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A little before dawn, some adventurers, for lack of a better word, departed from Colombia in speedboats and landed on a beach in Macuto, about an hour's drive north of Caracas, the nation's capital. Six of them were killed and 13 of them were arrested by the nation's military and special police forces. Two of the arrested ones were former US soldiers, Luke Denman and Airan Berry. Venezuela TV showed what is purportedly a confession. From the BBC:
In Wednesday's video, Mr Denman, 34, appeared to explain that he was hired to train Venezuelans in Colombia before returning to Caracas and taking control of an airport to allow Mr Maduro to be taken out of the country.

"I was helping Venezuelans take back control of their country," Mr Denman, a former special operations forces member, is seen as saying.

Mr Denman said he and Airan Berry, 41, were contracted by Jordan Goudreau, an American military veteran who leads a Florida-based Silvercorp USA firm, to carry out the operation.
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From Al Jazeera about JG:
He said he was working with two US citizens in an operation designed to capture, not kill, Maduro and "liberate" Venezuela.

Goudreau said he had organised the raid on a "shoestring budget" after signing an agreement with the US-backed Guaido, whom Goudreau accuses of failing to pay him.

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Saab also showed an alleged contract that said SilverCorp USA had a $212m agreement with Guaido using funds "stolen" from state oil company PDVSA, whose US subsidiary, Citgo, was put under the opposition leader's control.
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For his part, opposition leader Juan Guaidó denies any involvement in this coup attempt.
"They're trying to create a state of apparent confusion, an effort to hide what's happening in Venezuela," Guaido said, citing local issues - such as petrol shortages, a deadly prison riot and a violent gang battle - in a country that has been gripped by deepening social, political and economic crises.
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Trump also denies involvement.
 
Wait, you mean this isn't some BS propaganda by Maduro... and these guys are actually former US military? I had just written this off as Maduro being Maduro. But if those guys are former US military, that actually gives this legs, and exposes one of the worst coup attempts by the US... and we have a few of those.
 
Jimmy Higgins said:
Wait, you mean this isn't some BS propaganda by Maduro... and these guys are actually former US military? I had just written this off as Maduro being Maduro. But if those guys are former US military, that actually gives this legs, and exposes one of the worst coup attempts by the US... and we have a few of those.
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Companies like Blackwater and the like have made a substantial business for what amounts to mercenaries. Who is going to become a mercenary? Someone who already has military training. For a mercenary to go to work for private interests would not exactly be surprising. Thus the presence of former soldiers in a coup attempt doesn't say US backing.
 
What a fucking circus. These idiots only strengthen the Chavistas, indeed, I wouldn't be surprised if the Chavistas encouraged this, it plays right into their hands.
 
Loren Pechtel said:
Jimmy Higgins said:
Wait, you mean this isn't some BS propaganda by Maduro... and these guys are actually former US military? I had just written this off as Maduro being Maduro. But if those guys are former US military, that actually gives this legs, and exposes one of the worst coup attempts by the US... and we have a few of those.
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Companies like Blackwater and the like have made a substantial business for what amounts to mercenaries. Who is going to become a mercenary? Someone who already has military training. For a mercenary to go to work for private interests would not exactly be surprising. Thus the presence of former soldiers in a coup attempt doesn't say US backing.
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Well, if Guiardo hired someone to send two guys to the country to run a revolution, I think we need a new alternative to Maduro.
 
Jimmy Higgins said:
Loren Pechtel said:
Jimmy Higgins said:
Wait, you mean this isn't some BS propaganda by Maduro... and these guys are actually former US military? I had just written this off as Maduro being Maduro. But if those guys are former US military, that actually gives this legs, and exposes one of the worst coup attempts by the US... and we have a few of those.
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Companies like Blackwater and the like have made a substantial business for what amounts to mercenaries. Who is going to become a mercenary? Someone who already has military training. For a mercenary to go to work for private interests would not exactly be surprising. Thus the presence of former soldiers in a coup attempt doesn't say US backing.
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Well, if Guiardo hired someone to send two guys to the country to run a revolution, I think we need a new alternative to Maduro.
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Uhm...also 6 dead guys from boat...identity? But yeah clownshow material

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/05/venezuela-failed-coup-plot-200506073924677.html
Maduro's government initially said eight people were killed as they tried to enter the country on May 3 via the Caribbean coast to topple the president. The Associated Press news agency said officials later revised the number of the suspects killed to six.
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"I was helping Venezuelans take back control of their country," Mr Denman, a former special operations forces member, is seen as saying.
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So much for "Name, rank, and American Express account number."
 
laughing dog said:
I don't know who but someone has a lot of 'splainin' to do.
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"Trump denies..."

So, Trump.
It has his fingerprints all over it:
A hamfisted completely unrealistic joke of a "plan", executed with utter incompetence by a few pals claiming that the real bad guy owes them money.
Sound familiar?
 
This looks like a group of Jack Idema clones. Weekend warriors given more legitimacy than they deserve through a series of "stranger than fiction" events.
 
Bronzeage said:
"I was helping Venezuelans take back control of their country," Mr Denman, a former special operations forces member, is seen as saying.
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So much for "Name, rank, and American Express account number."
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Yeah, i'd like to kniw more about which special forces, and just how he was a member. I recall a character on the show 'Simon And Simon,' saying, 'Wait, when I said I was involved in SEAL training exercises, I meant I was the guy with the stopwatch!'
 
Keith&Co. said:
Bronzeage said:
"I was helping Venezuelans take back control of their country," Mr Denman, a former special operations forces member, is seen as saying.
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So much for "Name, rank, and American Express account number."
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Yeah, i'd like to kniw more about which special forces, and just how he was a member. I recall a character on the show 'Simon And Simon,' saying, 'Wait, when I said I was involved in SEAL training exercises, I meant I was the guy with the stopwatch!'
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According to my former contacts at State, it costs $1.5-2m to deploy ONE high-threat operator. I don't think there are whole lot of actual spec ops guys running around loose without supervision.
Of course if the man behind the curtain is Donald Trump, he could certainly muster a whole cast of clowns. Whether he could do so in total secrecy is another matter.
 
Venezuelan opposition adviser resigns after failed incursion | TheHill
A top advisor to Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó resigned Monday, following his reported involvement in an armed incursion that failed to capture strongman Nicolás Maduro.

Guaidó, recognized by the United States and its allies as the legitimate president of Venezuela, accepted the resignation of Juan José Rendón and opposition lawmaker Sergio Vergara, and "thanked them for their dedication and commitment to Venezuela," according to a report by the Miami Herald.

Rendón paid at least $50,000 to Silvercorp, a private security company owned by Jordan Goudreau, a former Green Beret linked to the incursion, according to news reports.
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This much association? That seems like trouble.
 
These mercenary clowns need to leave the coups, annexation and puppeteering to the CIA, which has considerable experience with nation-building.
 
 
But does this even rise to Bay of Piglets? It was more like the Bay of Fetal Pigs.
 
Stupid bastards have been reading too much Soldier Of Fortune website and watching too many bad Action/War movies. Yeah, gonna waltz into Venezuela, grab Maduro, hustle his ass into a boat and be heros. Now comes the question, who in the US government knew about was going on with these bozos?
 
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