Erick Prince, owner of the world's largest mercenary organization, Blackwater. File photo.
Erick Prince, the owner of the largest private military company in the world, Blackwater, has claimed that mercenaries would be ready to assassinate Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, National Assembly Deputy Diosdado Cabello, and other high-profile members of the Venezuelan government or the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) provided the US authorities raise “the bounties to $100m each on these already wanted criminals.”
Tagging US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on his X post, the US empire’s assassin for hire wrote that if they elevated the bounties on the heads of President Maduro and other leaders of Venezuela, they could “sit back and watch the magic happen.”
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The mercenary boss went on to add that the US regime can pay the assassins “from frozen regime money already in US banks,” referring to the Venezuelan State assets abroad seized by the US and its allies.
Para que no tengan dudas: Erick Prince, el asesino a sueldo del imperio llama a los asesinos del mundo a atentar contra la vida del Presidente Nicolás Maduro y que se les pague con el dinero confiscado a nuestro pueblo. En Venezuela la lucha es contra el fascismo mundial y la… pic.twitter.com/fo7LBwTMhs
— Samuel Moncada (@SMoncada_VEN) July 31, 2024
The permanent representative of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the United Nations, Samuel Moncada, stated in response, “In Venezuela, our fight is against global fascism and the vast majority of our people are willing to fight for our independence.”
In 2019, then US President Donald Trump put a bounty of $15 million on President Maduro’s head. The question arises, what if the roles were reversed and Venezuela were to put a price on the head of a US president or politician?
(RedRadioVE) by Victoria Torres, with Orinoco Tribune content
Translation: Orinoco Tribune
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