DEA informant who served for 27 years may face deportation
DEA informant who served for 27 years may face deportation
By/Wyatt Andrews/CBS News/April 20, 2015, 7:05 PM
That's because in the 1980s, Toro was a high-ranking member of the cartel.
"My job was to meet with heads of state, the president of Nicaragua, Panama, members of the Cuban government, and convince them to let us land in certain airstrips so we could make the second leg of the trip to the United States," explained Toro.
After he got arrested for cocaine trafficking, he turned informant and became one of the DEA's most important assets around the world.
"He can walk the walk and talk the talk," said retired DEA agent Mike McManus, who was Toro's handler for two years. "It's not that often that you have a confidential source who can work undercover for nearly 27 years all over the world and still maintain a cover."
McManus says Toro risked his life for the DEA and deserves better. The DEA would not comment for this story, but McManus is urging the government to recognize Toro's contribution.
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http://www.cbsnews.com/news/dea-informant-carlos-toro-deportation-cartel-colombia/
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and associate of Robert Vesco, Richard Nixon's beloved pal, and contributor! Good god! This is so dirty, so disgusting.
Here's his Wiki, hard to believe what a determined criminal he was.
Carlos Enrique Lehder Rivas or simply Carlos Lehder (born September 7, 1949) is a Colombian drug lord currently imprisoned in the United States, having been co-founder of the Medellín Cartel.[1][2] Born in Armenia, Colombia, Lehder eventually ran a cocaine transport empire on Norman's Cay island, 210 miles (340 km) off the Florida coast in the central Bahamas.[1][3]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Lehder
Carlos Lehder
Robert Vesco Wikipedia:
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Nixon scandal[edit]
Among the charges that emerged in the years after Watergate, the SEC accused Vesco of embezzling $220 million from four different IOS funds. In 1973, Vesco fled to Costa Rica. Shortly before his departure, hoping to shut off the SEC investigation into his activities, Vesco routed substantial contributions to Richard Nixon through Nixon's nephew Donald.
Vesco was also investigated for a secret $200,000 contribution made to the 1972 campaign to re-elect Nixon. As counsel to International Controls Corporation, New Jersey lawyer Harry L. Sears delivered the contribution to Maurice Stans, finance chairman for the Committee to Re-elect the President. Vesco had wanted Attorney General John N. Mitchell to intercede on his behalf with SEC chairman William J. Casey. While Vesco fled the country, Stans, Mitchell, and Sears were indicted for obstruction of justice, though charges against all three were dismissed.[9]
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Vesco#Nixon_scandal
(What a small, small world it is in right-wing politics, wouldn't you say? Jesus H. Christ on a pogo stick.)
