Ricardo Lau person
also: Ricardo Lau, Lau, Colonel Ricardo Lau, L-A-U
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Claims (3)
Ricardo Lau member_of
Legion of September 15 documented
“and made two contributions to the Nicaraguans, one for $40,000 and one for $80,000. Written underneath the amounts was the name and telephone number of Colonel Ricardo Lau, L-A-U, a former intelligence and security officer for the National …”
▶ The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 3 by Gary Webb @ 45:35
Ricardo Lau member_of
Contras documented
“who was never charged in connection with Romero's murder, would go on to become Enrique Bermudez's right-hand man in the Contra organization. The CIA had admitted that during 1981 and 82, it was receiving regular reports that Lau and seven …”
▶ The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 3 by Gary Webb @ 46:03
Ricardo Lau member_of
Legion of September 15 host_asserted
“Acquaintances of his said that he was an undercover informant for basically their FBI. Samosa's plainclothes secret police, which rooted out subversives or anyone that they thought was Sandinista or Sandinista affiliates. Before going to Gu…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 4 @ 19:00
Mentions (8)
▶ 45:35
and made two contributions to the Nicaraguans, one for $40,000 and one for $80,000. Written underneath the amounts was the name and telephone number of Colonel Ricardo Lau, L-A-U, a former intelligence and security officer for the National …
▶ 46:03
who was never charged in connection with Romero's murder, would go on to become Enrique Bermudez's right-hand man in the Contra organization. The CIA had admitted that during 1981 and 82, it was receiving regular reports that Lau and seven …
▶ 19:00
Acquaintances of his said that he was an undercover informant for basically their FBI. Samosa's plainclothes secret police, which rooted out subversives or anyone that they thought was Sandinista or Sandinista affiliates. Before going to Gu…
▶ 17:53
They were only shipping things like beans and rice to the base camps, but they were billing the CIA full rations. Several accounts, including Dillon's, paint a picture of a massive corruption inside of the FDN perpetuated by Bermudez and hi…
▶ 26:12
and set up shop there. More often, individuals went, but then they seemed scattered, with Bermudez the reigning chief. On one occasion, several Contra intelligence officers actually told FDN commissioners that Bermudez and his chief intel, …
▶ 31:35
rose to command 2,000 FDN troops while boasting to journalists about having murdered people during the Somoza government. Ricardo Lau, the chief spy, had been notorious for cruelty under Somoza while working in the National Guard. Lau becam…
▶ 32:05
of the worst kind of Somoza influence, refusing to join any united front in which he participated. Months after the FDN announced Lau's resignation, records propagandist Edgar Samaro noted, Lau was still the last person to talk to Bermudez …
▶ 32:36
authorities forced Lau to leave the country in late 1984. National Guard connections remained the Achilles heel of the Contras. Of all of the FDN directorate, Edgar Chamorro was in the best position to know the conditions in the field. Many…