Jordan Goudreau once pushed a plan to protect U.S. schools. Then he moved on to a more daring pursuit, which also didn't end well.
Shortly after the mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida, two former Special Forces soldiers saw a business opportunity that married their past experience with a present danger.
That was early 2018. The plan never got off the ground, according to White. And now, two years later, Goudreau is at the center of a foiled plot to overthrow Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. He later served in the U.S. Army as a Special Forces medical sergeant and indirect fire infantryman from 2001 to 2016, an Army spokesperson said. He was deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, gaining a reputation as a fearsome warrior with an expert shot.Goudreau has said that after he left the military, he did private security work in Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.
Just a couple of weeks earlier, on Oct. 26, 2018, the Florida-based Goudreau attended a Trump rally in Charlotte, N.C., according to a review of video and still images from the event. Goudreau is seen wearing a black suit and tie, with an earpiece, walking around Bojangles' Coliseum with his eyes fixed on the crowd.
A spokesperson for Bojangles' Coliseum said it didn't contract with Goudreau or Silvercorp for the rally. According to White, Goudreau had signaled that he was interested in following the path of a private security company like the one formerly known as Blackwater, which gained infamy for its operatives' deadly tactics while doing security work in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"Controlling chaos on the Venezuela border where a dictator looks on with apprehension," Goudreau wrote in a photo posted to his Instagram account showing him standing on the concert stage.White said he set up a meeting with some potential investors, but Goudreau ultimately presented a very different operation: a plot to oust Maduro by force."The assumption was that it would just go away," he added."It never seemed actionable. It never seemed like anything real.
In an interview with an exiled Venezuelan journalist, Goudreau said the operation was initially supported by Guaidó. Goudreau has stopped giving interviews, and his whereabouts are unknown. He's now being investigated by U.S. authorities for possible arms trafficking, according to The Associated Press, which was first to reveal details of the plot.
Mattos works with Venezuelan exiles who smuggle food and medical supplies into the country. One of them told him about a group of other Venezuelan defectors who were living in Colombia and were interested in getting tactical medical training.
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