Oscar Blanton person
also: Blanton, Blandon, Blandin, Dannello, Chapika Blanton, Oscar
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Claims (3)
Oscar Blanton trafficked
Floyd "Freeway" Rick Ross host_asserted
“I don't have a lot of the details because the government has been very protective of him. They refuse to give us any discovery so far. But from what I understand, Blanton used to be one of Ricky Ross's sources back in 1980. And I suppose he…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance by Gary Webb Part 1 @ 1:07:26
Oscar Blanton recruited
Floyd "Freeway" Rick Ross host_asserted
“I'll have him call you, and he hung up. Ross called a few hours later, and I asked him what he knew about Blanton. He said a lot. He was almost like a godfather to me. He's the one who got me going. Was he your main source? He was. Everybod…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance by Gary Webb Part 1 @ 1:09:21
Oscar Blanton trafficked
Contras host_asserted
“correctional center. He knew nothing of Blanton's past, I discovered. He had no idea who the Contras were or whose side they were on. To him, Donella was just a nice guy with cheap dope. What would you say if I told you that he was working …”
▶ The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance by Gary Webb Part 1 @ 1:10:48
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Why in the world would you want to go back into this? I told him about my discoveries of Menendez and Blanton and the later's cocaine cells in Los Angeles. I wondered if he or anyone had ever reported this. Not that I'm aware of, Perry said…
▶ 1:02:10
But Perry's hunch paid off. My FOIA request produced several important clues, among them a 1986 FBI report about Blanton that alluded to a police raid and reported that Blanton's attorney, Brad Brunin, had called the L.A. Sheriff's Departme…
▶ 1:04:32
All you're going to be after this is over is persona non grata. Please, everyone's forgotten about this. Move on. A few days later, I got a call from Cornejo's girlfriend. My one chance to hook up with Blanton had just fallen through. He is…
▶ 1:05:58
Better yet, with his Swiss-German-Spanish accent, it was like talking to Peter Lorre. I persuaded Don to hire him as a stringer, and he set off to find Menendez. Meanwhile, the San Diego attorney who had been out of town when I was looking …
▶ 1:06:30
Another lawyer in her firm had defended Chapika Blanton. She knew quite a bit about both. You don't happen to know where he is these days. No, but I can tell you where he was a couple of months ago here in San Diego. Entirely by coincidence…
▶ 1:06:56
It's a pretty big one. Have you ever heard of someone named Freeway Ricky Ross? Indeed, I had. I'd run across him while researching the asset forfeiture series in 1993. He's one of the biggest crack dealers in LA. That's what they say, Broo…
▶ 1:07:26
I don't have a lot of the details because the government has been very protective of him. They refuse to give us any discovery so far. But from what I understand, Blanton used to be one of Ricky Ross's sources back in 1980. And I suppose he…
▶ 1:07:56
I wouldn't want you to quote me on it, but yes, I'm pretty sure. You can always call Alan Finster, Ross's attorney, and ask him. I'm sure he knows. Finster was out, so I left a message telling him I was working on a story about Blanton and …
▶ 1:08:24
kept keeping my fingers crossed, I should have known that would have been too perfect. I called Finster back to thank him for his time, and he asked what kind of story I was doing, and I told him it was about the Contras and cocaine. He sai…
▶ 1:08:52
No wonder those bastards won't give me his name, Finster said. Forgive me, but if you only knew what kind of bullshit I've been going through to get that information from those son of a bitches. And then some reporter calls me up from San J…
▶ 1:09:21
I'll have him call you, and he hung up. Ross called a few hours later, and I asked him what he knew about Blanton. He said a lot. He was almost like a godfather to me. He's the one who got me going. Was he your main source? He was. Everybod…
▶ 1:09:50
right when I was getting going. Damn, I thought. That was right when Blanton said he had started dealing drugs. Would you be willing to sit down and talk to me? He said, hell yeah. I'll tell you anything you want to know. At the end of Sept…
▶ 1:10:18
and watched as Finster and other defense attorneys made another futile attempt to find out the details of the government's informant so they could begin preparing their defenses. Assistant U.S. Attorney O'Neill refused to provide a thing. T…
▶ 1:10:48
correctional center. He knew nothing of Blanton's past, I discovered. He had no idea who the Contras were or whose side they were on. To him, Donella was just a nice guy with cheap dope. What would you say if I told you that he was working …