Nazar would later be arrested for his role in the disappearance of 1,200 dissidents, and investigated for torture, murder, and even genocide, all while working with, and. Little did they know that the cia was using them as pawns in a larger scheme by allowing the more affordable drug to come into their neighborhood. In 2012, mexico formed the pacific alliance with peru, colombia, and. But the problem was that that issue wasnt put that way, and the. On march 2, 1995, ricky donnell ross, a paroled crack dealer, thought. The igs report cleared the cia of complicity with the innercity crack cocaine trade. Freeway ricky ross, a former us street legend, who as a drug dealer was once responsible for flooding californias streets with most of its hard drugs, spo. Allegations of a cia connection to crack cocaine epidemic select. But the cia sought to discredit cabezas at the time because he had trouble identifying gomezs picture and put gomez at one meeting in early 1982 before gomez started his cia assignment. Due to persistent cloud cover, obtaining conventional highaltitude photos of this region is extrordinarily difficult. The vigilantes arrested the two men on board and called the border patrol, who proceeded to search the vehicle. Decadesold cia crackcocaine scandal gains new momentum. Secret ties between cia, drugs revealed the final call.
In october 20, two former federal agents and an excia contractor told an american television network that cia operatives were involved in the kidnapping and murder of dea covert agent enrique camarena, because he was a threat to the agencys drug operations in mexico. State department offered a fivemilliondollar reward for the capture of guadalajara cartel founder rafael caro quintero, a former central intelligence agency cia contractor revealed he once flew the fugitive out of. In 1996, a bombshell report by journalist gary webb claimed that the central intelligence agency. Cia plane crash lands with four tons of coke independent. Special reports cocaine, conspiracy theories and the cia in. Ross said he felt that god put me down to be the cocaine man. In phoenix, arizona, just two hundred miles from the border, there are 853 federally licensed. Two cia agents arrested by minutemen while crossing. A number of writers have alleged that the united states central intelligence agency cia was. The cias bush mexican gulf cartel living on my st youtube. The crack epidemic in the united states was a surge of crack cocaine use in major cities across the united states between the early 1980s and the early 1990s. Ciadea illegal activities with mexican cartels funded the.
Morley uncovers enough new material, and theorizes with such verve, that our man in mexico will go down as one of the more provocative titles in the evergrowing library of kennedyassassination studies. They cia sell you the drugs, and when their police on the street catch you with them, they then put yu in their prisons working for 25 cents an hour displacing american workers and driving down wages, he said. If things get out of control a lot of blood is spilt, a lot of blood is spilt over this on the streets, thats why people are killing each. Central intelligence agency to the introduction of crack cocaine into black neighborhoods with drug profits used to fund the ciabacked.
The lopez report was written by hsca staff but not published, and was partially declassified in the mid1990s. Aug 31, 2018 2017 is gearing up to be just as bad, or worse. The search of the vehicle revealed 36 packages of cocaine, all marked with the symbol of the sinaloa cartel, representing a black. Winston scott, the cias top man in mexico at the time, was a brash and charming 59yearold american who operated out of the u. This drug network opened the first pipeline between colombias cocaine cartels and the black. Us special forces are operating in mexico salemnews. The cia, the drug dealers, and the tragedy of gary webb in 1996, journalist gary webb began looking into links between nicaraguas drugrunning contra rebels and the cia.
The information regarding mexico on this page is republished from the 2020 world fact book of the united states central intelligence agency and other sources. Mexico has become the us secondlargest export market and thirdlargest source of imports. These claims have led to investigations by the united states government, including hearings and reports by the united states house of representatives, senate, department of justice, and the cias office of the inspector general. Cia allegedly aided guadalajara cartel to traffic drugs. Aug 16, 2014 the cias bush mexican gulf cartel living on my st. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of mexico 2020 information contained here. Dec 01, 2017 does the cia or dea have any agents in mexico. Satellite radar topography image of a portion of central america. The two men claim to be cia operatives based in mexico and explained that the drug was actually part of an operation of the agency. The cocaine that flooded in helped spark a crack explosion in urban america. However, the mindset the cia had in its drug research work was far. The operations used to be justified as stopping the spread of communism. The united states central intelligence agency cia has been accused of involvement in drug trafficking. It is about how the cia and fbi suppressed a major clue to the existence of a prejfkassassination conspiracy.
