U.S. Out to get Morales with Cooked up Drug Charges*

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A whistleblower reveals the DEA is up to its old tricks again, fabricating secret indictments against Bolivia’s populist president Evo Morales for cocaine trafficking.

Originally posted on Hwaairfan's Blog:

U.S. Out to get Morales with Cooked up Drug Charges*

Pinning drug offences on leaders that the U.S. does not like is a common preoccupation…

Hillary Clinton once accused Evo Morales of paranoia and “fear-mongering,” but, as The Huffington Post pointed out, “The DEA was, in fact, out to get him.”

By Kit O’Connell

Pope Francis and Bolivia’s President Evo Morales pray upon arrival to El Alto International airport in El Alto, Bolivia, Wednesday, July 8, 2015. The pouch Francis is wearing around his neck was given to him by Morales. It’s woven of alpaca with indigenous trimmings and traditionally used by people in the Andes to hold coca leaves, which they chew to ward off the ill effects of extreme altitude.

A Drug Enforcement Agency informant-turned whistleblower revealed the agency’s plot to undermine the Bolivian government through secret indictments for cocaine trafficking.

The sealed indictments were revealed as…

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