A former Green Beret, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of harming his career, recalls Goudreau almost colliding with him while skydiving because he wasn’t paying attention to his surroundings. "Goudreau, 43, did not return repeated requests for comment. The property the authorities identified had served as one of the Goudreau team’s training camps; it was owned by a Colombian drug trafficker related to Alcalá’s wife, according to local media reports.The Americans would have passed by Aruba and Curaçao as they made their way east, covering some 400 miles of open ocean. He's also worried about the fate of Denman and Berry, both of whom he served alongside.As for the idea to stock American schools with former Special Forces operators? Three days later, Goudreau, Berry, and Denman boarded a private plane in Miami and flew to Colombia. Then he moved on to a more daring pursuit, which also didn't end well.Get breaking news alerts and special reports. "He said there were other things he wanted to do, and I just wasn't into anything outside the borders of the U.S."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' "He wanted to take contracts more like Blackwater," White said, before referring to the company's new name, Academi.The Silvercorp website says it operates in more than 50 countries and has advised some of the "most prolific units on the planet," including Delta Force, Israel's Duvdevan, Germany's KSK and Britain's SAS.White said that he didn't know whether any of that was true and that he had remained largely in the dark over Goudreau's activities throughout much of 2019.Goudreau's social media accounts offer some clues to his professional dealings.The first indication of any connection to Venezuela came in February 2019, when he worked security at a concert along the Colombian border that was held in support of Juan Guaidó, the opposition leader recognized as Venezuela's interim president by the U.S. and several other countries.

They gave a name he had never heard before: Jordan Goudreau. During the interview, the interrogator asks Denman about Jordan Goudreau, another ex-Army Special Forces veteran and CEO of Silvercorp USA, a …

About the time his video went online, Venezuelan authorities claimed to have killed eight would-be rebels and would end up arresting 57 others. "It was unacceptable that they thought he was a representative of the U.S. government, because he should know better as a Special Forces guy to make it extremely clear who he is and what he represents," Mattos said.Mattos later tried to get in touch with Goudreau to "try to talk some sense into him," but after a brief introductory exchange via Instagram — which was viewed by NBC News — Goudreau didn't respond to a follow-up message.Mattos stayed in touch with the Venezuelans and became convinced that nothing was going to happen despite their repeated claims that weapons and U.S. reinforcements were on the way.Now that two Americans are among the captured, Mattos said he believes Goudreau should turn himself into the Venezuelan government in exchange for their return. "There's a good chance that those guys are going to rot in prison because of what he did, and he wasn't even with them," Mattos said.White said he, too, was stunned to learn that Goudreau had moved forward with the plan. I go sit down with a kid who's alone, playing Dungeons and Dragons, and I just try to see whether there's any problems. He didn’t respond to repeated requests for comment for this story. Jordan Goudreau’s comments in an interview with an exiled Venezuelan journalist capped a bizarre day that started with reports of a predawn amphibious raid near the Venezuela’s heavily guarded capital. They told him about an imminent plan to oust Maduro. A motorcycle aficionado who often wore a Van Dyke beard, Denman had joined the Army after high school in Texas. But at a What the hell was Goudreau thinking? "Special operators are trained to move forward and end a threat. The new European data protection law requires us to inform you of the following before you use our website: This content is currently not available in your region. "Mattos works with Venezuelan exiles who smuggle food and medical supplies into the country. Goudreau began shouting, and Nieto had to step between them. "Special operators are trained to move forward and end a threat. "A spokesperson for Bojangles' Coliseum said it didn't contract with Goudreau or Silvercorp for the rally.White, the former partner, said he and Goudreau drifted apart after the company failed to secure a single school contract.The pair had met a decade earlier when they were serving together in Germany. But his confidence in his theory was challenged several hours later when an odd video began to ricochet around Twitter. "Goudreau claimed that he was left to seek donations to support his men, whom he described as "60 Venezuelans who were hungry, still training, thinking about liberation, and they went and did it. ""This individual is neither an employee nor a contractor of the U.S. Secret Service.


According to U.S. officials, he’d been fomenting conflict through a state-run program that gave rocket launchers and machine guns to Colombia’s rebels in exchange for cocaine. "But in the end they didn't. 60 Venezuelan, 2 American ex Green Beret @realDonaldTrump," it read.The overthrow plot was foiled, Maduro announced Monday.

The results were embarrassing.Nelson Galvis slept through the first shots. "It never seemed actionable. And it involves having a firearm. Goudreau went on to become the best man at White's wedding, he said. These are the most widely shared misconceptions about COVID-19Poll: Biden remains ahead of Trump nationally before conventions beginWith no balloon drops, what's a convention for? "There's a good chance that those guys are going to rot in prison because of what he did, and he wasn't even with them," Mattos said.White said he, too, was stunned to learn that Goudreau had moved forward with the plan.

It never seemed like anything real.
One day, Alcalá, the exiled general, visited with his wife and daughter and said the same thing.Mattos left the men some supplies and wished them well. U.S. government records and interviews with more than a dozen of his close associates, friends, and family members, as well as eyewitnesses to key events, suggest even he might not be entirely sure.Goudreau was born in Canada in 1976.