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Weighing in at 998 lbs., the shipment of cocaine that slipped into the country through Miami International Airport in late 1990 was large but not extraordinary. The clues to its origins, however, were tantalizing. The U.S. Customs Service, which discovered and confiscated the drugs, learned from Venezuela's secret police that their country's National Guard was behind the contraband. Joining the probe, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration made an even more surprising discovery: the shipment was under the direct supervision of General Ramon Guillen Davila, Venezuela's top drug fighter and a close collaborator with U.S. counternarcotics operations...
...first such shipment. Earlier ones totaling nearly 2,000 lbs. had already made their way onto the streets of American cities. A DEA investigation then uncovered a scandal in which a fellow U.S. agency, the CIA, may have unwittingly helped Venezuelan paramilitary officers run a profitable coke-trafficking operation. Details of the scheme emerged last week as the CIA, prompted by reports that TV's 60 Minutes was preparing an expose, acknowledged that its actions in Venezuela were "regrettable" and the result of "poor judgment." Says one DEA official, "They got caught with their pants down...
...might expect, businesses competing for government contracts also engage in the practice--something that would certainly raise eyebrows in the United States. Just about any economic transaction, from a supply shipment to an express mail purchase, could be expedited by a "gratitude...
...since been overthrown and killed. During the Gulf War, the brother of the king of Saudi Arabia stayed at the Charles Hotel and visited the Coop dressed in his regal Arabian robes. "He asked if I [could] have a set shipped to him by Friday," says Connors. Normally, shipment would take two to three weeks but the Saudi prince needed it for his granddaughter's birthday. "I said, 'Yes, Your Highness, if you'll pay for the freight...
After the first shipment of one of the course's required books, An Introduction to Shi'i Islam, was sold out, the publisher's supply was exhausted. As a result, the book will not be available for purchase this semester...