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Pedro Camacho

U.S. Special Forces Have Been Operating in Venezuela 'For Some Time', Former FBI Official Says

Venezuela's president Nicolas Maduro (Credit: Photo by JUAN BARRETO/AFP via Getty Images)

A former FBI agent has claimed that U.S. special forces have been operating covertly in Venezuela "for some time," suggesting that recent moves by Washington form part of a broader military and intelligence strategy authorized under U.S. law.

Speaking on NTN24, former FBI agent César Paz said that the latest actions by the Trump administration toward Venezuela, which reportedly include authorizing the CIA to conduct lethal covert operations, are "legal and military in nature" and backed by Title 50 of U.S. law, which allows the president to authorize covert operations abroad on national security grounds.

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