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<v Speaker 1>American reports or the story here, and he hasn't told

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<v Speaker 1>me about that. That's Daniel Hopsicker, the Florida based reporter

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<v Speaker 1>who penned the Moniker and has written extensively about cocaine. One.

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<v Speaker 1>It seems to think that Fernando Blanco s is hiding something.

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<v Speaker 1>We're hiding a lot of things. Blankio is we've heard,

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<v Speaker 1>claims to be the man behind the d C nine

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<v Speaker 1>with five plus tons of cocaine that got busted in

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<v Speaker 1>Compech on April ten, two thousand six. In his first

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<v Speaker 1>round of recorded interviews with the Reward Manuelatios, blank You

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<v Speaker 1>insisted that he had purchased the d C nine, that

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<v Speaker 1>the previous owners, Fred Geffen and Royal Son's Inc. Had

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<v Speaker 1>committed a major error by not immediately canceling the plane's registration.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's what he told many owner in our own people.

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<v Speaker 1>It was their mistake, he says, the grave one, because

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<v Speaker 1>the plane was flying as if it still belonged to

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<v Speaker 1>its US owners, and no one will believe them when

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<v Speaker 1>they say that they had already sold it. Blankfield claims

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<v Speaker 1>that he had nothing to do with Geffen and Royal Sons.

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<v Speaker 1>He claims that Jorge whom he describes the business partner

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<v Speaker 1>in his legal companies coordinated the purchase at the DC

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<v Speaker 1>nine without any knowledge of Blankiell's plans for the plane.

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<v Speaker 1>Hop Sticker, however, just doesn't buy it. Were you growers

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<v Speaker 1>in the airplane and in that plane when it was

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<v Speaker 1>questioned owned Fred given Oh if you read again, his

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<v Speaker 1>willing document had been mosted by d A and rolled

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<v Speaker 1>over and was working for them ever since. Perfect Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>although actually thank you does mention the CIA so very briefly.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's what he told Menu yet, which means I can

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<v Speaker 1>send you those documents, that the planes really were connected

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<v Speaker 1>to the CIA, that the plane was in Montanamo, that

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<v Speaker 1>the plane was in Paris with the CIA, that the plane,

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<v Speaker 1>my plane really made flights for the CIA. Thank You'll

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<v Speaker 1>never sent those documents. But he told Manuel that the

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<v Speaker 1>d e A sent an agent on April eleven, the

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<v Speaker 1>day after the drug bust. That agent interviewed local airport

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<v Speaker 1>authorities from Blankio says, we're on his payroll. Those authorities,

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<v Speaker 1>confronted with the evidence from the Falcon twenty, also confiscated

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<v Speaker 1>in Campeche, told the d e A agent that Raoul

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<v Speaker 1>Himenes Alfaro was the owner of the plane and that

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<v Speaker 1>Raoul Himenez Alfaro was Fernando Blanco Scena. From that moment,

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<v Speaker 1>Blankio says, the d A spent two years confiscating businesses, properties,

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<v Speaker 1>and bank accounts belonging to Fernando Blanco Scena and Raoul

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<v Speaker 1>Himenez al Faro. But the d A never charged Blancio

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<v Speaker 1>or Raoul with any crimes related to the DC nine,

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<v Speaker 1>not even when they realized that they had arrested him

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<v Speaker 1>or rather both of them in the Dominican Republic by mistake,

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<v Speaker 1>perhaps illegally. The plane shows up on a runway but

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<v Speaker 1>a small coastal airport in Mexico, stuffed with coke. The

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<v Speaker 1>Mexican Army says that irregular flight behavior raised suspicions and

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<v Speaker 1>that the plane and the blow belonged to El Chapo Busman.

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<v Speaker 1>The Venezuelan government investigates the plane and produces witnesses who

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<v Speaker 1>say the plane was empty as it was being repaired

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<v Speaker 1>on the runway in Caracas. Fred Geffon says he sold

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<v Speaker 1>the plane through a broker and does not know the

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<v Speaker 1>identity of the purchaser. Jorge Coles says that Geffon does

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<v Speaker 1>know who the purchaser was, though he declines to name him.

