Tony Fernandez person
also: La Mentrita, the little lie, Fernandez
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Stephen Samos laundered_money_for
Tony Fernandez documented
“Tony Fernandez, a narcotics trafficker and CIA contract agent, because they just go together. And Ray Corona, a money launderer by Sunshine State Bank in Miami. How do you buy a state bank when you're a drug trafficker and a money launderin…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Mafia, CIA, & George Bush Part 13 @ 33:48
Tony Fernandez kidnapped
Frank Castro documented
“the little lie, was arrested and jailed in New Orleans for his smuggling activities. Fernandez made bail with the help of a banker friend. Upon release, he was kidnapped by Frank Castro and taken to Colombia. That was according to Assistant…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 20 @ 10:20
Tony Fernandez trafficked
Colombia documented
“He was named as an unindicted co-conspirator in the marijuana smuggling syndicate headed by fellow Cuban exile and CIA contract agent Tony Fernandez. From 77 to 81, Fernandez and his associates smuggled more than 1.5 million pounds of marij…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 20 @ 9:50
Tony Fernandez financed_via
Robert Corson documented
“turned more than $1 million in cash over to Corona to consummate the deal. After Fernandez was indicted and then kidnapped to Colombia, he sold his shares in Sunshine to Corona, putting the Coronas in full control of the bank by the middle …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 20 @ 16:00
Mentions (14)
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Haas danced around the questions when the author asked him about Castro. Later in the interview, Haas said that he thought Castro was a lawyer. Then he began speculating on who told me about the author, about him and Castro. When told about…
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Tony Fernandez, a narcotics trafficker and CIA contract agent, because they just go together. And Ray Corona, a money launderer by Sunshine State Bank in Miami. How do you buy a state bank when you're a drug trafficker and a money launderin…
▶ 9:50
He was named as an unindicted co-conspirator in the marijuana smuggling syndicate headed by fellow Cuban exile and CIA contract agent Tony Fernandez. From 77 to 81, Fernandez and his associates smuggled more than 1.5 million pounds of marij…
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the little lie, was arrested and jailed in New Orleans for his smuggling activities. Fernandez made bail with the help of a banker friend. Upon release, he was kidnapped by Frank Castro and taken to Colombia. That was according to Assistant…
▶ 10:44
had some questions to ask about payment for the marijuana shipment that had been confiscated by the DEA. Fernandez managed to scrape up the money to satisfy the Colombians, then bounced around Spain, Costa Rica, and finally Brazil. Weird ho…
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In 1984, he was extradited to the U.S., where he turned state's evidence against his Baker associates and received a 30-year prison sentence. By 1990, La Menterita was back out on the streets. But all that is just a prologue to this story. …
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wanted to use some of his drug smuggling proceeds to buy a bank in Miami. His Panamanian money launderer, Stephen Sandor Samos, advised against it because it was inevitably going to be scrutinized by bank regulators. This is the same Steve …
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congressional testimony Sanchez denied that he had any business relationships in Panama but he phrased his answer in the present tense they're known liars and they know how to lie they know how to say something that gives you the illusion t…
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fellow Cuban exile, Jose Alvaro Cruz, then the biggest drug smuggler in Miami. Fernandez went to work for Cruz, who then introduced him to Miami banker Ray Corona. Corona, like Fernandez, hungered after a bank of his own. He was the vice pr…
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In the early 60s, the family had moved to Miami from Cuba, where their father had been a banker, which means he was banking for the mafia, because that was the only money in town, and they controlled everything. Well, them and the CIA. So C…
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based on questions about his banking experience. Finally, in mid-1978, Corona won permission to buy Sunshine State Bank in Miami. As a down payment, Samos wired him $1.15 million from Fernando's bank account from Panama, Banco de Iberia, Am…
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turned more than $1 million in cash over to Corona to consummate the deal. After Fernandez was indicted and then kidnapped to Colombia, he sold his shares in Sunshine to Corona, putting the Coronas in full control of the bank by the middle …
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And although Fernandez apparently never used Sunshine to launder his drug profits, Falcon did, according to the assistant U.S. prosecutor and an attorney who represented Sunshine State Bank. Other Miami attorneys who keeps turning up is The…
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That's where Polulo steps in. By that time, Sunshine State Bank had been closed for two years and Ray Corona was in jail on his 20-year term. After Tony Fernandez and Steve Samos testified against him, for which Samos got immunity from pros…