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''Adolfo Calero Portocarrero'' is a Nicaraguan businessman and politician who became a leading figure in the US-backed [[Contras|Contra]] rebellion of the 1980s.<ref>CIA [https://www.cia.gov/library/reports/general-reports-1/cocaine/contra-story/north.html Northern Front Contras: The Contra Story], 26 April 2007.</ref>

According to the [[CIA]]'s account, Calero was active in the opposition to dictator [[Anastasio Somoza]], who was overthrown by the [[Sandinistas]] in 1979.<ref>CIA [https://www.cia.gov/library/reports/general-reports-1/cocaine/contra-story/north.html Northern Front Contras: The Contra Story], 26 April 2007.</ref>

According to US embassy officials, Calero initially sought to work with the new [[FSLN|Sandinista National Liberation Front]] government. However, by late 1980, he had publicly criticised the Sandinistas.<ref>CIA [https://www.cia.gov/library/reports/general-reports-1/cocaine/contra-story/north.html Northern Front Contras: The Contra Story], 26 April 2007.</ref>

Calero left the country in December 1982 and joined the leadership of the opposition [[FDN|Nicaraguan Democratic Force]]. In January 1983, he travelled to Panama, Costa Rica and Colombia in search of support.<ref>CIA [https://www.cia.gov/library/reports/general-reports-1/cocaine/contra-story/north.html Northern Front Contras: The Contra Story], 26 April 2007.</ref>

Calero later became president and Commander in Chief of the FDN, the main Contra group of the 'Northern Front' operating out of Honduras.<ref>CIA [https://www.cia.gov/library/reports/general-reports-1/cocaine/contra-story/north.html Northern Front Contras: The Contra Story], 26 April 2007.</ref>

In an effort to unify the Contra forces, Calero joined [[Arturo Cruz]] and [[Alfonso Robelo]] in the leadership triumvirate of the [[United Nicaraguan Opposition]], formed in mid-1985.<ref>CIA [https://www.cia.gov/library/reports/general-reports-1/cocaine/contra-story/north.html Northern Front Contras: The Contra Story], 26 April 2007.</ref>

Disputes with Robelo and Cruz led Calero to resign from the UNO leadership in early 1987. He went on to become a leading figure in the [[Nicaraguan Resistance]] (RN) formed in May that year.<ref>CIA [https://www.cia.gov/library/reports/general-reports-1/cocaine/contra-story/north.html Northern Front Contras: The Contra Story], 26 April 2007.</ref>

In February 1988, amid press reports of Contra drug-trafficking, a [[CIA] cable informed Headquarters a "Nicaraguan exile had alleged at a meeting in Miami, Florida, that [[Enrique Bermudez]], [[Adolfo Calero]], [[Aristides Sanchez]], and another individual were all involved in drug smuggling."<ref>CIA [https://www.cia.gov/library/reports/general-reports-1/cocaine/contra-story/north.html Northern Front Contras: The Contra Story], 26 April 2007.</ref>

The CIA described its response as follows:
:: According to a February 1988 Headquarters cable, CIA records were searched in February 1988 regarding the Nicaraguan exile in response to his allegations that Calero and other UNO/FDN leaders had engaged in drug smuggling. The cable indicated that a number of sources characterized him as unstable, a swindler and as having a reputation of being a drug dealer in Nicaragua before leaving that country in 1983.<ref>CIA [https://www.cia.gov/library/reports/general-reports-1/cocaine/contra-story/north.html Northern Front Contras: The Contra Story], 26 April 2007.</ref>

According to the CIA information about this allegation was forwarded to the FBI but not reported to Congress.<ref>CIA [https://www.cia.gov/library/reports/general-reports-1/cocaine/contra-story/north.html Northern Front Contras: The Contra Story], 26 April 2007.</ref>

==External Resources==
*CIA [https://www.cia.gov/library/reports/general-reports-1/cocaine/contra-story/north.html Northern Front Contras: The Contra Story], 26 April 2007.
*History Commons [http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=adolfo_calero_1 Adolfo Calero]
*Sourcewatch [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Adolfo_Calero_Portocarrero Adolfo Calero Portocarrero]

==Affiliations==
*[[Nicaraguan Democratic Force]]
*[[United Nicaraguan Opposition]]
*[[Nicaraguan Resistance]]

==Notes==
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[[Category:Nicaragua|Calero, Adolfo]][[Category:Iran-Contra|Calero, Adolfo]]

