America's Mexican Border Wars

[Tosh Plumlee]

Thanks for that. I thought the American death whiffed a bit.

The Mexican Drug War
Tanks rolling up Broadway?

listen (coming tonight)
Tonight - two legendary intel pros join us in a freewheeling conversation about the Mexican Drug war - its' history - where it is now - and what ISN'T being done about it.
About the Guests:
Robert Tosh Plumlee was born in 1937. He joined the United States Army in April 1954 and was assigned to the Texas 49th Armored Division. Later he was transferred to Dallas and assigned to the 4th Army Reserve Military Intelligence Unit, commanding officer Captain Edward G Seiwell.
While he was in the Army he also workedt as an aircraft mechanic before obtaining his pilot's license in 1956. Soon afterwards (1957-64) he began work as a pilot for a Military INTEL, Special Operations Group out of the Pentagon assigned to covert and clandestine CIA flights. Some of his case officers (or handlers) included; William Harvey, Tracy Barnes, Rip Robertson, Tony Bender, and others. In those capacities, Plumlee transported arms to Cuba before Castro took power. Plumlee was also associated with Operation 40, the infamous special attack task force of the CIA's Covert Operational Group.(COG)
In 1962 Plumlee was assigned to Task Force W which operated at the time from the JM/WAVE,OMC also known as the CIA's secret WAVE Station in Miami.
Plumlee also worked many classified operations most as an undercover operative and contract pilot for the federal government during the "Drug War" during the presidency of Ronald Reagan, Bush one, Clinton, and Bush two.
In 1977 Plumlee testified before Frank Church and his Select Committee on Intelligence Activities. He also testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in 1990 and 1991. and Senator John Kerry's Sub Committee on Narcotics, Terrorism.
Celerino "Cele" Castillo, III, is a 20-year veteran of both state and federal law enforcement with 12-year service in the U. S. Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration. Mr. Castillo is a highly decorated DEA agent for his undercover operations in Central and South America. For several years, he was also placed in major cities like San Francisco and New York City for deep cover operations. He is an author of "Powderburns" Cocaine, Contras And The Drug War, and is an acclaimed public speaker and educator.
COURT QUALIFIED EXPERT WITNESS: For 20 years Mr. Castillo has qualified as an "expert witness" in criminal and civil trials, both for and against various state and federal law enforcement agencies, in the following subjects: Undercover tactics, entrapment, informant handling practices and procedures, all subjects related to drugs trafficking, money laundering, and international narcotics investigations, police profiling, research on federal documentation for the defense. (Bates)
MR. CASTILLO has written several internationally known articles against federal law enforcement corruption: "Written Statement of Celerino Castillo III, for The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence" 1998. He was mentioned in several articles on Informant Handling for The National Law Journal. ABC's Primetime Live, Dateline NBC, Discovery Channel and other numerous news magazines have done exclusive interviews on Mr. Castillo pertaining to "Outrageous Conduct" by the U.S. Government.
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