CIA DOCUMENTS LINK MENGELE TO SOUTH AMERICAN DRUG RING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00965R000403640001-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 27, 2012
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: February 26, 1985
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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REUTER
26 February 1985
BY SARAH LAMBERT
WASHINGTON
JC~=EF~'EfiGELE ?'!A; HA'JE &EEti iti'JOL+EII Ifi A vCFVTH tiP;cfilCfi;~ GROG
R:fiG! A1iD A lCEFU6iICA1i SENfiTL~fi UiiGED THE GO'iERiiMEfiT TG LEAP A
IiCRLDWIPE HUtiT FGR THE kA~I `'fitiGEL OF ,ri'EATH.
!HE DOCUMENTS SHOW THAT IN ~~1~ THE ~EtiTRAL 1tiTELL2GENCE.
tSGEWC7 RSKED L'RRIOUS FEGERRL RGENCIES TO RU1i A TRRCE =DN ~7ENGELE
iN COt;NECT10h kITH I1iTELLIGEfiCE REPORTS LINKifiG HIM TO A BIG
RUu' TR-AFF i CK I NG OPERA T i Oti.
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~FEC;ER TOLE R PRESS CGtiFERE1iCE3 t=IHE E?:DEtiCE AT HAiG MAKES
~EtiGELE LEGfiLL7 A FUGITI'JE FROM TSMERiCRii JUSTICE." 1'iE SRIu^
TH:~ JUSTIFIED THE GO~ERNliE1iT LEADitiG Ati I1iTER1iRTiGlvALLi
COORDIfiRTED HUfiT FOR THE FUGI7IyE~ liHO KOULD NOW 8E l 7ERRS
OLD.
rE CRiTICI:ED THE i.it1 FOR RLLEGEDL7 WITHHOLDING 31iFOfiMfiTICii
IN 7H~ FRST AfiD t ~UhNECESSARIL7 SATiITIZ:tiG' ! DOCUMETiTS MADE
PUSL:C TOGA7.
- !HE -rs"~iLvRE L'F THc Gc'r'LnrirEriT TG POLL"u ii 'vF T}ic 'iARiuUS LcRGa
?i ; Hfi:"- RcCEi AEG O~Efi THE 7ERRS WAS IfiDICfiTI'JE CF A u. v. GESIRE
TO i'~;iEEF Tt+E MATTER UNiiER 7HE RUGS S' SFEC',ER SRiG.
' ' SET ~ c FACE 17. ~tO OtiE G I L'ES R DA~Sti AEOUT nfi'.I WAR
CnilSINAiSf" HE SAID.
t;CCORGI1iG TO SOURCES QUOTED IN THE Cl;l REPORTS! ~EiiGELE
ARRI QED IH vOUTH t;MERICA IN +~~ RtiD TRA~ELEG EXTEtiSI+ELi O1r'
7HE CONTINENT BEFORE SETTLING IN ?~ARAGUA7 Ifi :G~~.
)HERE HE ALLEGEDL7 OWNED A FRRM UNDER Ati ALIRS RWG Wfi5
' `HEA~'IL i IN'JOLVED I-i 1iRRCu T ICS T RAFF:C3 ~ ~ T i:c SOUfiCcS T OLG THE
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? ~JSF-~Ci"vti5 THAT ~iE1iuELE WA1 LAi;;iDER:IiG DRUG) FRC~FITS T}:ROUGH
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\~ i HE i+i+CUiiENTS GO hvT IfiD7Cfi', E THAT TnE MATTER 3;AS FUR: UEG.
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UTHcfi REFOR7S~ Fnn^fiTS OF WH:CH WERE &LACKED OLT FOR SECL'RIT7
R SOBS) SAID ~`EfiGELE HAG HAD PLASTIC SUfiGERi R1iD OfiLE -SifARED A
H^vUSE WITH f!G^uLF f1ITLEfi'S DEP'JT77 ~fARTI?\ ~Cfi5Aliti. _.'~~~`'~
4i1i DCjCU?~EtiTS iccLEfiScD Tvi~fii Sri~1i
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