Battalion 316 organization
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Claims (6)
Battalion 316 member_of
School of the Americas host_asserted
“anti-communist things, and that's kind of an indication of them being aligned. Then there's also 19 Battalion 316 members were graduates of the School of Americas. That's another commonality. When they're sending people there, that's where …”
▶ Operation Gladio - Honduras Part 2 @ 1:10:39
Gustavo Adolfo Alvarez Martinez headed
Battalion 316 host_asserted
“He was head of the armed forces in Honduras from 1982 until he was thrown out in 1984. And you're like, well, what could he have done in two years? Well, he was actually in charge of a thing called Battalion 3-16. It was a particularly vici…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Honduras @ 4:29
Neek Du Toit member_of
Battalion 316 host_asserted
“Military Technical Services, abbreviated MTS, would have dealings with EO. Curiously, a reported co-founder of MTS was a guy by the name of Neek Detroit. And I'm going to spell that. His first name is N-I-E-K-D-U space T-O-I-T. He belonged …”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner- Strange Tales of the Parapolitical Part 10 @ 23:33
Hector Francis member_of
Battalion 316 documented
“Argentina's involvement was documented towards the end of 1982 when Hector Francis, a Battalion 601 officer in Costa Rica, gave testimony on his country's activity. In October, Claridge visited Buenos Aires one more time with Jerry Gruner, …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 44 (46) @ 14:03
John Negroponte covered_up
Battalion 316 host_asserted
“Trained and supported by the CIA, it maintained clandestine torture chambers and carried out kidnappings and killings. The most powerful figure in the country during this period was the American ambassador, John Nicroponte, another guy we w…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Honduras @ 27:11
Battalion 316 carried_out_attack
Honduras host_asserted
“He was head of the armed forces in Honduras from 1982 until he was thrown out in 1984. And you're like, well, what could he have done in two years? Well, he was actually in charge of a thing called Battalion 3-16. It was a particularly vici…”
▶ Operation Gladio - Honduras @ 4:29
Mentions (12)
▶ 4:29
He was head of the armed forces in Honduras from 1982 until he was thrown out in 1984. And you're like, well, what could he have done in two years? Well, he was actually in charge of a thing called Battalion 3-16. It was a particularly vici…
▶ 4:59
And this Battalion 3-16 is specifically tied to the Contras. As you might remember, Felix Rodriguez, who I keep talking about because he's literally connected to everything as Operation Gladio, he's the guy that Tucker Carlson just intervie…
▶ 26:46
It had two purposes, supporting the Contras and repressing dissent within Honduras domestically. The army established a secret squad, which goes by the name of Battalion 3-16. We're going to look into that tomorrow a little bit more. It is …
▶ 1:09:42
And this is just because Wikipedia is CIA approved. This is just the shit they are okay with you knowing. This ain't all of it. And then while you're there, click on the page called Battalion 316. Obviously, that played a huge role in the 8…
▶ 1:10:39
anti-communist things, and that's kind of an indication of them being aligned. Then there's also 19 Battalion 316 members were graduates of the School of Americas. That's another commonality. When they're sending people there, that's where …
▶ 48:33
Whatever it was, Rosa held his tongue, and after doing three years at Eglin, he was slipped back to Honduras. In a 1995 interview with the Baltimore Sun, he gave a chilling insight into the kind of secrets he possessed. He disclosed that th…
▶ 1:00:33
Argentine intelligence was called Battalion 601. These are nasty guys. This is the leftover from Operation Condor and all of the horrible things going on in Argentina, which is the country where they took the people up in the airplane, drug…
▶ 13:35
But as the paramilitary effort built steam, the U.S. lost its Argentine allies. This followed the 1982 Falkland War between Argentina and Britain, in which Reagan took British side. That May, Argentina withdrew from the Central American dea…
▶ 14:03
Argentina's involvement was documented towards the end of 1982 when Hector Francis, a Battalion 601 officer in Costa Rica, gave testimony on his country's activity. In October, Claridge visited Buenos Aires one more time with Jerry Gruner, …
▶ 14:31
Argentina's departure didn't stop the CIA. They found the activities of the Battalion 601 leaders obstructive. Casey made a trip around that time to Japan, and about a year later, reports began of a mysterious Japanese presence among the re…
▶ 7:20
EO recruited heavily from the now unemployed ranks of the former apartheid government security forces. EO's founder, Eben Barlow, had served in the legendary 32nd Battalion, from which EO recruited the bulk of its infantry. Before moving to…
▶ 23:33
Military Technical Services, abbreviated MTS, would have dealings with EO. Curiously, a reported co-founder of MTS was a guy by the name of Neek Detroit. And I'm going to spell that. His first name is N-I-E-K-D-U space T-O-I-T. He belonged …