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José Bueso Rosa
Rank General
Awards Legion of Merit

José Bueso Rosa is a former Honduran military officer, and was chief-of-staff of the Honduran Army until March 1984. In July 1986 he was sentenced to five years in prison by a US court for his part in planning an assassination attempt on Honduran President Roberto Suazo Córdova.[1]

Career[]

Bueso Rosa was chief-of-staff of the Honduran Army until March 1984, when he was ousted together with Gustavo Álvarez Martínez, the Commander-in-Chief of the Honduran military.[1] Bueso Rosa had played a significant role in the US support to the Nicaraguan Contras, and was awarded the Legion of Merit for his efforts.[2] After being ousted, Bueso Rosa was sent to Chile as a military attache.[1] Bueso Rosa was detained in Chile for eight months while the US sought his extradition in connection with a 1984 plot to assassinate Honduran President Roberto Suazo Córdova; he surrendered voluntarily to the US in late 1985. In June 1986 he pleaded guilty in a US court to "two counts of traveling in furtherance of a conspiracy to plan an assassination", and was sentenced to five years.[1] The plot was due to be financed by the sale of cocaine in the US, of an amount variously reported as worth $10m[1] and $40m.[3] US officials interceded to appeal for a lenient sentence.[4][5]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Susan F, Rasky, New York Times, 23 February 1987, NORTH URGED LENIENCY FOR HONDURAN LINKED TO ASSASSINATION PLOT
  2. Alexander Cockburn (1998), Whiteout: The CIA, Drugs, and the Press, Verso Books, p293
  3. Kerry Committee, Report, p76
  4. Peter Dale Scott and Jonathan Marshall (1998), Cocaine Politics: Drugs, Armies, and the CIA in Central America, University of California Press, p60-62
  5. Oliver North, 1986 memos

See also[]

  • CIA activities in Honduras
  • History of Honduras (1982–present)
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