Jordan Guy MacDonald Goudreau (born 30 July 1976) is a Canadian-American mercenary [2] who claimed responsibility for organizing the Macuto Bay incursion into Venezuelan territory on 3 May 2020. [3] Goudreau is the owner and operator of a private security firm based in Florida called Silvercorp USA, which he set up in 2018. [4]

Jan 11, 2025 · A former Green Beret behind a clandestine invasion of Venezuela in 2020 to try and overthrow Nicolás Maduro says in court filings that he had authority from the highest levels of the government for the amphibious raid that ended …

Jan 13, 2025 · A former Green Beret accused of plotting an invasion of Venezuela in 2020 to try to overthrow ... Attorneys for Jordan Goudreau stated in court filings for the first time that the decorated combat ...

Sep 5, 2024 · Jordan Goudreau was arrested in July after a four-year investigation into the amphibious raid that ended with several combatants killed by Venezuelan security forces and two of his U.S. Special...

Aug 1, 2024 · A federal indictment unsealed this week in Tampa, Florida, accuses Jordan Goudreau and a Venezuelan partner, Yacsy Alvarez, of violating U.S. arms control laws when they allegedly assembled and sent to Colombia AR-styled weapons, ammunition, silencers, night vision goggles and other defense equipment requiring a U.S. export license.

Jul 31, 2024 · Jordan Goudreau, 48, had taken credit for a failed coup attempt against Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela. He faces federal charges of illegal arms smuggling.

Sep 5, 2024 · Jordan Goudreau was arrested after a four-year investigation into the failed 2020 coup attempt against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

Aug 8, 2024 · MIAMI (AP) — Federal investigators say they found the DNA of a decorated former U.S. Green Beret on some of the 60 automatic weapons he allegedly smuggled from Florida to South America as part of a failed 2020 coup attempt …

Sep 4, 2024 · — A federal judge ordered the release Wednesday of a former U.S. Green Beret indicted in connection with a failed 2020 coup attempt against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, rejecting...

Aug 1, 2024 · Goudreau, a former Green Beret who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, and Venezuelan associate Yacsy Álvarez, will face federal arms smuggling charges after allegedly shipping weapons, ammunition and other military equipment to Colombia.