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00 - META/CHANGELOG.md

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+- 2026-05-18T0001 · [[Francisco Guirola Beeche]]
+- 2026-05-18T0001 · [[Ivan Gomez]]
+- 2026-05-18T0000 · [[Joseph Fernandez]]
+- 2026-05-18T0000 · [[Luis Posada Carriles]]
+- 2026-05-18T0000 · [[Marcos Aguado]]
+- 2026-05-18T0000 · [[Octaviano Cesar]]
+- 2026-05-18T0000 · [[Sandalio Gonzalez]]
+- 2026-05-18T0000 · [[Thomas Dowling]]
+- 2026-05-18T0000 · [[Thomas Gordon]]
+- 2026-05-18T0000 · [[Gerrit Ulrich and Robbie Van Der Plancken]]
+- 2026-05-17T2359 · [[Lawrence Walsh]]
+- 2026-05-17T2359 · [[Robert Garder Terrell]]
+- 2026-05-17T2359 · [[Leonard N. Weigner]]
+- 2026-05-17T2359 · [[Torres Brothers]]
+- 2026-05-17T2359 · [[Ivan Torres]]
+- 2026-05-17T2359 · [[Richard Wilker]]
+- 2026-05-17T2359 · [[Scott Weekly]]
+- 2026-05-17T2359 · [[Federico Vaughn]]
+- 2026-05-17T2359 · [[John Vandewerker]]
+- 2026-05-17T2358 · [[Nugan Hand Bank]]
 - 2026-05-17T2354 · [[The Enterprise (Iran-Contra)]]
 - 2026-05-17T2354 · [[Tom Clines]]
 - 2026-05-17T2354 · [[Albert Hakim]]
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 - 2026-05-17T2333 · [[Southern Air Transport]]
 - 2026-05-17T2333 · [[Ronald Lister]]
 - 2026-05-17T2332 · [[Ricky Ross]]
-- 2026-05-17T2331 · [[Norwin Meneses]]
-- 2026-05-17T2331 · [[Edwin Meese]]
-- 2026-05-17T2330 · [[Bay of Pigs]]
-- 2026-05-17T2330 · [[Dark Alliance]]
-- 2026-05-17T2329 · [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]]
-- 2026-05-17T2329 · [[Barry Seal]]
-- 2026-05-17T2329 · [[George H.W. Bush]]
-- 2026-05-17T2328 · [[J. Edgar Hoover]]
-- 2026-05-17T2328 · [[William J. Casey]]
-- 2026-05-17T2327 · [[Church Committee]]
-- 2026-05-17T2327 · [[Iran-Contra Affair]]
-- 2026-05-17T2326 · [[Scott Inquiry]]
-- 2026-05-17T2326 · [[Arms-to-Iraq]]
-- 2026-05-17T2326 · [[BNL Scandal]]
-- 2026-05-17T2325 · [[Hashemi Sting]]
-- 2026-05-17T2325 · [[Moscow Signal]]
-- 2026-05-17T2324 · [[Freedom of Information Act]]
-- 2026-05-17T2324 · [[Lockheed bribe scandal]]
-- 2026-05-17T2321 · [[BCCI Kerry-Brown Senate Report]]
-- 2026-05-17T2321 · [[Oliver North]]

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Francisco Guirola Beeche.md

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 ---
+title: Francisco Guirola Beeche
+aliases:
+  - Francisco Guirola Beeche
+  - Chico Guirola
+created: 2026-05-17
+updated: 2026-05-17
 category: "Organized Crime"
 tags:
   - Person
-  - Person/Drug_Trafficker
+  - DrugTrafficker
-  - El_Salvador
+  - ElSalvador
   - 1980s
-  - Contra_War
+  - ContraWar
-summary: Salvadoran elite and D'Aubuisson aide caught with $5.9 million in cash at a Texas airport who later flew Contra drug flights out of Ilopango.
+  - DarkAllianceInvestigation
+summary: "Salvadoran elite and D'Aubuisson aide caught with $5.9 million in cash at a Texas airport who later flew Contra drug flights out of Ilopango."
 ---
 Francisco "Chico" Guirola Beeche was the scion of one of [[El Salvador]]'s most influential families and a top aide to Salvadoran death squad leader [[Roberto D'Aubuisson]] who became one of the busiest Contra drug pilots at [[Ilopango Airbase|Ilopango Air Force Base]]. He had been caught with $5.9 million in cash - the largest cash seizure in Texas history - yet received only probation from the Justice Department.[^1]
 