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−	''Adolfo Calero Portocarrero'' is a Nicaraguan businessman and politician who became a leading figure in the US-backed [[Contras\|Contra]] rebellion of the 1980s.<ref>CIA [https://www.cia.gov/library/reports/general-reports-1/cocaine/contra-story/north.html Northern Front Contras: The Contra Story], 26 April 2007.</ref>	+	'''Adolfo Calero Portocarrero''' is a Nicaraguan businessman and politician who became a leading figure in the US-backed [[Contras\|Contra]] rebellion of the 1980s.<ref>CIA [https://www.cia.gov/library/reports/general-reports-1/cocaine/contra-story/north.html Northern Front Contras: The Contra Story], 26 April 2007.</ref>

	According to the [[CIA]]'s account, Calero was active in the opposition to dictator [[Anastasio Somoza]], who was overthrown by the [[Sandinistas]] in 1979.<ref>CIA [https://www.cia.gov/library/reports/general-reports-1/cocaine/contra-story/north.html Northern Front Contras: The Contra Story], 26 April 2007.</ref>		According to the [[CIA]]'s account, Calero was active in the opposition to dictator [[Anastasio Somoza]], who was overthrown by the [[Sandinistas]] in 1979.<ref>CIA [https://www.cia.gov/library/reports/general-reports-1/cocaine/contra-story/north.html Northern Front Contras: The Contra Story], 26 April 2007.</ref>

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 According to the [[CIA]]'s account, Calero was active in the opposition to dictator [[Anastasio Somoza]], who was overthrown by the [[Sandinistas]] in 1979.<ref>CIA [https://www.cia.gov/library/reports/general-reports-1/cocaine/contra-story/north.html Northern Front Contras: The Contra Story], 26 April 2007.</ref>
-According to US embassy officials, Calero initially sought to work with the new [[FSLN|Sandinista National Liberation Front]] government. However, by late 1980, he had publicly criticised the Sandinistas.<ref>CIA [https://www.cia.gov/library/reports/general-reports-1/cocaine/contra-story/north.html Northern Front Contras: The Contra Story], 26 April 2007.</ref>
+According to US embassy officials, Calero initially sought to work with the new [[Sandinista National Liberation Front|FSLN]] government. However, by late 1980, he had publicly criticised the Sandinistas.<ref>CIA [https://www.cia.gov/library/reports/general-reports-1/cocaine/contra-story/north.html Northern Front Contras: The Contra Story], 26 April 2007.</ref>
-Calero left the country in December 1982 and joined the leadership of the opposition [[FDN|Nicaraguan Democratic Force]]. In January 1983, he travelled to Panama, Costa Rica and Colombia in search of support.<ref>CIA [https://www.cia.gov/library/reports/general-reports-1/cocaine/contra-story/north.html Northern Front Contras: The Contra Story], 26 April 2007.</ref>
+Calero left the country in December 1982 and joined the leadership of the opposition [[Nicaraguan Democratic Force|FDN]]. In January 1983, he travelled to Panama, Costa Rica and Colombia in search of support.<ref>CIA [https://www.cia.gov/library/reports/general-reports-1/cocaine/contra-story/north.html Northern Front Contras: The Contra Story], 26 April 2007.</ref>
 Calero later became president and Commander in Chief of the FDN, the main Contra group of the 'Northern Front' operating out of Honduras.<ref>CIA [https://www.cia.gov/library/reports/general-reports-1/cocaine/contra-story/north.html Northern Front Contras: The Contra Story], 26 April 2007.</ref>

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 Disputes with Robelo and Cruz led Calero to resign from the UNO leadership in early 1987. He went on to become a leading figure in the [[Nicaraguan Resistance]] (RN) formed in May that year.<ref>CIA [https://www.cia.gov/library/reports/general-reports-1/cocaine/contra-story/north.html Northern Front Contras: The Contra Story], 26 April 2007.</ref>
-In February 1988, amid press reports of Contra drug-trafficking, a [[CIA] cable informed Headquarters a "Nicaraguan exile had alleged at a meeting in Miami, Florida, that [[Enrique Bermudez]], [[Adolfo Calero]], [[Aristides Sanchez]], and another individual were all involved in drug smuggling."<ref>CIA [https://www.cia.gov/library/reports/general-reports-1/cocaine/contra-story/north.html Northern Front Contras: The Contra Story], 26 April 2007.</ref>
+In February 1988, amid press reports of Contra drug-trafficking, a CIA cable informed Headquarters a "Nicaraguan exile had alleged at a meeting in Miami, Florida, that [[Enrique Bermudez]], [[Adolfo Calero]], [[Aristides Sanchez]], and another individual were all involved in drug smuggling."<ref>CIA [https://www.cia.gov/library/reports/general-reports-1/cocaine/contra-story/north.html Northern Front Contras: The Contra Story], 26 April 2007.</ref>
 The CIA described its response as follows: