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Ex-US Green Beret Claims Authorship in Failed Terrorist Plots in Venezuela | Telesur | As news about the foiled attempts came out, parallelly a United States former Army special forces operative claimed responsibility. The man is Jordan Goudreau, a former Green Beret who recorded himself saying he's been hired by lawmaker Juan Guaido to overthrow Venezuela's President Maduro. ... Yet Goudreau's story with Venezuela is quite recent as it goes back to February 2019, when he worked security at a concert in support of Guaido organized by British billionaire Richard Branson on the Venezuelan-Colombian border. "Controlling chaos on the Venezuela border where a dictator looks on with apprehension," he wrote in a photo of himself on the concert stage posted to his Instagram account as an AP investigation reported. Soon after he met Lester Toledo, then Guaido's coordinator for the delivery of so-called humanitarian aid. In Bogota, it was Toledo who introduced Goudreau to Cliver Alcala, the ringleader of the Venezuelan military deserters that are hiding in Colombia and who is now in U.S. custody on charges of drug trafficking. According to Goudreau, his plan had been coordinated with Guaido who signed a contract on Oct. 16, 2019, for US$212 million. Miami-based opposition Venezuelan journalist Patricia Poleo published the document Sunday evening, which she purported to be a copy of the original contract.
As news about the foiled attempts came out, parallelly a United States former Army special forces operative claimed responsibility. The man is Jordan Goudreau, a former Green Beret who recorded himself saying he's been hired by lawmaker Juan Guaido to overthrow Venezuela's President Maduro.
... Yet Goudreau's story with Venezuela is quite recent as it goes back to February 2019, when he worked security at a concert in support of Guaido organized by British billionaire Richard Branson on the Venezuelan-Colombian border.
"Controlling chaos on the Venezuela border where a dictator looks on with apprehension," he wrote in a photo of himself on the concert stage posted to his Instagram account as an AP investigation reported.
Soon after he met Lester Toledo, then Guaido's coordinator for the delivery of so-called humanitarian aid. In Bogota, it was Toledo who introduced Goudreau to Cliver Alcala, the ringleader of the Venezuelan military deserters that are hiding in Colombia and who is now in U.S. custody on charges of drug trafficking.
According to Goudreau, his plan had been coordinated with Guaido who signed a contract on Oct. 16, 2019, for US$212 million. Miami-based opposition Venezuelan journalist Patricia Poleo published the document Sunday evening, which she purported to be a copy of the original contract.
Mercenaries Behind Failed Venezuela Coup Claim to Have Done Trump Security | Vice |
A photo posted to Instagram by the company is taken from what appears to be backstage at President Trump's October 2018 political rally in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Mr. Goudreau Goes To Colombia Amnesia and Gaza Genocide
President Trump has denied any U.S. government involvement in what Venezuela called a failed armed incursion into their country that led to the arrest of two Americans. [_link]— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 5, 2020
President Trump has denied any U.S. government involvement in what Venezuela called a failed armed incursion into their country that led to the arrest of two Americans. [_link]
Deeply flawed from the start, the audacious plan to overthrow Nicolás Maduro unravelled spectacularly. with @julianborger @ChrisMcGreal [_link]— Joe Parkin Daniels (@joeparkdan) May 8, 2020
Deeply flawed from the start, the audacious plan to overthrow Nicolás Maduro unravelled spectacularly. with @julianborger @ChrisMcGreal [_link]
"Put a $15m reward on Nicolás Maduro like we are in the wild west and you can pretty much count on some people acting like cowboys," @dsmilde [_link] — Joe Parkin Daniels (@joeparkdan) May 5, 2020
"Put a $15m reward on Nicolás Maduro like we are in the wild west and you can pretty much count on some people acting like cowboys," @dsmilde [_link]
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