Celerino Castillo III

Celerino Castillo (born 1949) is a former agent for the United States Drug Enforcement Administration. His father was a decorated veteran of World War II, who had been shot six times by the Japanese.Fact|date=January 2008 In 1970, Castillo was told by his father that he was expected to fight in the Vietnam war, even though as an only son, he was not required to. His fathers only reason was "You have to pay your dues, just like I did."Citequote As a loyal and dutiful son, Castillo followed the orders of his father and distinguished himself in the jungles of Vietnam.Fact|date=January 2008 While in Vietnam, Castillo witnessed firsthand the effects of drug abuse on his soldiers. He vowed to return to U.S. so that he could fight against drugs.Fact|date=January 2008

In March 2008, Celerino Castillo was arrested for numerous federal firearms violations. On his website, Castillo admits to committing these violations.

Military career

Military1970-1972Served 6 year in Active, Reserves, and National Guard US Army Sgt. - NCO School - Vietnam Veteran - (Bronze Star)Fact|date=January 2008

Education

Graduated 1976
University of Texas–Pan American - BS in Criminal Justice.

Law Enforcement Career

1997-PresentFederal courts have accepted Mr. Castillo as an Expert-Witness on Outrageous Government Conduct, Informants, and Racial Profiling. (CONSULTANT)

1994-presentAuthor: "POWDERBURNS" * Cocaine, Contras and The Drug War * Television exclusives on ABC"s Primetime Live, Dateline NBC, and The Discovery Channel. Mr. Castillo has lectured at different universities on the drug war and Latin America Foreign Policy.

1992-1997Private Investigator

1979-1992Department of Justice, twelve years with The Drug Enforcement Administration (Special Agent) Specialized in undercover investigation. Was a foreign diplomat for six years in South & Central-America.

1974-1979Detective Sgt. with a Texas Police Department

Bibliography

*cite book | author=Celerino III Castillo & Dave Harmon | title=Powderburns: Cocaine, Contras & the Drug War | publisher=Sundial | year=1994 | id=ISBN 0-88962-578-6 (paperback) ISBN 0-8095-4855-0 (hardcover; Borgo Pr; 3rd ed.; 1995)
*cite journal | author=Frederick P. Hitz | title=Obscuring Propriety: The CIA and Drugs | journal=International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence | year=1999 | volume=12 | issue=4 | pages=448–462 | doi=10.1080/088506099304990 Note: Hitz, then CIA Inspector General, was the person who first mentioned the secret agreement between CIA and the Department of Justice, in March 1988, when testifying before the House Intelligence Committee.
*cite book | author=Robert Parry | title=Lost History: Contras, Cocaine, the Press & "Project Truth" | publisher=Media Consortium | year=1999 | id=ISBN 1-893517-00-4
*cite book | author=Peter Dale Scott & Jonathan Marshall | title=Cocaine Politics: Drugs, Armies, and the CIA in Central America | publisher=University of California Press | year=1991 | id=ISBN 0-520-21449-8 (paperback, 1998 reprint), ISBN 0-520-07312-6 (hardcover, 1991), ISBN 0-520-07781-4 (paperback, 1992 reprint)
*cite book | last=Webb | first=Gary |authorlink=Gary Webb | title=Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion | publisher=Seven Stories Press | year=1998 | id=ISBN 1-888363-68-1 (hardcover, 1998), ISBN 1-888363-93-2 (paperback, 1999)

See also

* Iran-Contra Affair
* Gary Webb
* Powderburns
* Ricky Ross (drug trafficker)
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* CIA and Contra's cocaine trafficking in the US
* CIA drug trafficking

External links

* [http://www.thememoryhole.org/kerry/"Drugs, Law Enforcement and Foreign Policy" a/k/a the Kerry Report Transcripts]
* [https://www.cia.gov/cia/reports/cocaine/report/index.html "Allegations of Connections Between CIA and the Contras in Cocaine Trafficking to the United States, Volume I: The California Story"] , CIA
* [https://www.cia.gov/cia/reports/cocaine/index.html "Allegations of Connections Between CIA and the Contras in Cocaine Trafficking to the United States, Volume II: The Contra Story"] , CIA
* [http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB2/nsaebb2.htm " The Contras, Cocaine, and Covert Operations: Documentation of Official U.S. Knowledge of Drug Trafficking and the Contras"] , A collection of declassified documents at the National Security Archive
* [http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB113/index.htm Oliver North declassified documents] at the National Security Archive.
* [http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1374 Snow Job: The Establishment's Papers Do Damage Control for the CIA] , By Norman Solomon, in Extra!, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting's magazine
*Department of Justice: "The CIA-Contra-Crack cocaine controversy: A review of the Justice Department's investigations and prosecutions" (December, 1997):* [http://www.usdoj.gov/oig/special/9712/epilogue.htm Epilogue] (July, 1998):* [http://www.usdoj.gov/oig/special/9712/exec.htm Executive Summary] :* [http://www.usdoj.gov/oig/special/9712/index.htm Table of contents]

Commentaries

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NAME=Castillo III, Celerino
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Retired Federal Agent
DATE OF BIRTH=, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH=Texas, United States