Setco organization
also: CETCO, STETCO, SECCO, Setco, S-E-T-C-O
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Claims (10)
Frank Moss member_of
Setco documented
“in a Honduran air freight company called Setco. Huh, Setco. We've come across that company multiple times. That company was owned by a Honduran drug trafficker by the name of Juan Mata Balesteros. One DC-4 Moss used to ferry Contra supplies…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 8 @ 4:30
U.S. State Department hired
Setco documented
“And this is another one that comes up in so many of our stories. Setco, S-E-T-C-O, which happened to be owned by Honduran drug kingpin Ballesteros. In fact, the U.S. Customs Service had known since 1983 that Setco was the principal company …”
▶ The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 13 @ 1:22:35
Ballesteros owned
Setco documented
“And this is another one that comes up in so many of our stories. Setco, S-E-T-C-O, which happened to be owned by Honduran drug kingpin Ballesteros. In fact, the U.S. Customs Service had known since 1983 that Setco was the principal company …”
▶ The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 13 @ 1:22:35
Oliver North used
Setco documented
“to the FDN. That came from a CIA inspector general's report as well. Quote, Oliver North also used Setco for airdrops of military supplies to Contra forces in Nicaragua, unquote. In fact, that appears to have been the reason behind all of t…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 13 @ 1:23:05
Richard Secord headed
Setco host_asserted
“through CIA Airlines in Latin America, Southern Air Transport, and the use of private contractors linked to organized crime and money laundering. One contractor called Setco, S-E-T-C-O, Air, and we've looked into them before, owned by a Hon…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Cocaine Death Squads and War on Terror Part 3 @ 1:01:54
Juan Matamoros secretly_owned
Setco host_asserted
“through CIA Airlines in Latin America, Southern Air Transport, and the use of private contractors linked to organized crime and money laundering. One contractor called Setco, S-E-T-C-O, Air, and we've looked into them before, owned by a Hon…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Cocaine Death Squads and War on Terror Part 3 @ 1:01:54
Setco smuggling_narcotics
United States documented
“In the mid-1980s, the U.S. government hired Setco, a MADA-connected airline, to fly supplies to the Contra. The hiring occurred despite a DEA report that Setco was formed by an American businessman dealing with MADA and smuggling narcotics …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner LIVE RESEARCH INTO OPERATION GLADIO @ 15:29
Juan Mata Balarta founded
Setco documented
“CETCO, too, was part of the covert contra-supply effort, according to a CIA IG report. Quote, according to U.S. law enforcement records cited in the Kerry report released by the U.S. Senate subcommittee chaired by then-Senator John Kerry, C…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Great Pretense Part 2 @ 47:27
Setco front_for
CIA book_quoted
“had contracted all air support business for the conference in Honduras to Mata's airline, and the name of his airline was Setco, S-E-T-C-O, which we've come across before. It basically was acting as a CIA front. And remember, in all of thes…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 7 @ 11:24
CIA funded
Setco guest_asserted
“adds that the plane Quintero flew out on that day was owned by narco-trafficker Mata Balataras, the founder of CETCO, which is a CIA proprietary. Jordan also contends that Quintero was carrying DFS credentials and that the aircraft pilot wa…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Great Pretense Part 2 @ 54:43
Mentions (18)
▶ 1:01:54
through CIA Airlines in Latin America, Southern Air Transport, and the use of private contractors linked to organized crime and money laundering. One contractor called Setco, S-E-T-C-O, Air, and we've looked into them before, owned by a Hon…
▶ 1:02:22
a CIA veteran in Vietnam, directed both CETCO and Southern Air Transport. In other words, he was like the CEO. The second contractor was D-I-A-C-S-A. It was owned by a Bay of Pigs veteran, Alfredo Caballarero. The third was Vortex, whose vi…
▶ 7:40
Cocaine trade involves the billions of dollars in U.S. military hardware, which we pay for, used on the war on drugs and terror. This phenomenon is described as a military industrial narcotic complex. The Cold War saw the growth of this com…
▶ 1:22:35
And this is another one that comes up in so many of our stories. Setco, S-E-T-C-O, which happened to be owned by Honduran drug kingpin Ballesteros. In fact, the U.S. Customs Service had known since 1983 that Setco was the principal company …
▶ 1:23:05
to the FDN. That came from a CIA inspector general's report as well. Quote, Oliver North also used Setco for airdrops of military supplies to Contra forces in Nicaragua, unquote. In fact, that appears to have been the reason behind all of t…
▶ 21:42
There was one trafficker the Colombians refused to extradite, Juan Mata Ballesteros, the Honduran billionaire whose airline, Stetco, was flying supplies for the Contras. Instead of turning Mata over to the U.S., the Colombians deported him …
▶ 4:30
in a Honduran air freight company called Setco. Huh, Setco. We've come across that company multiple times. That company was owned by a Honduran drug trafficker by the name of Juan Mata Balesteros. One DC-4 Moss used to ferry Contra supplies…
▶ 10:55
ally in Honduras, Juan Ramon Matabalesteros, let me spell that last name, B-A-L-L-E-S-T-E-R-O-S, was untouchable until the U.S. Contra support effort was closed down in 1988 at the end of the Reagan administration. The CIA and in its wake, …
▶ 11:24
had contracted all air support business for the conference in Honduras to Mata's airline, and the name of his airline was Setco, S-E-T-C-O, which we've come across before. It basically was acting as a CIA front. And remember, in all of thes…
▶ 15:29
In the mid-1980s, the U.S. government hired Setco, a MADA-connected airline, to fly supplies to the Contra. The hiring occurred despite a DEA report that Setco was formed by an American businessman dealing with MADA and smuggling narcotics …
▶ 18:48
convenient to say the least. Okay. So that's the first article. And what I'm going to do is I want to spend a second. Let me put this back up a little bit. I want to spend a second and pull up, um, uh, set and see, um, let's see set co what…
▶ 19:25
And then you get all of these weird things. CETCO and CIA. OK, let's see. This is just let me share this with you. This is an overview. What drug trafficking allegations was CIA aware of and when involving pilots and companies supporting th…
▶ 20:20
And this basically gives you a background of how they found out. So this is from the Cary Committee report, which was kind of a fluff over, although it did come up with some very interesting information. But this is the names of all of the …
▶ 20:48
that had direct ties to the CIA Contra operation. And STETCO is one. We've talked about ocean hunters before. Vortex, the Hondoo, Carib have come up in some of the books that we've read. But I just wanted you to see. Here's the STETCO one. …
▶ 45:31
was transported to the CIA-linked ranch near Veracruz, where Plumlee was ordered to intercept him. Quote, I was ordered to pick up Caro Quintero at the ranch. I didn't really know who he was at the time, but it was a CIA government-sanction…
▶ 46:00
to a private airstrip located just across the Mexican border in Guatemala. Plumlee then goes on to say, I was told to take a person from point A to point B and I did it. He said, that's what I did as the CIA contract pilot. If you ask too m…
▶ 47:27
CETCO, too, was part of the covert contra-supply effort, according to a CIA IG report. Quote, according to U.S. law enforcement records cited in the Kerry report released by the U.S. Senate subcommittee chaired by then-Senator John Kerry, C…
▶ 54:43
adds that the plane Quintero flew out on that day was owned by narco-trafficker Mata Balataras, the founder of CETCO, which is a CIA proprietary. Jordan also contends that Quintero was carrying DFS credentials and that the aircraft pilot wa…