Roberto Viaux person
also: Roberto Vioxx, Vioxx, General Vioxx, General Roberto Fomarambio, V-I-A-U-X
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Claims (5)
CIA supplied_arms_to
Roberto Viaux documented
“maximum good fortune. Soon the CIA sent those officers more than good wishes. The bounty came inside of a diplomatic pouch and arrived at the airport on October 21st. It was a package containing three submachine guns, several boxes of ammun…”
▶ Operation Gladio in Chile @ 57:31
Roberto Viaux assassinated
René Schneider documented
“A Jeep struck his chauffeur-driven car. Five men surrounded it. One smashed the rear window with a sledgehammer. Accounts differ on whether or not it was Snyder, but a pistol was drawn to defend himself, but his assailants opened fire using…”
▶ Operation Gladio in Chile @ 58:24
Roberto Viaux carried_out_attack
Roberto Schneider documented
“Vioxx, I don't know how you say his last name, it's V-I-A-U-X, used both channels to demand money and weapons. For a time, Weimert carried riding boots stuffed with cash in the trunk of his car. On October 17th, several machine guns were se…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy part 35 (37) @ 36:58
CIA funded
Roberto Viaux documented
“Vioxx, I don't know how you say his last name, it's V-I-A-U-X, used both channels to demand money and weapons. For a time, Weimert carried riding boots stuffed with cash in the trunk of his car. On October 17th, several machine guns were se…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy part 35 (37) @ 36:58
CIA supplied_arms_to
Roberto Viaux documented
“Vioxx, I don't know how you say his last name, it's V-I-A-U-X, used both channels to demand money and weapons. For a time, Weimert carried riding boots stuffed with cash in the trunk of his car. On October 17th, several machine guns were se…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy part 35 (37) @ 36:58
Mentions (9)
▶ 53:13
We know that this is a quote. We know this is a rhetorical question, but want to inspire thoughts on both ends on this matter, unquote. Yeah, they're just wanting to ask the president if he'll do a finding that they can do an assassination.…
▶ 53:42
V-I-A-U-X, who was an extreme anti-communist who had cashiered from the army after leading an abortive uprising on President Frey. So he's the perfect guy. Anti-communist means he's a fascist, and he meets the CIA's criteria for their...…
▶ 54:11
The guy that they're going to prop up as a dictator. CIA agents in Santiago passed him $20,000 in cash to keep him, quote, financially lubricated, unquote, with enough money to buy arms, bribe commanders, and acquire and provide arms if nee…
▶ 56:03
Kissinger later claimed that he turned off the plot against General Snyder and called off track two before it was ever implemented. Minutes of the meeting, however, record no such action. They say that Kissinger approved the decision to dif…
▶ 57:01
Agents in Santiago should, quote, propaganda, use propaganda, black operations, surfacing of intelligence and disinformation, personal contact, or anything else your imagination can conjure up, unquote. The cable also directed the agents to…
▶ 57:56
The plot reached its climax two days later at two o'clock in the morning on a dead, quiet street. Colonel Paul Weimart, W-I-M-E-R-T, the U.S. military attaché in Santiago, delivered the weapons to Chilean conspirators aligned with Vioxx. Si…
▶ 36:26
This version does not comport with a declassified record. The orders were intended to produce an opportunity, not respond to one. On the ground in Santiago, Bruce McMasters and Tony Sforza were in touch with plotters headed by General Rober…
▶ 36:58
Vioxx, I don't know how you say his last name, it's V-I-A-U-X, used both channels to demand money and weapons. For a time, Weimert carried riding boots stuffed with cash in the trunk of his car. On October 17th, several machine guns were se…
▶ 37:28
He received the CIA's cease and desist order, but pressed on. And weapons, of course, I guess they're saying this order up here that they're supposed to be a coup and overthrown it, you know, every opportunity. That doesn't sound like a cea…