Ex-Green Beret & Trump security guard wanted for ‘plotting coup against Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro’ arrested
A FORMER US Green Beret who organized a failed "Rambo-style" coup d'etat in Venezuela has been arrested on federal arms smuggling charges.
Jordan Goudreau, 48, was arrested in New York and is accused of organizing with Venezuelan army deserters in a cross-border raid to remove President Nicolas Maduro in 2020.
In a federal indictment unsealed this week in Florida, Goudreau and a Venezuelan partner, Yacsy Alvarez, are both accused of violating US arms control laws.
The pair are accused of allegedly assembling and smuggling AR-styled weapons, ammo, night vision goggles, and other military equipment from America into Venezuela through Colombia.
Goudreau, a three-time Bronze Star recipient for bravery in Iraq and Afghanistan, owns a private security firm, Silvercorp, which worked security, planning, and even led international security teams for then President Donald Trump as well as the Secretary of Defense, according to his website and photos.
But it wasn't until 2020 that Goudreau claimed responsibility for a military coup on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro with a militia of soldiers he trained in camps in Colombia.
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