US arrests a former Green Beret over the failed 2020 raid into Venezuela to remove Maduro

Associated Press

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A former U.S. Green Beret who organized a failed cross-border raid in 2020 to remove Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been arrested in New York. An unsealed federal indictment out of Tampa, Florida, accuses Jordan Goudreau and a Venezuelan partner of violating U.S. arms control laws when they allegedly assembled and sent to Colombia AR-styled weapons, ammunition and other defense equipment requiring a U.S. export license. Goudreau also was charged with conspiracy, smuggling goods from the United States and “unlawful possession of a machine gun,” among other counts. The U.S. Justice Department declined to comment. An attorney for Goudreau said his client is innocent.