After the operation fell apart, authorities in the US and Colombia are asking questions about the role of a muscular American adviser, former Green Beret Jordan Goudreau (center)
Daily Mail: How an ex-Green Beret organized a 'private coup' funded by US billionaires to remove Venezuela's Maduro and trained 300 soldiers in Colombia before it spectacularly fell apart
* A secret military operation to overthrow Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro Moros has fallen apart
* The operation failed due to skimpy planning, feuding among opposition politicians and a poorly trained force
* The ringleader, retired Venezuelan General Cliver Alcalá, is now jailed in the US on narcotics charges
* Meanwhile, authorities in the US and Colombia are asking questions about the role of Alcalá's American adviser, former Green Beret Jordan Goudreau
A secret military operation to overthrow Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro Moros was simple, but perilous.
Some 300 heavily armed volunteers would sneak into Venezuela from the northern tip of South America. Along the way, they would raid military bases in the socialist country and ignite a popular rebellion that would end in President Nicolás Maduro's arrest.
What could go wrong? As it turns out, pretty much everything.
The ringleader of the plot is now jailed in the US on narcotics charges. Authorities in the US and Colombia are asking questions about the role of his muscular American adviser, former Green Beret Jordan Goudreau.
And dozens of desperate combatants who flocked to secret training camps in Colombia said they have been left to fend for themselves amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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WNU editor: This is one of those stories where I scratch my head and wonder if it was ever real.
