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- Medellin Cartel
- Medellín Cartel
created: 2026-05-17
updated: 2026-05-17
updated: 2026-09-22
category: "Organized Crime"
start: 1976-01-01
end: 1993-12-31
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### Connection to the Contra Network
[[Barry Seal]] was one of the biggest cocaine and marijuana importers in the southern United States, flying loads directly for the Medellín cartel while simultaneously working as a [[Central Intelligence Agency]] and DEA contract agent. Seal moved to [[Mena, Arkansas]] in 1982 and ran drugs and weapons through Intermountain Regional Airport.[^2] [[Danilo Blandon|Danilo Blandón]] told CIA inspectors that he had been to Colombia with [[Ronald Lister]] and observed Lister negotiating drug deals with the Colombians.[^3] [[Norwin Meneses]] was believed to be the [[Cali Drug Cartel]]'s representative in [[Nicaragua]], and his organization operated in parallel to the Medellín cartel's distribution networks.[^4]
[[Barry Seal]] was one of the biggest cocaine and marijuana importers in the southern United States, flying loads directly for the Medellín cartel while simultaneously working as a [[Central Intelligence Agency]] and DEA contract agent. Seal moved to [[Mena, Arkansas]] in 1982 and ran drugs and weapons through Intermountain Regional Airport.[^2] [[Danilo Blandon|Danilo Blandón]] told CIA inspectors that he had been to Colombia with [[Ronald Lister]] and observed Lister negotiating drug deals with the Colombians.[^3] The journalist Gary Webb described [[Norwin Meneses]] as the [[Cali Drug Cartel]]'s representative in [[Nicaragua]], and his organization operated in parallel to the Medellín cartel's distribution networks.[^4]
### Arms-for-Drugs Allegations