🎖️LUCAS RINCÓN | El General que ANUNCIÓ la "Renuncia" de Chávez y se Embolsó 10 Millones en Portugal

At 3:20 a.m. on April 12, 2002, a Venezuelan general stood before the cameras of a national broadcast and uttered five words that changed the course of the country's history: "We request the President of the Republic's resignation, which he accepted." That sentence justified a coup d'état. That sentence left Venezuela without a recognized president for 48 hours. That sentence opened the door to the fleeting government of Pedro Carmona. And that sentence was never true. Hugo Chávez never resigned in writing. He had been arrested. And the man who announced it, General Lucas Rincón Romero, instead of being prosecuted for treason, was rewarded by Chávez with two ministerial posts and sixteen years as ambassador to Portugal. In 2023, the Portuguese Public Prosecutor's Office uncovered something few Venezuelans know: during his time as ambassador, Lucas Rincón received $9.6 million from Banco Espírito Santo, the institution that Chavismo transformed into an international money laundering operation. Today, almost no one in Venezuela remembers his face. Young Venezuelans have never even heard his name. And that's exactly what he wanted. This is the story of the con man who lied to Venezuela one early morning, lived off the lie for 24 years, and quietly became a millionaire while the country he deceived sank. Subscribe for upcoming videos.