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Venezuela’s Maduro says 2 US ‘mercenaries’ were captured in failed raid attempt
Fox News ^ | May 05 2020 | Edmund DeMarche

Posted on 05/05/2020 4:10:40 AM PDT by knighthawk

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To: piasa

Just 4 days before Trump took office in January 2017, the Obama admin signed a new agreement with Cuba for cooperation between our law enforcement agencies and intel agencies and theirs. Laughable, I know. But why bother if your administration is leaving in 4 days? Unless of course you are leaving moles behind.


21 posted on 05/05/2020 6:31:11 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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If it was orchestrated by the Trump administrations there would not be any ground forces involved. Being that Maduro is a narco terrorist Trump, if he wanted, would send a drone and the last words of Maduro would be “what’s that Noise?” just before the hellfire hit.


22 posted on 05/05/2020 9:45:02 AM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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REVEALED: Green Beret behind failed Venezuela coup provided security for Trump and hatched plot after meeting with President's bodyguard, a billionaire member of the Kraft family and the South American country's opposition leaders in Miami



23 posted on 05/05/2020 11:49:59 PM PDT by Brown Deer (America First!)
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Hearing about this, I am reminded of movie CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER...Harrison Ford was in the movie...It was about some covert operation in South America...


24 posted on 05/07/2020 9:18:06 AM PDT by L.A.Justice
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To: knighthawk

Evidently these guys did not check into Silvercorp because it did not look legit; it looked smelly to me ...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/families-of-americans-detained-by-venezuela-in-failed-raid-plead-for-help/ar-BB146fzl


25 posted on 05/14/2020 8:53:10 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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I wonder if these guys were connected to a US soldier who was arrested a few years ago who also wanted to go fight in Venezuela in some coup scheme >>>soldier was named Jarrett William Smith>


26 posted on 06/25/2020 4:03:38 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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JARRET WILLIAM SMITH
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3804935/posts

Has a Ukraine connection and a Florida connection.


27 posted on 06/25/2020 4:06:16 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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Curiously, it is Democrat Bill Richardson that has been running around trying to get them back.

https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-texas-el-paso/news/2021/05/20/family-of-texas-green-beret-jailed-in-venezuela-still-hopeful-for-his-return-one-year-later


28 posted on 05/28/2021 12:07:33 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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“One thing I’ve learned is that these countries don’t give up American prisoners for free. There’s always a cost,” Richardson said. “I don’t want to get into details and we’re not at that stage yet. But we have an obligation as a country, and I’m not speaking as a government official, to try to secure the release of the Green Berets. They’re American military people. They’re American citizens. They have rights and we should try to get them out.” -—— https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/san-antonio/news/2020/10/26/texas-family-pushing-to-get-son-freed-from-venezuelan-prison

Yes there is always a cost, like with the Iran deal...


29 posted on 05/28/2021 12:22:46 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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