Trump denies ties to Venezuelan attack with 2 US men jailed
Source: Associated Press
Scott Smith and Joshua Goodman, Associated Press
Updated 11:15 pm CDT, Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Photo: Matias Delacroix, AP
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Security forces guard the shore area and a boat in which authorities claim a group of armed men landed in the port city of La Guaira, Venezuela, Sunday, May 3, 2020. Interior Minister Nestor Reverol said on state television that security forces overcame before dawn Sunday an armed maritime incursion with speedboats from neighboring Colombia in which several attackers were killed and others detained.
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the United States had nothing to do with an alleged incursion into Venezuela that landed two U.S. citizens behind bars in the crisis-stricken South American nation.
Trump said he had just learned of the detention of the pair, accused by Venezuela of being mercenaries. Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said they were part of an operation to kill him that was backed by neighboring Colombia and the United States.
Whatever it is, well let you know, Trump told reporters in Washington before departing from the White House to Arizona. But it has nothing to do with our government.
Authorities in Venezuela identified the two men as Luke Denman and Airan Berry, both former U.S. special forces soldiers associated with the Florida-based private security firm Silvercorp USA. Military records show both decorated soldiers served in Iraq.
Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/article/Trump-denies-ties-to-Venezuelan-attack-with-2-US-15248376.php
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)ucrdem
(15,512 posts)Crowman2009
(2,490 posts)ucrdem
(15,512 posts)Also smart it seems.
B Stieg
(2,410 posts)And are they members at Mar-a-Lago?
Just askin...
Judi Lynn
(160,448 posts)~ snip ~
Silvercorp appears to have provided security at Trump events
The Trump administration gung-ho for the removal of Maduro during a power struggle last year led by opposition leader Juan Guaidó may not be thrilled to learn that Silvercorp apparently did security for the presidents rallies in 2018. Though the photo has been taken down, Vice News grabbed a screenshot of an Instagram post showing what appears to be the backstage at Trumps October 2018 rally in Charlotte, with the caption Protecting our Greatest Assets. The Associated Press has also confirmed that the companys head Jordan Goudreau accompanied the presidents longtime bodyguard Keith Schiller to a meeting with Guaidos representatives in May 2019 in Miami. While the president frequently employs private security at his events, on Tuesday he denied any involvement with the plot.
More:
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/05/dumbest-aspects-of-the-mercenary-coup-plot-in-venezuela.html
B Stieg
(2,410 posts)Judi Lynn
(160,448 posts)Danascot
(4,689 posts)2. NYMag misreported the picture caption. It was actually Protecting our Greatest Asshole"
Brainfodder
(6,423 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,027 posts)'... the agency will disavow any knowledge of your actions. Good luck, Jim.'
2naSalit
(86,312 posts)lark
(23,059 posts)When my kids were little they like to play "opposite day" or "opposite game" all the time. He does the same, only it's no game for us, it's deadly serious and murderous. They chose when to play this, every time he opens his ugly little assmoiuth, all that comes out is lies.
Crowman2009
(2,490 posts)marble falls
(56,996 posts)2naSalit
(86,312 posts)I can absolutely see this being a Jared led event, right down to the measly $50K allegedly funding this debacle. It's not like those two will be released or even an attempt made to get them released unless there can be some mastermind* plot to make this uglier.
samsingh
(17,590 posts)At this point who believes anything Trump or Venezula says?