Exhibit 313

Kerry Committee report, table of State Department payments to four suppliers

Exhibit 313 · Congressional report

Kerry Committee report, table of State Department payments to four suppliers

The State Department selected four companies owned and operated by narcotics traffickers to supply humanitarian assistance to the Contras.

Table lists SETCO $185,924.25; DIACSA $41,120.90; Frigorificos de Puntarenas $261,932.00; Vortex $317,425.17; printed total $806,401.20. The four line items sum to $806,402.32 (checked against the page image).

Source: United States Senate, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Narcotics and International Operations
Date: 1989
Quoted from: Kerry Committee report (Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Narcotics, Terrorism, and International Operations, Dec. 1988/1989 print), Part V 'U.S. Government Funds and Companies with Drug Connections', printed p. 44 (PDF p. 52)
Grade: Primary record
Document: https://archive.org/download/KerryCommitteeReport/Kerry%20Committee%20Report.pdf
Accessed: 2026-11-09
Cited by: Findings citing this exhibit
Note: The four line items sum to $806,402.32, which is $1.12 more than the printed total of $806,401.20.

Cited by

Finding DEF-6.5: Primary record The Kerry subcommittee found that State Department humanitarian funds for the Contras went to four companies tied to drug traffickers, and it did not find Contra leaders personally involved in trafficking.