CONTROLLED DELIVERY OF TWO KILOGRAMS OF HEROIN

UNCLAS E F T O SECTION 01 OF 02 BOGOTA 003698 SIPDIS DEAX POST FOR DEA ONLY HQS FOR OE/HARRIGAN; OEL/STEFFICK, LABOY; OI/WHALEY, SCARANTINO; NIAC; NIBC; NDAH; SARI; CHICAGO FD/GROUP 11/SA KEVIN CORCORAN E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: NONE SUBJECT: CONTROLLED DELIVERY OF TWO KILOGRAMS OF HEROIN FROM SAULO SALINAS-OSPINA TO A CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE IN CALI, COLOMBIA ON APRIL 7, 2005. ZE-05-0025/XEH1I/SALINAS-OSPINA, SAULO. CCX: I1-05-0025/XNH1I/SALINAS, SAULO CS-00-099625 ¶1. (SBU) PRIOR TO APRIL, 2005, SAULO SALINAS-OSPINA HAD APPROACHED CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE 00-099625 (CS) WITH THE PROSPECT OF THE CS TRANSPORTING HEROIN FROM CALI, COLOMBIA TO CHICAGO, IL. ¶2. (SBU) ON APRIL 6, 2005, THE CS TELEPHONED SALINAS. SALINAS TOLD THE CS HE WANTED THE CS TO COME TO CALI, COLOMBIA AND PICK UP SOME HEROIN AND TRANSPORT IT TO CHICAGO, IL. ¶3. (SBU) AT THAT TIME, THE COLOMBIAN NATIONAL POLICE, ANTI-NARCOTICS HEROIN ENFORCEMENT GROUP (CNP/ANTIN/HEG) SECURED TWO HOTEL ROOMS IN CALI, COLOMBIA AT THE HOTEL CALIMA REAL IN WHICH TO CONDUCT THE DRUG TRANSACTION. ONE HOTEL ROOM (#402) WAS SECURED AS A MEETING LOCATION FOR THE CS AND SALINAS, AND THE OTHER HOTEL ROOM (#403) WAS AN OBSERVATION ROOM USED TO MONITOR THE ACTIVITIES OF THE CS AND INSURE THE SAFETY OF THE CS. ¶4. (SBU) ON APRIL 7, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 8:30AM, SA STEPHEN BELLEAU AND SA STACEY SLATER INSTALLED AN AUDIO/VIDEO TRANSMITTING DEVICE IN HOTEL ROOM #402 AND AN AUDIO/VIDEO RECEIVING DEVICE IN HOTEL ROOM #403. USING THE AUDIO/VIDEO RECEIVER, AGENTS WERE ABLE TO MONITOR THE ACTIVITIES THAT OCCURED IN ROOM #402. ¶5. (SBU) AT APPROXIMATELY 11:00AM, SA KEVIN COROCORAN AND SA LOU GADE OF THE CHICAGO FIELD DIVISION GROUP 11 AND SA BELLEAU AND SA SLATER MET WITH THE CS AT A NEUTRAL LOCATION IN CALI, COLOMBIA. THE CS WAS GIVEN FINAL INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO CONDUCT THE DRUG TRANSACTION. THE CS WAS ALSO SEARCHED WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS BY SA CORCORAN AND SA GADE AND EQUIPPED WITH AN AUDIO RECORDING DEVICE. ¶6. (SBU) AT APPROXIMATELY 1:02PM, THE CS WAS TAKEN FROM THE NEUTRAL LOCATION TO HOTEL ROOM #402 BY A CNP/ANTIN/HEG OFFICER. ¶7. (SBU) AT APPROXIMATELY 1:06PM, THE CS TELEPHONED SALINAS. SALINAS TOLD THE CS HE WOULD BE AT THE HOTEL IN ONE AND ONE-HALF HOURS. ¶8. (SBU) AT APPROXIMATELY 2:23PM, THE CS WALKED FROM HOTEL ROOM #420 DOWN TO THE LOBBY OF THE HOTEL AND MET WITH SALINAS AS OBSERVED BY A CNP/ANTIN/HEG OFFICER. ¶9. (SBU) AT APPROXIMATELY 2:32PM, A CNP/ANTIN/HEG OFFICER OBSERVED THE CS RETURN TO HOTEL ROOM #402. AT THAT TIME, SA CORCORAN SPOKE TO THE CS VIA TELEPHONE. THE CS TOLD SA CORCORAN THAT SALINAS WAS GOING TO AN APARTMENT BUILDING CALLED LA LIMONETA AND RETRIEVE THE HEROIN. ¶10. (SBU) AT APPROXIMATELY 3:43PM, SA CORCORAN TELEPHONED THE CS AND INSTRUCTED HIM/HER TO TELEPHONE SALINAS AND FIND OUT WHEN SALINAS WAS GOING TO ARRIVE AT THE HOTEL. ¶11. (SBU) AT