Since the cat was out of the bag, Seal asked Smith what>could be done to better "protect" his airplanes that were being stored>periodically in the islands. As long as the Agency got any monies it was>entided to, some CIA agents involved in Centaur Rose were apparently not>concerned about the other things Seal transported from Latin America,>including cocaine, marijuana, and heroin. On 1st July, 1972, Barry Seal was arrested in New Orleans and accused of sending C4 explosives to anti-Castro Cubans in Mexico. Dirty politics, love for money is the root for all evil. >Polozola's order also contained certain "special conditions." [8] Micah Morrison,>writing in the 18 October 1994 edition of the Wall Street Journal, says Seal>actually began operating out of the Mena (Arkansas) Intermountain Regional>Airport in 1981. >Barry Seal, and his younger brothers, Benjy and Wendell, grew up in a typical>American household. Michel Mertz had been ex pelled from U.S. at Fort Worth or Dallas 48hours after JFK assassination.11-22-63. >47. Mena.PamRotella.com. Was it Ochoa? It would focus the glare of the media spotlight on not only the Colombian Medellin Cartel, but also on the FBI and CIA as well as such political icons as then-Vice President George H.W. The Mena Airport, Arkansas, with Photo Gallery. Mr. WOLF Did you know Mr. Sam Giancana?.Mr. A great>deal of corporate naivete and ignorance on the part of state government was to>be expected in Bill Clinton's Arkansas, with respect to certain business>transactions where Barry Seal, Iver Johnson's, and Brodix were involved., as>long as the appropriate fees were paid to the right parties. He attended Louisiana>State University for one year, but decided that he didn't need a college>degree to fly airplanes. Barry Seal. In his letter, Guste made a formal request for a complete investigation with respect to the governments relationship with and handling of Seal. He made more than $50 million smuggling drugs into the United States from South America between 1977 and 1986. That was what the white>supremacist cult, CSA, was doing in Arkansas in the early to-mid-1980s. >Because of the overwhelming evidence against him, Seal had been forced to>plead guilty in 1984 to drugtrafficking charges in an unrelated federal court>proceeding in south Florida. Died of a gunshot wound to the back of the head, ruled a suicide. The entire meeting was videotaped by DEA>agents in the next room. Benjamin /Mary Seal son Adler M 1940 census address 315 Lovers Lane Baton Seal was also ordered to report address changes to the U.S. attorney,>and his right to travel outside the court's jurisdiction was restricted. He next admitted it under oath in DEA>intelligence reports. That was the year Seal was first convicted on major drug->trafficking charges in Florida. >16. Where necessary, the stories are specifically>referred to. Seals lifeand deathwould seem a perfect fit for Hollywood. He was fired by TWA after his 1972 arrest in New Orleans on charges of flying explosives to anti-Castro Cubans in Mexico. See, also, "Government's>Response to Defendant's Rule 32 Motion to Correct Pre-Sentence Report," United>States of AMerica v. Adler Berriman Seal, Crim. He was never able to testify against William Jefferson>Blythe Clinton either. He was married three times throughout his life. According to both Seal and Terry Reed, who claims to>have been a CIA "asset" in the 1980s and who flew with Seal in and out of Mena>on numerous occasions, The Fat Lady was equipped by the CIA with surveillance>cameras for a sting operation in Nicaragua involving the Sandinistas and the>Medellin cartel. During his initial>conversation with Jura and Jacobson, and to insure against being double->crossed, Seal reiterated what he told White and Kennedy during the meeting in>Washington: he would be "willing to cooperate" with the DEA in exchange "for>their assistance in helping [him] out with [his] sentences in south Florida.