Venezuela arrests Americans they allege were "Playing Rambo"
May 13, 2020 5:33:38 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2020 5:33:38 GMT
"Venezuelan authorities have detained two US citizens allegedly working with a US military veteran who has claimed responsibility for a failed armed incursion into the oil-producing country, President Nicolas Maduro said on Monday.
In a state television address, Maduro said authorities arrested 13 “terrorists” on Monday allegedly involved in a plot he said was coordinated with Washington to enter the South American country via the Caribbean coast and oust him.
Eight people were killed during the foiled incursion attempt on Sunday, Venezuelan authorities said.
Maduro showed what he said were the US passports and other identification cards belonging to Airan Berry and Luke Denman, who he said were in custody and had been working with Jordan Goudreau, an American military veteran who leads a Florida-based security company called Silvercorp USA.
“They were playing Rambo. They were playing hero,” Maduro said, adding that Venezuelan authorities had caught wind of the plot before its execution.
Goudreau, who identified himself as an organiser of the invasion on Sunday, told Reuters on Monday that Berry and Denman were also involved."
www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/05/venezuela-detains-two-americans-allegedly-involved-in-failed-raid-to-remove-maduro
Now the plot is having the opposite effect to the one hoped for:
But some suspect the opposition leader, from whom support has been gradually draining away, is running out of steam.
www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/12/venezuela-arrests-botched-maduro-kidnap-attempt
This could get really ugly, really fast. Just what we need on top of a worldwide pandemic.
In a state television address, Maduro said authorities arrested 13 “terrorists” on Monday allegedly involved in a plot he said was coordinated with Washington to enter the South American country via the Caribbean coast and oust him.
Eight people were killed during the foiled incursion attempt on Sunday, Venezuelan authorities said.
Maduro showed what he said were the US passports and other identification cards belonging to Airan Berry and Luke Denman, who he said were in custody and had been working with Jordan Goudreau, an American military veteran who leads a Florida-based security company called Silvercorp USA.
“They were playing Rambo. They were playing hero,” Maduro said, adding that Venezuelan authorities had caught wind of the plot before its execution.
Goudreau, who identified himself as an organiser of the invasion on Sunday, told Reuters on Monday that Berry and Denman were also involved."
www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/05/venezuela-detains-two-americans-allegedly-involved-in-failed-raid-to-remove-maduro
Now the plot is having the opposite effect to the one hoped for:
But some suspect the opposition leader, from whom support has been gradually draining away, is running out of steam.
www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/12/venezuela-arrests-botched-maduro-kidnap-attempt
This could get really ugly, really fast. Just what we need on top of a worldwide pandemic.