DIA and the 1988 Justification for Peru's Strongmen
While thousands died in the Andean highlands, the Defense Intelligence Agency mapped the fragility of the state to prepare the ground for an authoritarian takeover.
By Desmond Okafor ·
Counter-insurgency
Major General Ramirez and the Colombian Proxy Price
For decades, the US funded a military that the CIA knew was entwined with paramilitary death squads, keeping the details of that betrayal secret until 1997.
By Harlan Pryce ·
DIA Dismissed AUC Paramilitaries as Top Priority for 2 Years
Brutality like the Mapiripán massacre went ignored as US intelligence spent two years treating AUC paramilitaries as a low military priority.
By Harlan Pryce ·