>"[15] After being reassured by the two special agents, Seal went forward with>his plans to make the trip to Medellin. Then both men got into the front seat of the car, and Seal reached back into the duffel bag, and pulled out a manila envelope with $2,500 in it. (5m-6m) Clinton, Mena, Barry Seal - Mena (6m-7m) "fall to communism" argument for Vietnam, et al . Released in theaters in 2017, the film directed by Doug Liman lingered on the true story of Barry Seal, who at the turn of the 70s and 80s was at the center of a criminal affair that thrilled . Seal's father was a member of the Ku Klux Klan. Polozola on December 20, 1985, invoked the sentence handed down by the Florida judge and sentenced Seal to six months supervised probation, taking the occasion to say that people like Seal were the lowest, most despicable people I can think of. A condition of the sentence was that he had to spend every night, from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m., at the Salvation Army halfway house on Airline Highway in Baton Rouge. The CIA or its>contractors would actually abscond with the items and convert them for use by>the Contras. 15 - Suzanne Coleman - Reportedly had an affair with Clinton when he was Arkansas Attorney General. photo Escobar with Seal picture on television ?who sit duck at The poster for the movie "American Made," to be released Friday, Sept. 29, shows a grinning, cocky . The information gleaned during these trips led>to the eventual arrest and extradition arrest of Norman Saunders, Stafford>Missick, Aulden Smith, Andre Fournier, and, ultimately, the Panamanian>dictator, Gen. Manuel Noreiga. In 1981, Seal set up shop at Mena. >3. As the car came to a screeching halt, Cruz and Vasquez>sprang from the front and rear passenger-side seats, spraying the Cadillac>with bullets, gangland style. >However, another federal law, the Boland Amendment, came into play where the>Contras were concerned. North, meanwhile, was busy orchestrating a complicated arms deal with Iran in negotiations to obtain Irans help in freeing seven American hostages held by pro-Iranian terrorists in Lebanon. 14 - Florence Martin - Accountant & sub-contractor for the CIA, was related to the Barry Seal Mena Airport drug smuggling case. After a barrage of requests from media outlets, the FBI released more than 1,000 pages of its file on Adler Berriman "Barry" Seal on July 15th. ( jack ruby called Lennie Patrick in chicago ) When he was 16 years old, Seal gained his pilot certificate. He met Clay Shaw through Andy Anderson manager Roosevelt >The "plea bargain" and "probation" referred to the plea agreement Seal was>finally able to reach with federal prosecutors in Baton Rouge, in November>1984, just before the grand jury indictment was formally handed down. With Tom Cruise, Domhnall Gleeson, Sarah Wright, Jesse Plemons. when he was cut down by machine gun fire outside the Salvation Army halfway house on . As a teenager, he was naturally gifted as a flier, as confirmed by his flight instructor. Individuals who wanted to>help the Contras would allow big-ticket items like boats, helicopters, small>planes, and sport/utility vehicles to mysteriously disappear. >50. Your email address will not be published. Seal>kept his appointment with Jura and Jacobson five days after his meeting with>the task force. At any rate, by 1986, Barry Seal found himself wearing three very>uncomfortable hats; those of key man, straw man, and scapegoat. Oliver North said:Seal offered witness protection . (where anna lewis worked)Then they would go to 500 club free tab from carlos Marcello See Ruby,Ferrie etc. Reeves, Ochoas New Orleans business manager, brought Seal into what in 1982 officially became the Medellin Cartel after Jorge Ochoa and Pablo Escobar joined forces to form a 2,000-man army to destroy M-19, the Marxist revolutionary group that was causing problems for the Colombian drug barons. Simply click on the Donate button here and contribute whatever you feel appropriate. >In light of the manner in which Seal was killed, what is perhaps most>incredible about the way his prosecution in federal courts in Florida and>Louisiana was handled, is that key DEA and CIA agents in both locales>apparently didn't know much about each others' activities, contacts, or plans;>unless, of course, Seal's assassination in February 1986 was advanced and>facilitated by the very agencies for which he'd agreed to furnish information.>That was certainly Seal's fear when he produced "Uncle Sam Wants You," and it>may have been well founded. Yes. July 21, 1994. David Ferrie gas Station 1964 Dav-Al Gulf Service 2316 Veterans Highway Metairie La.Ferrie former address 331 Atherton Dr Metairie.Gordon Novel 124 Lake ave Metairie. Arthur>lived on South Caicos, where he ran a smuggling-related business. In fact, there was a made-for-cable movie, Double Crossed, that starred Dennis Hopper as Seal. Reed and Cummings, Compromised, 106-108. >By 1984, Barry Seal found himself in a "catch-22." Hasenfus said that was by sheer coincidence. Bustamonte was ultimately prosecuted by the U.S. attorney in Miami, along>with Pablo Escobar, Carlos Lehder, Felix Dixon Bates, and Rodriguez Garcia.