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title: Gary Betzner
aliases:
- Gary Betzner
- Gary Wayne Betzner
created: 2026-05-17
updated: 2026-05-17
category: "Organized Crime"
tags:
- Person
- Person/Drug_Trafficker
- DrugTrafficker
- Pilot
- 1980s
- Contra_War
- Congressional_Testimony
summary: Gary Wayne "Hippie" Betzner was a copilot who flew CIA-protected drug and weapons flights for the Contras and testified under oath as a Justice Department witness.
- ContraWar
- CongressionalTestimony
- DarkAllianceInvestigation
summary: "Copilot who flew CIA-protected drug and weapons flights for the Contras and testified under oath as a Justice Department witness."
location: "Akron, Ohio"
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Gary Wayne "Hippie" Betzner was a copilot who flew weapons and drug missions for Colombian trafficker [[George Morales]] in support of the [[Contras]]. Betzner, who had pleaded guilty to federal drug charges, testified during a federal trial in Oklahoma as a witness for the Justice Department - not as a defendant.[^1]