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60 - PLACES/CITIES/Baton Rouge, Louisiana.md

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+aliases:
+  - "Baton Rouge"
 category: "City"
 tags:
   - geography
   - contra-war
 summary: Baton Rouge, Louisiana was the base of CIA-DEA contract agent Barry Seal, whose farm served as a cocaine drop site connected to both the Medellín cartel and Contra supply operations.
-alias:
-  - "Baton Rouge"
 ---
 [[Baton Rouge]], Louisiana was the base of [[Central Intelligence Agency]]-[[DEA]] contract agent [[Barry Seal]], whose farm served as a [[Cocaine]] drop site connected to both the [[Medellin Cartel|Medellín Cartel]] and Contra supply operations. Seal moved from Baton Rouge to Mena, [[Arkansas]], in 1982, but his Louisiana connections remained central to the drug trafficking network.[^1]
 

60 - PLACES/CITIES/Charlotte Amalie.md

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+aliases:
+  - Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas
+  - Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
+  - Charlotte Amalie, USVI
+  - Charlotte Amalie, V.I.
 category: "City"
 tags:
   - Place
@@ -8,11 +13,6 @@ tags:
   - DanishWestIndies
   - JeffreyEpstein
   - TaxHaven
-alias:
-  - Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas
-  - Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
-  - Charlotte Amalie, USVI
-  - Charlotte Amalie, V.I.
 summary: "Capital of the U.S. Virgin Islands on St. Thomas, seat of the governor, courts and Justice Department that registered, waived for and later sued Jeffrey Epstein, and first address of his money-management company."
 location: "St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands"
 created: 2026-09-25

60 - PLACES/CITIES/Coral Gables, Florida.md

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+aliases:
+  - Coral Gables
 category: "City"
 tags:
   - Place
@@ -7,8 +9,6 @@ tags:
   - Wackenhut
   - ITT
   - MullenCompany
-alias:
-  - Coral Gables
 summary: "City adjoining Miami that was the headquarters of the Wackenhut Corporation and the site of an ITT public relations office about which the Watergate special prosecutor questioned the CIA in 1973."
 location: "Florida, United States"
 created: 2026-09-21

60 - PLACES/CITIES/Fort Lauderdale.md

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+aliases:
+  - "Fort Lauderdale, Florida"
 category: "City"
 tags:
   - geography
   - contra-war
 summary: Fort Lauderdale, Florida was where George Morales had his offices and where Contra representatives approached him to contribute to the war effort.
-alias:
-  - "Fort Lauderdale, Florida"
 ---
 Fort Lauderdale, [[Florida]] was where [[George Morales]] had his offices and where Contra representatives approached him to contribute to the war effort. [[Marcos Aguado]] and [[Felipe Vidal]] met with Morales at his Fort Lauderdale offices and asked him to contribute to [[Eden Pastora|Pastora]]'s army.[^1]
 

60 - PLACES/CITIES/Frankfurt.md

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+aliases:
+  - Frankfurt, Germany
+  - Frankfurt am Main
 category: "City"
 tags:
   - City
@@ -6,9 +9,6 @@ tags:
   - BCCI
   - SeriousFraudOffice
   - Extradition
-alias:
-  - Frankfurt, Germany
-  - Frankfurt am Main
 summary: "German city where Abbas Gokal, principal of the Gulf Group and chief defendant in the Serious Fraud Office's BCCI prosecution, was arrested aboard a New York flight in July 1994."
 location: "Frankfurt am Main, Germany"
 created: 2026-09-23

60 - PLACES/CITIES/Little Rock, Arkansas.md

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+aliases:
+  - Little Rock
 category: "City"
 tags:
   - Place
@@ -9,8 +11,6 @@ tags:
   - RoseLawFirm
   - BCCI
   - LippoGroup
-alias:
-  - Little Rock
 summary: "Capital of Arkansas and seat of Stephens Inc., Worthen Bank, Systematics, and the Rose Law Firm, where BCCI's emissary met Jackson Stephens and Bert Lance in 1977 and the Riady family entered American banking."
 location: "Arkansas, United States"
 created: 2026-09-21

60 - PLACES/CITIES/Palm Beach, Florida.md

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+aliases:
+  - Palm Beach
+  - Town of Palm Beach
+  - Palm Beach, FL
+  - Palm Beach, Fla.
 category: "City"
 tags:
   - Place
@@ -9,11 +14,6 @@ tags:
   - MarALago
   - NonProsecutionAgreement
   - PalmBeachPolice
-alias:
-  - Palm Beach
-  - Town of Palm Beach
-  - Palm Beach, FL
-  - Palm Beach, Fla.
 summary: "Barrier-island town in Palm Beach County, Florida, incorporated in 1911, home of Mar-a-Lago and of Jeffrey Epstein's house at 358 El Brillo Way, where the 2005 police investigation of Epstein began."
 start: 1911
 location: "Palm Beach County, Florida"

60 - PLACES/CITIES/Shreveport, Louisiana.md

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+aliases:
+  - Shreveport
 category: "City"
 tags:
   - Place
@@ -8,8 +10,6 @@ tags:
   - HLHunt
   - SouthernResearchCompany
   - PrivateInvestigators
-alias:
-  - Shreveport
 summary: "Louisiana city where H.L. Hunt kept his second household and met his third wife, where Frania Tye Lee's suit was tried in 1978, and where the Southern Research detective firm was chartered in 1958."
 location: "Louisiana, United States"
 created: 2026-09-21

60 - PLACES/CITIES/Sierra Blanca, Texas.md

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 ---
-category: "City"
-alias:
+aliases:
   - "Sierra Blanca"
   - "Sierra Blanca, TX"
+category: "City"
 tags:
   - City
   - Texas

60 - PLACES/CITIES/Tampa, Florida.md

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+aliases:
+  - Tampa
 category: "City"
 tags:
   - City
@@ -7,8 +9,6 @@ tags:
   - BCCI
   - MoneyLaundering
   - USCustoms
-alias:
-  - Tampa
 summary: "Gulf coast city in Florida where the 1988 Operation C-Chase indictment of BCCI was brought, and whose federal prosecutors the Senate found had missed the bank's wider crimes."
 location: "Tampa, Florida, United States"
 created: 2026-09-23