Jordan Goudreau was arrested on Tuesday in New York, United States (USA), on federal charges of weapons smuggling for which he could face between five and 20 years in prison under North American laws.
Goudreau, a former Green Beret of the US Army, organized and armed the terrorist cell that tried to invade Venezuela from Colombia in 2020 with the aim of assassinating the President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro, as well as the country’s Executive train, in a plan ordered and led by the fugitive from justice Juan Guaidó.
A federal indictment issued this week in Tampa, Florida, accuses Goudreau and a young Venezuelan woman, Yacsy Álvarez, of violating US gun control laws by assembling and shipping weapons, ammunition, silencers, night vision goggles and other weapons to Colombia. military equipment that requires a special export license.
The terrorist was also charged with conspiracy, smuggling US property and illegal possession of a machine gun, as well as 14 other charges.
Goudreau appeared in federal court following his arrest Tuesday in Manhattan, but it was unclear whether he would be released into custody pending trial. He was being held in a federal detention center in Brooklyn, reports the AP.
The case
Prosecutors in their 22-page indictment documented the scheme, citing text messages between the defendants about their effort to purchase military-related equipment and export it to Colombia, and tracing a web of money transfers, charter flights and large-scale purchases. .
A November 2019 message from Goudreau to an equipment dealer said, “There’s the list bro,” which included AR-15 rifles, night vision devices and ballistic helmets, prosecutors said.
Goudreau bought several components in Miami to assemble about 60 AR-type firearms. Prosecutors revealed that he also spent $90 on a used yacht in February 2020, several cans of ammunition, armor plates and magazines for AR-15 rifles.
A month later, Colombian police found the equipment stored in the back of a car rented by Álvarez at a checkpoint near the Caribbean city of Santa Marta.
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2024-08-01 05:40:38
