[News] Guaido's Strategist (Juan Rendon) Received 300 Million from DEA to Pay the Mercenaries But Only Paid Out 50 Thousand

Tue May 19 12:11:40 EDT 2020

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Guaido's
Strategist (Juan Rendon) Received 300 Million from DEA to Pay the
Mercenaries But Only Paid Out 50 Thousand
May 19, 2020
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This Monday, Venezuelan minister for communications Jorge Rodríguez,
presented new audios and videos with testimonies of participants of the
failed Operation Gideon, who on May 3 attempted a mercenary invasion
organized by a US firm on the Venezuelan coasts to try a coup d’etat
against President Nicolás Maduro. In the testimonies, the Futuro Presente
Foundation, directed by Yon Goicoechea, was denounced for being used as a
facade to attract resources for the logistics of the camps in Riohacha, as
well as for the maintenance of the mercenaries.

In his press conference, Rodríguez showed testimonies of Antonio Sequea,
one of the leaders of Operation Gideón, captured on May 4 in the town of
Chuao, Aragua state. Sequea stressed that *the Futuro Presente Foundation,
an arm to attract young people from Voluntad Popular and Primero Justicia,*
raised resources to activate an attack plan against Venezuela on May 3.

Antonio Sequea explains in the video that after arriving in the city of
Riohacha, in the department of La Guajira (Colombia), where they were
training mercenaries for the attack against Venezuela, he met lawyer Juan
Torres, who explained that *these camps were financed through the NGO,
Fundación Futuro Presente*, of which he was a legal figure.

“It is a structure that *is used as a facade to camouflage the payments*
and so that they could *sign the contracts for the different living
quarters*, ” Sequea confirmed. It is coordinated directly by Juan Guaidó,
and it *is the same NGO used to finance the ‘humanitarian aid’ *that they
intended to bring into
<https://albaciudad.org/2019/02/intentan-usar-el-incendio-de-camiones-en-puente-entre-colombia-y-venezuela-para-justificar-una-intervencion-militar/>
the country on February 23, 2019
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and to financially support the military who deserted that day in Cúcuta
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.

“Later we found out that it was a failure
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and that the funds had been diverted from that end,” he said.

The investigations of the continued plan revealed that Rayder Russo, alias
“Pico” and self-proclaimed lieutenant
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*manages the foundation and is the one who coordinates the rental of
equipment and rental of weapons,* which include those for the assassination
attempt against President Nicolás ripe on August 4, 2018
<https://albaciudad.org/2018/08/atentado-contra-nicolas-maduro-usando-drones/>,
using armed drones.

Minister Rodríguez, who has exposed the relationship between Guaidó and *actors
of the Venezuelan right, such as Yon Goicoechea, who owns the NGO,* which
serves as a link between Sequea and the deputy Guaidó to pay for the
logistics in Riohacha, as well as the maintenance of the mercenaries.

The operation also set up the entry of US troops into Venezuelan territory,
according to Sequea’s testimony. “Antonio Sequea’s testimony said that the
uniforms with the American flag were not for the raiders, but rather *for
US troops that would try to enter Venezuela later*.”
Pimienta Salazar confirms use of the NGO

These statements are ratified by another one of those captured, the
deserter Víctor Alejandro Pimienta Salazar, alias “Captain Pimienta”, in
his confession to the Venezuelan authorities, availing himself of the right
of denunciation to achieve procedural benefits. Pepper noted that upon
arriving in Riohacha, *he learned of the existence of the non-governmental
organization Futuro Presente,* whose resources from *companies and
politicians acting from abroad,* were managed by alias “Pico.”

“After my arrival, citizen Rayder Russo, alias “Pico”, retired and I was in
charge of the administration of the resources, *which were granted to me by
Clíver Alcalá,* specifically in the amount of 1,500 dollars a week,
sometimes they were in cash, other times they were sent through the *Western
Union* remittance house,” he said in his statements.

RELATED CONTENT: US Amb 2.0 (James Story) Involved in Mercenary Operation
Gideon (+CIA and Deputy)
<https://orinocotribune.com/us-amb-2-0-james-story-involved-in-mercenary-operation-gideon-cia-and-deputy/>

Antonio Sequea and Víctor Alejandro Pimienta Salazar, were captured on May
4 on the shores of Chuao, Aragua state. They planned to kidnap or
assassinate President Maduro, and other government officials, according to
a contract signed between the SilverCorp company – for which they worked –
and the deputy Juan Guaidó.

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Pay the Mercenaries But Only Paid Out 50 Thousand]
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Hernán Alemán involved

Rodríguez also showed a new audio on Monday that links *Venezuelan deputy
Hernán Alemán* with the failed Operation Gideon.

In a recording presented by Rodríguez, Alemán indicates to an unidentified
interlocutor that he had connections with Clíver Alcalá, who was in charge
of the raid, and acknowledges that he was in the camps in Riohacha, where
they trained the participants. Likewise, the deputy *mentioned the
participation of the US military, called “Aguilas,” in the operation.
“*Everything
is ready. The “aguilas” are around here some ready too. I already see
everything in the operational phase,” says Alemán.

In another audio, *where Alemán talks to Alcalá Cordones*, it is explained
that the contract signed between Juan Guaido, the parliamentarian Sergio
Vergara, the political adviser Juan José Rendón, and ex-green beret Jordán
Goudreau, to enter Venezuela, is valid for 18 months . “*It is valid for us*
, but not for Guaidó. Let’s say, Guaidó did not comply. Not that he broke
it. He never came through,” Alemán said. However, he adds: “There is a
scope, you have to sign (to make the wheels move).”

