ADBerry and Denman have become trophy prisoners of Venezuela’s socialist government since their capture on the Venezuelan coast in early May. The two Americans were involved in training dozens of Venezuelan military defectors in rudimentary camps in Colombia before the launch of a poorly planned and deeply infiltrated mission that was quickly and easily neutralized. In May, Goudreau told The Washington Post that Berry and Denman were “supervisors” of a force he claimed numbered about 60 Venezuelans. In the days after the incident, the Venezuelan government claims to have killed eight combatants and captured at least 57 others. U.S. Army officials have said that Goudreau, Denman and Berry deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan eight times combined.

Source: Washington Post August 08, 2020 14:47 UTC