333: Vince Pankoke and Tom Myers – Colombian Cali Cartel, Operation Dilido

FBI Retired Case File Review

Jerri Williams

True Crime, Interviews, Fiction, History, Fbi, Government, Truecrime

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🗓️ 8 October 2024

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Retired agents Vince Pankoke, Jr. and Tom Myers review Operation Dilido, a Group I Colombian Cali Cartel drug undercover investigation targeting one of the most prolific drug subjects, Julio "The Gun" Correa and his Miami based lieutenant, Nando. The case relied on surveillance and wiretap coverage of multiple cell phones, hard lines, pagers and was one of the first investigations where the Department Of Justice requested roving T-III wiretap intercepts from microphones placed within vehicles.

Vince Pankoke was one of Operation Dilido case agents, along with retired agents Enrique (Henry) Mercadal and Martin Suarez. Tom Meyers was a new agent assigned to assist on the case.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 333 of FBI Retired
0:09.4	Taste File Review with Jerry Williams. I'm a retired agent on a mission to show you who the FBI is and what the FBI does
0:19.7	through my books, my blog, and my podcast case reviews with former colleagues. Today we get to speak to
0:27.3	Retired Agents Vince Pancoke and Tom Myers in part one of this two-part episode, they review Operation
0:38.0	Delido. A Group 1 Colombian Cali Cartel Drug undercover investigation targeting drug lord
0:47.2	Julio the gun and his Miami-based lieutenant Nando.
0:52.6	The case relied on surveillance and wiretap coverage of multiple cell phones, hard lines,
0:58.9	pagers, and was one of the Department of Justice's first roving T3 intercepts from microphones placed within vehicles.
1:08.0	Vince Pancoke was one of Operation Delito's case agents, along with retired agents, Henry Mercandile and Martin Suarez.
1:18.0	Tom Myers was a new agent assigned to assist on the case.
1:22.4	One of the FBI's most significant drug investigations in the 1990s.
1:28.0	Vince Pancoach served in the FBI for 27 years. Throughout his FBI career he worked many high-profile
1:37.0	investigations to include drug cartels and Wall Street stock schemes.
1:42.8	After the 9-11 attacks, he was tasked with forming a squad of agents to exploit the cell phone records of the 12 hijackers that were living and operating in South Florida.
1:54.8	Later in his career, Vince was assigned to the undercover backstopping group
2:00.0	and became a certified undercover agent.
2:03.3	Vince received numerous awards for his investigative efforts,
2:08.3	including the National Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force, Ocadeth Award, U.S. Attorney's Office Awards,
2:17.8	the Colombian DAS Directors Award, and was a finalist for the FBI directors award.
2:25.0	Vince is a certified FBI instructor for major case investigations,
2:31.0	wiretaps, phone records analysis, and undercover operations.
2:35.6	After his retirement from the FBI, Vince was referred by Dutch National Police
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