Ricardo Morales person
also: Monkey Morales, Ricardo Monkey Morales, Ricardo Monkey Morales Navarrete, Morales
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Claims (3)
CIA trained
Ricardo Morales host_asserted
“who had been trained by the CIA as a paratrooper and demolitions expert and fought in a U.S. government covert operation in the Congo, i.e. the overthrow of Lumumba, as well as in Cuba. In the late 1970s, he also took his skills to Venezuel…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner LIVE RESEARCH INTO OPERATION GLADIO @ 10:17
Ricardo Morales member_of
DISIP host_asserted
“who had been trained by the CIA as a paratrooper and demolitions expert and fought in a U.S. government covert operation in the Congo, i.e. the overthrow of Lumumba, as well as in Cuba. In the late 1970s, he also took his skills to Venezuel…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner LIVE RESEARCH INTO OPERATION GLADIO @ 10:17
Ricardo Morales trained
Lee Harvey Oswald guest_asserted
“He told his son that he trained Oswald at this camp.…”
▶ ColonelTowner-Watkins - Guest_ Solving JFK Podcast @ 47:44
Mentions (8)
▶ 47:44
On top of that, one of the trainers, a guy named Monkey Morales, I forget his real name, but he goes by Monkey Morales. He told his son that he trained Oswald at this camp. And he, without a doubt, was a leader in the Cuban exile world. His…
▶ 48:39
And this is not disputed. JM Wave was a station it ran out of in Miami. And the name of this operation was ZR Rifle. Bill Harvey was one of the leaders of it. There's a lot of folks involved in it, but Harvey is one of the main guys. And th…
▶ 23:06
was using those names in order to set him up absolutely as possible. Clines persuaded Wilson to keep using anti-Castro Cubans in his operation, or as we call them, the Cuban gladiote. Some, like Chi-Chi Quintero and Ricardo Morales, were me…
▶ 9:49
While maintaining ties to the CIA and other U.S. agencies, some of the Cuban exile warriors adapted their clandestine cells to the cocaine importation business. In collusion with the CIA, they became foot soldiers for Traficani's drug armie…
▶ 10:17
who had been trained by the CIA as a paratrooper and demolitions expert and fought in a U.S. government covert operation in the Congo, i.e. the overthrow of Lumumba, as well as in Cuba. In the late 1970s, he also took his skills to Venezuel…
▶ 10:47
which, again, like the other intelligence agencies, was a satellite of the CIA. But Morales became a legend in Miami as a prototype of the CIA-connected operative who worked part-time for the U.S. government as an informant, part-time for t…
▶ 11:13
He acts like those are separate employers, but they're not. It's all the same employer, the CIA. Morales parlayed his CIA connections and his on-again, off-again services, they were never off, as the U.S. government informant to buy himself…
▶ 11:42
In the 1970s, some of the CIA handlers for the Miami Cuban exiles developed a flexible attitude towards what would be tolerated in exchange for help of these informants. But for Morales, his dangerous game finally caught up with him when he…