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Los Pepes organization

also: Pepes, Las Pepas, Los Pepis

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Pablo Escobarperson · 7Carlos Castanoperson · 3Cali Cartelorganization · 3Rafael Pardoperson · 1United Statescountry · 1Gavrariaperson · 1Colombiacountry · 1Amnesty Internationalorganization · 1

Claims (7)

Los Pepes created by Cali Cartel book_quoted
“They did so on the basis of information from the CIA, which was transmitted via special squads of the Colombian National Police, trained by the same CIA. The U.S. Embassy had intelligence reports that, in fact, Los Pepis had been created by…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 7 @ 27:19
Amnesty International exposed Los Pepes host_asserted
“The investigation conducted by Amnesty International in 2001 led to a lawsuit to obtain CIA records of Las Pepas peoples persecuted by Pablo Escobar, a vigilante group set up by Carlos Castano and backed by the Cali cartel. So again, the co…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Cocaine Death Squads & the War on Terror Part 5 @ 47:07
Carlos Castano founded Los Pepes host_asserted
“The investigation conducted by Amnesty International in 2001 led to a lawsuit to obtain CIA records of Las Pepas peoples persecuted by Pablo Escobar, a vigilante group set up by Carlos Castano and backed by the Cali cartel. So again, the co…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Cocaine Death Squads & the War on Terror Part 5 @ 47:07
Cali Cartel funded Los Pepes host_asserted
“The investigation conducted by Amnesty International in 2001 led to a lawsuit to obtain CIA records of Las Pepas peoples persecuted by Pablo Escobar, a vigilante group set up by Carlos Castano and backed by the Cali cartel. So again, the co…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Cocaine Death Squads & the War on Terror Part 5 @ 47:07
Los Pepes assassinated Pablo Escobar book_quoted
“drug baron Pablo Escobar. Carlos Castano and his brother were leaders of a death squad, Los Pepes, that tracked and killed members of Escobar's organization. And again, remember me telling you on Alpha's show, Escobar wasn't playing the CIA…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Cocaine Death Squads and War on Terror Part 1 @ 23:44
Cali Cartel founded Los Pepes documented
“The National Police at the Hemisphere School at Fort Benning, along with some of the Colombian officers, one of which walked out of the door when I was walking in. This is crazy. The U.S. Embassy had intelligence reports that, in fact, Los …”
▶ The Colonels Corner Cocaine Death Squads and War on Terror Part 1 @ 24:49
Rafael Pardo spied_on Los Pepes book_quoted
“Around the same time, the CIA reported that the Colombian defense minister, Rafael Pardo, was, quote, concerned that the police are providing intelligence to Los Pepes, unquote. Colombian extralegal steps against Pablo Escobar. Agency analy…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Great Pretense Part 5 @ 1:00:09

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The Colonels Corner Cocaine Death Squads and War on Terror Part 1
▶ 23:44 drug baron Pablo Escobar. Carlos Castano and his brother were leaders of a death squad, Los Pepes, that tracked and killed members of Escobar's organization. And again, remember me telling you on Alpha's show, Escobar wasn't playing the CIA…
The Colonels Corner Cocaine Death Squads and War on Terror Part 1
▶ 24:49 The National Police at the Hemisphere School at Fort Benning, along with some of the Colombian officers, one of which walked out of the door when I was walking in. This is crazy. The U.S. Embassy had intelligence reports that, in fact, Los …
The Colonels Corner Cocaine Death Squads & the War on Terror Part 5
▶ 47:07 The investigation conducted by Amnesty International in 2001 led to a lawsuit to obtain CIA records of Las Pepas peoples persecuted by Pablo Escobar, a vigilante group set up by Carlos Castano and backed by the Cali cartel. So again, the co…
The Colonels Corner Cocaine Death Squads & the War on Terror Part 5
▶ 48:55 you can keep track of what's going on. Okay. Intelligence reports later confirmed that Los Pepes had in fact been created by the Cali cartel. Los Pepes fraternized with at least two DEA agents.…
The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 7
▶ 26:53 Castano collaborated with the CIA and the Colombian police to bring down the fugitive drug baron Pablo Escobar. Carlos Castano and his brother were leaders of a death squad called Los Pepes that tracked down and killed members of Escobar's …
The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 7
▶ 27:19 They did so on the basis of information from the CIA, which was transmitted via special squads of the Colombian National Police, trained by the same CIA. The U.S. Embassy had intelligence reports that, in fact, Los Pepis had been created by…
The Colonel's Corner The Great Pretense Part 5
▶ 58:13 Published today by the National Security Archives, the affair sparked a special CIA investigation into whether U.S. intelligence was shared with Colombian terrorists and narco-traffickers every bit as dangerous as Pablo Escobar, which of co…
The Colonel's Corner The Great Pretense Part 5
▶ 59:12 In other words, would the CIA be put in charge of an investigation that directly implicated the CIA itself? And of course, we all know the answer to that. For months, the U.S. intelligence had been reporting about task force links to the Pe…
The Colonel's Corner The Great Pretense Part 5
▶ 59:41 That was reported as early as February 93, when it was reported that the Pepe's attacks would be the work of rogue policemen taking advantage of a rash of bombings to give Pablo Escobar a taste of his own medicine. The memo goes on. A secre…
The Colonel's Corner The Great Pretense Part 5
▶ 1:00:09 Around the same time, the CIA reported that the Colombian defense minister, Rafael Pardo, was, quote, concerned that the police are providing intelligence to Los Pepes, unquote. Colombian extralegal steps against Pablo Escobar. Agency analy…