Oct 27, 2017 put strategically in place to make sure dea activities actually did not contaminate the big picture strategy, the drugs for arms trafficking operations of the cia, that is iran contragate, etc. Cia involvement in contra cocaine trafficking wikipedia. Oct 20, 2012 secret ties between cia, drugs revealed. Maryland, new york and new mexico had the highest instances of crack. Dark alliance is a book that should be fiction, whose characters seem to come straight out of central casting.
Investigative reporter gary webb linked the cia to americas introduction to crack cocaine. A still frame of former crack kingpin rick ross in the history channel. They discovered dozens of packages of cocaine, totaling an incredible 618. According to the three men, the cia was collaborating with drug traffickers moving cocaine and marijuana to the united states. Seventeen months after an americanregistered dc9 airliner was busted with 5. The dea has had agents in mexico since the 1920s, with the use of undercover agents since at least the 1930s. This is all still going on at an even greater level today in afghanistan and is now hidden in plain view.
This resulted in a number of social consequences, such as increasing crime and violence in american inner city neighborhoods, as well as a resulting backlash in the form of tough on crime policies. Cesar augusta paying off manciple police in cacun mexico to. The political economy of mexicos drug war international. Oct 11, 2014 back in 1996, gary webb of the san jose mercury news broke a story stating not only that the nicaraguan contras supported by the united states in a rebellion against their leftleaning government were involved in the us crack cocaine epidemic of the 1980s, but also that the cia knew and turned a blind eye to the operation. It is also an enthralling account of scotts career as one of americas.
Nov 23, 2015 this is a complex story, as fascinating as it is appalling. In october 1998, the cia released a declassified version of hitzs twovolume report, and the cia was cleared of its alleged complicity in the spread of crack cocaine in to the innercities. The cia, mafia, mexico and oswald, part 3 whowhatwhy. First we learn about the cia working with florida mob boss santo trafficante jr. With honduras being a staging area for narcocontra activity, this is why the dea office there is inexplicably closed. Heres how the crack epidemic brought a city to its knees. Teddy mcdonald carter hudson, a cia operative running from a dark past who. The cia, contras, gangs, and crack institute for policy studies. Pages 19 are devoted to the oswald visit to mexico city. On august 18, 1996, the san jose mercury news published the first installment of a threepart series of articles concerning crack cocaine, the central intelligence agency cia, and the nicaraguan contra army. Emily rios, the selfpossessed daughter of a mexican crime lord. Morleys book brilliantly explores the mystery of what the cia knew of oswalds mexican activities.
On april 23, two patrol cars were ambushed by armed gunman in downtown ciudad juarez. Special reports cocaine, conspiracy theories and the cia. Miami, florida, refuel in mexico at narcotic traffickeroperated and ciamaintained airstrips. Radars ability to penetrate clouds and make 3d measurements allowed scientists to generate the. He wrote that the huge influx of cocaine happened to come at just the time that streetlevel drug dealers were figuring out how to make cocaine affordable by. Although the ciaplanned bay of pigs invasion failed, many of the agencys. The reason for that is lee oswald allegedly went to mexico city and tried to get a passport to travel to cuba. In 2007 an aircraft known as gulfstream ii crashed in a jungle in yucatan, mexico. But there are many unanswered questions about whether it really was lee oswald who went to the cuban and soviet embassies in mexico city. In the face of this crisis, attorney general jeff sessions has redeclared the war on drugs, a fivedecade old boondoggle that civilrights. The gulfstream ii, tail number n987sa, was allegedly transporting cia.
Mexico the world factbook central intelligence agency. I dug around in my pc and it was a new virus that was put in my pc today. Knowledge of drug trafficking and the contras the national security archive obtained the handwritten notebooks of oliver north, the national security council aide who helped run the contra war and other reagan administration covert operations, through a freedom of information act lawsuit filed in 1989. Mexico s coat of arms an eagle with a snake in its beak perched on a cactus is centered in the white band. They presented identity cards that seem to validate their claim, but the cia spokesperson, dean boyd, has officially denied any link between the organization and the two men. In the ensuing firefight, seven policemen were killed as well as a 17year old boy who was caught in the crossfire. Across the atlantic, sacramental maya morning glories, beautifully depicted at the ancient mayan templepalace complex at teotihuacan, mexico, dating to about 1450, also contain ergotbased alkaloids. The united states supplies mexico with 70 to 90 percent of the weapons used in the drug war, according to government figures. Around 1984, powder cocaine was available on the street at an average of 55.
