Juan Rafael Bustillo person
also: General Rafael Bustelo Rodriguez, General Bastillo, Bustillo, Bastillo
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date the Contras' use of Ilopango to September 1985 when North wrote to Rodriguez asking him to use his influence with the Salvadoran Air Force commander Juan Rafael Bustillo, a secure hangar for the Contras to use as supply flights. Rodrig…
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He greased the skids with Bustillo and eventually became the overseer of Norse Contra resupply operations at the El Salvador base. The Contras had been using El Opango with General Bustillo's blessing since 1983, when Norwin Menendez's frie…
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tightly guarded by San Salvadorian military. If he was ever going to find out the truth, he figured he needed to get on that side of the base. He went to the Salvadoran Air Force commander, Bastillo, and asked for permission, but was given …
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The agent from the DEA branch office in Guatemala City came to San Salvador seeking access to the air base. The New Republic reported in 1990, adding that Bastillo stalled all such requests for Castillo. There was never a good reason given …
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on the Civil War in El Salvador, you know, where we were training the death squads and then pretended they were a political party. Pena was a close friend of former CIA agent, the star of our show, Felix Rodriguez, who was overseeing Norse …
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Like Rodriguez, Pino was close to the Salvadoran Air Force General Rafael Bustillo, the guy who ran El Opengo Air Base. Pino referred to Bustillo as family, and the Salvadoran general sometimes stayed at Pino's house in Virginia when he was…
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El Pango airfield. That fall, Oliver North convinced him to add the task of liaison between the El Salvadoran air operations and private benefactors. Working closely with the Salvadoran air commander, General Rafael Bustelo Rodriguez, arran…
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at El Opango. Once or twice, Cooper took care of the gas when Posado couldn't make it. But the Cuban gained unquestioned control of the funds from the Americans. And this outraged General Bastillo by dumping wads of cash on his desk like th…