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Ivan Gomez.md

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+title: Ivan Gomez
+aliases:
+  - Ivan Gomez
+  - Iván Gómez
+created: 2026-05-17
+updated: 2026-05-17
 category: "Intelligence & Government"
 tags:
   - Person
   - CIA
   - Venezuela
-  - Costa_Rica
+  - CostaRica
-  - Drug_Trafficking
+  - DrugTrafficking
   - 1980s
-  - Dark_Alliance_Investigation
+  - DarkAllianceInvestigation
-summary: Pseudonym of a Venezuelan CIA contract agent who handled logistics on the Southern Front for the Contras, identified by Carlos Cabezas as the conduit for drug money from the Meneses organization to the Contras.
+summary: "Pseudonym of a Venezuelan CIA contract agent who handled logistics on the Southern Front for the Contras, identified by Carlos Cabezas as the conduit for drug money from the Meneses organization to the Contras."
 ---
 "Iván Gómez" was the pseudonym of a Venezuelan [[Central Intelligence Agency]] contract agent who handled logistics on the Southern Front for the [[Contras]] in [[Costa Rica]] during the war. [[Carlos Cabezas]] identified Gómez as the conduit for drug money from the [[Norwin Meneses|Meneses]] organization in [[San Francisco]] to the Contras in Costa Rica.[^1]
 

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Joseph Fernandez.md

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 ---
+title: Joseph Fernandez
+aliases:
+  - Joseph Fernandez
+created: 2026-05-17
+updated: 2026-05-17
 category: "Intelligence & Government"
 tags:
   - Person
-  - Person/Intelligence
+  - Intelligence
   - CIA
-  - Costa_Rica
+  - CostaRica
   - 1980s
-  - Contra_War
+  - ContraWar
-summary: Joseph Fernandez was the CIA's Costa Rican station chief who oversaw Contra operations on the Southern Front, was heavily involved in illegal activities, and was later fired and indicted.
+  - DarkAllianceInvestigation
+summary: "CIA's Costa Rican station chief who oversaw Contra operations on the Southern Front, was heavily involved in illegal activities, and was later fired and indicted."
 born: 1937-02-01
 location: "New York City, New York"
 ---

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Luis Posada Carriles.md

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 ---
+title: Luis Posada Carriles
+aliases:
+  - Luis Posada Carriles
+  - Ramon Medina
+created: 2026-05-17
+updated: 2026-05-17
 category: "Intelligence & Government"
 tags:
   - Person
-  - Person/Intelligence
+  - Intelligence
   - CIA
-  - Person/Drug_Trafficker
+  - DrugTrafficker
-  - El_Salvador
+  - ElSalvador
   - 1980s
-  - Contra_War
+  - ContraWar
-summary: Veteran CIA agent and terrorist with a documented history of drug trafficking who ran day-to-day Contra resupply operations at Ilopango Air Force Base under the alias Ramon Medina.
+  - DarkAllianceInvestigation
+summary: "Veteran CIA agent with a documented history of drug trafficking who ran day-to-day Contra resupply operations at Ilopango Air Force Base under the alias Ramon Medina."
 born: 1928-02-15
 died: 2018-05-23
 location: "Cienfuegos, Cuba"

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Marcos Aguado.md

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+title: Marcos Aguado
+aliases:
+  - Marcos Aguado
+created: 2026-05-17
+updated: 2026-05-17
 category: "Intelligence & Government"
 tags:
   - Person
-  - Person/Intelligence
+  - Intelligence
   - CIA
-  - Person/Drug_Trafficker
+  - DrugTrafficker
   - Nicaragua
-  - Costa_Rica
+  - CostaRica
   - 1980s
-  - Contra_War
+  - ContraWar
-summary: CIA-trained Nicaraguan pilot who managed drug trafficking logistics for Norwin Meneses and Eden Pastora, later became a colonel in the Salvadoran Air Force at Ilopango.
+  - DarkAllianceInvestigation
+summary: "CIA-trained Nicaraguan pilot who managed drug trafficking logistics for Norwin Meneses and Eden Pastora, later became a colonel in the Salvadoran Air Force at Ilopango."
 ---
 Marcos Aguado was a [[Central Intelligence Agency]]-trained Nicaraguan pilot and business associate of [[Norwin Meneses]] who managed drug trafficking logistics for the Contra forces, first in [[Costa Rica]] and later at [[Ilopango Airbase|Ilopango Air Force Base]] in [[El Salvador]]. He was identified in 1987 congressional testimony as a CIA agent.[^1]
 

