Jordan Goudreau person
also: former U.S. Green Beret, mercenary, G-O-U-D-R-E-A-U, Gaudreau, Godot, Godreau, Goodrow, Gordon, Gordon Gaudreau, Goudreau, Jordan Gaudreau, Jordan Goddrew
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Claims (19)
Jordan Goudreau carried_out_attack
Operation Gideon documented
“revealing the existence of a covert plan to ignite a popular rebellion in Venezuela that would culminate with the arrest of President Maduro. The plot dubbed Operation Gideon was to be carried out by 300 volunteer combatants, many of them V…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Corporate Coup Venezuela Part 14 @ 38:04
Jordan Goudreau filed_lawsuit_against
Juan José Rendon documented
“for their involvement in the attempted coup. In October 2020, Goudreau filed a $1.4 million lawsuit against Rendon and Florida Corp, accusing the Venezuelan political consultant of contract breach. As part of the lawsuit, Goudreau revealed …”
▶ The Colonels Corner Corporate Coup Venezuela Part 14 @ 1:08:52
Jordan Goudreau targeted_for_regime_change
Nicolás Maduro documented
“revealing the existence of a covert plan to ignite a popular rebellion in Venezuela that would culminate with the arrest of President Maduro. The plot dubbed Operation Gideon was to be carried out by 300 volunteer combatants, many of them V…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Corporate Coup Venezuela Part 14 @ 38:04
Jordan Goudreau member_of
Charlie Company, 1st Battalion book_quoted
“with a childhood admiration of U.S. military. He was born in Canada and moved to the U.S. as a young man so that he could enlist in the U.S. Armed Forces, telling a family friend that he believed it would give him more challenges. Goudreau …”
▶ The Colonels Corner Corporate Coup Venezuela Part 14 @ 33:10
Jordan Goudreau member_of
United States book_quoted
“with a childhood admiration of U.S. military. He was born in Canada and moved to the U.S. as a young man so that he could enlist in the U.S. Armed Forces, telling a family friend that he believed it would give him more challenges. Goudreau …”
▶ The Colonels Corner Corporate Coup Venezuela Part 14 @ 33:10
Jordan Goudreau member_of
Canada book_quoted
“with a childhood admiration of U.S. military. He was born in Canada and moved to the U.S. as a young man so that he could enlist in the U.S. Armed Forces, telling a family friend that he believed it would give him more challenges. Goudreau …”
▶ The Colonels Corner Corporate Coup Venezuela Part 14 @ 33:10
Jordan Goudreau recruited
Cliver Alcalá documented
“According to their accounts, Goudreau first linked up with Venezuelan opposition in February 2019 when he traveled to Colombia to provide security for the Live Aid concert that we talked about earlier in the book for Richard Branson. So it …”
▶ The Colonels Corner Corporate Coup Venezuela Part 14 @ 39:02
Juan José Rendon paid
Jordan Goudreau documented
“Maybe to collect the reward. Rendon's search for bounty hunters eventually led him to Goudreau, who claimed to be training hundreds of men in Colombia for a mission to capture Maduro. Though he admitted to signing the civil court contract a…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Corporate Coup Venezuela Part 14 @ 56:32
Juan José Rendon recruited
Jordan Goudreau documented
“Maybe to collect the reward. Rendon's search for bounty hunters eventually led him to Goudreau, who claimed to be training hundreds of men in Colombia for a mission to capture Maduro. Though he admitted to signing the civil court contract a…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Corporate Coup Venezuela Part 14 @ 56:32
Jordan Goudreau provided_security_for
Richard Branson documented
“According to their accounts, Goudreau first linked up with Venezuelan opposition in February 2019 when he traveled to Colombia to provide security for the Live Aid concert that we talked about earlier in the book for Richard Branson. So it …”
▶ The Colonels Corner Corporate Coup Venezuela Part 14 @ 39:02
Jordan Goudreau founded
Silvercorp USA book_quoted
“10th Special Forces Group before injuring himself and retiring from combat in 2016. Two years later, he founded a private Florida-based security firm called Silver Corp USA. Silver Corp early promotional material had nothing to do with Lati…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Corporate Coup Venezuela Part 14 @ 33:42
Jordan Goudreau member_of
20th Special Forces Group book_quoted
“with a childhood admiration of U.S. military. He was born in Canada and moved to the U.S. as a young man so that he could enlist in the U.S. Armed Forces, telling a family friend that he believed it would give him more challenges. Goudreau …”
▶ The Colonels Corner Corporate Coup Venezuela Part 14 @ 33:10
Jordan Goudreau provided_security_for
Donald Trump documented
“one of a security team by the name of Keith Schiller, S-C-H-I-L-L-E-R, through industry contacts, and won a single silver court contract to provide security for President Trump in November 2018. Still no evidence ever materialized to prove …”
