Torres Brothers organization
also: Torreses, Torres Brother
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Daniel Blantonperson · 6Norwin Menendezperson · 3Los Angelesplace · 3Blanton Raidevent · 2United Statescountry · 2Mission Viejoplace · 1Ivan Argelisperson · 1Nicaraguacountry · 1Richard Loveperson · 1Ron Listerperson · 1L.I.J. O'Neillperson · 1Tom Gordonperson · 1Jerry Gazzettaperson · 1
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Or he would casually drop a bombshell, like mentioning Ronald Lister's name, to see how it resonated, doing his own sounding to test to know how much the journalists actually knew. He laughed heartily only once during the afternoon when he …
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for a variety of police agencies. In May of 1992, the FBI, DEA, IRS, and the Los Angeles Police Department sat the Torreses down in the U.S. Attorney's Office in Los Angeles and grilled them about Menendez and Danielle O'Blanton. Menendez w…
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50,000 kilos? 55 tons of cocaine? He said, easily. Menendez's figures are impossible to verify, but he was Blanton's supplier for many years. No one is in a better position to know. The DEA estimated Blanton imported between 18,000 and 27,0…
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their own estimates dramatically. According to a 1996 LA Sheriff's report, the two brothers told police they heard that Blanton sold 10,000 kilos of cocaine mostly to South Central Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area during a two-yea…
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Daniela Blanton was the biggest dealer in L.A. for about two years, the Torres brothers said. The U.S. officials were even more generous in their appraisal. Mr. Blanton is considered to be the largest Nicaraguan cocaine dealer in the United…
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distributing organization made up of over 100 people transporting and distributing cocaine for Daniello Blanton. And if you recall, the 100 people that were listed on here came from informants, primarily from the Torres brothers. Gordon lin…
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Federal agents had burned the investigation, pointing out that previous raids they had conducted on the basis of Torres Brother information always produced large amounts of cocaine and money. The only difference between this raid and those …
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The Torres brothers would claim that the investigation was uncovered by Lister, who spotted police surveillance teams outside of Blanton's car lot and near his old home in Mission Viejo. Lister told the police that the CIA was involved and …