Illegal drug trade in El Salvador

Illegal drug trade in El Salvador has included, according to some sources, trans-shipping of cocaine by the Nicaraguan Contras.

CIA and Contras cocaine trafficking in the US

Former DEA agent Celerino Castillo alleged that during the 1980s Ilopango Airport in El Salvador was used by Nicaraguan Contras for drug smuggling flights with the knowledge and complicity of the CIA. These allegations were part of an investigation by the United States Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General.^[1] Castillo also testified before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Between 1996 and 1998 the Central Intelligence Agency investigated and then published a report about its alleged involvement in cocaine sales in the US. This was prompted by the journalist Gary Webb's report in the San Jose Mercury News alleging that the CIA was behind the 1980s crack epidemic.^[2]

Illegal drug trade in Latin America and the Caribbean

Central America	Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Mexico Nicaragua Panama

Caribbean	Antigua and Barbuda Aruba¹ The Bahamas Barbados Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Grenada Haiti Jamaica Puerto Rico¹ St. Kitts and Nevis St. Lucia St. Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago

South America	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Guyana Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela

Dependencies not included. ¹ Defined as a semi-autonomous territory.

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