▶ The Colonels Corner Corporate Coup Venezuela Part 14 @ 41:37
Jordan Goudreau carried_out_attack
Nicolás Maduro book_quoted
“The raid was part of Venezuela's response to what is known as Operation Gideon, a foiled plot to capture or kill President Maduro, led by former U.S. Green Beret named Jordan, I don't know how you pronounce his last name, Godreau, G-O-U-D-R…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Corporate Coup Venezuela Part 14 @ 31:34
Jordan Goudreau founded
Silvercorp USA guest_asserted
“White was also an ex-U.S. Special Forces operative who had served in Iraq and Afghanistan. He told me that he fought alongside him overseas as a teammate, then partnered with him to launch Silvercorp following their respective departures fr…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Corporate Coup Venezuela Part 14 @ 1:01:15
Jordan Goudreau recruited
Luke Denman guest_asserted
“He related that although he comes from a large family that included six siblings, Luke talked with Arian and Jordan as if they were brothers. They're like six-man teams, special units. They all treat each other as brothers. According to Mar…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Corporate Coup Venezuela Part 14 @ 1:07:52
Jordan Goudreau recruited
Arian Berry documented
“In their confession, Berry and Denman discussed their respective experiences in the U.S. military and explained that they had met Gaudreau while serving overseas. Both men told their interrogators they traveled to Colombia in January of 202…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Corporate Coup Venezuela Part 14 @ 1:04:56
Jordan Goudreau funded
Operation Gideon guest_asserted
“You're rid of. I have never seen the level of backstabbing and complete disregard for men in the field, Goudreau went on. Mercenaries get paid. No one paid me and my team a cent. Claiming he ultimately crowdfunded the operation by solicitin…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Corporate Coup Venezuela Part 14 @ 52:13
Jordan Goudreau claimed_involvement
U.S. State Department guest_asserted
“that was involved in the planning. Goudreau contended that Silvercorp beat out competing proposals for a private military operation to Alice Maduro, including one that had been put forward by Eric Prince, but Prince denied that. He also ins…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Corporate Coup Venezuela Part 14 @ 1:09:21
Mentions (26)
▶ 31:34
The raid was part of Venezuela's response to what is known as Operation Gideon, a foiled plot to capture or kill President Maduro, led by former U.S. Green Beret named Jordan, I don't know how you pronounce his last name, Godreau, G-O-U-D-R…
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Often dubbed the Bay of Piglets in reference to a bungled CIA invasion, attempted invasion of Cuba, Operation Gideon reminded ordinary Venezuelans of the threat they faced as the U.S. actively sought their government's overthrow. It also ra…
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Perhaps one day there will be a dramatic biopic about Gordon Gaudreau and his background. He was a he had professional ties to what he actually set up a security firm, private security firm. His entry into the world of made for TV intellige…
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with a childhood admiration of U.S. military. He was born in Canada and moved to the U.S. as a young man so that he could enlist in the U.S. Armed Forces, telling a family friend that he believed it would give him more challenges. Goudreau …
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10th Special Forces Group before injuring himself and retiring from combat in 2016. Two years later, he founded a private Florida-based security firm called Silver Corp USA. Silver Corp early promotional material had nothing to do with Lati…
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That was Godot's narration of his promotion video. After portraying U.S. school children as sitting ducks surrounded by mass shooters, he went on to offer his solution to the bloodshed. A slow, eerie background music suddenly faded to elect…
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for those who protect and serve our country. His plan was to hire a bunch of prior military people as security guards. Though through Silver Corp, Goudreau hoped to cash in on the elevated parental anxiety while bringing the counterinsurgen…
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In his mind, his employees would apply their experience in Kabul and Columbine and move us on to a safer school environment. Silver Corp USA is there for you, he said in his video. Beyond the promotional video, it was unclear how he took hi…
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into actually applying it, there wasn't a lot on the website. The beauty of it is it's all for the price of a Netflix subscription. What he was trying to say is if you got all the parents to chip in like $12 a month, that the school could a…
