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Arpaccio Marino person

also: RCO Marino, Marino, Moreno

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Claims (4)

Arpaccio Marino supplied_arms_to Daniel Blanton documented
“Blanton would later admit that Marino had supplied him with so many thousands of kilos of cocaine in 1984 and 85 that he couldn't put an exact number on them. He said he was introduced to Marino by Norwin Menendez and worked with the Colomb…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 18 @ 23:16
Arpaccio Marino laundered_money_for Contras documented
“The RCO Marino, a Colombian, oh, there's that one again, was involved in the Contra drug operation. The informant described Marino as a cocaine supplier and money launderer to both Norwin Menendez and Blanton, and said that Marino's wife an…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 18 @ 22:44
Arpaccio Marino member_of Contras documented
“Ron Lister would tell police in 1996 that Marino was affiliated with the FDN as well, which is the Contras. And Blanton said the same thing during his interviews with the CIA IG. Blanton claimed that Marino arranged at least one, one ton de…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 18 @ 23:45
Arpaccio Marino trafficked Julio Roberto Alparez documented
“in the Guatemalan military and a fixture on the CIA's payroll. Colonel Alparez was accused by the President's Foreign Intelligence Oversight Board in 1996 of covering up the murder of an American innkeeper in Guatemala by the name of Michae…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 18 @ 25:20

Mentions (9)

The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 18
▶ 22:14 Male and female Latin Americans were now living in the house. Some of the seized paperwork showed the neighbor was right. There were letters, video rental receipts, and bank records for someone named Arpaccio Marino and his wife Aurora. The…
The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 18
▶ 22:44 The RCO Marino, a Colombian, oh, there's that one again, was involved in the Contra drug operation. The informant described Marino as a cocaine supplier and money launderer to both Norwin Menendez and Blanton, and said that Marino's wife an…
The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 18
▶ 23:16 Blanton would later admit that Marino had supplied him with so many thousands of kilos of cocaine in 1984 and 85 that he couldn't put an exact number on them. He said he was introduced to Marino by Norwin Menendez and worked with the Colomb…
The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 18
▶ 23:45 Ron Lister would tell police in 1996 that Marino was affiliated with the FDN as well, which is the Contras. And Blanton said the same thing during his interviews with the CIA IG. Blanton claimed that Marino arranged at least one, one ton de…
The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 18
▶ 24:17 Lantin said he and his associates thought the plane might be connected to the CIA because someone had placed a small FDN sticker on the aircraft. It was also said that the CIA IG apparently never bothered to investigate any of that. By cons…
The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 18
▶ 24:53 to people with CIA connections. Records showed that the DEA agent Solerino Castillo III ran across Moreno's trail in Guatemala in 1988 while investigating allegations of drug trafficking by a Guatemalan CIA agent by the name of Julio Robert…
The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 18
▶ 25:20 in the Guatemalan military and a fixture on the CIA's payroll. Colonel Alparez was accused by the President's Foreign Intelligence Oversight Board in 1996 of covering up the murder of an American innkeeper in Guatemala by the name of Michae…
The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 18
▶ 25:50 with cocaine and selling drugs for Al Perez that had been seized by the Guatemalan military. Castillo believes that Dabin was killed by the Guatemalan soldiers after he discovered that the military was moving cocaine. DEA files obtained und…
The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 18
▶ 26:18 but the agency censored all of the information in his reports. From the records, it appears Marino was also working as a DEA informant in addition to his other activities. So remember, in all of these instances, the CIA protects their drug …