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May 5, 2020

Venezuela Detains Ex-U.S. Special Forces After Failed Coup
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Venezuela has announced it has detained two former U.S. Special Forces
soldiers who took part in a failed armed incursion aimed at toppling the
government. On Monday, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro showed U.S.
passports for the two men, identified as Airan Berry and Luke Denman. A
former Green Beret named Jordan Goudreau has acknowledged the men were
working with him in an attempt to detain Maduro. On Monday, Maduro
accused the U.S. of being behind the plot.

President Nicolás Maduro: "Mike Pompeo was betting on this attack and
believed that this attack would end the revolution, end the
constitution, overthrow the government and kill me. God save us and
protect us."



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