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Article: Drug Dealer Depicted as Contra Fund-Raiser
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- October 4, 1996
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Norwin Meneses always seemed to like to do things in a big
way, whether it was drug trafficking or serving time in prison. And
he has been doing it that way for a long time -- before, during and
after the events that have put him in the public eye in the United
States.
Currently a central figure in the controversy over whether
profits from U.S. cocaine sales went to CIA-backed contra guerrillas
trying to overthrow the leftist Nicaragua government in the early
1980s, Meneses is in prison here after being caught in 1991 with
1,650 pounds of cocaine -- the largest shipment ever captured in
Nicaragua.
His lawyer has told Meneses not to speak to reporters,
but sources familiar ...