Jamie Menendez person
also: Norwin's brother, Herrero, Herrero Menendez, Jamie
Explore in graph → Export claims (CSV) ↓
Related entities (most co-mentioned)
San Franciscocountry · 10Nicaraguacountry · 5Norwin Menendezperson · 4Mission Districtplace · 3Costa Ricacountry · 3San Joséplace · 2Daniel Blantonperson · 2Enrique Bermudezperson · 2United Statescountry · 2Oscar Reyes Zelayaperson · 2Los Angelesplace · 2Edmundo Menendezperson · 2Assassination of Oscar Reyes Zelayaevent · 2Julio Bermudezperson · 2Roberto Vargasperson · 1Pacificaplace · 1West Covinaplace · 1Baldwin Parkplace · 1John Lacombeperson · 1Gloria Lopezperson · 1FRECERSAorganization · 1San Diegocountry · 1Sandinistasorganization · 1Oklahomacountry · 1
Claims (0)
Mentions (21)
▶ 46:47
That was overthrown in 1979, O'Neill said. Blanton had been partners with Jareo Menendez in 764 kilos of cocaine that had been seized in Nicaragua for 1991. O'Neill claimed, and he also owned hotels and casinos in Nicaragua with Menendez. H…
▶ 50:44
At the time, Norwin's brother, Jamie Sr., owned a large money-changing business in San Jose. Norwin also had a couple of legitimate business funds that were very useful in laundering cash. Number one on the list, a restaurant. And that rest…
▶ 37:49
arranged for the cocaine transportation from Nicaragua to the United States. Most of the cocaine they were shipping, Miranda said, was being sold in Los Angeles through Menendez's brother, Luis Enrique, who was later convicted in Nicaragua …
▶ 40:10
and driven across the border in Texas or California. For the amounts that were coming in, you almost needed flatbed trailers, one observer said. Blanton said that his first job, once he got back into California drug market, was serving as a…
▶ 41:02
Herrera was arrested and sent to jail. Jose Gonzalez moved back to Nicaragua, and the only experienced distributor left was Daniel Blanton. He took the job of doling out the cocaine to the other members of the Menendez's ring throughout the…
▶ 53:21
Are they going to put you in jail? Dumb F, but quickly. That was what Blanton said. Are they working for the police? Yes, Blanton said. They are the ones who F'd Herrera. Sardina's suggestion apparently prompted Blanton to do a little check…
▶ 23:16
Protect me, Reyes cried. This is Norwin. Norwin Menendez sent away to kill me. Reyes died a short time later. Norwin was arrested and jailed on suspicion of murder. But after a quote-unquote rigorous and exhaustive investigation ordered by …
▶ 24:17
just as the dying inspector had claimed. In 1986, federal prosecutors in San Francisco debriefed Edmundo Menendez's son, Herrero, who informed them that during the Somoza regime, Norwin Menendez smuggled weapons, silencers, and video equipm…
▶ 31:35
He zipped around town in a Jaguar. His nephews bought bars and nightclubs. Norwin purchased two houses in Pacifica, a small town just down the coast from San Francisco, one for himself and one for his brother, Ernesto. He spent much of his …
▶ 32:05
by his nephew, Jamie Menendez. The mission is heavily Hispanic, with a history of hospitality to Central American revolutionaries. According to Roberto Vargas, a San Franciscan who had later became the Sandinistas' ambassador to China, the …
▶ 35:45
A FBI became aware in April of 1978 that Norwin and his brother Ernesto were smuggling 20 kilos of cocaine at a time into the United States and identified his nephew, now travel agency owner, Jamie Menendez, as their San Francisco distribut…
▶ 39:01
That was part of the problem. The local San Francisco police was also running across various Menendez's, often in the company of large quantities of cocaine. Omar Menendez, another nephew, was arrested for cocaine sales at a bar in Mission,…
▶ 41:21
and a number belonging to Norwin's nephew, Herrero Menendez. It was enough for the Baldwin cops, along with the members of the L.A. County Sheriff's Department and the U.S. Customs Service, to put a tail on Bermudez and stake out his house.…
▶ 42:42
35 minutes later, though, the cops spotted the car in another part of the area parked outside Herrero Menendez's house. Bermudez came out two hours later and drove back to the first house. The sequence of events provided the cops with enoug…
▶ 43:39
Herrero's place and caught him with drugs and drug paraphernalia. They found a plastic bag containing Thai stick, a potent form of grass, an envelope containing $9,000, a scale, and a 12-gauge shotgun, a .22 caliber pistol, and other addres…
▶ 5:58
was near a thing called the Cow Palace, which was an old auditorium made famous by Jefferson Airplane. And it was used to store cocaine for Menendez. And Blanton said that he went up there all the time to pick up his stash. A frequent house…
▶ 7:27
They would trade them in when they got tired of them. And it goes on to talk about how the nephews were able to pick up chicks all the time because they were fascinated with the cars because they were like, you know, Ferraris, Lamborghinis …
▶ 7:59
Jamie started off driving trucks for his uncle, Norwin, right out of high school. They were normally loaded with military uniforms. Isn't that interesting? And then he started moving cocaine for him. This was a kid right out of high school …
▶ 7:59
Jamie started off driving trucks for his uncle, Norwin, right out of high school. They were normally loaded with military uniforms. Isn't that interesting? And then he started moving cocaine for him. This was a kid right out of high school …
▶ 8:29
for his brother. And there's a quote here that says he really wasn't too much involved in drugs. He had a brake factory in Nicaragua before the revolution. He was a decent man, but he ends up getting arrested in 1984. He had been stopped at…
▶ 9:06
Jamie Menendez Sr. ends up getting murdered in 1990 in the offices of his money-changing business called FRECERSA in San Jose, Costa Rica. That was the hazard of being a Menendez. So it's not surprising that Maritza Menendez and her childre…