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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 |
