Claims
Camarena was killed by a PEMEX-based Operation Condor cell tied to Bush's old Zapata Oil partner, with a CIA station chief present at a cartel-cocaine planning meeting in Argentina
Unproven What these labels mean →Sheehan says DEA agent Kiki Camarena was killed by an Operation Condor assassination team based in PEMEX security (headed by a former Bush Zapata Oil partner), and that he personally interviewed ex-CIA deputy station chief Joseph Burkholder Smith about a Buenos Aires meeting where a Colombian cocaine pipeline into the US was planned to fund covert wars.
Evidence
| Relation | Record | Note |
|---|---|---|
| corroborates | insightcrime.org | Camarena was killed by Guadalajara cartel figures (Caro Quintero, Felix Gallardo, Fonseca); some CIA-cartel proximity is documented, but the CIA itself denies operational involvement and the PEMEX/Operation-Condor assassination-team specifics are Sheehan's own sourcing |
Sources
| Source | Relation | At |
|---|---|---|
| Sheehan on Danny Jones (2024) | asserts |
Ties
| To | Role | Years | Verdict | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIA | named | Structural | ||
| Daniel Sheehan | speaker | Structural |
Claim
Sheehan says DEA agent Kiki Camarena was killed by an Operation Condor assassination team based in PEMEX security (headed by a former Bush Zapata Oil partner), and that he personally interviewed ex-CIA deputy station chief Joseph Burkholder Smith about a Buenos Aires meeting where a Colombian cocaine pipeline into the US was planned to fund covert wars.