Walter Grasheim person
also: G-R-A-S-H-E-I-M, Grasham, Grasham's, Wally
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Claims (3)
Walter Grasheim supplied_arms_to
Salvadoran Armed Forces host_asserted
“Again, the death squad. He was also advising and training Salvadoran army units in long-range reconnaissance operations on behalf of the U.S. government. One of Castillo's informants, sorry about that, at Ilopengo told him Grasham was intim…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 15 @ 13:44
Walter Grasheim trafficked
Medellin Cartel host_asserted
“Again, the death squad. He was also advising and training Salvadoran army units in long-range reconnaissance operations on behalf of the U.S. government. One of Castillo's informants, sorry about that, at Ilopengo told him Grasham was intim…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 15 @ 13:44
CIA covered_up
Walter Grasheim host_asserted
“was helpful and had been informant for the CIA. And soon after he put Castillo on Grasham's trail, fingering him as the head of smuggling operations, the CIA basically took over the entire thing. Castillo's boss, Robert Stia, S-T-I-A, said,…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 15 @ 16:16
Mentions (8)
▶ 12:44
Denied access to the military side of Ilopango, Castillo settled on another tactic. He would hit an off-base location linked to the operation. He and his informants zeroed in on a likely suspect, a New York weapons dealer and U.S. military …
▶ 13:13
He went by the name Wally. The tall bearded arms broker was a Salvadoran sales rep for Litton, L-I-T-T-O-N Corporation and other American weapon manufacturers and had a booming business selling things like night vision goggles, Steyr sniper…
▶ 13:44
Again, the death squad. He was also advising and training Salvadoran army units in long-range reconnaissance operations on behalf of the U.S. government. One of Castillo's informants, sorry about that, at Ilopengo told him Grasham was intim…
▶ 14:16
And Castillo claims that DEA computers turned up several references to him as a suspected drug trafficker, as well as weapons trafficking. On September 1st, 1986, Salvadoran police working with Castillo's raided Grasham's elegant hillside h…
▶ 14:46
Some of the rooms in the home had munition explosives piled up to the ceiling, including automatic weapons, M-16s, hand grenades, and C-4 explosives, which are the exact same components in most Gladio stashes. Castillo later told the FBI th…
▶ 15:15
Castillo showed Grasham's U.S. Embassy ID to interviewers. Grasham, who says the weapons were legally his, strenuously denied he had anything to do with the Contras or drugs, and believes Castillo was duped by his informants, whom he says w…
▶ 15:46
The person who claimed I was a drug trafficker was on the payroll of the CIA, as most drug traffickers are that we found. I've never been involved with drugs, even though it was in its file. The marijuana found at his house, he said, probab…
▶ 16:16
was helpful and had been informant for the CIA. And soon after he put Castillo on Grasham's trail, fingering him as the head of smuggling operations, the CIA basically took over the entire thing. Castillo's boss, Robert Stia, S-T-I-A, said,…