In 1996, a bombshell report by journalist gary webb claimed that the central intelligence agency cia supported cocaine trafficking into the u. The cia, the drug dealers, and the tragedy of gary webb. Ciacontracrack cocaine controversy department of justice. To many it will not be a surprise that us special forces are operating in mexico.
This is a complex story, as fascinating as it is appalling. The mexican military already receives substantial funding from the us government and the cia and us military have a long history of conducting operations in latin america. Central intelligence agency, a mercury news investigation has found. The cia, mafia, mexico and oswald, part 2 whowhatwhy. Mar 21, 2015 the cia, the drug dealers, and the tragedy of gary webb in 1996, journalist gary webb began looking into links between nicaraguas drugrunning contra rebels and the cia. Oct 18, 2017 mexicos dirty war, nestled in the middle of what the central intelligence agency called a period of stability for the country was carried out in part by their asset miguel nazar haro and his secret police. Most of these people were members of gangs, most notably the crips. For nearly a decade the cia helped spread crack cocaine in black ghettos. A number of writers have alleged that the united states central intelligence agency cia was involved in cocaine trafficking during the 1980s. Mexicos dirty war, nestled in the middle of what the central intelligence agency called a period of stability for the country was carried out in part by their asset miguel nazar haro and his secret police. Racist ideas distorted drug policies in reagans america. Back in 1996, gary webb of the san jose mercury news broke a story stating not only that the nicaraguan contras supported by the united states in a rebellion against their leftleaning government were involved in the us crack cocaine epidemic of the 1980s, but also that the cia knew and turned a blind eye to the operation. On august 18, 1996, the san jose mercury news published the first installment of a threepart series of articles concerning crack cocaine, the central intelligence agency cia, and the nicaraguan contra.
The building headquarters, which includes offices from the pentagon, the central intelligence agency cia, the federal bureau of investigation fbi, the departments of justice, homeland security, and the u. Nov 24, 2015 this is a complex story, as fascinating as it is appalling. The third article, by mitchell and fulwood, covered the effects of crack on african americans and how it. Cia must divulge their whistleblowers sikh terrorist. Pemex, mexicos national oil company, claims that violent drug cartels are stealing as much as 40 percent of the natural gas condensate from the enormous burgos oil field in northeast mexico, and that the massive thefts are encouraged and facilitated by u. Mar 11, 2008 the cia station in mexico city is a very important subject for the jfk mystery. As one of the principal members of the united states intelligence community ic, the cia reports to the. Snowfall is a onehour drama set against the infancy of the crack cocaine. Nov 30, 2017 in 2007 an aircraft known as gulfstream ii crashed in a jungle in yucatan, mexico. Washington times journalists robert farago and ralph dixon cite a cia insider to make the claim that operation fast and furious was a central intelligence agency orchestrated program to arm the sinaloa drug cartel, a group that was also given.
Mexicos coat of arms an eagle with a snake in its beak perched on a cactus is centered in the white band. It refuted charges that cia officials knew that their nicaraguan allies were dealing drugs. Books and investigations on the subject that have received general notice include works by historian alfred mccoy. Although mexican authorities decided to accept formal cooperation with the dea in the 19. As exposed in the first chapter of this ongoing series, the whistleblower is a radical sikh, likely bloodrelated to cia spymaster james jesus angleton through one of his two daughters who joined the 3ho ashram in espanola, new mexico, founded by tantric sikh guru harbajan singh khalsa, a cia asset who served as a bridge between angleton and. The cia cocainefilled plane that crashed in mexico top. History channel tells the secret history of the war on drugs. Jan 15, 2011 freeway ricky ross, a former us street legend, who as a drug dealer was once responsible for flooding californias streets with most of its hard drugs, spo. However, the mindset the cia had in its drug research work was far different from that of dr.
Decadesold cia crackcocaine scandal gains new momentum rt. The mines were an attempt to disrupt the nicaraguan economy by closing down the main. Put strategically in place to make sure dea activities actually did not contaminate the big picture strategy, the drugs for arms trafficking operations of the cia, that is iran contragate, etc. The central intelligence agency cia is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the united states, tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human intelligence humint. Apr 26, 2010 on april 23, two patrol cars were ambushed by armed gunman in downtown ciudad juarez. Key figures in ciacrack cocaine scandal begin to come forward.