CARACAS (Reuters) – Members of Venezuela’s opposition in October worked out a $213 million deal with a small Florida security business to get into the nation and topple President Nicolas Maduro, according to a file published by the Washington Post on Thursday.
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro holds a document during a virtual news conference in Caracas, Venezuela Might 6,2020 Miraflores Palace/Handout through REUTERS
Venezuelan authorities this week jailed more than a dozen individuals, including Americans who work for the business, Silvercorp USA, as part of a bungled attack that has acted as a public relations triumph for Maduro’s struggling government.
The 2 caught Americans appeared on state television in Venezuela on Wednesday and Thursday, stating they had actually been entrusted by Silvercorp with taking control of the airport in Caracas in order to fly out Maduro. Both will be attempted in Venezuela’s civilian courts, Maduro said.
The document deals a blow to the reliability of opposition leader Juan Guaido, who has actually vehemently denied any links to Silvercorp or involvement in the effort to remove Maduro by force.
Guaido, the president of the opposition-controlled National Assembly, ar