Overview
- Grey Bull Rescue on Friday shared a short, edited video showing the at-sea transfer of María Corina Machado during an operation the team calls “Golden Dynamite.”
- The footage captures founder Bryan Stern guiding Machado from a small fishing boat to his vessel in darkness before declaring, “Jackpot… Objective Golden Dynamite.”
- Machado appears on camera saying she is alive and safe and expresses gratitude to Grey Bull after the cold, wet transfer.
- Grey Bull says the early-December mission lasted nearly 16 hours in rough seas that disrupted GPS and communications, with a route toward Curaçao before Machado flew on to Norway for her Nobel ceremony.
- Accounts differ on U.S. involvement, as Grey Bull cites anonymous donors and no direct support beyond notifying the U.S. military, while Machado has previously said she received U.S. support without giving details.