In the conversation, it is stated that the objective is to dissolve the
Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB), and that of every 100 officers,
only three will remain, as the rest would be *“neutralized” or “eliminated”*
.

In another audio between the two, Clíver Alcalá points out that he will not
rest until he sees Nicolás Maduro, Diosdado Cabello and Leopoldo López
imprisoned, to which Hernán Alemán responds: *“Or fucking dead.” *Alcalá
replies that he did not want to say it, but “they tried to escape and they
died, they drowned in the flight”, which is known as the “law of escaping”
(murdering a prisoner by manipulating the scene to make it look like if it
happened during an escape attempt).

Alcalá Cordones also said that Juan Jose Rendón (formerly Guaido’s chief
strategist) received, from investors and the DEA, *300 million dollars to
execute this plan,* so it is not explained what happened to the payment
that was due to be made to the Goudreau mercenary company.

On the other hand, Rodríguez revealed other evidence that shows how the
plans are linked to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) through “James
Story, Ambassador of the United States of Narnia to Guaidó.”

In this regard, an audio was presented to the media in which Hernán Alemán,
Deputy of Democratic Action for the state of Zulia, talks about the meeting
held with Story in the city of Miami. “He was at his residence, in a toast,
and he made him speak to representatives of the CIA, they talked about this
plan and Hernán surely received instructions about this plan,” Rodríguez
said, while inviting Story to deny Alemán’s words.

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<https://orinocotribune.com/latest-on-iranian-tankers-heading-to-venezuela-to-alleviate-fuel-scarcity-due-to-us-criminal-sanctions-latest-position/>

Hernán Alemán was a deputy for the opposition party Acción Democrática (AD)
and has been a *fugitive from justice since the end of 2019*, when the
National Constituent Assembly (ANC) lifted his parliamentary immunity for
“treason to the homeland, public instigation of the disobedience of the
laws and continued hatred, rebellion, usurpation of functions and
conspiracy to commit crimes.”

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Pay the Mercenaries But Only Paid Out 50 Thousand]
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They were going to assault the General Directorate of Military
Counterintelligence and the Sebin

Jorge Rodriguez also showed the notebooks of the paramilitaries who
participated in Operation Gideon, which show the objectives of the
so-called “Jupiter Plan”, which sought to assault the General Directorate
of Military Counterintelligence (Dgcim) and the Bolivarian Intelligence
Service (Sebin).

“They talk about how they would assassinate the agents of the Sebin who
opposed the assault, targets on the ground (…) taking of ground and murder
of the Sebin and Dgcim,” he added.

The plan contemplated releasing the detainees there and using the weapons
found to attack the Miraflores Presidential Honor Guard Regiment: “440
estimated and neutralized enemies,” the texts say.

As an element that still needs to be corroborated, as part of this
mercenary incursion, Rodriguez stressed that it was determined to “’knock
on’ Aruba, between 19:00 and 05:00 hours. “We do not know if they were
referring to the escape plan or a contact they made on the neighboring
island before the raid.”

Rodríguez noted that “there in Aruba they would have five vehicles plus 24
people on arrival, a safe house, planning, a change of clothes, preparation
and departure when ready,” he said.

It is necessary to remember that on May 3 at night, a few hours after the
first events occurred after the failed Operation Gideon, Venezuelan Vice
President Delcy Rodríguez met with the ambassador of the Netherlands in
Venezuela
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to alert him about the use of the island from Aruba to “support terrorist
groups”.

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“Criminal triangle”

Rodríguez stressed Monday that the plans form a criminal triangle in which
the administration of the United States, the Venezuelan extremist
opposition groups and drug trafficking are linked.

   - At one of the corners of this triangle are the President of the United
   States, Donald Trump, along with Vice President Mike Pence, Secretary of
   State Mike Pompeo, Special Envoy Elliot Abrams, the Department of Justice,
   the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), and American security companies such as
   Silvercorp.
   - At another vertex is the Venezuelan extremist opposition, among whom
   he mentioned deputy Hernán Alemán, the founders of the Future Present
   Foundation, Yon Goicoechea and Juan Torres, as well as the Popular Will
   party.
   - Finally, at the other extreme is Colombian drug trafficking, which
   includes former military man Clíver Alcalá, who is married to the daughter
   of the famous Colombian drug trafficker Elkin Javier López Torres, alias
   “Doble rueda” and Joel Palmar, who had instructions from the DEA and they
   will take care of the logistics for the terrorist incursions into Venezuela.

According to the confession of Sequea, who had daily contact with Jordán
Goudreau – a North American contractor and owner of Silvercorp -, the plan
was endorsed and signed by the deputy Juan Guaidó, and in turn endorsed by
his sponsor, the president of the United States, Donald Trump.
Double Wheel

The communication minister showed videos with the voluntary testimonies of
the American mercenaries Airan Berry and Luke Denman

Berry pointed out that “for him the participation of the drug trafficker
‘Double Wheel’ (Elkin Javier López Torres) in this incursion against
Venezuela was clear.” For his part, Luke Denman confesses that “the main
objective was to capture President Nicolás Maduro, secure the La Carlota
airport, the Simón Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetía and put
Maduro on a plane (…) that would be sent by US special forces who were
already ready in a place in the Caribbean to enter and take President
Maduro and the other ‘kidnapping’ objectives.”

In this sense, Rodríguez maintained that “it is very difficult for anyone
to doubt the participation of the administration of the government of
Colombia and the United States in attacks against Venezuela.”

*Featured image: Courtesy of Prensa Presidencial*

Source URL: Alba Ciudad
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