Nestor Sanchez person
also: Sanchez, Nester Sanchez, Contra official, Sanchez
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Claims (7)
Contras trafficked
Nestor Sanchez documented
“that some of the cocaine money was going to the Contras. He told the jury of his meeting with Horacio Pereira and that Pereira's nervousness over the Contras' profits being misspent by hard-drinking Zavala. Pages from the ledger book in whi…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 6 @ 56:07
Nestor Sanchez assigned_to
Manuel Noriega host_asserted
“assigned to Manuel Noriega until we decided we didn't like him anymore. And he's, okay, so he was linked to all of the illegal arms deals in the Contras with Oliver North. He was kind of basically their in-theater guy. So you see how import…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Korea part 3 @ 31:33
Nestor Sanchez spied_on
Rolando Cubela documented
“November 22, 1963, Fitzgerald and case officer Nestor Sanchez again rendezvoused with Kubela in Paris. The CIA men pledged that Shackley's station would deliver Kubela's weapons, including high-powered rifles that they could use to kill Cas…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Twilight of the Shadow Government Part 6 @ 50:12
Nestor Sanchez involved_in
Guatemala host_asserted
“in the whole CIA schema thing. Also, let's see. Yeah, he was involved in the Iran-Contra that we're learning a lot about in my most recent threads. He was involved in couping Guatemala. He was also the guy that was the CIA…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Korea part 3 @ 31:04
Nestor Sanchez member_of
CIA book_quoted
“Fitzgerald's ambition to trigger a coup. Returning to Langley, the Cuban chief assigned Sanchez as case officer to A.M. Lash, whom he met in Brazil in September 1963, which is interesting because that's when the CIA was there doing their co…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe For Democracy Part 28 (29) @ 10:37
Nestor Sanchez member_of
CIA host_asserted
“the Cubela guy. So CIA men who knew Cubela's armed exploits targeted him for recruitment under the code name Amlash. Let's see. Helms sent an up-and-coming CIA direct officer, Nestor Sanchez, to Brazil to take over the handling of Cubela be…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Honduras Part 2 @ 46:05
Nestor Sanchez linked_to
Oliver North host_asserted
“assigned to Manuel Noriega until we decided we didn't like him anymore. And he's, okay, so he was linked to all of the illegal arms deals in the Contras with Oliver North. He was kind of basically their in-theater guy. So you see how import…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Korea part 3 @ 31:33
Mentions (22)
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the Cubela guy. So CIA men who knew Cubela's armed exploits targeted him for recruitment under the code name Amlash. Let's see. Helms sent an up-and-coming CIA direct officer, Nestor Sanchez, to Brazil to take over the handling of Cubela be…
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He continued to have personal access to Castro, though. Sanchez was handling a poison pen to Kubela in a CIA safe house in Paris on November 22, 1963, when Kennedy was assassinated. Sanchez, who would go on to hold senior positions in the C…
▶ 47:05
When Jenkins returned from Vietnam to the Cuba program in 64, he was cleared into the AMLASH operation. Sanchez, he explained, was replaced as Cubela's contact by a guy by the name of Artime, A-R-T-I-M-E. He was anti-Castro as well. In the …
▶ 29:36
And at most, they had learned how to parachute at Fort Benning. The CIA history of this time, this is a quote, quite frankly, with the exception of hardcore cadre, green and untried case officers were substituted for qualified, experienced …
▶ 30:06
and chief of the Latin America division, said Major Singlet, military officers. And by the way, this Nester Sanchez, who earned his stripes in Korea, if you look him up, this guy is a very interesting guy. Let's see. Most of these...…
▶ 30:36
that I read earlier has to be translated. He had a degree in, basically, he was like a psychotherapist. And that's what made him very good at what he did.…
▶ 56:07
that some of the cocaine money was going to the Contras. He told the jury of his meeting with Horacio Pereira and that Pereira's nervousness over the Contras' profits being misspent by hard-drinking Zavala. Pages from the ledger book in whi…
▶ 9:37
From Miami, Ted Shackley's foreign intelligence chief, Nestor Sanchez, spent a good deal of time traveling Latin America and chatting up Cuban officers in different countries. The Pentagon intelligence provided all of his information. One o…
▶ 10:07
Over the months there, there were repeated indications that he may be a defector. Cubela in Spain, as the Cuban military attache, could travel freely and met with other CIA officers in Helsinki during the Mongoose period. He became a CIA ag…
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Fitzgerald's ambition to trigger a coup. Returning to Langley, the Cuban chief assigned Sanchez as case officer to A.M. Lash, whom he met in Brazil in September 1963, which is interesting because that's when the CIA was there doing their co…
▶ 11:04
which was music to CIA's ears. But even though they didn't like communism, they were still loyal to Fidel Castro. The Cuban went on to Paris. Although he told the CIA that he wished to get away from politics and wanted nothing more to do wi…
▶ 11:32
dissent from the conquistadors, and spoke fluent Spanish. He could trade on war stories from Korea, where Sanchez had started out with the agency in 1951, and he had been a deputy station chief in Guatemala City during Project Success, whic…
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He was able to talk to Cabela of cutting ties. Instead, Cabela turned the conversation into getting rid of people. Only in that way could a coup ever succeed. Sanchez later maintained that Fidel himself was not mentioned. But A.M. Lash prov…
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Desmond Fitzgerald's interpreter. Fitzgerald's field report and San Halpern agreed that they avoided any mention of the actual operation. Nevertheless, Rolando Cubala demanded equipment support and the CIA provided it. Scientists at Langley…
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which was far outside of their portfolio. Krakowski recalled the Pentagon's goal as withdrawal of the Soviet forces and establishment of a quote-unquote stable Afghan government. Frank Carlucci, now Deputy Secretary of Defense, and Nestor S…
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especially useful on Central America. Pentagon efforts to carve out a policy role were simplified by President Reagan, who consistently refused to rule on the differences among his subordinates. Langley's people did not see themselves as ho…
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excuse me, Latin America. So we're going to find Cubans everywhere. Nestor Sanchez, then Latin America division chief at the CIA, proceeded without haste, trying to expose or create a connection of the Sandinistas to Cuba. Stansfield Turner…
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John Stein happened to be another old friend of Claridge's. They had gone through Army Reserve training together while they were CIA officers. When Stein stepped up to the deputy director of operations position, the new operations boss supp…
▶ 12:04
launder money through offshore companies and who was linked to amalgamated commercial enterprises, which was funneling money and equipment to the Contras. According to an attorney in the case, Samos' grand jury testimony made reference to N…
▶ 12:31
Sanchez was in the film distribution business in Panama. It is not known if this is the same Nestor Sanchez who was Oliver Norse's associate and the former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Inter-American Affairs during the Iran…
▶ 13:03
Sanchez was also in Panama during the mid-70s, according to his testimony before the Senate subcommittee that Kerry was running. So he could very well have been that contact with Fernandez, who was a CIA contract agent at the time with Samo…
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The effort with Kubela would also involve a CIA asset falsely posing as a representative of the Attorney General of the United States, Robert Kennedy. Des Fitzgerald, this is a quote, Des Fitzgerald, posing as a personal representative of B…