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Venezuelan Authorities Detain US Citizens Allegedly Involved in Incursion

Reuters

   CARACAS - Venezuelan authorities have detained two U.S. citizens
   working with a U.S. military veteran who has claimed responsibility for
   a failed armed incursion into the oil producing country, President
   Nicolas Maduro said 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 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 U.S. 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.

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