Overview
- María Corina Machado is reported safe in Oslo and reunited with family after spending roughly a year or more in clandestinity inside Venezuela.
- Grey Bull Rescue, led by Bryan Stern, says the operation moved her from the Caracas area through military checkpoints, then nearly 16 hours at sea before connecting to private flights.
- Machado traveled first to Curaçao on December 9 and then flew onward to Norway, arriving after the Nobel ceremony but soon afterward.
- Stern characterizes the effort as one of the most complex and dangerous missions his group has undertaken, citing rough seas and nighttime movements.
- Funding came from private donors, and Stern says the U.S. government did not finance the mission, with most operational details sourced to his account and not independently verified.