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Octaviano Cesar.md

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+title: Octaviano Cesar
+aliases:
+  - Octaviano Cesar
+created: 2026-05-17
+updated: 2026-05-17
 category: "Intelligence & Government"
 tags:
   - Person
-  - Person/Drug_Trafficker
+  - DrugTrafficker
-  - Person/Intelligence
+  - Intelligence
   - CIA
   - Nicaragua
   - 1980s
-  - Contra_War
+  - ContraWar
-summary: Octaviano Cesar was a CIA asset and former social director of Norwin Meneses's VIP nightclub in Managua who arranged drug deals with Colombian trafficker George Morales to fund Eden Pastora's Contra army.
+  - DarkAllianceInvestigation
+summary: "CIA asset and former social director of Norwin Meneses's VIP nightclub in Managua who arranged drug deals with Colombian trafficker George Morales to fund Eden Pastora's Contra army."
 ---
 
 ### Background

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Sandalio Gonzalez.md

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+title: Sandalio Gonzalez
+aliases:
+  - Sandalio Gonzalez
+created: 2026-05-17
+updated: 2026-05-17
 category: "Law Enforcement & Legal"
 tags:
   - Person
-  - Person/Law_Enforcement
+  - LawEnforcement
   - DEA
-  - Costa_Rica
+  - CostaRica
   - 1980s
-  - Contra_War
+  - ContraWar
-summary: Sandalio Gonzalez was a DEA agent in Costa Rica who handled Norwin Meneses as an informant and kept him off official DEA records while Meneses continued drug trafficking operations.
+  - DarkAllianceInvestigation
+summary: "DEA agent in Costa Rica who handled Norwin Meneses as an informant and kept him off official DEA records while Meneses continued drug trafficking operations."
 ---
 [[DEA]] agent Sandalio Gonzalez was stationed at the U.S. Embassy in [[San Jose]], [[Costa Rica]], during the mid-1980s and served as handler for drug kingpin [[Norwin Meneses]]. According to Gonzalez's official report, Meneses walked into the embassy uninvited in July 1986 and announced his desire to join the [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]] Administration's war on drugs. Gonzalez recorded the official reasons: "(a) his desire to clear up a minor problem he has with the IRS (b) his decision to totally terminate his involvement in drug trafficking activities and (c) his desire to help the present U.S. Administration's fight against drugs, in view of President Reagan's total commitment to free his native land, [[Nicaragua]]."[^1]
 

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Thomas Dowling.md

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+title: Thomas Dowling
+aliases:
+  - Thomas Dowling
+  - Father Thomas F. Dowling
+created: 2026-05-17
+updated: 2026-05-17
 category: "Intelligence & Government"
 tags:
   - Person
-  - Person/Intelligence
+  - Intelligence
-  - United_States
+  - UnitedStates
-  - Contra_War
+  - ContraWar
   - 1980s
-  - Dark_Alliance_Investigation
+  - DarkAllianceInvestigation
-summary: Fake Catholic priest and Contra activist who received $73,000 from Oliver North and Adolfo Calero for domestic propaganda operations.
+summary: "Fake Catholic priest and Contra activist who received $73,000 from Oliver North and Adolfo Calero for domestic propaganda operations."
 ---
 Father Thomas F. Dowling was a San Franciscan who passed himself off as a Roman Catholic priest while actually being ordained in a tiny splinter church called the North American Old Roman Catholic Church of the Utrecht Succession.[^1] Dowling was a founding member of [[USACA]] and played a significant role in domestic propaganda operations supporting the [[Contras]].
 

