Operation Golden Dynamite: The Extraction Of María Corina Machado From Venezuela

The Untold Story with Martha MacCallum

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4.6 • 775 Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Last week, the Grey Bull Rescue Foundation successfully completed its 800th mission, the extraction of Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Prize laureate María Corina Machado from Venezuela. U.S. special forces veteran and founder of the Tampa-based Grey Bull Rescue Foundation, Bryan Stern, led the high-profile rescue operation, dubbed Operation Golden Dynamite, to extract María Corina Machado, who hadn't been seen in public in almost a year. He describes the dangerous components of the operation and how he received the assignment. He also explains why it is so essential for him to help Americans in dire conditions, which is the foundation of his organization. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:28.9	at e.combe at e.combeckat E.S. Welcome everybody to the Untold Story podcast.
0:43.5	I'm Martha McCallum, and it's great to have you with us today.
0:47.4	This is an extraordinary story.
0:49.5	You're all familiar with Maria Machado, who is the opposition leader in Venezuela.
0:55.7	Obviously, the situation in Venezuela is one of great duress, great economic hardship under the leadership of Maduro,
1:02.7	who is a dictator. We know about the situation that's going on with the drug boats and the
1:07.3	waters off of Venezuela. And so you can well understand, even if you haven't
1:12.2	followed her story, that she is in a very precarious situation for her safety. But then she was
1:18.1	awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. And she wanted to be in Oslo, to receive it. It was very
1:23.8	important to her to receive it on behalf of herself and the people who have supported her and the people of Venezuela as well.
1:31.3	But the story of how she got out is an extraordinary one.
1:35.3	And I'm really thrilled to be joined by someone I really admire.
1:40.3	Brian Stern, who is the chairman and founder of Grable Rescue, was behind this extraction,
1:47.8	and he has extracted thousands of Americans and also people from other countries who are
1:54.1	supportive of our country in missions.
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