Colombian Ex-Drug Trafficker Recounts Meeting with Raul Castro in Cuba

To promote a nonviolent transition to a Cuba that respects human rights, political and economic freedoms, and the rule of law.   Colombian Ex-Drug Trafficker Recounts Meeting with Raul Castro in Cuba. Foolish for the U.S. to cooperate with Cuba against drugs. Noriega trial witness says cartel met with Raul Castro. Vida y muerte del cartel de Medellín  [Life and Death of the Medellín Cartel] The United States government is sharing intelligence on drug trafficking with the Cuban dictatorship, despite its six decade record of attempting to flood the United States with narcotics with the objective of targeting America’s youth, that it views as a soft underbelly. Carlos Lehder, a former cartel boss who spent almost 50 years in prison, has published the book Life and Death of the Medellín Cartel that provides more details on the role of the Castro brothers in the Colombian drug trade in the 1980s. During the trial of Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega on November 26, 1991 Lehder testified that ”in 1981, he donated an airplane to Cuban Defense Minister Raul Castro as part of a deal to permit the Medellin cartel to smuggle cocaine through Cuba.” In 2001, despite this history Ex-drug czar Barry McCaffrey at Georgetown University expressed his concerns about a possible relationship between Castro and Colombian drug-trafficking guerrillas, but still “argued for sharing intelligence with the Cuban government.” The 2023 mini-documentary, The Havana Cartel, provides an overview of the Cuban dictatorship’s relationship to drug trafficking from 1961 to the present day, and should raise a red flag to sharing intelligence with Havana.       Full article     Center for a Free Cuba 417 West Broad Street, Suite 204 Falls Church, VA 22046 www.cubacenter.org Preferences  |  Unsubscribe