10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Thomas Gordon.md

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+title: Thomas Gordon
+aliases:
+  - Thomas Gordon
+  - Tom Gordon
+created: 2026-05-17
+updated: 2026-05-17
 category: "Law Enforcement & Legal"
 tags:
   - Person
-  - Person/Law_Enforcement
+  - LawEnforcement
-  - United_States
+  - UnitedStates
-  - Los_Angeles
+  - LosAngeles
   - 1980s
-  - Dark_Alliance_Investigation
+  - DarkAllianceInvestigation
-summary: LASD Major Violators detective who led the investigation into the Blandon-Ross cocaine network after receiving Jerry Guzzetta's Project Sahara reports.
+summary: "LASD Major Violators detective who led the investigation into the Blandon-Ross cocaine network after receiving Jerry Guzzetta's Project Sahara reports."
 ---
 Thomas "Tom" Gordon was a tall, soft-spoken detective with sixteen years on the [[LASD Major Violators|Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Major Violators]] squad who led the investigation into the [[Danilo Blandon|Blandón]]-[[Ricky Ross|Ross]] cocaine network in 1986.[^1]
 

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/Federico Vaughn.md

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+title: Federico Vaughn
+aliases:
+  - Federico Vaughn
+  - Freddy Vaughn
+created: 2026-05-17
+updated: 2026-05-17
 category: "Intelligence & Government"
 tags:
   - Person
-  - Person/Drug_Trafficker
+  - DrugTrafficker
-  - Person/Intelligence
+  - Intelligence
   - CIA
   - Nicaragua
   - 1980s
-  - Contra_War
+  - ContraWar
-summary: Alleged Sandinista aide shown by President Reagan loading drugs onto an aircraft, who evidence suggests was actually a U.S. double agent working for the CIA.
+  - DarkAllianceInvestigation
+summary: "Alleged Sandinista aide shown by President Reagan loading drugs onto an aircraft, who evidence suggests was actually a U.S. double agent working for the CIA."
 ---
 Federico Vaughn was identified by President Ronald Reagan on national television as "a top aide to one of the nine commandantes who rule [[Nicaragua]]," shown loading an aircraft with illegal narcotics "bound for the United States." Evidence later emerged suggesting Vaughn was actually a U.S. government double agent.[^1]
 

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/Gerrit Ulrich and Robbie Van Der Plancken.md

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+title: Gerrit Ulrich and Robbie Van Der Plancken
+aliases:
+  - Gerrit Ulrich and Robbie Van Der Plancken
+  - Gerrit-Jan Ulrich
+created: 2026-05-17
+updated: 2026-05-17
+category: "Belgium Scandals"
 tags:
-  - Event
+  - Person
-  - Child_Pornography
+  - ChildPornography
   - Netherlands
   - Germany
   - Murder
-  - Cover-up
+  - CoverUp
-  - Apollo_Network
+  - ApolloNetwork
-category: "Belgium Scandals"
+summary: "Gerrit-Jan Ulrich was a Dutch computer technician who administered the Apollo Bulletin Board Service child pornography network and was murdered in Italy in June 1998 after passing evidence disks to investigator Marcel Vervloesem; Robbie Van Der Plancken was arrested as a suspect in his murder."
-summary: "In the mid-1990s, a private investigator named Marcel Vervloesem was investigating the disappearance of Manuel Schadwald for an NGO called the Morkhoven Workgroup when he came across Lothar Glandorf's name in a 1992 police report detailing a raid on..."
+start: 1998-06-20
-date: 1998-06-20
+location: "Zandvoort, Netherlands"
-location: Zandvoort, Netherlands
 ---
 
 ### The Zandvoort Discovery

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/Ivan Torres.md

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+title: Ivan Torres
+aliases:
+  - Ivan Torres
+created: 2026-05-17
+updated: 2026-05-17
 category: "Organized Crime"
 tags:
   - Person
-  - Person/Drug_Trafficker
+  - DrugTrafficker
-  - Person/Contra
   - Nicaragua
-  - United_States
+  - UnitedStates
   - 1980s
-  - Contra_War
+  - ContraWar
-summary: Ivan Torres was a Nicaraguan drug trafficker and FDN West Coast branch chief who managed Danilo Blandon's Los Angeles cocaine operations while claiming CIA awareness of his drug activities.
+  - DarkAllianceInvestigation
+summary: "Nicaraguan drug trafficker and FDN West Coast branch chief who managed Danilo Blandon's Los Angeles cocaine operations while claiming CIA awareness of his drug activities."
 ---
 Ivan Torres was a [[Nicaragua|Nicaraguan]] drug trafficker and [[FDN]] official who headed the organization's West Coast branch while managing [[Danilo Blandon|Danilo Blandón]]'s [[Los Angeles]] cocaine operations. He was a brother of [[Torres Brothers|Jacinto and Edgar Torres]].[^1]
 

