PANELS PURSUE TANTALIZING REPORTS THAT DRUGS MOVED ON CONTRA SUPPLY ROUTES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00965R000403320001-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 12, 2012
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: April 15, 1987
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/01/12 : CIA-RDP90-00965R000403320001-2
Toliver's storyjibes in its essence
with those told by Geo e Morale
37, and Gary W B' ;rr ,1G1o-
rales, a 0112e't me champion
speedboat racer, is serving a sen-
tence in Florida after pleading guilty
to drug-smuggling and tax-evasion
charges. Betzner is awaiting trial in
a drug case and is In prison.
Both men have told congressional
investigators and reporters they
were recruited to fly weapons to
Central America by men who they
thought were federal agents. Betzner
has said there was a government-
sponsored "guns-for-drugs" program
that worked basically along the lines
of "guns down, drugs back."
In all three cases, said Miami
DEA spokesman Jack Hook. the al-
legations have been investigated and
found to be "totally false, totally ludi-
crous." Mr. Hook said. "These are
convicted drug smugglers [Betzner
and Toliver have previous convic-
tions[ who are taking advantage of
the political climate of the time."
2.
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/01/12 : CIA-RDP90-00965R000403320001-2