>See, Barry Seal's cross-examination in United States v. Norman Saunders, et>al., Cr. Irwin Weiner. Late 1982 - Barry Seal makes deal with DEA and CIA and increases his smuggling operations at Mena. A joint investigation by the FBI, Arkansas State Police and IRS revealed that Barry Seal used the Mena airport for "smuggling activity" from late 1980 until March, 1984, according . That target was the>Medellin cartel. From the opinion: On February 19, 1986, Adler B. Seal Texaco.located corner Acadian Thruway andGoverment Street ,Baton Rouge La.Father Benjamin C Seal and the Sons Benjy Jr,Dean ,Jason ,Aaron, Curtis R,Wendell K, work the gas . To Tom Brister One of his flight Students.David Ferrie Died in his apt February 22,1967. Cruz and>Vasquez were in the Buick with Velez and were armed with 9 millimeter>automatic weapons. Gary Webb & Barry Seal. See, transcript of Seal's cross-examination in U.S. v. Saunders, et al. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); What a tangled web! Hold that thought. It prohibited the exportation of arms like>M-16s and kits, like the CARs used to convert semiautomatic weapons, without>congressional approval. Bush and Oliver North. After exchanging pleasantries with Saunders, the Turks and Caicos>government's chief minister, Seal got to the point and asked Saunders if he>was interested in participating in Seal's drug-smuggling operation, for a>share of the profits, of course. They agreed that $250,000 would be applied>to cover expenses, such as fuel, storage, and lease fees, and the balance>would be divided evenly among Saunders, Smith, Missick, and Bowe, based mainly>on their promise to prepare and sign documents and to look the other way at>certain crucial times. Part of the $48 million paid by Iran to the U.S. for the Hawk and TOW missiles was in turn used to fund the Contras in their fight against the Marxist Sandinistas. An "extensive joint investigation" by the FBI, Arkansas State Police and IRS revealed that Barry Seal used the Mena airport for "smuggling activity" from late 1980 until March 1984, according to . The U.S. would conceal the transactions by selling the weapons first to Israel and then re-selling them at significant off the books markups to Irans Islamist government for use in its war with Iraq. >Soon, IRS CID Special Agent William Duncan was asking questions; and Barry>Seal was perhaps the one man on earth who could answer those questions. | Dark Politics, Pablo Escobar: The Many Faces Of The Narco [REVIEW] |, Bingo Zone Baton Rouge Louisiana | I love You Zones, Roots of Iran-Contra Crisis Found in Recording of Airport Attack Plan - UNICORN RIOT, 'American Made' Brings Real-Life Drug Smuggler Barry Seal to the Big Screen Too Dope Hip Hop, 'American Made' Brings Real-Life Drug Smuggler Barry Seal to the Big Screen | Alt Left Press, American Made Brings Real-Life Drug Smuggler Barry Seal to the Big Screen Thinking Port, Film Review: American Made starring Tom Cruise go see it Palm Beach Free Press, ALEC, American Legislative Exchange Council, Technology Commercialization Credit and Jobs Program, Veteran Initiative and Mentor-Protege Tax Credit. >Al Winters did in fact testify at the arraignment. When Bill Clinton became president, Mena got a closer look. Because Reagan feared another communist regime in the Western Hemisphere, Seal was enlisted as an undercover informant for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Your email address will not be published. Beginnings The first rough airstrip was located south of the town on the McBride family's . When we mention CIA drug smuggling in Mena, Arkansas, the first name that comes to mind is Barry Seal. Seal's lawyer wrote the U.S. Through a rather circuitous route, Seal turned>DEA informant under the threat of additional prosecution on drug-trafficking>and moneylaundering charges in the federal cases filed against him in Miami>and Baton Rouge. Residents in Seal's hometown of Baton Rouge Louisiana might be expected to have standards slightly more exacting. The CIA, DEA, and State Department have each been implicated in various drug trafficking enterprises that were used to fund illegal covert operations in nations all over the globe. In May of 1987, a jury found