Menendez Family family
also: Menendez, Menez family
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Sandra Smithperson · 5Contrasorganization · 3CIAintelligence service · 3Daniel Blantonperson · 3San Franciscocountry · 3Enrique Bermudezperson · 2Ricky Ross Trialevent · 2L.I.J. O'Neillperson · 2Bloodsorganization · 1Miamiplace · 1Julio Bermudezperson · 1Hondurascountry · 1Burlingameplace · 1Floyd "Freeway" Rick Rossperson · 1Alan Finsterperson · 1Cripsorganization · 1
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“Oh, he looked at O'Neill and O'Neill was staring at him from other people because the order prohibiting CIA testimony, Finster was unable to pursue the line of inquiry. He quizzed Blanton about his meeting in Honduras with CIA agent Enrique…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 23 @ 56:23
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▶ 51:42
He shrugged and said, sorry, what can I do? O'Neill called Blanton up to the stand and led him carefully through his testimony. He touched on the Contras, admitting that Menendez had recruited him to sell cocaine for them. He said he'd stop…
▶ 52:38
of time between Blanton selling dope and the CIA's army selling dope to Los Angeles gang members. They were trying to break the chain linking the Contra cocaine to the Crips and Bloods. There was one big problem with the tactic. It didn't j…
▶ 56:23
Oh, he looked at O'Neill and O'Neill was staring at him from other people because the order prohibiting CIA testimony, Finster was unable to pursue the line of inquiry. He quizzed Blanton about his meeting in Honduras with CIA agent Enrique…
▶ 37:40
The DEA had developed information over the past several years that the Menendez family had been involved in smuggling and distribution of cocaine in San Francisco. Stated an affidavit signed by a DEA agent, Sandra Smith. Smith, who was one …
▶ 38:08
was the only thing that I ever worked on in all the time I worked there. In that business, if you have people coming in from Nicaragua bringing cocaine and the rumor was they were taking guns back, that's an interesting combination. Startin…
▶ 38:32
the string on the Menez family, putting together the comings and goings. She said Menez was living in a gorgeous house in Burlingham, a ritzy suburb of San Francisco. Periodically, she and a customs agent would stake the house out, sitting …
▶ 44:05
Convinced the family was a major trafficking organization, Smith said she asked her supervisor if she could work the case full time. The answer was not encouraging. He said, well, that sounds like a good idea. Who would run it? She laughed …
▶ 44:35
Once again, the San Francisco U.S. Attorney's Office declined to pursue the case against Norwin or his nephew, and the file was closed. Smith said she never worked the Menendez family again. They had me assigned to do other things, like Hel…
▶ 46:57
was an old friend of the Menendez's family. I've known him since he was a lieutenant, Menendez said, adding that his brother, Edmundo, had been friends with Enrique Bermudez even longer. They'd known each other since childhood. Menendez, wh…