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pretending to be a teacher. He'd be just, you know, a cool shop teacher or something. His fantasies reflected a mentality that would soon lead him into directing an undermanned, undersupply invasion of a foreign country that he had never vi…
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His November 2018 rendezvous with the Post, Goudreau and Silvercorp would soon attain international notoriety that he craved. When his name first surfaced in media reports connected to Venezuela, the story was almost too absurd to believe. …
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According to their accounts, Goudreau first linked up with Venezuelan opposition in February 2019 when he traveled to Colombia to provide security for the Live Aid concert that we talked about earlier in the book for Richard Branson. So it …
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since his own defection from Caracas in early 2019. Over the course of two days meeting at a Marriott, Alcala informed Gaudreau that he was overseeing roughly 300 men, including participants in previously botched assassination attempts agai…
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So we're going with a bunch of losers. But this time, it's not going to work either. Hoping to capitalize on the Trump administration's growing interest in toppling Maduro, Goodman explained to Goudreau and Akala, and they hatched a plan to…
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that the plan to kidnap or kill the country's president came with a high cost, what he estimated to be around $1.5 million. Thankfully, the gun-for-hire claim his high-level contacts in the Trump administration would help iron out operation…
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one of a security team by the name of Keith Schiller, S-C-H-I-L-L-E-R, through industry contacts, and won a single silver court contract to provide security for President Trump in November 2018. Still no evidence ever materialized to prove …
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In fact, sources close to Schiller told Goodman that he ended all contact with the ex-Green Beret after May 2019 meeting in Miami because he thought it was crazy. Despite limited resources and wanting interest from would-be patrons, Goudrea…
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Matos told Goodman. Though Goodman declined to speak on the record, Operation Gideon came to life within hours of the report's May 1st publication. Goodrow, day in the sun, finally arrived in early morning hours of May 3rd when Venezuela's …
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That evening, Goodrow sported a New York Yankees baseball cap as he knelt on one leg before a backdrop of trees. At 1700 hours, a daring amphibious raid was launched from the border of Columbia, deep into the heart of Caracas. The life-size…
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activated in the southwest and east of Venezuelan, Goudreau said, declaring with confidence before he turned to his partner, who proceeded to deliver the Spanish equivalent, announcing Operation Gideon. The number one objective is the captu…
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talking about the gold trinket, samurai swords, and Buddha shrine, all that makes up his house. Throughout 2019, the condo in the upscale district provided the backdrop for planning for Operation Gideon. The political consultant's involveme…
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turned to the media to blame the plot's failure on Rendon and his colleagues in Guaido's shadow government. Around the time that Goudreau took responsibility for the attack via X, he hopped online for an interview with a Miami-based YouTube…
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Goudreau shared his side of Operation Gideon for the first time, explaining that while he initially refused an offer with the AP to discuss his contract with Venezuelan opposition out of professionalism, he decided it was time to publicize …
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He appeared to be in the same mystery outdoor location as well with early evening sun and the foliage behind him. The contract later partially published online established a general service agreement to help liberate Venezuela. The former G…
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the Colombian border with Venezuela, evading local police to carry out Operation Gideon. You had 60 Venezuelans who were hungry, still training, thinking about liberation. His men's dire conditions was the fault of Guaido and his allies, wh…
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There is nobody that hasn't had an idol toppled. Jordan Goddrew, however you say his last name, that's the name of the guy that was arrested. It's spelled G-O-U-D-R-E-A-U that was recently on Redacted and was interviewed by Clayton. So I ju…