Word: consulates
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Blandon, who was guarded in the hearing room by a squad of U.S. marshals, was placed under federal protection after Noriega dismissed him last month as / Panama's consul general in New York. Two weeks ago he testified before the Miami grand jury. Last week he poured out such a flood of allegations -- many of which were unsupported by documentary evidence -- that Subcommittee Chairman John Kerry, a Massachusetts Democrat, had to ask him to slow down...
...supported him, citing his cooperation with U.S. intelligence agencies and willingness to let the U.S. military operate broadly in Panama. Even as the Administration finally took action, new charges suggested that Noriega played a role in the Iran-contra arms deal as well. Jose Blandon, until recently Panama's consul general in New York City and a close political adviser to Noriega, disclosed that the general had conspired with Lieut. Colonel Oliver North, the former National Security Council aide, to dispatch, then intercept, a shipment of East German arms to El Salvador's leftist guerrillas. The motive: to blame Nicaragua...
Blandon, who was fired last month by Noriega as Panama's consul general in New York, also told a Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee that Vice President George Bush used Noriega to send a warning to Cuban leader Fidel Castro hours before the U.S. invasion of Grenada...
Witnesses before the Miami grand jury included two former Noriega associates. Jose Blandon, fired earlier this month as Panama's consul general in New York, and Floyd Carlton, Noriega's former personal pilot...
...looking into charges that Noriega extracted protection money from drug traffickers based in Panama. Until last week, according to U.S. Government sources, some federal investigators felt they lacked sufficiently compelling evidence to indict Noriega. Blandon's testimony could strengthen their case -- especially if, as D'Amato says, the former consul general can provide documents and tape recordings to back up many of his allegations...