Miguel Nazar Haro

Miguel Nazar Haro
Born c. 1924
Died 26 January 2012 (aged 87)
Mexico City, Mexico
Occupation Domestic intelligence chief
Employer Federal government of Mexico

Miguel Nazar Haro (c. 1924 – 26 January 2012) was the head of Mexico's Dirección Federal de Seguridad (Federal Security Directorate) from 1978 to 1982. He started his career working for the secret-police chief Fernando Gutiérrez Barrios. Douring his time in the DFS, Nazar Haro and the Directorate were involved in the Mexican government's so called Dirty War, a series of state-crimes against leftist insurgents, social movements and the government's political opposition. Nazar is known to have been an anti-soviet CIA asset in mexico, under the codename LITEMPO-12, and also known to be in direct contact with CIA station chief Winston M. Scott.[1][2][3][4]

He was arrested in 2004 on charges stemming from the disappearance of a group of alleged guerrillas. In 2006, these charges were dropped.[5][6]

Under his command the DFS was accused by the American DEA of protecting drug lords and their traffic operations.[7]

References

  1. ↑ http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB204/index2.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2011/05/19/index.php?section=cultura&article=a04n1cul
  3. ↑ http://articles.latimes.com/1996-03-27/news/ls-51612_1_michael-scott
  4. ↑ http://harpers.org/blog/2008/04/six-questions-for-jefferson-morley-on-our-man-in-mexico/
  5. ↑ "Former Mexican intelligence chief accused of ‘dirty war’ disappearances of militants has died", The Washington Post, 28 January 2012
  6. ↑ Especial Nazar Haro, un tigre que murió en su propia jaula Archived 2012-01-28 at the Wayback Machine. El Universal, 28 January 2012 (Spanish)
  7. ↑ "10 claves para conocer quién fue Miguel Nazar Haro". adnpolitico.com. Retrieved 7 September 2015.


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