FORMER DEA AGENT WANTS BUSH AND OTHERS HELD ACCT FOR DRUG SMUGGLING

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Former DEA Agent Wants

George H. Bush, Negroponte

And Other Higher-Ups Held

Accountable For Illegal

Drug Smuggling

 

By Greg Szymanski

3-5-6

 

Cele Castillo played it tough with the " Big Boys " for a long time

until the former DEA agent couldn't take it any more.

For 12 long years he fought hard against the drug lords in South

America, finally realizing in the late 1980's his fight was

essentially for nothing.

After raiding jungle cocaine labs in the Amazon, conducting aerial

eradication operations in Guatemala and assembling and training anti-

narcotics units in several countries, Castillo finally went public

and blew the whistle after realizing the real kingpin drug dealers

worked in the White House, not in the jungles of Central and South

America.

" I took an oath to defend my country and fight the war on drugs. When

I realized the enemy was within our own government, I took the path

of truth, trying to alert the American people, " said Castillo, a

former Viet Nam veteran who recently appeared on Greg Szymanski's

radio show, The Investigative Journal.

" The end of my career with the DEA took place in El Salvador. One

day, I received a cable from a fellow agent, saying to investigate

possible drug smuggling by Nicaraguan Contras operating from the

Ilopango Air Force Base.

" I quickly discovered that the Contra pilots were, indeed, smuggling

narcotics back into the United States - using the same pilots, planes

and hangers that the Central Intelligence Agency and the National

Security Council, under the direction of Lt. Col. Oliver North, used

to maintain their covert supply operation to the Contras. "

Instead of playing along with the criminals inside government

profiting from cocaine trafficking, Castillo attempted to seek

justice, naming many high-level officials along the way, including

North and former President George H.W Bush.

In fact, after Castillo blew the whistle, Bush made a point to seek

out Castillo during one of his South of the border visits, in essence

trying to " feel out " Castillo, but at the same time careful not to

make any incriminating statement.

" When Bush confronted me and then just walked away after I told him

some of the evidence I had, it was obvious he knew what was going on

and was involved in the illegal drug trade, " said Castillo.

And when Castillo's allegations first went public, he was the first

government DEA agent with first-hand knowledge of North's drug

dealing sanctioned by Bush and other higher-ups.

At the time of the allegations, North was in the process of running

for the U.S. Senate and Castillo was quoted as saying he " belongs in

prison, " not in government.

" We saw several packages of narcotics, we saw several boxes of U.S.

currency, going from Ilopango to Panama, " Castillo said.

According to a statement made by Castillo on his web site,

www.powderburns.org , the entire drug program was run out of

Ilopango's Hangars 4 and 5. " Hangar 4, owned and operated by the CIA

and run by Felix Rodriguez, or 'Max Gomez,' of the Contra operation

directed by North.

" Basically they were running cocaine from South America to the U.S.

via Salvador. That was how the Contras were able to get financial

help. By going to sleep with the enemy down there. North's people and

the CIA were at the two hangars overseeing the operations at all

times, " Castillo added.

Castillo also fingered John Negroponte, now in the Bush

administration and who served from 1981-1985 as U.S. Ambassador to

Honduras, as just another drug smuggler covering up the illegal

government activity as well as illegally assisting the contra war and

helping the Reagan administration in the disappearance of more than

300 political opponents in classic death squad fashion.

" In Honduras, I saw first hand how Negroponte and General Alvarez

committed some of the worst human rights violations ever committed

against humanity in the Western Hemisphere " said Castillo, adding in

1994, the Honduran Human Rights Commission charged Negroponte

personally with several human rights abuses.

" President Bush then appointed Negroponte as ambassador to Iraq with

the " Salvador Option " in hand. The Salvador Option is a blue print of

the Phoenix Program that was utilized in Vietnam. And know it is

being implemented in Iraq.

" Today, President Bush has named Negroponte, as headhunter, Director

of National Intelligence. He is now in charge of all intelligence

including the Pentagon. God help us in saving our world.

" I've risked my life to demonstrate what I believe to be real. And,

that is that an armed struggle (with pen in hand) is in order for

those who are struggling in keeping their freedom at home. I've now

become a veteran of my third, and perhaps most dangerous war, the war

against the criminals in my own government. "

Since going public in the 1980's, Congress listened to Castillo's

allegations and the testimony of others in hearings held by Senator

and former Presidential candidate, John Kerry.

But the watered down investigation did little to solve the problem,

as the kingpins in government were allowed " to walk " and, in fact,

are still running drug operations today, according to Castillo.

" The same thing is going on today with the same people from the

1980's now in charge of our government, " reminded Castillo, adding

billons of dollars of drug money is being used by government for

secret, covert operations without congressional oversight.

" We, ordinary Americans, can not trust the C.I.A. Inspector General

to conduct a full investigation into the CIA or the DEA. Let me tell

you why. When President Clinton (June, 1996) ordered The Intelligence

Oversight Board to conduct an investigation into allegations that US

Agents were involved in atrocities in Guatemala, it failed to

investigate several DEA and CIA operations in which U.S. agents knew

before hand that individuals (some Americans) were going to be

murdered.

" Some people have asked, why I am doing this? A long time ago I took

an oath to protect The Constitution of the United States and its

citizens. In reality, it has cost me so much to become a complete

human being, that I've lost my family.

" In 1995, I made a pilgrimage to the Vietnam Wall, where I renounced

my Bronze Star in protest of the atrocities my government had

committed in Central America. I have now become a veteran of my

third, and perhaps most dangerous war --- a war against the criminals

within my own Government.

" Heads have to roll for those who are responsible and still employed

by the government. They will be the first targets in an effective

drug strategy. If not, we will continue to have groups of individuals

who will be beyond any investigation, who will manipulate the press,

judges and members of our Congress, and still be known in our

government as those who are above the law. "

Castillo has also authored a book about his life called Powderburns

which can be purchased from his web site.

http://rense.com/general69/eVE.HTM