remove the current Regime and install the recognized Venezuelan President Juan Guaidó.”ADBut soon after the signing, Rendón said, Goudreau began acting erratically. He failed to produce evidence of the financial backing he claimed to have lined up to fund the operation, Rendón said, and demanded immediate payment of a $1.5 million retainer. He and other opposition officials considered the operation dead. First, Venezuelan officials said they had thwarted a predawn “invasion” aimed at killing Maduro. Alcalá was living in Colombia, organizing former Venezuelan soldiers in a plan to oust Maduro.

Source: Washington Post May 06, 2020 23:40 UTC