Honduras' ousted would-be dictator Zelaya was running four planes a day.
Obama and Pelosi et al actively oppose Colombia's efforts to stop the FARConarcos.
Kenyan boy-king's got to get his blow you know.
Posted on 05/03/2010 12:56:51 AM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
The head of the Sandinista Government in Nicaragua protected one of the world’s top drug barons and helped him to establish trafficking routes through the country, a former high-ranking officer has claimed. During the 1980s Daniel Ortega, the revolutionary leader and current President, gave Pablo Escobar, the head of Colombia’s Medellín cartel, access to drug corridors as well as sanctuary and a military guard, according to the allegations.
Cuba and Panama, then led by Fidel Castro and Manuel Noriega, are also said to have participated in the deal, with Panama acting as a financial and money-laundering centre and Cuba protecting shipments.
The claims have been made by Victor Boitano, a former colonel and member of the Nicaraguan Army’s high command. Speaking to The Times this week Colonel Boitano said: “A mechanism was established here in Managua [the Nicaraguan capital] for the use of soldiers for personal protection of Escobar, for his residence and for the shipping of drugs.” Escobar was allowed to use land routes, Nicaraguan waters and Los Brasiles airport, then controlled by the military, he added.
The Sandinista National Liberation Front had worked with radical left-wing movements, such as the Colombian guerrilla group M19, to overthrow the dictator Anastasio Somoza in 1979 and it was through those groups that contacts with Escobar arose, he added.
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RIP Comandante 380.
Honduras' ousted would-be dictator Zelaya was running four planes a day.
Obama and Pelosi et al actively oppose Colombia's efforts to stop the FARConarcos.
Kenyan boy-king's got to get his blow you know.
old news...no disrespect
and yes the US did sorta not pay real big attention at times when the Contras ran cover for drug planes too
it’s complicated
bump
I was interested.
What a damned shame.
Mexico, Most of Central America, Most of South America run by criminals.
There are some truly beautiful places I would love to visit, but you never know when a drug militia is going to roll into paradise.
And now they are trying to take over our border states.
I was there for a lot of it....now Costa Rica has become so eco-cool
sad...buncha earnest freaks
I preferred Guat.
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