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Posted on 10/29/2025 5:35:42 PM PDT by bitt
The ‘betrayal in the skies’ did not happen.
Under the feeble Joe Biden administration, a federal agent developed an operation that, while unsuccessful, demonstrates just how approachable is the inner circle of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro.
The agent approached Nicolás Maduro’s chief pilot, General Bitner Villegas, with an offer: divert the Venezuelan presidential plane to a place where US authorities could detain him.
In exchange, the pilot would become ‘a very rich man’.
Associated Press reported:
“The conversation was tense, and the pilot left noncommittal, though he provided the agent, Edwin Lopez, with his cell number — a sign he might be interested in helping the U.S. government. Over the next 16 months, even after retiring from his government job in July, Lopez kept at it, chatting with the pilot over an encrypted messaging app.”
The operation – started under Biden but seemingly continued during Trump’s administration – seems very improvised to the observer, but sheds light on the Maduro team’s vulnerabilities.
“’I’m still waiting for your answer’, Lopez wrote the pilot on Aug. 7, attaching a link to a Justice Department press release announcing the reward had risen to $50 million.
Details of the ultimately unsuccessful plan were drawn from interviews with three current and former U.S. officials, as well as one of Maduro’s opponents. All spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were either not authorized to discuss the effort or feared retribution for disclosing it. The Associated Press also reviewed — and authenticated — text exchanges between Lopez and the pilot.”
(Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...
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I think a lot of the succes of our intelligence agencies has never been anything more than our country’s ability to print money and hand it off in suitcases to certain people.
Lunacy... American air piracy like that would be devastating to our reputation...
For that Agent’ sake, I hope Edwin Lopez is not his real name.
I guess someone decided it’s ok to hang that poor pilot out to dry.
Whatever happened to Operational Security?
I'm pretty sure it would be like every other Black Op; we would deny it vehemently unless and until we were presented with overwhelming evidence.
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