If You're Listening Florida Man Invades Venezuela
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Sep 29, 2025 Adair Sheppard, a producer and reporter, dives into the audacious yet failed plot by American mercenaries to invade Venezuela, led by ex-Green Beret Jordan Goudreau. They discuss Goudreau's transformation from a Canadian recruit to the head of Silvercorp USA, emphasizing his bizarre branding strategies and reckless social media presence. The conversation unpacks the chaotic May 2020 raid, the operational blunders, and how it all crumbled before it began, revealing a mix of ambition, miscalculation, and a quest for a $15 million bounty on Maduro.
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From Green Beret To Florida Mercenary
- Jordan Goudreau is a Canadian-born ex-Green Beret who became a Florida-based private security entrepreneur after a 15-year US military career and medical retirement in 2016.
- He founded Silvercorp USA and pivoted from disaster-era contracting to mercenary-style ventures, building an Instagram-forward brand.
Subscription Mercenaries For Schools
- After Parkland, Goudreau pitched armed ex-soldiers posing as teachers to protect schools and wanted parents to pay a monthly subscription like Netflix.
- He also did security work for at least one Trump rally and a Guaidó-support concert at the Colombia–Venezuela border.
A Coup Plot That Had Already Been Exposed
- In May 2020 Goudreau organised a plan for hundreds of fighters to invade Venezuela, seize Maduro and spark an uprising, but the operation was infiltrated by Maduro's intelligence.
- What started as ~300 recruits collapsed into about 60 due to poor organisation and infiltration before the raid went ahead.