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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 07, 1987

Page

4

Ministers dismissed over scandal in PTL

Springfield based Assemblies of God board ousts Jim Bakker and Richard Dortch for conduct unbecoming a minister amid the PTL sex scandal. Bakker faced a sexual encounter with Jessica Hahn and alleged misconduct, while Dortch was cited for concealing information and participating in a cover-up.

Springfield PTL Jim Bakker Assemblies of God Bakker Pentecostal Richard Dortch Board Specif Ically Jessica Hahn Florida John Ankerberg Southern Baptist Tennessee Bakke Palm Springs Calif Ankerberg Dortch National Board

Feds round up drug suspects in unprecedented operation

U S and Colombian drug figures arrested in Operation Pisces. DEA undercover agents laundered 116 million dollars over three years, leading to about 80 arrests and the seizure of over 19,000 pounds of cocaine valued at 270 million dollars. Panama froze 54 accounts to trace drug profits.

Feds Washington U.S Los Angeles Miami New York Drug Enforcement Administration Edwin Meese United States Jose Ruli Lopez Chacon Bogota Colombia DEA Lopez Chacon Medellin Hugo Obando Ochoa Panama California

Chilean ex-major jailed for Letelier killing in 1976

Armando Fernandez Larios, 37, a former Chilean army major, was ordered by U.S. District Judge Barrington Parker to serve 10 months minimum in prison after pleading guilty to being an accessory after the fact in the 1976 bombing that killed retired diplomat Orlando Letelier in Washington. He admitted traveling to Washington to find Letelier’s home and office and said Chilean secret police leaders ordered him to lie.

Washington Orlando Letelier Armando Fernandez Larios U.S Barrington Parker Letelier Fernandez Parker Chile United States DINA Augusto Pinochet

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