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Phil Jordan headed El Paso Intelligence Center book_quoted
“For example, he told me that DEA agents in Texas who had a habit of disappearing cases and so was avoided by other agents. He said everybody knew the guy was really a CIA agent that disappeared cases. Jordan previously had served at the hea…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Great Pretense Part 1 @ 33:52

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The Colonel’s Corner The Great Pretense Part 1
▶ 33:22 I remember when this case, the murder of DEA agent Kiki Camarena in 1985 began because it prompted then DEA supervisor agent Phil Jordan to explain to me that the DEA had been penetrated by the CIA and such agents watched people like Kiki.…
The Colonel’s Corner The Great Pretense Part 1
▶ 33:52 For example, he told me that DEA agents in Texas who had a habit of disappearing cases and so was avoided by other agents. He said everybody knew the guy was really a CIA agent that disappeared cases. Jordan previously had served at the hea…
The Colonel's Corner The Great Pretense Part 2
▶ 42:05 And he was now retired when the author interviewed him, Hector Bareilles. The other two individuals also knew Camarena personally and were intimately familiar with the U.S. government operations that he was allegedly investigating prior to …
The Colonel's Corner The Great Pretense Part 2
▶ 53:45 Former DEA commander Jordan spent some time with Camarino in Guadalajara, Mexico in the spring of 84. At that time, Jordan says he realized the Mexican DFS agents were tailing Camarino. Jordan says Camarino told him that that was true and t…
The Colonel's Corner The Great Pretense Part 2
▶ 54:16 Jordan says DEA agents managed to catch up with Quintero at the airport in Guadalajara, but were prevented from apprehending him because Quintero was protected by DFS agents that were also connected to the CIA. Jordan, who says he has two t…
The Colonel's Corner The Great Pretense Part 2
▶ 54:43 adds that the plane Quintero flew out on that day was owned by narco-trafficker Mata Balataras, the founder of CETCO, which is a CIA proprietary. Jordan also contends that Quintero was carrying DFS credentials and that the aircraft pilot wa…
The Colonel's Corner The Great Pretense Part 2
▶ 56:41 Valeras, as well as Jordan and Plumlee, say they believe it was likely Camerino was abducted on the orders of powerful individuals who were calling the shots in the CIA-supported Contra supply operation, individuals who ultimately reported …
The Colonel's Corner The Great Pretense Part 2
▶ 1:00:37 Rodriguez. Barreras and Jordan, in interviews that the author conducted with them in 2013, also pointed the finger at Felix Rodriguez, a longtime CIA operative. But both Barreras and Jordan said they suspect that proof was likely on the mis…
The Colonel's Corner The Great Pretense Part 2
▶ 1:02:30 that the DEA, CIA was doing arms and drug trafficking through El Salvador. And he's the guy that got put in a closet until he retired. Neither Bareilles nor Jordan or Plumlee were at the house in Guadalajara in February of 85 when Camerino …
The Colonel's Corner The Great Pretense Part 2
▶ 1:04:06 Recordings contain information that implicates the CIA. The revelations made by Plumlee, a known CIA asset and later whistleblower, along with the information dug up by Barillas and Jordan via their DEA sources and investigation, if accurat…
The Colonel's Corner The Great Pretense Part 2
▶ 1:04:37 Quintero. One loose end in Plumlee's story seems to be that he insists he flew Quintero to Guatemala from a ranch in Veracruz, Mexico. Jordan and Bareilles contend that Quintero boarded a plane in Guadalajara in the wake of Camarino's murde…
The Colonel's Corner The Great Pretense Part 2
▶ 1:06:36 Brudia could identify the CIA guys behind the covert contra drug for guns operation by name. What information did he provide to Camerino? Berzello asked. I believe Kiki talked to Berita before he was murdered. And I believe Kiki interviewed…
The Colonel's Corner The Great Pretense Part 2
▶ 1:07:02 from the journalist. And then Plumlee reported that to his CIA handlers. And ultimately, that led to Kiki getting picked up for questioning, and they went overboard and killed him. Bareilles can only deal in speculation on that front, but i…