front Page|| [6 views ]  Top
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#1 Bay of Pigs again?
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-05-05 12:18||   2020-05-05 12:18|| Front Page Top

#2 My guess is they were trying to rescue or evacuate someone. But that's just a guess. Here is the Silvercorp website.
Posted by Besoeker 2020-05-05 12:42||   2020-05-05 12:42|| Front Page Top

#3 Bay of Piglets.
Posted by Classical_Liberal 2020-05-05 12:49||   2020-05-05 12:49|| Front Page Top

#4 ^^Potential snark 'O the day
Posted by DarthVader 2020-05-05 12:56||   2020-05-05 12:56|| Front Page Top

#5 Somebody watched too much "seal" type shows?
Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2020-05-05 13:27||   2020-05-05 13:27|| Front Page Top

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