Recent Revelations about former Medellin drug cartel boss Carlos Leder collected in a book of memories, noted General Raul Castro gave the green light to drug trafficking and four Cuban soldiers were later shot dead In the so-called Ochoa case.
The former drug dealer tells for the first time Relations between so-called “extraditables” and the governments of Cuba, Panama, Nicaragua and the BahamasMagazine published by those who accepted millions of dollars to smoothly transport Colombian drugs to the United States Week.
Details are in the book The life and death of the Medellin drug cartelfrom Penguin Random House, now available at Columbia Bookstore.
Ryder has been described by Colombian media as a “progressive, educated, bilingual ‘extraditable’,” he said The money and power amassed by Colombian bosses in the 1980s would not have been possible without the complicity of these regimes..According to his story, he immediately realized The easiest way to bring coca to the United States is “drug diplomacy” through these governments.
The former boss said he saw firsthand how the regimes sat down with drug traffickers and received millions of dollars from cocaine production.
Although Ryder was personally involved in taking control of the Bahamas under Secretary Lyndon Pindling; Negotiating with Cuba and even once being asked to meet with Raul Castroaccording to the book.
say what, As far as the islands are concerned, the association is associated with Pablo Escobar Gaviria and Gonzalo Rodríguez Gachaknown as “Mexicans”; by Colonel Antonio de la Guardia, then head of CIMEX.
“The Castro dictatorship, through Cipac, Havana’s intelligence and special operations agency, used a Cuban-American doctor (a relative of my former colleague) to send me a formal invitation to visit the island, with all expenses paid by the government ,” Ryder said.
On his first business trip, he said, he was received by a group of military officers in civilian clothes and met in a waiting room with the head of the delegation, led by de la Guardia.
According to Lehder’s testimony Week, The Cuban believed the visit was to buy lobster, rum and cigarettes, but added that it was “clear to him that they needed the island as a springboard for drug smuggling”..
The reaction of Cubans opened the door to huge business: “Right now, I can only confirm that we need all the dollars we can get,” said Col. Antonio de la Guardia.according to Ryder.
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