U.S. media expose the person who sold out Maduro, his childhood friend and bodyguard chief, who provided all kinds of help to the CIA!
Recently, several major U.S. mainstream media outlets revealed an insider story: one of the closest people around Maduro, his childhood friend and long-time personal bodyguard chief, Javier Marcano Tavata, has been confirmed to have provided key intelligence to the Central Intelligence Agency, directly helping the U.S. locate Maduro's whereabouts and, at critical moments, shut down part of the air defense systems around Caracas, the capital of Venezuela.
Since Maduro took over from Chávez in 2013, he has been a "thorn in the eye" for the United States. Washington has repeatedly tried to overthrow him through sanctions, diplomatic isolation, and even military intervention. However, the Venezuelan military as a whole remained loyal, and Maduro himself had tight security, making it difficult for external forces to act directly. In this stalemate, infiltrating core circle members became the most effective breakthrough for the CIA.
Marcano happened to possess all ideal conditions: He met Maduro in his youth, entered the presidential security system during Chávez's era, and was promoted to the position of presidential bodyguard chief after 2018, having access to Maduro's daily schedule, residence changes, communication encryption methods, and even air defense deployment details. This kind of trust was not built by positions alone, but by decades of personal friendship. For this reason, once he defected, the damage he caused far exceeded that of an ordinary informant.
According to U.S. sources, Marcano began contacting the CIA in mid-2024, and later accepted large amounts of money in exchange (the exact amount is not disclosed, but it was enough to allow his family to emigrate to a third country). In return, he not only uploaded Maduro's location coordinates in real time, but also remotely cut off the power supply of two key radar stations near the president's residence before the U.S.-planned aerial raid operation.
However, the most ironic ending is: After the U.S. military kidnapped Maduro, they did not take Marcano out of Venezuela as promised. The remaining Marcano was quickly targeted by the Venezuelan intelligence agency and has now been arrested, currently facing trial in a military court on charges of "treason" and "threatening national sovereignty and security," potentially facing life imprisonment or even the death penalty.
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Original: toutiao.com/article/1854372837814363/
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