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/John Vandewerker.md

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 ---
+title: John Vandewerker
+aliases:
+  - John Vandewerker
+created: 2026-05-17
+updated: 2026-05-17
 category: "Intelligence & Government"
 tags:
   - Person
-  - Person/Intelligence
+  - Intelligence
-  - United_States
+  - UnitedStates
   - 1980s
-  - Contra_War
+  - ContraWar
-  - Dark_Alliance_Investigation
+  - DarkAllianceInvestigation
-summary: Former CIA officer who employed Richard Wilker and knew of his weapons business activities with Ronald Lister in El Salvador.
+summary: "Former CIA officer who employed Richard Wilker and knew of his weapons business activities with Ronald Lister in El Salvador."
 ---
 John Vandewerker was a former CIA officer who once employed [[Richard Wilker]] as a salesman and knew of Wilker and [[Ronald Lister]]'s business activities in [[El Salvador]].[^1]
 

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/Lawrence Walsh.md

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 ---
+title: Lawrence Walsh
+aliases:
+  - Lawrence Walsh
+  - Lawrence E. Walsh
+created: 2026-05-17
+updated: 2026-05-17
 category: "Intelligence & Government"
 tags:
   - Person
-  - Iran_Contra
+  - IranContra
   - Law
-  - Independent_Counsel
+  - IndependentCounsel
-  - Reagan
-  - Bush
   - 1980s
   - 1990s
 summary: "Lawrence E. Walsh (1912-2014) served as Iran-Contra Independent Counsel from December 1986 to August 1993, producing 14 criminal cases, 11 convictions, and a final report documenting Reagan administration Iran arms sales and Contra funding, before President Bush pardoned six defendants three weeks before Walsh's release of key findings."

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/Leonard N. Weigner.md

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 ---
+title: Leonard N. Weigner
+aliases:
+  - Leonard N. Weigner
+created: 2026-05-17
+updated: 2026-05-17
 category: "Intelligence & Government"
 tags:
   - Person
   - CIA
   - Military
-  - The_Finders
+  - TheFinders
-  - Cold_War
+  - ColdWar
 summary: "Colonel Leonard N. Weigner was a confirmed CIA military officer identified in an unverified 1990s memo as the officer who directed Marion Pettie to embed within Washington counterculture circles as an intelligence asset, a claim with no corroboration in primary sources."
 location: "Washington, D.C."
 ---

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/Richard Wilker.md

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 ---
+title: Richard Wilker
+aliases:
+  - Richard Wilker
+  - Richard E. Wilker
+created: 2026-05-17
+updated: 2026-05-17
 category: "Intelligence & Government"
 tags:
   - Person
-  - Person/Intelligence
+  - Intelligence
-  - United_States
+  - UnitedStates
-  - El_Salvador
+  - ElSalvador
   - 1980s
-  - Contra_War
+  - ContraWar
-  - Dark_Alliance_Investigation
+  - DarkAllianceInvestigation
-summary: Former CIA agent who served as technical director for Pyramid International Security Consultants' weapons operations in El Salvador.
+summary: "Former CIA agent who served as technical director for Pyramid International Security Consultants' weapons operations in El Salvador."
 ---
 Richard E. Wilker was a former Laguna Beach resident described by arms manufacturer [[Tim LaFrance]] as an ex-CIA agent who served as the "technical director" on [[Pyramid International Security Consultants]]' security proposal to the Salvadoran government.[^1] Wilker was a key link between [[Ronald Lister]]'s weapons operations and the CIA.
 

