Two former members of the U.S. special forces were sentenced to 20 years in prison for taking part in a failed coup to overthrow Venezuelan president in May.
AFP via Getty Two Americans were sentenced to 20 years in prison by a Venezuelan court for a failed attempt to overthrow Venezuelan president Nicholás Maduro. Luke Denman and Airan Berry, former members of U. S. special forces, were sentenced to 20 years in prison by a Venezuelan court for taking part in a failed coup to overthrow President Nicolás Maduro in May, CBS News reported. Venezuela’s attorney general Tarek William Saab tweeted on August 7 that the two former Green Berets, who were accused of trying to topple the Venezuela leader, had admitted “to having committed the crimes of conspiracy, association, illicit trafficking of weapons of war and terrorism,” according to the Washington Post.1) #AHORA lista la 1era audiencia preliminar CASO GEDEÓN ( mercenarios d Silvercorp) los ciudadanos Luke Denman y Airan Berry fueron acusados por Fiscales d la causa por graves #delitos .. #HOY LUEGO D ANTERIOR AUDIENCIA D DELACIÓN: ADMITIERON SU RESPONSABILIDAD EN LOS HECHOS pic.twitter.com/ntbpqY7Nz9 Tarek William Saab (@TarekWiliamSaab) August 8, 2020 Denman,34, and Berry,42, were arrested on May 4 near La Guaira, a port city in northern Venezuela, after a beach attack aimed at Venezuelan president Maduro failed, AP reported. They were among the 60 people who sailed from Colombia to Venezuela in two boats on May 3 to carry out what they called Operation Gideon, according to the New York Times. Eight were killed by Venezuelan security officials. Jordan Goudreau, another former Green Beret who operated a private security firm called Silvercorp USA in Florida, claimed responsibility for the failed attack quickly after the arrest. He told AP that he had reached an agreement with Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó and launched this mission from Colombia to “detain Maduro and liberate Venezuela.” But Guaidó denied his involvement. President Maduro accused the U.
