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‘Dangerous and scary’: how a US special forces vet helped María Corina Machado flee Venezuela

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Bryan Stern recounts hazardous night mission that provided perfect cover for Venezuelan opposition leader’s escape

María Corina Machado’s getaway from Venezuela involved a long, “scary” and very wet sea crossing in the dead of night with no lights, according to the American man who says he led the operation.

Bryan Stern, who heads a nonprofit rescue organisation, detailed the mission in an CBS interview published on Thursday after the Venezuelan opposition figure emerged in Norway after the Nobel peace prize ceremony.

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