Nicolás Maduro, the embattled leader of Venezuela, said Monday that authorities in Caracas captured 13 “terrorists”—including two U. S. citizens— in a failed invasion attempt…
Nicolás Maduro, the embattled leader of Venezuela, said Monday that authorities in Caracas captured 13 “terrorists”—including two U. S. citizens— in a failed invasion attempt that he said was no doubt orchestrated by the Trump administration.
Maduro made a nationwide broadcast on state television and held up a pair of U. S. passports that he said were recovered. He read off the names and birthdays of the two Americans.
“They were playing Rambo,” he said, according to the Guardian. “They were playing hero.”
The two U. S. citizens were identified as Luke Denman and Airan Berry, both former U. S. special forces soldiers. Video emerged that purported to show Venezuelan authorities with their captives lined up at a seaside marina.
Maduro said the U. S. government is “fully and completely involved in this defeated raid,» the Associated Press reported.
