Castillo, as well as other law enforcers who spoke with Narco News, contend the federal prosecutor in the case turned Castillos paperwork violation (selling legally purchased weapons without a firearms-dealer permit) into a federal arms-trafficking case as payback for his whistleblowing activity for exposing the CIA and White Houses complicity in arms- and narco-trafficking as part of the Iran/Contra scandal that played out during the administration of Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush.
The key to the severity of the prison sentence meted out to Castillo who is a former DEA agent and decorated Vietnam veteran with no prior criminal record is that the prosecutor in his case argued, and the judge seemed convinced, that Castillo was likely trafficking weapons in Mexico and by implication to members of narco-trafficking cells.
But Narco News recently obtained documents (letters now filed with the Department of Justice) that allege the judge in Castillos case was mislead about the trafficking charges by the prosecutor in the case which was initiated under the reign of U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton (a dear friend of former president George W. Bush), who recently left the post to take a job in the private sector.
Cele Castillo ordered to report to federal prison - BlackListed News
The key to the severity of the prison sentence meted out to Castillo who is a former DEA agent and decorated Vietnam veteran with no prior criminal record is that the prosecutor in his case argued, and the judge seemed convinced, that Castillo was likely trafficking weapons in Mexico and by implication to members of narco-trafficking cells.
But Narco News recently obtained documents (letters now filed with the Department of Justice) that allege the judge in Castillos case was mislead about the trafficking charges by the prosecutor in the case which was initiated under the reign of U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton (a dear friend of former president George W. Bush), who recently left the post to take a job in the private sector.
Cele Castillo ordered to report to federal prison - BlackListed News