APPROXIMATELY 3:44PM, A CNP/ANTIN/HEG OFFICER OBSERVED SALINAS, SALINAS'S WIFE, CRISTIAN LILIAN RODRIGUEZ MORA, AND SALINAS'S SON, JHONNY SALINAS, ARRIVE AND SIT DOWN AT AN OUTDOOR CAFE ADJACENT TO THE HOTEL CALIMA REAL. ¶12. (SBU) AT APPROXIMATELY 3:47PM THE CS DEPARTED HOTEL ROOM #402 AND WALKED DOWN TO THE CAFE AND MET WITH SALINAS. AT THAT TIME, SALINAS HANDED THE CS A WHITE BAG CONTAINING TWO KILOGRAMS OF HEROIN, HEREAFTER REFERRED TO AS EXHIBIT #1. THE CS THEN DEPARTED THE CAFE AND WALKED BACK TO HOTEL ROOM #402 WITH EXHIBIT #1. CNP OFFICERS VIDEOTAPED THE DRUG TRANSACTION BETWEEN THE CS AND SALINAS. ¶13. (SBU) AT APPROXIMATELY 3:55PM THE CS ARRIVED IN HOTEL ROOM #402 WITH EXHIBIT #1. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT AN AUDIO/VIDEO RECORDING WAS MADE OF ALL THE ACTIVITIES OF THE CS IN HOTEL ROOM #402. ¶14. (SBU) AT APPROXIMATELY 4:05PM, SA GADE OBTAINED CUSTODY OF EXHIBIT #1 FROM THE CS. MOMENTS LATER, SA GADE TRANSFERRED CUSTODY OF EXHIBIT #1 TO CNP LT. HECTOR ALEJANDRO GUTIERREZ ROMERO. ¶15. (SBU) AT APPROXIMATELY 8:50PM, EXHIBIT #1 WAS TRANSPORTED TO A LABORATORY IN CALI, COLOMBIA WHERE A PRESUMPTIVE ANALYSIS WAS CONDUCTED. AT THAT TIME, EXHIBIT #1 (BOTH KILOGRAMS) TESTED PRESUMPTIVE POSITIVE FOR HEROIN. THE NET WEIGHT OF ONE KILOGRAM WAS 1,078 GRAMS AND THE NET WEIGHT OF THE OTHER KILOGRAM WAS 1,070 GRAMS. ¶16. (SBU) AT APPROXIMATELY 11:30PM, LT. GUTIERREZ TRANSPORTED EXHIBIT #1 TO A POLICE OFFICE IN CALI, COLOMBIA WHERE IT WAS SECURED IN A LOCKED SAFE FOR OVERNIGHT STORAGE. ¶17. (SBU) ON APRIL 8, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 9:30AM, LT. GUTIERREZ RETREIVED EXHIBIT #1 FROM THE POLICE OFFICE AND TRANSPORTED THE EXHIBIT TO BOGOTA, COLOMBIA, WHERE EXHIBIT #1 WAS AGAIN SECURED IN A LOCKED SAFE FOR OVERNIGHT STORAGE. ¶18. (SBU) ON APRIL 9, 2005, AT APPROXIMATELY 6:10AM, LT. GUTIERREZ RETRIEVED EXHIBIT #1 AND TRANSPORTED THE EXHIBIT TO A POLICE STATION IN BOGOTA, COLOMBIA, WHERE ANOTHER PRESUMPTIVE LABORATORY ANALYSIS WAS PERFORMED. EXHIBIT #1 (BOTH KILOGRAMS) AGAIN TESTED PRESUMPTIVE POSITIVE FOR HEROIN. ¶19. (SBU) AT APPROXIMATELY 8:15AM, LT. GUTIERREZ TRANSFERRED CUSTODY OF EXHIBIT #1 TO SA GADE. SA GADE THEN TRANSPORTED EXHIBIT #1 TO THE CHICAGO FIELD DIVISION. CNP MAINTAINED CUSTODY OF ALL AUDIO/VIDEO RECORDINGS MADE DURING THE ACQUISITION OF EXHIBIT #1. COPIES OF THOSE RECORDINGS WILL BE MADE AND FORWARDED TO THE SA KEVIN CORCORAN AT THE CHICAGO FIELD DIVISION. ¶20. (SBU) THIS TELETYPE IS BEING SUBMITTED AS A PERMANENT RECORD IN LIEU OF A DEA-6, PURSUANT TO SECTION 6242.11 OF THE DEA AGENTS MANUAL. ¶21. INQUIRIES CAN BE DIRECTED TO BCO GROUP 6 GS MARK STYRON OR SA JAMES LAVERTY AT 011-571-315-2121 OR 301-985-9327. INDEXING SECTION: ¶1. SALINAS-OSPINA, SAULO - NADDIS: 441907 CELL PHONE NUMBER 57-310-434-5951 ¶2. SALINAS, JHONNY - NADDIS: 2041146 CELL PHONE NUMBERS 57-311-341-8928, 57-311-390-5514, 57-311-344-0370 ¶3. RODRIGUEZ MORA, CRISTIAN LILIAN - NADDIS: NEGATIVE WIFE OF SAULO SALINAS-OSPINA, NO FURTHER INFORMATION FROM ACTING REGIONAL DIRECTOR LIZETTE YRIZARRY WOOD