Word: valestra
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Diego. Hoffman and several other men were arrested last year and charged with conspiring to import cocaine. A Government informant had been part of that group. Hoffman, married and a father, confessed and agreed to become an informant in return for probation. His main handler: DEA Agent John Valestra. The Government claims De Lorean approached Hoffman last July, seeking quick cash from a drug deal. It was finally Agent Valestra who, posing as a drug financier, helped set up the arrest of De Lorean...
...then told De Lorean that a "Mr. Vicenza," a drug distributor the C.I. knew, would be willing to put up about $3 million to complete the purchase of 220 lbs. of cocaine for roughly $5 million. Vicenza, actually DEA Agent John Valestra, would handle the distribution of the coke, and De Lorean would be given most of the profits. The C.I. told De Lorean that once the cash was on hand, the actual financial transaction would be conducted by Benedict, the presumed bank officer...
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