Carlos Amador person
also: Carloil Armades, Armador, Armillot, Carlos Armador
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Claims (2)
Carlos Castillo Armas spied_on
Carlos Amador documented
“was intending to fly into Ilopango, pick up cocaine at hangar number four, and take it to Miami. Armador would be carrying San Salvadoran government identification, which got him through customs and any inspections. Castillo was asked to in…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 14 @ 40:57
Carlos Amador trafficked
Contras documented
“also used the hangar for the helicopter-based counterinsurgency program that was attacking the FARC and the Sandinistas. It was being used by the CIA in support of every aspect of the Contra program. Also, the suspected drug pilot, Carlos A…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 14 @ 42:24
Mentions (6)
▶ 40:22
and criminal records. He got no reply. It was, he wrote later, as if the report were going into a black hole. But in late March 1986, Castillo got his first official confirmation that he was on the right track. A cable arrived from Costa Ri…
▶ 40:57
was intending to fly into Ilopango, pick up cocaine at hangar number four, and take it to Miami. Armador would be carrying San Salvadoran government identification, which got him through customs and any inspections. Castillo was asked to in…
▶ 42:24
also used the hangar for the helicopter-based counterinsurgency program that was attacking the FARC and the Sandinistas. It was being used by the CIA in support of every aspect of the Contra program. Also, the suspected drug pilot, Carlos A…
▶ 42:57
flying missions for Costa Rica and the Contras, the CIA had been collecting information for at least a year indicating that Armillot was also flying drug planes between Costa Rica, Panama, Belize, and Miami for major cocaine traffickers cal…
▶ 44:48
could assure the only thing Amador and the other pilot had transported during their flights was military supplies, we swear to God, said the cable. Based on that information, El Salvador Station would appreciate Costa Rica Station advising …
▶ 45:46
The official alarm was easily understood. Not only was someone like Carlos Armador strolling freely in and out of CIA-run hangars, but there was a host of other contra-traffickers milling around, including none other than Norwin Menendez, E…