Jose Bueso Rosa person
also: General Jose Rosa, Boceo Rosa, Buceso Rosa, Bosa Rosa, Rosa, Jose Hueso Rosa
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Claims (10)
Jose Bueso Rosa attempted_assassination_of
Roberto Suazo Córdova documented
“At the same time they were dealing with Scott Weekly, the two men were trying desperately to get another CIA-linked cocaine trafficker out of prison because of his past assistance to the Contras. The federal prisoner, Jose Bueso Rosa, had b…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 19 @ 36:45
Jose Bueso Rosa financed_via
Daniel Blanton's Cocaine Ring documented
“using the proceeds of cocaine sales to finance it. Gosh, where have I heard that before? President Suazo had drawn Boceo Rosa's rap by dumping Honduran Army Chief General Gustavo Alvarez, a fanatical anti-communist who was one of the father…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 19 @ 37:16
Jose Bueso Rosa member_of
Gustavo Álvarez documented
“Buceso Rosa, a Honduran general, had been one of Alvarez's top aides, and the cocaine coup was intended to restore Alvarez and his men to power. Unfortunately for the plotters, the two American military officers they hired to murder the cur…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 19 @ 37:47
Nestor Pino recruited
Jose Bueso Rosa documented
“In the summer of 1986, the Honduran attorney flew to Washington and met with Colonel Pena, who began a vigorous lobbying campaign at State and Justice to turn Bolsa Rosa loose, even though he had been indicted for racketeering conspiracy an…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 19 @ 39:14
Oliver North covered_up
Jose Bueso Rosa documented
“in the Naval Academy at the same time Oliver North is, the same time Weekly was, before he got kicked out. In September 1986, North fretted that the case would become a major headache for the administration. Quote, the problem with the Bose…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 19 @ 40:45
U.S. Department of Justice pardoned
Jose Bueso Rosa documented
“on saying he's an asset so he doesn't get prosecuted or even charged, while at the same time, another part of the Reagan administration is louding the fact that they busted a drug dealer. You can't make this shit up. The general later agree…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 19 @ 42:37
Nestor Pino recruited
Jose Bueso Rosa documented
“North wrote, quote, for a short period, days or weeks, and then walk free, unquote. How's that for justice? The Justice Department official, Mark Richard, who met with North to discuss the case, said he was told that Rosa was going to go in…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 19 @ 43:08
Oliver North covered_up
Jose Bueso Rosa documented
“North wrote, quote, for a short period, days or weeks, and then walk free, unquote. How's that for justice? The Justice Department official, Mark Richard, who met with North to discuss the case, said he was told that Rosa was going to go in…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 19 @ 43:08
Stephen Trott covered_up
Jose Bueso Rosa documented
“The matter. Revel and Trott both believe this will result in the approval of a petition for probationary release and deportation to Honduras. Discreetly briefing Rosa and his attorney on the whole process should alleviate concerns that Rosa…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 19 @ 45:29
Oliver North interceded_for
Jose Bueso Rosa host_asserted
“General Jose Rosa, a senior officer who had worked with the CIA Contra operation. They're all involved. As arrested, was arrested and charged with masterminding the coup, which was to be financed with cocaine profits. After the arrest, Whit…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner LIVE RESEARCH INTO OPERATION GLADIO @ 16:24
Mentions (25)
▶ 36:45
At the same time they were dealing with Scott Weekly, the two men were trying desperately to get another CIA-linked cocaine trafficker out of prison because of his past assistance to the Contras. The federal prisoner, Jose Bueso Rosa, had b…
▶ 37:16
using the proceeds of cocaine sales to finance it. Gosh, where have I heard that before? President Suazo had drawn Boceo Rosa's rap by dumping Honduran Army Chief General Gustavo Alvarez, a fanatical anti-communist who was one of the father…
▶ 37:47
Buceso Rosa, a Honduran general, had been one of Alvarez's top aides, and the cocaine coup was intended to restore Alvarez and his men to power. Unfortunately for the plotters, the two American military officers they hired to murder the cur…
▶ 39:14
In the summer of 1986, the Honduran attorney flew to Washington and met with Colonel Pena, who began a vigorous lobbying campaign at State and Justice to turn Bolsa Rosa loose, even though he had been indicted for racketeering conspiracy an…
▶ 39:45
Contra investigators, General Bosa Rosa, had information which he could use against us, as he had been privy to a large amount of very specific CIA information. They didn't want him talking. To get Washington's attention, Bosa Rosa's attorn…
