George Morales person
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Claims (4)
Agavian Cesar trafficked
George Morales documented
“In March of 1984, Cesar and two other contra officials who had close ties to the CIA's ARDE logistics chief, Aldolfo Chamorro, and the Air Force commander, Marcos Awando, met with a major Colombian drug trafficker named George Morales at hi…”
▶ The Colonel Corner Dark Alliance Part 12 @ 21:46
Marcos Awando trafficked
George Morales documented
“In March of 1984, Cesar and two other contra officials who had close ties to the CIA's ARDE logistics chief, Aldolfo Chamorro, and the Air Force commander, Marcos Awando, met with a major Colombian drug trafficker named George Morales at hi…”
▶ The Colonel Corner Dark Alliance Part 12 @ 21:46
George Morales supplied_arms_to
Contras documented
“bought up all of that ranch land that installed airstrips in there and was a logistical hub, not only for the weapons trafficking, but for the drug trafficking as well in Costa Rica. Morales, the Colombian trafficker, had supplied a few shi…”
▶ The Colonel Corner Dark Alliance Part 12 @ 23:13
CIA covered_up
George Morales guest_asserted
“in the CIA and that they can advise the superiors about the financial support and aircraft and training. And therefore, we will finally eventually solve all my legal problems, which they did, Morales said. During the entire time he was work…”
▶ The Colonel Corner Dark Alliance Part 12 @ 24:04
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▶ 21:46
In March of 1984, Cesar and two other contra officials who had close ties to the CIA's ARDE logistics chief, Aldolfo Chamorro, and the Air Force commander, Marcos Awando, met with a major Colombian drug trafficker named George Morales at hi…
▶ 22:13
and ask him to contribute to Pastora's army. During our conversation, they told me that they were CIA agents. Two of them said they were Cesar and Eduardo were the CIA agents. Morales said in 1986 congressional testimony, quote, I knew that…
▶ 23:13
bought up all of that ranch land that installed airstrips in there and was a logistical hub, not only for the weapons trafficking, but for the drug trafficking as well in Costa Rica. Morales, the Colombian trafficker, had supplied a few shi…
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his help in 1984 since he had just been indicted by a federal grand jury on conspiracy and cocaine trafficking. But Morales said Cesar and Iguando made it clear that if he assisted them again, they would make his legal problems go away. Wei…
▶ 24:04
in the CIA and that they can advise the superiors about the financial support and aircraft and training. And therefore, we will finally eventually solve all my legal problems, which they did, Morales said. During the entire time he was work…
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When he started talking to the U.S. Senate investigators about his Contra dealings, two years later, however, the case got expedited and he got convicted. Morales later passed a DEA-administered lie detector test about his drug dealings wit…
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was a training area and a hiding place for Contra soldiers. It was where the Legion of September 15 gathered before its raid on the Argentina radio station, which we read about several chapters back. After they dropped off arms, Morales and…
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is the conspiracy theorist. That never happened. One of Morales' pilots who flew in and out of Hall's ranch, Tito Carrasco, testified that one of Pastora's commanders assured him that he had nothing to worry about because the CIA was protec…
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These people are supposed to work for the CIA. Those people are supposed to have, you know, everything under control. So the people tell George, do it in Apalaca. Nothing will happen if the plane arrives in Apalaca. And he was asked, and yo…
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from police interference all the way from Panama, where his drug flights originated. Every week, I flew from Panama, between Panama and Costa Rica, with different passports and different names, and they never asked me why. So if that's not …
▶ 29:28
Why, sure, he said. And bring drugs back? Yes. And did these CIA people know that you were doing this? Certainly, he said. Ask if he was surprised that his boss, Morales, was helping the Contras. Benzer, who pleaded guilty to federal drug c…
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Drug-based, this same thing. Chamorro went higher than that to Langley. I called our contact at the CIA. Of course I did, Chamorro told the Post. The truth is, we were still getting some CIA money under the table. They said Morales was fine…
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moved to El Apengo permanently, working as an aide to a high-ranking Salvadoran commander. The pilot, who had been instrumental in arranging the Contra's 1984 arms and drug deals with the Colombian trafficker, George Morales, was no longer …