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/Robert Garder Terrell.md

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 ---
+title: Robert Garder Terrell
+aliases:
+  - Robert Garder Terrell
+  - Robert Gardner Terrell
+  - Tobe Terrell
+  - Genghis K. Plato
+created: 2026-05-17
+updated: 2026-05-17
 category: "Intelligence & Government"
 tags:
   - Person
   - CIA
-  - The_Finders
+  - TheFinders
-  - Washington_DC
+  - WashingtonDC
-  - Computer_Operations
 summary: "Robert Gardner Terrell (aliases: 'Tobe Terrell,' 'Genghis K. Plato') was the principal spokesman and financial manager of The Finders, a former IRS appeals officer and certified public accountant who was associated with Future Enterprises, a company that provided computer training to CIA employees."
 location: "Washington, D.C."
 ---

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/Scott Weekly.md

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 ---
+title: Scott Weekly
+aliases:
+  - Scott Weekly
+  - Dr. Death
+created: 2026-05-17
+updated: 2026-05-17
 category: "Intelligence & Government"
 tags:
   - Person
-  - Person/Intelligence
+  - Intelligence
   - CIA
-  - United_States
+  - UnitedStates
   - 1980s
-  - Contra_War
+  - ContraWar
-summary: Former Navy SEAL and weapons expert known as "Dr. Death" who was Ronald Lister's CIA contact and participated in covert operations for the NSC and State Department while connected to the Blandon drug investigation.
+  - DarkAllianceInvestigation
+summary: "Former Navy SEAL and weapons expert known as 'Dr. Death' who was Ronald Lister's CIA contact and participated in covert operations for the NSC and State Department while connected to the Blandon drug investigation."
 ---
 Scott Weekly, nicknamed "Dr. Death" for his SEAL demolition expertise, was a former Navy SEAL and [[Ronald Lister]]'s identified CIA contact who participated in covert operations for the National Security Council and State Department during the 1980s while simultaneously being connected to the [[Danilo Blandon|Blandón]] drug investigation.[^1]
 

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/Torres Brothers.md

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 ---
+title: Torres Brothers
+aliases:
+  - Torres Brothers
+  - the Greens
+created: 2026-05-17
+updated: 2026-05-17
 category: "Organized Crime"
 tags:
   - Person
-  - Person/Drug_Trafficker
+  - DrugTrafficker
-  - Contra_War
+  - ContraWar
   - 1980s
-  - Los_Angeles
+  - LosAngeles
-summary: The Torres brothers, known as "the Greens," were Nicaraguan cocaine traffickers who worked for Danilo Blandón before becoming independent suppliers to Ricky Ross, eventually rivaling Blandón in volume and sparking a bitter feud.
+  - DarkAllianceInvestigation
+summary: "Nicaraguan cocaine traffickers who worked for Danilo Blandón before becoming independent suppliers to Ricky Ross, eventually rivaling Blandón in volume and sparking a bitter feud."
 ---
 The Torres brothers, towering [[Nicaragua|Nicaraguan]] men known to [[Ricky Ross]] and his crew as "the Greens", were initially introduced to Ross through [[Danilo Blandon|Danilo Blandón]]. Ross assumed from their size that they were Blandón's bodyguards. They also delivered cocaine and picked up money for Blandón on occasion. One day, as most of Blandón's assistants eventually did, they slipped Ross their phone number in case he ever needed something extra.[^1]
 

20 - ORGANIZATIONS/PRIVATE/Nugan Hand Bank.md

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 ---
+title: Nugan Hand Bank
+aliases:
+  - Nugan Hand Bank
+  - Nugan Hand Ltd
+created: 2026-05-17
+updated: 2026-05-17
 category: "Private Organization"
 tags:
   - Organization
   - CIA
   - Australia
-  - Drug_Trafficking
+  - DrugTrafficking
-  - Money_Laundering
+  - MoneyLaundering
-  - Ted_Shackley
+  - GoldenTriangle
-  - Golden_Triangle
   - 1970s
   - 1980s
-summary: "Nugan Hand Bank was an Australian merchant bank (1973-1980) that functioned as what investigators described as a CIA financial network, with branches in thirteen countries staffed by American military and intelligence veterans, collapsing after Frank Nugan was found shot dead in January 1980 and Michael Hand disappeared."
+summary: "Australian merchant bank (1973-1980) that functioned as what investigators described as a CIA financial network, with branches in thirteen countries staffed by American military and intelligence veterans, collapsing after Frank Nugan was found shot dead in January 1980 and Michael Hand disappeared."
 start: 1973-01-01
 end: 1980-06-01
 location: "Sydney, Australia"