Southern Cone place
also: Southern Cone of South America
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Paraguaycountry · 2Brazilcountry · 2United Statescountry · 1Argentinacountry · 1Sicilian Mafiaorganization · 1Richard Nixonperson · 1War on Drugsevent · 1Chilecountry · 1
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Mafia trafficked
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“And the Corsicans kept popping up a lot. And I found that French connection, those pesky French, ooh la la. But yeah, I found two major guys, one in Mexico, interestingly enough, right? And then another one in Paraguay. But it's really inte…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Great Pretense Part 12 @ 1:19:03
Mentions (4)
▶ 11:03
In the early 70s, there was political pressure from Nixon on the Southern Cone governments of Argentina, Paraguay, Paraguay, Chile, and Brazil to pass anti-drug legislation to counter the heroin threat. Nixon's administration was the first …
▶ 13:00
So that allowed the Sicilian mafia even more power along with their cohorts in the CIA. So in 1987, the international press was reporting on the balloon effect with increasing trafficking, corruption and violence leaked to drug trade coming…
▶ 26:18
Let's dumb down the people, get them addicted to drugs, create all kinds of havoc, criminality, so they can control the countries. The Southern Cone continues to play a role of transshipment points for cocaine produced throughout, destined …
▶ 1:18:34
That's where we will start tomorrow at four o'clock. So anyway, Renee, go ahead. Yeah, regarding on the note of heroin, I will forward you a bunch of what I found over the weekend. On last Friday's show, I mentioned I was going to dive into…