How a ‘Private Coup’ in Venezuela Funded by U.S. Billionaires Fell Apart
May 1st, 2020Via: Daily Mail:
A secret military operation to overthrow Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro Moros was simple, but perilous.
Some 300 heavily armed volunteers would sneak into Venezuela from the northern tip of South America. Along the way, they would raid military bases in the socialist country and ignite a popular rebellion that would end in President Nicolás Maduro’s arrest.
What could go wrong? As it turns out, pretty much everything.
The ringleader of the plot is now jailed in the US on narcotics charges. Authorities in the US and Colombia are asking questions about the role of his muscular American adviser, former Green Beret Jordan Goudreau.
And dozens of desperate combatants who flocked to secret training camps in Colombia said they have been left to fend for themselves amid the coronavirus pandemic.
