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Venezuela's President Says 2 Americans Among Those Captured in Failed
Invasion

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   Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said two Americans were among
   so-called "mercenary terrorists" who carried out a failed armed
   invasion of his country earlier this week.

   Maduro went on state television Tuesday and showed the passports he
   claimed belonged toAiranBerry and Luke Denman, who were among 13 men
   captured in the failed raid that took place Sunday.

   Maduro accused Berry and Denman of working for Jordan Goudreau, a U.S.
   military veteran who runs a private Florida-based security firm
   calledSilvercorpUSA.Both Berry and Denman are former U.S. Special
   Forces soldiers, also known as Green Berets.

   Venezuelan military officials said the attackers were put down and
   caught as they attempted to sail into the port city of La Guaira from
   neighboring Colombia. Eight people were killed in the foiled attack.
   Photos of a group of men lying face downon the ground with their hands
   tied behind their back was televised Monday in Venezuela.

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