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Venezuelan lawmakers close to opposition leader Juan Guaido are calling on him to fire some of his aides following a botched raid on the country earlier this week.
Lawmakers from the main opposition parties want him to dismiss Juan Jose Rendon, the commissioner for general strategy, and Sergio Vergara, the commissioner for crisis management, six people familiar with the issue said. Guaido is considering doing so, according to three of them.
The two men allegedly signed a $212 million contract with Jordan Goudreau, a former Green Beret, who led the invasion, according to the people. The people asked not be named because they aren’t authorised to discuss the subject publicly. Goudreau said previously that his Florida-based Silvercorp security company was organising an armed operation in Venezuela to capture President Nicolas Maduro.
Goudreau complained that he only received $50,000 from Rendon, who said he ended the relationship and the contract because he lost faith in Goudreau. Rendon and Vergara didn’t immediately reply to written requests for comment.
In 2017, Rendon sued Bloomberg LP, the publisher
of Bloomberg News, for defamation.