Wanda Palacios had witnessed in 1983-1985 in Barranquilla, the arrival of SAT planes loaded with weapons for the cartel, which would then send them to the Contras. The planes would return to the US loaded with cocaine. Palacio stated that Jorge Luis Ochoa Vásquez himself explained to her the guns-for-drugs deal with the CIA to supply the Contras.
In 1983-1985 in Barranquilla, Wanda Palacios observed SAT planes delivering weapons for the cartel, which were subsequently sent to the Contras. These planes would return to the US with cocaine. Palacio reported that Jorge Luis Ochoa Vásquez disclosed to her how the CIA arranged an arms-for-drugs transaction to aid the Contras.