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CIA Operative Reveals Maduro Kidnapping Operation Training Details and Cuban Protection
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How CIA Takes Down a Dictator (The Maduro Operation Explained)
"Venezuela wasn't even being protected by Venezuelans. Maduro was being protected by Cubans because he didn't believe that his own Venezuelan military was capable or loyal to protect him. So, the people who were actually shooting at Americans weren't Venezuelans, they were Cubans. And they were paid protective services rather than trained military units."
A former CIA operative disclosed that the U.S. military operation to capture Venezuelan leader Maduro involved months of specialized training, including building mock compounds and practicing in various weather conditions. He revealed that Maduro was protected by Cuban paid mercenaries rather than his own military forces, who engaged with American special operators during the extraction. The operation involved coordinated efforts across multiple military branches including satellite, human, and signals intelligence.
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