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<v Speaker 1>Two reporters and Fernando Blancio, who was also Raoul Himenes

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<v Speaker 1>Alfaro and Luis Albert Ortega sal and Jorge Alberto Mario

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<v Speaker 1>Serrano and Luis Fernando luch Castillo says that the plane

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<v Speaker 1>and half of the coke were his, that the other

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<v Speaker 1>half belonged to his Columbian partner. Blanco also says that

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<v Speaker 1>he loaded the plane there in Venezuela before the first

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<v Speaker 1>of the two doomed take off attempts, And he says

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<v Speaker 1>that he never had anything to do with Geff and

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<v Speaker 1>royal Son's Inc. And that, by the way, the plane

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<v Speaker 1>used to make CIA flights to Wantnamo. And you know what,

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<v Speaker 1>I think they all lie. They mixed pieces of truth

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<v Speaker 1>with bits of lies and try to tell captivating story,

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<v Speaker 1>an exciting story, a useful story for moving whatever it

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<v Speaker 1>is they're trying to move. What we can gather from

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<v Speaker 1>all these stories, however, is that a single airplane loaded

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<v Speaker 1>with cocaine brings together the d e A, the CIA,

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<v Speaker 1>the Mexican Army, the Venezuela National Guard, and Fernando Blancos,

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<v Speaker 1>a mid level pilot an air logistics manager for illegal

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<v Speaker 1>drug corporations, with some thirty years of experience under his belt,

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<v Speaker 1>now serving time in the US for things he didn't

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<v Speaker 1>even do. My name for now is John Gibbler, and

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<v Speaker 1>this like Jacob Homer is Transportista episode ten in a

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<v Speaker 1>sense m H. When Fernando Blanco Sisna reached out to Detective,

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<v Speaker 1>he promised the story that would be better than the

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<v Speaker 1>Zapatista rebellion of January and the murder of presidential candidate

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<v Speaker 1>Luis Donaldo Colosio nearly three months later. Here again is

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<v Speaker 1>how many Latios described Blankio's first getting in touch with

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<v Speaker 1>Diego so Orno and Detective, pitching them his life story. First,

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<v Speaker 1>he was like, really mysterious guy because he only gave

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<v Speaker 1>me a phone number, and he told me, you gotta

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<v Speaker 1>call this guy. He's supposed to be in jail. He

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<v Speaker 1>he's been telling me that he has a great, great

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<v Speaker 1>story to tell us that is better than a documentary

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<v Speaker 1>that we released couple of months months earlier. In in

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<v Speaker 1>ethics started like I don't know if the right name.

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<v Speaker 1>He was looking for the age and he was really

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<v Speaker 1>anxious to talk to him. So Dego gave me the

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<v Speaker 1>assignment and so I called him. When I read through

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<v Speaker 1>the transcripts of Blankie's interviews with Menue, I noticed that

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<v Speaker 1>blank You mentioned a few other reporters with whom he

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<v Speaker 1>had been in contact. I decided to call him up

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<v Speaker 1>and asked them about their experiences speaking with and the

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<v Speaker 1>impressions of blank You. The first reporter I called agreed

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<v Speaker 1>only to speak to me off the record. The second

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<v Speaker 1>reporter I called this herd reis a remarkable Colombia investigator journalist,

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<v Speaker 1>the director of UNIVISILS investigated Unit, the author of many books,

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<v Speaker 1>including most recently alex sob The Truth About the Businessmen

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<v Speaker 1>who Became a multi Millionaire Nicolas Malulu's Shadow. An episode

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<v Speaker 1>two of this podcast, I mentioned that when I first

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<v Speaker 1>reached out to Raise an early one, he was surprised

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<v Speaker 1>to hear that I was working on a story about

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<v Speaker 1>link Field. Raise told me that Blink he had long

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<v Speaker 1>promised him the exclusive rights his story, that he would

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<v Speaker 1>tell rays all that he had done and all that

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<v Speaker 1>he knew for a book or a film that would

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<v Speaker 1>blow people's minds. Raya said that while he was still

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<v Speaker 1>hoping for the promised permission to materialize, he had not

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<v Speaker 1>been in touch with things recently, as we heard an

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<v Speaker 1>episode two, Rays was getting ready to release the television

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<v Speaker 1>segment using interviews with BLENK Hill in two thousand seventeen

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<v Speaker 1>when blink Hill sent him a strange letter. Here again

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<v Speaker 1>is what Ray has told me. So when we were

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<v Speaker 1>preparing a special program about the Chappo Bushman, I convinced

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<v Speaker 1>blank Hire to go on the record. My idea was

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<v Speaker 1>recording him from jail by using his voice over with

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<v Speaker 1>a video and image. As the people from the Making

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<v Speaker 1>a Morder documentary did greatly. He was very helpful. He

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<v Speaker 1>not only described Goose Money, his different stage of his

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<v Speaker 1>lives and basically he's playing out the air force of

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<v Speaker 1>the Sinaloa cartel, operates the procedures to land a small

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<v Speaker 1>plane in Aclandestine, track of the Sierra Madre, the international

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<v Speaker 1>routes of the drug trade, and how they refuel the

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<v Speaker 1>planes on Earth. He explained that step by step. But

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<v Speaker 1>days before we were going toward the program, blame him

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<v Speaker 1>a step back and he said that he would not

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<v Speaker 1>authorize the interview. He sent a letter in legal terms

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<v Speaker 1>arguing that the revelation of his sustainments will put him

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<v Speaker 1>and his family and risk, or something like that despite

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<v Speaker 1>that I have his authorization on the record, I decided

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<v Speaker 1>not to use the interview. Then I learned that you

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<v Speaker 1>guys been in contact with several reporters offering his life story.

