Trump Just Inspired the Dumbest Damn Coup Plot in LatAm History, Complete with a QAnon Crazy [View all]

[Judi Lynn]

Trump Just Inspired the Dumbest Damn Coup Plot in LatAm History, Complete with a QAnon Crazy
BOUNTY HUNTERS?
Gringo adventurers have been trying to pull off South American coups for about 200 years—and failing miserably. But the survivors of this op are in their own class of stupid.


Jeremy Kryt
Updated May. 06, 2020 2:26PM ET / Published May. 06, 2020 2:08PM ET

CALI, Colombia—A small mercenary force led by former U.S. military personnel attempted to invade and conquer Venezuela over the weekend.

Headlines about the op have embarrassed Donald Trump’s U.S. administration even more than earlier failed efforts to oust the putrid dictatorship of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, and Trump is saying he had no hand in this thing, which might just be true.

But there’s no question the conspirators thought he’d be pleased, and pay cash, if they succeeded.

Just a few weeks ago, on March 26, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo promised very big rewards for "information leading to the arrest and/or conviction" of the top people in a Venezuelan regime that the United States no longer recognizes: $15 million for Maduro himself, and $10 million each for four of his top officials, all charged by Washington with drug trafficking.

So, yeah, $55 million in rewards, that's a bit of an incentive for would-be Rambos.

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