In a two page court pleading filed with the U.S. District Court for the
Northern District of Illinois in Chicago, Niebla claims that he was working on
behalf and with the authority of, “The U.S. Department of Justice, Drug
Enforcement Administration (“DEA”); and the Federal Bureau of Investigation
(“FBI”); and the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (“ICE”),” since January 1, 2004.
Niebla is also connected to the Gulfstream II jet that
wrecked with four tons of cocaine on board on September 24, 2007. European
investigators linked the plane’s tail number, N987SA, to past CIA “rendition”
operations. The bill of sale for the Gulfstream jet, sold weeks before it crashed, listed the
name of Greg Smith, a pilot who had previously worked for the FBI, DEA and
CIA.
The plane was purchased by Niebla’s Sinaloa drug-trafficking organization
through a syndicate of Colombian drug-traffickers that included a CIA asset
named Nelson Urrego, according to another undercover CIA operative, Baruch Vega,
who was involved in the deal.
“The Gulfstream II jet, according to Mexican authorities, was among a number of aircraft acquired by the Sinaloa drug lord organization via an elaborate money laundering scheme involving a chain of Mexican casa de cambios (currency exchange houses) overseen by alleged Sinaloa organization operative Pedro Alfonso Alatorre Damy, according to Mexican government and U.S. media reports,” writes Conroy.
Sinaloa bought the jet by wiring money through the U.S. banking giant
Wachovia, now a subsidiary of Wells Fargo. “In total, nearly $13 million dollars
went through correspondent bank accounts at Wachovia for the purchase of
aircraft to be used in the illegal narcotics trade. From these aircraft, more
than 20,000 kilograms of cocaine were seized,” states
Wachovia’s deferred prosecution agreement with the U.S. Department of
Justice. Wachovia was forced to pay a penalty of around $160 million dollars
for allowing the money to be laundered through its correspondent bank
accounts from drug lords and other illegal activities.
named Nelson Urrego, according to another undercover CIA operative, Baruch Vega,
who was involved in the deal.
“The Gulfstream II jet, according to Mexican authorities, was among a number of aircraft acquired by the Sinaloa drug lord organization via an elaborate money laundering scheme involving a chain of Mexican casa de cambios (currency exchange houses) overseen by alleged Sinaloa organization operative Pedro Alfonso Alatorre Damy, according to Mexican government and U.S. media reports,” writes Conroy.
Sinaloa bought the jet by wiring money through the U.S. banking giant
Wachovia, now a subsidiary of Wells Fargo. “In total, nearly $13 million dollars
went through correspondent bank accounts at Wachovia for the purchase of
aircraft to be used in the illegal narcotics trade. From these aircraft, more
than 20,000 kilograms of cocaine were seized,” states
Wachovia’s deferred prosecution agreement with the U.S. Department of
Justice. Wachovia was forced to pay a penalty of around $160 million dollars
for allowing the money to be laundered through its correspondent bank
accounts from drug lords and other illegal activities.
“So, the criminal cases pending against alleged Colombian narco-trafficker
Urrego, accused money-launderer Damy and Sinaloa organization logistics chief
Zambada Niebla all appear to connect through the Gulfstream II cocaine jet at
some level,” summarizes Conroy.
Urrego, accused money-launderer Damy and Sinaloa organization logistics chief
Zambada Niebla all appear to connect through the Gulfstream II cocaine jet at
some level,” summarizes Conroy.
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