John Armadi person
also: Arman, Armin, Armand
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Daniel Blanton documented
“Whether Blanton had any connection to the World Bank is unknown because undercover DEA tapes show that he was openly boasting about having received massive loans around the time from the Canadian government. And according to a DEA summary, …”
▶ The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 22 @ 43:13
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Whether Blanton had any connection to the World Bank is unknown because undercover DEA tapes show that he was openly boasting about having received massive loans around the time from the Canadian government. And according to a DEA summary, …
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He was a drug dealer who had been indicted in Nebraska in the early 80s for cocaine trafficking and had fled to Mexico. The Mexicans had booted him out and turned him over to the FBI, who, between the FBI and the DEA, had turned him into an…
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apparently due to a long-standing friendship with Armani's ex-wife. In March of 1990, a week after the Sandinistas were voted out of office, Arman called the San Diego DEA agent Charles Jones and told him that Blanton is preparing to move b…
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a large amount of cash in Los Angeles that he was preparing to transfer to Nicaragua. Armin reported that Blanton owned property in Nicaragua and that he rented it to the government and was so tight with the new regime that he'd take him to…
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In July 1990, Blanton flew back to Miami to deal with his rental car company and returned to L.A. a few days later. Armand met him at the airport where an expansive Blanton announced that he had just received $40 million for a loan to build…
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and then having it seized off the coast of Hawaii. Armin dropped Blanton off at the Nicaraguan Hilltop Home in San Diego. They had made plans to meet for dinner later that evening. Shortly before 7.30 p.m. on July 21, 1990, Armin arrived at…
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He was accompanied by an undercover 8DEA agent, Judy Gustafson, who was posing as a money launderer interested in doing business with Blanton and his friend, Sergio Guerrera, who owned all the parking lots down there next to the border. Bla…
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While they were waiting, Guerrera asked the DEA agent if she'd ever snorted methamphetamines. And then Blanton motioned Armand outside so they could discuss things privately. If Armand was looking to sell, Blanton said, he had customers loo…
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Blanton informed him, these people have been working for me for over 10 years. I've sold them 2,000 to 4,000. I don't know, a lot. It ain't the Japanese guy that we're talking about, Armand asked him. The Japanese? You know him? No, you tol…
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that he didn't like black people. Well, they pay cash. If they pay cash, you basically need to like them. So Armand says, well, that kind of scares me. No, don't worry. I don't do business with anyone, just the black people, Blanton assured…
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for warehouses, they just sell it immediately. Armin told Blanton he'd see what he could do and return to the table when Armin pressed the Nicaraguan for details on his new housing project. What were you doing? What was the deal? What are y…
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The DEA did nothing. Blanton stated that one of the groups that he supplied cocaine to was a black gang member in Los Angeles that didn't care about the quality of cocaine because they were going to convert it to crack anyway. That was repo…