Monthly Archives: October 2017
During my assignment to Colombia (1989 – 1995), I also worked with the Colombian military identifying guerrilla supply sources and supply lines. The picture above is of me conducting impromptu weapons identification training to a Colombian special…..
The U.S. government also sent a highly-skilled communications team to support the search bloc to the Carlos Holguin base in Medellin. Pena and I were the only Americans allowed to leave the base to develop informants and gather intelligence in support of the search for Pablo Escobar. I’m pictured at the far left with a Galil automatic rifle strapped…..
After Pablo Escobar escaped from his self-made prison at Envigado, the Colombian National Police (CNP) conducted search operations for him in and around Medellin. The first American agents on the ground after the escape were DEA agent Javier Pena and myself. At the time, I was serving as the ATF attache to Colombia. My participation was requested…..