The private US military firm behind the bungled coup in Venezuela was kept in the dark by Juan Guaido as he “misled” the operation and made poor decisions, a captured ex-US soldier said during interrogation.
Juan Guaido, the Washington-backed self-proclaimed ‘interim president’ of Venezuela, muddied the waters during the failed mission supposedly aimed at ousting President Nicolas Maduro. That’s according to Luke Denman, one of the two former US Green Berets accused of participating in the failed plot, who has shed more light on the mission in a new interrogation tape.
Guaido, thought to have hired Florida-based private military firm Silvercorp USA to spearhead his coup plans, “misled quite a few people,” the American captive could be heard saying in the video, aired by Venezuelan state TV.
At this point, seeing everything that I have, I believe that Silvercorp, as well as many others, have been greatly misled by Mr. Guaido.
Previous interrogation tapes and media leaks indicate the opposition leader was in touch with Jordan Goudreau, a US special forces veteran and head of Silvercorp. Venezuelan investigators earlier revealed that Goudreau had met Guaido at the White House during Guaido’s trip to the US.