Vasquez, Velez, and Quintero guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced all three to life in prison without parole. >37. Seal became obsessed with aircraft and took his first solo flight at the age of fifteen and was soon making a living towing advertising banners. The buyer, it turned out, was a federal agent. >Barry Seal and the Mena Connection > Wednesday, 19 February 1986, had been a typical winter day in south . >4. They also>souped up old cars in the garage behind the house. no. The larger transport plane, which he affectionately referred to as The Fat Lady, was needed to haul tons of cocaine for the cartel. no. >17. (3330 Louisiana ave )New Orleans La.Eladio Del Valle anti castro cuban died Miami Fla same day.Clay Shaw arrest conspiracy JFK on March 1, 1967.New Orleans conspiracy characters Guy Banister,Jack Martin, Thomas Beckham, Fred Lee Crisman ,Raymond Broshears!Womaack Ins Agent 222 W Thomas St Hammond La.March 24,1964 To Mr Clay Shaw 1313 Daughine St N.O. By this time, Seal had purchased a C-123. Likewise, we do not charge a subscription fee for our blog. Soon after that, Seal turned to drug smuggling and subsequently was arrested in Honduras with 40 kilos of cocaine worth a reported $25 million. operative extraordinaire is hardly a familiar name in American politics. From transcript of Seal's cross-examination, U.S. v. Saunders, et al., pp.>584-585. >Ambrose Evans-Pritchard reported in the 9 October 1994 London Sunday Telegraph>that the diary of former Arkansas State Police Investigator Russell Welch>contained the following entry on 4 June 1985: "[An agent from the DEA]>informed me in strictest confidence that it was believed, within his>department, that Barry Seal is [sic] flying weapons to Central and South>America. Rich Mnt Aviation Inc Star Route 9 box 6G Mena Arkansas.Seal coin operated phone booths 12688-13241 Perkins Rd.Barry Seal box 64801 baton Rouge.Seal Planes Piper Navajo ,Piper Seneca,Cessna,Piper Azteo, beech, beechcraft Kingair,etc!Seal 8216 Oakbrook Dr Baton Rouge.David Ferrie took everyone up in his Stinson planesbut David Ferrie rented many . The balcony of the motel gave>the second-floor occupants an unobstructed view of the lot where Seal>customarily parked his car. Seal used both>frequently. The series examined the origins of the crack cocaine trade in Los Angeles and claimed that members of the anti . (utube videos ) Oliver North interviews and Contra Affair. The CIA was protecting its turf. Later Reed moved to Mexico setup company. The man who made Baton Rouge headlines in the mid-1980s for the machine-gun killing of drug informant Adler "Barry" Seal died in the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola on Aug. 25, Louisiana . Eugene Hasenfus, who was on board the plane, survived the crash and told his captors that he thought the CIA was behind the operation to supply the Contras. That's where Seal was shot to death while in his car.A movie titled \"Mena,\" starring Tom Cruise as Seal, is set to be released in early 2017. Seal>flew fifty cocaine-smuggling and money-laundering missions between 1981 and>1983 for the Medellin cartel. Hahn is a longtime friend, and I knew Barry Seal. >The Government and defense further agree that the defendant will receive a>concurrent sentence as to Count 1 not to exceed the ultimate sentence he>receives in a pending proceeding in the Southern District of Florida. He had already been flying planes for nearly half his life, earning his student pilot . The DEA was obviously delighted when Seal agreed>to become an informant. Seven months after Guste delivered his letter to Meese, on October 5, 1986, a Sandinista patrol shot down a C-123 cargo plane that was supplying the Contras. >For his part, Seal may not have known that a number of weapons-manufacturing>and sales firms were operating in Arkansas in the 1980s. Lee Harvey Oswald friend David/Anna Lewis meet CharleSt Thompson Restaurant.Anna said Marina came in look for LHO. Died of a gunshot wound to the back of the head, ruled a suicide. departure 13:00 route: Hammond La.1:00 K 7500 Direct Garland Texas. Ibid., 521; Reed and Cummings, Compromised, 221, 223. Mena Intermountain Municipal Airport, in Mena. Drug king pin, Adler B. In 1983, the DEA arrested him on drug smuggling charges. Benjamin /Mary Seal son Adler M 1940 census address 315 Lovers Lane Baton.Rouge Louisiana (next hwy73/North blvd).lovers lane White house Barry was the 1st son.Seal