Zavala trial event
also: Zavala case, prosecution of the cocaine trafficking case, trial
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Julio Zavalaperson · 5CIAintelligence service · 3San Franciscocountry · 2U.S. Department of Justiceorganization · 2Judge William Peckhamperson · 2Carlos Cabezasperson · 1Frogman Caseevent · 1Washington, D.C.place · 1Mark Zinidesperson · 1FBIintelligence service · 1Lee Stricklandperson · 1San Joséplace · 1
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Peckham granted the defense motion to fly to Costa Rica for the purpose of taking depositions of the two people that signed the letter. Six days later, the Costa Rican CIA station fired off a cable to Langley to warn that a federal prosecut…
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The Justice Department and a federal prosecutor handling the Zavala case, CIA officials decided needed to be discreetly approached. So in other words, they're going to get involved in a law case. On August 3rd, 1984, CIA headquarters instru…
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Langley reassured the nervous Costa Rican station that there is no reason to believe that Zavala's attorneys knew that there was any association between them and the CIA. The whole thing could just blow over if their planned legal action su…
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Peckham issued an order that afternoon resealing the records he'd made public only that morning. Five days later, Zinaids filed a three-paragraph agreement that said simply that the United States will not introduce the $36,000 in their case…
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Zavala was convicted of trafficking and sentenced to prison. Caprese's testimony went unchallenged. It also went unreported, though the San Francisco news media had fairly swooned when Caprese and Zavala were arrested. Not a single reporter…