directly or indirectly, military or paramilitary operations in Nicaragua by any nation,
group, organization, movement, or individual. '' This law was effective from October 3,
1984, to December 5, 1985, when it was superceded by various aid-limitation laws
which, taken together, were referred to as `` Boland III. ''@s1@s7
November 1, 1984:Felix Rodriguez's partner, Gerard Latchinian, was arrested by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation. Latchinian was then tried and convicted of smuggling $10.3 million in
cocaine into the United States. The dope was to finance the murder and overthrow of the
President of Honduras, Roberto Suazo Cordova. Latchinian was sentenced to a 30-year
prison term.
On Nov. 10, 1983, a year before the arrest, Felix Rodriguez had filed the annual
registration with Florida's secretary of state on behalf of Latchinian's and Rodriguez's
joint enterprise, `` Giro Aviation Corp. ''@s1@s8
December 21, 1984:Felix Rodriguez met in the office of the Vice President with Bush adviser Donald Gregg.
Immediately after this meeting, Rodriguez met with Oliver North, supposedly for the first
time in his life. But Bush's adviser strenuously denied to investigators that he ``
introduced '' his CIA employee to North.@s1@s9
January 18, 1985 (Friday):Felix Rodriguez met with Ramon Milian Rodriguez (not known to be a relative of Felix),
accountant and money launderer, who had moved $1.5 billion for the Medelli@aan
cocaine cartel. Milian testified before a Senate investigation of the Contras' drug-
smuggling, that more than a year earlier he had granted Felix's request and given $10
million from the cocaine cartel to Felix for the Contras.
Milian Rodriguez was interviewed in his prison cell in Butner, North Carolina, by
investigative journalist Martha Honey. He said Felix Rodriguez had offered that `in exchange for money for the Contra cause he would use his influence in high places to get the [Cocaine] cartel U.S.good will'.... Frankly, one of the selling points was that he
could talk directly to Bush. The issue of good will wasn't something that was going to go
through 27 bureaucratic hands. It was something that was directly between him and Bush.
'' Ramon Milian Rodriguez was a Republican contributor, who had partied by invitation
at the 1981 Reagan-Bush inauguration ceremonies. He had been arrested aboard a
Panama-bound private jet by federal agents in May 1983, while carrying over $5 million
in cash. According to Felix Rodriguez, Milian was seeking a way out of the narcotics
charges when he met with Felix on January 18, 1985. This meeting remained secret until
two years later, when Felix Rodriguez had become notorious in the Iran-Contra scandal.
The Miami Herald broke the story on June 30, 1987. Felix Rodriguez at first denied ever
meeting with Ramon Milian Rodriguez. But then a new story was worked out with