Mike Lindell commented that “America should NEVER have to rely on blind trust. Our elections should be transparent enough that every citizen can see, verify, and understand the process. … Another high-ranking Venezuelan insider has stepped forward with explosive allegations. … former Venezuelan insider is claiming that election systems were used to manipulate outcomes in his country and warning Americans to pay attention. He specifically claims that election manipulation occurred in areas where observers were not present and that parallel voting systems were used to alter results.
Retired Venezuelan Major General Clíver Alcalá Cordones has sent a second letter directly to President Trump, making serious claims about election manipulation, cartel influence, foreign interference, and the inner workings of the Maduro regime. According to reports, Alcalá alleges that Venezuela's ruling structure is controlled by powerful criminal networks and claims election fraud was carried out through systems linked to Smartmatic technology.”
Alcalá was born in Caracas, Venezuela in 1961. He participated in Hugo Chávez's failed 1992 coup attempt against President Carlos Andrés Pérez. Following this, he rose to the rank of major general which commanded several important military regions. After leaving the military in 2013, he became increasingly critical of Nicolás Maduro's government. After publicly discussing plans to help remove Maduro from power, he lived in exile in Colombia. In March of 2020 the US DOJ charged him of narcoterrorism and drug-trafficking. He surrendered to authorities in Colombia and was flown to the US. By June of 2023, the US prosecutors dropped the narcoterrorism charges and he pleaded guilty to charges of providing material support and firearms to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia. For this he was sentenced in April of 2024 to 21 years in (US) prison. Alcalá contended that his actions were carried out under orders from the Venezuelan government.
Alcalá has claimed that the Venezuelan government manipulated elections within Venezuela using electronic voting systems; that Smartmatic-related technology was allegedly involved in election systems beyond Venezuela; and that he claimed to possess information relevant to U.S. national security and election-related matters.
None of these allegations have been confirmed by any US government agency or used in any court case. Raising to the level of major general in the Venezuelan military, Alcalá was in a position to see confidential information and details that few others were privy to, but he also seems to have participated in some criminal activity. Can we trust what Alcalá’s claims are true? I assume that the US DOJ is investigating his allegations and until the investigation is completed, we will not be given any evidence if the allegations are truth or false.