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<v Speaker 1>The letter, in legal terms that Rais mentions, is an

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<v Speaker 1>affidavid that Blankholl wrote, signed, had notarized, and filed in

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<v Speaker 1>his own court case in November two thousand seventeen. The

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<v Speaker 1>affidavit summarizes blank Hill's correspondence with Rays and then forbids

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<v Speaker 1>Rays from using any of the material from those interviews.

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<v Speaker 1>The document, written after Blankholl gave Raise his authorization, as

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<v Speaker 1>far as I can see, has no legal standing whatsoever.

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<v Speaker 1>If two people sign a contract, one person alone cannot

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<v Speaker 1>rescind or change the terms of that contract. When two

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<v Speaker 1>parties established an initial agreement, both parties must similarly establish

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<v Speaker 1>any alterations to that agreement. Pretty basic right. Thus, finding

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<v Speaker 1>an affidavit about his interviews with the journalist in his

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<v Speaker 1>drug trafficking court case, which he pleaded guilty and then

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<v Speaker 1>unsuccessfully tried to alter his plea, seems to me to

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<v Speaker 1>be a kind of legal oid trick designed to intimidate reporters.

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<v Speaker 1>Rais says that he had Blankiell's authorization on the record,

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<v Speaker 1>but decided not to use the interview that He was

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<v Speaker 1>thus surprised when I reached out to him and said

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<v Speaker 1>that Blankio had been telling his life story to defective.

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<v Speaker 1>When I accessed Blinkiell's court case, I found another affidavit

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<v Speaker 1>filed in January, and this time naming Daniel Hopsicker. Hop

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<v Speaker 1>Sicker told me he didn't even know that this affidavit existed.

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<v Speaker 1>It seems that Blankio filed the affidavit after speaking with

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<v Speaker 1>Hopsicker in person. Blinkio had reached out the Hopsicker and

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<v Speaker 1>invited him to visit him and talk in prison, just

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<v Speaker 1>as he had done with Reis. When I first called

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<v Speaker 1>hop Sicker, I didn't know that he'd been to meet

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<v Speaker 1>blank You in prison. Here's how he described that meeting

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<v Speaker 1>to me. I guess you wanted to talk a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit a bit about Fernando who I went up to

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<v Speaker 1>see UM three or four years ago. Um, there's nobody

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<v Speaker 1>even knew, Okay, I mean, I had written been writing

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<v Speaker 1>about the the bust of the DC nine with five

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<v Speaker 1>and a half tons of cocaine UM, and he was arrested,

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<v Speaker 1>UM extradited too. The U S um, convicted to trial

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<v Speaker 1>and sent to prison, all before anyone. And you know,

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<v Speaker 1>you could see I probably did five a couple of

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<v Speaker 1>hundred stories about it um without anyone knowing, without without

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<v Speaker 1>without anyone knowing that he had been involved with five

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<v Speaker 1>and a half turns of cocaine um, which is pretty amazing.

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<v Speaker 1>But but but it's the way, it's the way things go.

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<v Speaker 1>It's the way things go here in the stage. He

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<v Speaker 1>wouldn't he UM. I mean he would he talked, but

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<v Speaker 1>he wouldn't talk talk. I mean it was like he

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<v Speaker 1>would like late he was. He was attempting to market

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<v Speaker 1>what he knew two prosecutors in Nil Chapel case. And

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know if he was distressful or not, because

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<v Speaker 1>I got disgusted. Oh, I don't know if we're still

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<v Speaker 1>in prison or not. The god forsaken prison in North

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<v Speaker 1>Carolina that hop Sicker mentions is the River's Correctional Institution

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<v Speaker 1>from which Blankfield spoke with Menu on a smuggle the cellphone.

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<v Speaker 1>The two thousand sixteen Department of Justice report had this

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<v Speaker 1>to say about the place Rivers had the highest rats

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<v Speaker 1>of contraband finds excluding cell phones, inmate assaults on staff

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<v Speaker 1>uses the force, guilty findings on inmate discipline cases and

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<v Speaker 1>made grievances positive drug tests inmate on inmate sexual misconduct,

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<v Speaker 1>and the lowest phone monitoring rate. God for sinking. Indeed,

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<v Speaker 1>Blink You apparently was moved to another prison in Georgia

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<v Speaker 1>during the pandemic. I told the hop sicker that Blinks

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<v Speaker 1>he was still in prison though he seems to have

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<v Speaker 1>been moved, and asked him if you could tell me

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<v Speaker 1>a bit more about what impression blinks You made on

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<v Speaker 1>him when they met. Oh, I feel sorry for him

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<v Speaker 1>when I met him. Um, by time I left, I

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<v Speaker 1>didn't bet. But um, you know, the people are in

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<v Speaker 1>prisoned in the United States and in conditions that that

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<v Speaker 1>I should be international scandal. Um. I mean it wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>as if he had things any harder than anybody else there.

