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### Kelso Investigation
In 1986, [[Joseph Kelso]], a [[Central Intelligence Agency]] and [[U.S. Customs]] informant, gathered testimony from six witnesses - current and former Costa Rican and American officials—willing to testify that DEA agents in Costa Rica were skimming cocaine from seizures, making counterfeit money, sanitizing intelligence reports, and protecting cocaine labs, including on Contra bases. Costa Rican narcotics official Warren Treece reported cocaine lab locations to [[Sandalio Gonzalez]] but said they were not investigated because of leaks from the DEA agent. When the investigation was exposed, Nieves had Kelso arrested and screamed: "You're a dead son-of-a-bitch. . .We're going to blow your fucking head off!" Costa Rican police confirmed the threats. Nieves told the Costa Rican newspaper La Nacion he was angry that Customs was investigating a DEA matter. Ambassador Lewis Tambs had Kelso deported.[^1]
In 1986, [[Joseph Kelso]], a [[Central Intelligence Agency]] and [[U.S. Customs]] informant, gathered testimony from six witnesses - current and former Costa Rican and American officials - willing to testify that DEA agents in Costa Rica were skimming cocaine from seizures, making counterfeit money, sanitizing intelligence reports, and protecting cocaine labs, including on Contra bases. Costa Rican narcotics official Warren Treece reported cocaine lab locations to [[Sandalio Gonzalez]] but said they were not investigated because of leaks from the DEA agent. When the investigation was exposed, Nieves had Kelso arrested and screamed: "You're a dead son-of-a-bitch. . .We're going to blow your fucking head off!" Costa Rican police confirmed the threats. Nieves told the Costa Rican newspaper La Nacion he was angry that Customs was investigating a DEA matter. Ambassador Lewis Tambs had Kelso deported.[^1]
Costa Rican attorney Gloria Navas, a former prosecutor and judge, concluded: "In my opinion, both Nieves and Sandy Gonzalez were connected with the CIA. There is no doubt. You aren't going to find hard evidence because these were covert operations. But I did my own investigations and you can't come to any other conclusion."[^1]