A Florida-based nonprofit organization was tasked with the mission to take opposition leader María Corina Machado from Venezuela to Norway to receive the Nobel Peace Prize .

Bryan Stern, the founder of Tampa-based Grey Bull Rescue , spoke to NBC6 about the details of Operation "Golden Dynamite," in which he personally took part.

"She is overwhelmingly the highest-profile person we have rescued," Stern said.

He said the operation was funded by unidentified donors.

“It's not the U.S. government. I've never received a thank-you note, let alone a dollar, from the U.S. government,” Stern said.

In a news conference in Oslo, Norway, Machado did mention that she received help from the United States. Stern clarified that his organization was part of the second phase of the operation.

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