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<v Speaker 1>But I mean it wasn't. It was only you know,

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<v Speaker 1>it was like a media mock up. But it just looked,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, still divine. And then he had been there

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<v Speaker 1>every four years already, and and he had solicited me

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<v Speaker 1>to come see him, and so I should left all

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<v Speaker 1>the way up there, you know, a day and a

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<v Speaker 1>half drive up there, and he had decided, well, he

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<v Speaker 1>would talk just a little bit because he was trying

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<v Speaker 1>to retail his story to the plasticators in the JAPO case.

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<v Speaker 1>He worked for Jack, so I disgussed. Didn't want to

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<v Speaker 1>tell the truth, he wanted to sell the truth. Hop

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<v Speaker 1>stickers appraisal here find some support in the court documents.

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<v Speaker 1>U S. Attorney's initially presented blink Yo as a star

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<v Speaker 1>cooperating witness before cutting ties with him and accusing him

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<v Speaker 1>of trying to sell his testimony. Blink Hill says that

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<v Speaker 1>U S attorneys lie. He told Menu that the U

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<v Speaker 1>S Attorneys told him not to include any information in

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<v Speaker 1>his testimony while acts of violence carried out against him

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<v Speaker 1>and his family by another drug trafficker. He was also

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<v Speaker 1>collaborating with the d e A. Such evidence retarnished that

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<v Speaker 1>person standing as a reputable witness in other cases. Blinkyo

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<v Speaker 1>says that the U S. Attorney has told him, I

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<v Speaker 1>wouldn't be surprised if both the d e A and

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<v Speaker 1>blink Kill's accusations against each other were actually true or

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<v Speaker 1>true in part regardless, the idea of a man marketing

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<v Speaker 1>the truth resonates with me. Here what I've heard in

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<v Speaker 1>how Blinkio tells his stories, and in the experiences of

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<v Speaker 1>the reporters who have spoken with him, gives me the

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<v Speaker 1>impression of a mid level executive in a global illegal industry,

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<v Speaker 1>an industry that depends upon the constant production of official

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<v Speaker 1>invisibility and thus on the marketing of stories told with

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<v Speaker 1>facts and lies. An executive who, upon being stripped of

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<v Speaker 1>his airplanes and bank accounts and multiple passports and taken

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<v Speaker 1>off to prison, turns to the only resource he has

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<v Speaker 1>left to try and keep his business afloat. A man who,

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<v Speaker 1>after decades of ups and downs flying cocaine all over

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<v Speaker 1>the world, finds himself behind bars and becomes a trafficker

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<v Speaker 1>of his own story, as Hopstaker says, a man who

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<v Speaker 1>does not want to tell the truth, but to sell

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<v Speaker 1>the truth. Over the ten plus years he has been

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<v Speaker 1>imprisoned during a thirteen years sentence, he has sought out

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<v Speaker 1>and spoken with several reporters, and then filed legal oid

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<v Speaker 1>documents attempting to forbid those reporters from publishing anything he

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<v Speaker 1>told them. The affidavits naming Herradorius and Daniel hop Saker

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<v Speaker 1>are not the only ones in his file, and all

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<v Speaker 1>these affidavits and a glorious twist of Irony are signed

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<v Speaker 1>by one Luis Fernando Bertolo, a man arrested by the

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<v Speaker 1>d e A in the Dominican Republic, taken to Miami

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<v Speaker 1>and sentenced for drug trafficking crimes he had not yet committed.

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<v Speaker 1>A man who in a sense does not even exist,

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<v Speaker 1>but on Sportista is that that the Diva production with

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<v Speaker 1>Exiled Content Studio in partnership with iHeart Radio's Michael Tura

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<v Speaker 1>by jaquinoo At Its ing and sound design by Ferdandolo

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<v Speaker 1>Adios produced by Juli Gonzalez. Voice recording by Ugo Merino

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<v Speaker 1>and Rene Garcia. Transports interviews translated by Cardinal Ries Arguys.

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<v Speaker 1>Production supervision by Nando Vila and Albertosespees. Associate producers Alonso

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<v Speaker 1>Hilar and Alexandro Duran Diego and Drique Orno Is the

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