An Ex-Green Beret Behind a Failed Venezuela Raid in 2020 Lashes Out at CIA and FBI

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro addresses government supporters

MIAMI — A former Green Beret accused of plotting an invasion of Venezuela in 2020 to try to overthrow Nicolás Maduro lashed out Friday at the CIA and FBI, claiming they sabotaged his efforts to oust the leftist leader. His lawyers asserted that he had the Trump administration’s support for the clandestine mission. Attorneys for […]

Ex-Green Beret Behind Failed Venezuela Raid Released Pending Trial on Weapons Charges

former U.S. Green Beret Jordan Goudreau holds an assault rifle in a documentary film

TAMPA, Fla. — A federal judge ordered the release Wednesday of a former U.S. Green Beret indicted in connection with a failed 2020 coup attempt against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, rejecting arguments he would flee while awaiting trial on weapons smuggling charges. Jordan Goudreau was arrested in July after a four-year investigation into the amphibious […]

Army Corps of Engineers Failed to Protect Dolphins in Spillway Openings, Lawsuit Alleges

Atlantic bottlenose dolphin

The Army Corps of Engineers failed to protect bottlenose dolphins and other marine life in the Mississippi Sound and Lake Borgne by opening the Bonnet Carre Spillway in 2019 without obtaining proper permits under the Marine Mammal Protection Act, according to a lawsuit filed Monday in federal court in Mississippi. The suit was filed by the cities of Biloxi, D’Iberville, […]