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Héctor Ríos Morales

DNA of former agent implicated in attempted Venezuelan coup was found on weapons, officials say

Former Green Beret, Jordan Goudreau, 48, is accused of organizing a coup d'etat in Venezuela (Credit: Image courtesy of Rolling Stone/Jordan Goudreau)

SEATTLE - Federal investigators handling the case of Jordan Goudreau, a former U.S. Green Beret who in 2020 played a key role in a failed cross-border raid of Venezuelan army deserters to oust President Nicolás Maduro, say they found DNA that matched Goudreau's on some of the 60 automatic weapons he allegedly smuggled from Florida to South America.

Although prosecutors did not specify how they obtained the DNA, they said it was found on two of the approximately 60 automatic weapons that were assembled at the Melbourne, Florida, warehouse where Goudreau was living and where his company, Silvercorp, is based.

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