Former members of the U.S. Green Beret Special Forces (circled) captured in Venezuela while attempting invasion.
Telesur published the following report Aug. 8.
Venezuela’s Attorney General Tarek William Saab reported Friday [Aug. 7] that the two former U.S. military officers, Luke Denmnan and Airan Berry, who participated in the failed invasion attempt in Venezuela [May 4], were sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Former members of the U.S. Green Beret Special Forces (circled) captured in Venezuela while attempting invasion.
Denmnan and Berry tried to force their way into Venezuela along with 50 other citizens of the Caribbean country to overthrow President Nicolas Maduro’s government.
“The U.S. former military officers confessed to the crimes of conspiracy, association, illicit trafficking of war weapons and terrorism,” Saab tweeted.
These crimes appear in Venezuela’s Penal Code, and for them, the mercenaries were sentenced to 20 years in prison.
“The former U.S. soldiers, who admitted their responsibility in the events, were accused by the prosecutors in the case of serious crimes,” Saab explained.
The U.S. Silvercorp employees, former members of the U.S. Army Green Beret Special Forces, were detained in the second attempt of an attack against the Venezuelan coast.
At least eight people died and half a hundred more were arrested during the search and capture of the mercenaries.
Last May, Venezuela’s justice system ordered preventive detention for 40 people due to their involvement in the failed invasion attempt.
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