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Claims (6)

Ricardo Chavez worked_with Thomas Clines book_quoted
“He operated both with Thomas Clines and Edwin Wilson. And remember, Edwin Wilson is the guy that worked both for setting up these private companies as well. He's the guy that helped the Navy set up that company to map all of the harbors. Bu…”
▶ Operation Gladio-Prelude to Terror by Joe Trento Chap 2 @ 41:44
Ricardo Chavez worked_with Edwin Wilson book_quoted
“He operated both with Thomas Clines and Edwin Wilson. And remember, Edwin Wilson is the guy that worked both for setting up these private companies as well. He's the guy that helped the Navy set up that company to map all of the harbors. Bu…”
▶ Operation Gladio-Prelude to Terror by Joe Trento Chap 2 @ 41:44
Edwin Wilson recruited Ricardo Chavez book_quoted
“and offered the Navy access to Cuba through Quintero. They were delighted. After three or four weeks, we had a man reporting from Havana Harbor on what was going on and who was doing it. Wilson reactivated another one of his agents from the…”
▶ Operation Gladio- Prelude to Terror Chap 6 @ 13:05
Ricardo Chavez member_of PEMEX book_quoted
“also had contact with the president of Mexico through her family. We recruited top people in what was referred to as PEMEX, and we've talked about PEMEX before, P-E-M-E-X. They gave us access to Cubans who visited Mexico often. We operated …”
▶ Operation Gladio- Prelude to Terror Chap 6 @ 14:06
Donald Beasley funded Ricardo Chavez documented
“the China OSS veteran and CIA master operative who practiced law in Miami and set up Castle Bank to money launder for the CIA. While Beasley was the CEO of Nugent Hand, he took part in the attempted acquisition of a London bank. One of his …”
▶ The Colonels Corner Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 19 @ 42:15
Ricardo Chavez member_of Edwin Wilson documented
“and CIA contract agent who was a member of Edwin Wilson, Ted Shackley, and Tom Klein's group. In fact, Chavez was an officer in Wilson's Houston-based API distributors, all CIA fronts, all of them. Despite all these relationships to CIA ope…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 19 @ 42:40

Mentions (11)

Operation Gladio-Prelude to Terror by Joe Trento Chap 2
▶ 37:47 So during these things, I know you're new, but during these things, we're just going to talk about this and then we're going to talk about it amongst ourselves. So let me finish this part. But you're absolutely right. There's many examples …
Operation Gladio-Prelude to Terror by Joe Trento Chap 2
▶ 41:14 So he's basically like his right-hand man as president. There was extensive CIA connections. Chavez, the Ricardo Chavez, who is actually a Cuban, let's see, a longtime CIA operative who was half Mexican and half Cuban, played a unique role …
Operation Gladio- Prelude to Terror Chap 6
▶ 13:05 and offered the Navy access to Cuba through Quintero. They were delighted. After three or four weeks, we had a man reporting from Havana Harbor on what was going on and who was doing it. Wilson reactivated another one of his agents from the…
Operation Gladio- Prelude to Terror Chap 6
▶ 13:37 now had little interest in risking his own life in a combat situation. As Wilson explained, Chavez didn't want to go to any more Congo assignments. He now had a wife and a kid. Instead, Wilson used him for one of his most successful operati…
Operation Gladio- Prelude to Terror Chap 6
▶ 14:06 also had contact with the president of Mexico through her family. We recruited top people in what was referred to as PEMEX, and we've talked about PEMEX before, P-E-M-E-X. They gave us access to Cubans who visited Mexico often. We operated …
Operation Gladio- Prelude to Terror Chap 6
▶ 14:38 that they basically own the Mexican president and they're conducting operations out of the Mexican president's version of the White House, where he actually lives. The information Chavez collected dovetailed into the information Quintero wa…
Operation Gladio- Prelude to Terror chapter 17
▶ 24:38 Toward the end of 1977, Wilson and Climes were converting the long-running Mexican intelligence operation featuring George Bush's old buddy, Jorge Diaz de Reno, and the CIA's Ricardo Chavez into a profit-making venture called API. Wilson's …
Operation Gladio- Prelude to Terror chapter 17
▶ 26:34 P-O-R-T-I-L-L-O. Wilson, Klein, Quintero, and Chavez were preparing to continue to bribe Serrano and other Permex officials who had worked for U.S. intelligence. This time, however, instead of getting information, they would get petroleum s…
Operation Gladio- Prelude to Terror chapter 17
▶ 27:32 So they're going to send Edwin Wilson to jail for doing the contract, but not the company used to do the contract with because of national security. Such shit. And people think that what's been going on in the last few years with the DOJ is…
The Colonels Corner Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 19
▶ 42:15 the China OSS veteran and CIA master operative who practiced law in Miami and set up Castle Bank to money launder for the CIA. While Beasley was the CEO of Nugent Hand, he took part in the attempted acquisition of a London bank. One of his …
The Colonels Corner Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 19
▶ 42:40 and CIA contract agent who was a member of Edwin Wilson, Ted Shackley, and Tom Klein's group. In fact, Chavez was an officer in Wilson's Houston-based API distributors, all CIA fronts, all of them. Despite all these relationships to CIA ope…