▶ 40:45
in the Naval Academy at the same time Oliver North is, the same time Weekly was, before he got kicked out. In September 1986, North fretted that the case would become a major headache for the administration. Quote, the problem with the Bose…
▶ 41:16
North wrote, quote, only Gorman, Claridge, and I were fully aware of all that he was doing on our behalf, unquote. North's computer messages about Rosa was revealing for another reason. They illustrated just how skewed the Reagan administra…
▶ 41:40
At the same time Reagan and Bush were whipping the American public into a frenzy over street corner crack dealers, North and top administration officials were livid that Rosa had been charged with a crime. Quote, justice is justifiably upse…
▶ 42:37
on saying he's an asset so he doesn't get prosecuted or even charged, while at the same time, another part of the Reagan administration is louding the fact that they busted a drug dealer. You can't make this shit up. The general later agree…
▶ 43:08
North wrote, quote, for a short period, days or weeks, and then walk free, unquote. How's that for justice? The Justice Department official, Mark Richard, who met with North to discuss the case, said he was told that Rosa was going to go in…
▶ 43:38
And the former head of DIA appeared as character witness for Rosa, the drug dealer and would-be assassin, urging the judge to go easy on the admitted racketeer. But since Rosa's co-conspirators had been hit with sentences of up to 30 years,…
▶ 44:06
He was given a five-year sentence and assigned to a federal prison in Tallahassee, a much harsher environment, not the country club he had been promised. In North's view, that only made things worse. Quote, our major concern, Gorman North C…
▶ 44:35
Unquote. That's what North wrote to Poindexter. Quote, Gorman North, Claridge, Revel, a CIA official, Stephen Trott and Elliott Abrams will cabal quietly in the morning to look at options, pardon, clemency, deportation, reduced sentence. Ob…
▶ 44:59
from feeling like he's been lied to in the legal process and start spilling the beans, will advise, unquote. The next day, North told Poindexter there had been a good meeting this morning with all concerned. Good for who? The Justice Depart…
▶ 45:29
The matter. Revel and Trott both believe this will result in the approval of a petition for probationary release and deportation to Honduras. Discreetly briefing Rosa and his attorney on the whole process should alleviate concerns that Rosa…
▶ 45:58
All now seems headed in the right direction, North wrote. But Colonel Pena and the DIA got a little too happy. A few days before Rosa was to report to prison, State Department official McNeil got a call from an upset Justice Department offi…
▶ 46:27
The executive dining room is the dining room for the generals. They're going to have a party for the guy they hired to kill the president of Honduras. And that's before he's even been released from jail. The ceremony was canceled, but McNei…
▶ 47:00
It was very nasty business. McNeil had been at the beginning of the story. McNeil was the Costa Rica ambassador. You know, the guy that oversaw the drug trafficking and shrimp boat operation. That same guy. He told Congress he suspected som…
▶ 47:32
I must tell you, this is circumstantial, but it seems to me that the circumstantial evidence is such that one has to wonder if there's not a narcotics angle, McNeil would later testify. Of course, he knew there was. What was so embarrassing…
▶ 48:04
Steve Trott, claimed he didn't know why he went through such contortions for ROSA, other than that North had told him about the possible release of sensitive information. You know, plausible deniability. I don't know why I was getting the d…
▶ 48:33
Whatever it was, Rosa held his tongue, and after doing three years at Eglin, he was slipped back to Honduras. In a 1995 interview with the Baltimore Sun, he gave a chilling insight into the kind of secrets he possessed. He disclosed that th…
▶ 59:08
Like you said, that's it, as if that wasn't enough. I mean, geez, rhyming. I focused on two people today, and that was Gene Wheaton, who was the Marine Corps investigator. Yeah. Who went through all of this. He was also the key whistleblowe…
▶ 59:40
who's the high-ranking Honduran military officer. Who was working for the CIA to assassinate. Right. These two characters, well, first of all, Jose, when you look at him and what he was doing, he's the one who got the prison sentence. And o…
▶ 15:54
But the DEA was hampered in its investigation of Mata's operation because the Reagan administration had closed the DEA's office in Honduras in 83. So with no regular in-country DEA agents, only the FBI's capture of the 763 pounds of cocaine…
▶ 16:24
General Jose Rosa, a senior officer who had worked with the CIA Contra operation. They're all involved. As arrested, was arrested and charged with masterminding the coup, which was to be financed with cocaine profits. After the arrest, Whit…