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US mercenaries Luke Denman and Airan Berry have each been sentenced to twenty years in prison for their roles in "Operation Gideon", the botched May incursion into Venezuela, the country's Attorney General Tarek William Saab announced late Friday.
According to the official, the two US nationals had admitted to the crimes of conspiracy, association, illicit trafficking of weapons of war and terrorism, Sputnik reported.
Saab did not provide any additional details, such as where the two men would be serving their sentences, noting only that the hearing continues for the remaining accused.
US officials have yet to respond to the news.
Denman, 34, and Berry, 41, both US military veterans, were...