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title: Celerino Castillo
aliases:
- Celerino Castillo
- Celerino Castillo III
- Cele
created: 2026-05-17
updated: 2026-05-17
category: "Law Enforcement & Legal"
tags:
- Person
- Person/Law_Enforcement
- LawEnforcement
- DEA
- El_Salvador
- ElSalvador
- 1980s
- Contra_War
summary: Celerino Castillo III was a DEA agent who discovered Contra drug trafficking operations at Ilopango Air Force Base in El Salvador and had his investigation repeatedly shut down by the CIA and State Department.
born: 1949
- ContraWar
- DarkAllianceInvestigation
summary: "DEA agent who discovered Contra drug trafficking operations at Ilopango Air Force Base in El Salvador and had his investigation repeatedly shut down by the CIA and State Department."
born: 1949-01-01
location: "Edinburg, Texas"
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[[DEA]] agent Celerino Castillo III was assigned to the DEA's regional office in [[Guatemala City]] in October 1985, covering both [[Guatemala]] and [[El Salvador]]. Two days into his new job, agent-in-charge Robert Stia warned him that the U.S. government was running a covert operation at [[Ilopango Airbase|Ilopango Air Force Base]] and Castillo should not interfere with it. At the time, El Salvador produced no drugs and had no major drug rings; the DEA had never opened an office in the country.[^1]