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10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Renato Pena.md
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Peña was one of Meneses's cocaine dealers and admitted hauling millions in drug profits from [[San Francisco]] to Los Angeles for delivery to the Contras. He also told the [[Department of Justice|Justice Department]] that Meneses had a [[DEA]] agent on his payroll who warned him of the impending arrests of [[Julio Zavala]] and [[Carlos Cabezas]] weeks before the February 1983 raids.[^2]
Peña told CIA investigators that Meneses introduced him to his nephew, Jairo Meneses, who was in charge of distributing the family's cocaine. "Pena says he made from six to eight trips from San Francisco to Los Angeles between 1982 and 1984 for Meneses' drug trafficking organization," the CIA Inspector General reported. "Each time, he says, he carried anywhere from $600,000 to $1,000,000 to Los Angeles and returned to San Francisco with six to eight kilograms of cocaine." A Colombian associate told Peña that a portion of the proceeds were going to the Contras. The excess money — $300,000 to $500,000 per trip beyond what the cocaine cost — was likely the Contras' cut.[^3]
Peña told CIA investigators that Meneses introduced him to his nephew, Jairo Meneses, who was in charge of distributing the family's cocaine. "Pena says he made from six to eight trips from San Francisco to Los Angeles between 1982 and 1984 for Meneses' drug trafficking organization," the CIA Inspector General reported. "Each time, he says, he carried anywhere from $600,000 to $1,000,000 to Los Angeles and returned to San Francisco with six to eight kilograms of cocaine." A Colombian associate told Peña that a portion of the proceeds were going to the Contras. The excess money - $300,000 to $500,000 per trip beyond what the cocaine cost - was likely the Contras' cut.[^3]
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