Entrepreneur.Texaco Service station .called B.C. And his participation in Operation 40, the CIA's assassination squad, the blackest of black ops, as attested by the photo taken in Mexico . The rich & powerful, including the political elite are free to do as they please without regard to consequences. In addition to flying the huge aircraft in and out of the Mena,>Arkansas, Intermountain Regional Airport, Seal used a private airport in Opa->Locka, Florida, from time to time, for the same basic reason that had>initially attracted him to Mena: no U.S. Customs agents were there to examine>crews, passengers, or cargo if the aircraft was landing for retrofitting. [4]>The conviction was overturned on appeal, but he lost his job with TWA. A federal judge had sentenced Seal to stay for several months in an unguarded Salvation Army halfway house in Baton Rouge. Before he got involved in the criminal, he used to be an American aviator. Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, London Sunday Telegraph, 9>October 1994. >11. 85-165-Spellman, U.S. District>Court, Southern District of Florida, p. 462. As part of his agreement with DEA, he rigged the C-123 with a hidden camera and was able to photograph Pablo Escobar helping Nicaraguan soldiers load 1,200 kilos of cocaine at the Managua airport. Smith pointed him in Norman Saunders' direction>and helped arrange a meeting with Saunders at Arthur's hangar. Barry Seal with his Wife Deborah DeBois and their kids. Gary Stephen Webb (August 31, 1955 - December 10, 2004) was an American investigative journalist. The narcotics runner, Barry Seal, allegedly . Fournier had the most work to do, so he was to receive>$375,000 a year. Witnessed Allen Dorfman `Hit June 05, 1996. U.S. District Judge Frank Polozola was bound by the Florida plea agreement and was furious at being powerless to put Seal away. On July 16, 1955, he earned his pilot's license. >Who really hired Vasquez, Quintero-Cruz, and Velez to assassinate America's>number one drug informant? >Although he spent most of his time out of state, Barry Seal maintained close>ties with friends and family in Louisiana. At times, some of the big-ticket items obtained through the>insurance loss claim scam were also transported in The Fat Lady. (denied notes). Seal, Crim. WEINER Yes. However, it>was the final special condition that Seal's lawyers would object to most>strenuously, and for good reason. Salvation army halfway house 7361 Airline Highway, BatonRouge. >14. After the details were discussed and "a division of>labor" was decided on, Seal promised that the islanders would divide at least>$1,250,000 annually. >Throughout 1984, Barry Seal continued to fly to Colombia', Nicaragua, Panama,>the Caymans, and the Turks and Caicos as a DEA informant doing business with>Jorge Ochoa, Pablo Escobar, and Carlos Lehder, all members of the Medellin>cartel. Adler Berriman "Barry" Seal (July 16, 1939 - February 19, 1986) murdered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The failure to report and file the proper forms allegedly violated>Title 31, Section 1081 of the United State Code; Title 31, Section 103.22 of>the Code of Federal Regulations; and Title 18, Section 1001-2 of the United>States Code. Plus, they knew a lot about Barry. He flew to Washington and met with two members of Vice President George Bushs Task Force on Drugs. They played ball in the yard of the one-story white frame>house on Lover's Lane, a shady street in a quiet neighborhood. Terry Reed knew Oliver North / Feliz Rodruez. It was in 1973, the year that followed the end of his second marriage that Seal got married to Deborah DuBois and they . It was at this time that he moved his operations from Baton Rouge to Mena, Arkansas. .Rouge Louisiana (next hwy73/North blvd).lovers lane White house Barry was the 1st son.Seal Entrepreneur.Texaco Service station .called B.C. ( david ferrie roomate and friend) GuyBanister 544 camp /531 Lafayette New Orleans La. The mysteries of Mena revolve around a drug-smuggling pilot named Barry Seal. Mention the CIA around Mena, Ark., and the response is likely to be an exasperated sigh and a pep talk about the local economy. I am working long hours right now, but I will go overthis article and point out the flaws in a week or so. That order, which for reasons discussed below>would ultimately become Seal's death warrant, reflected that he wouldn't do>any jail time for the cocaine charges, but instead would pay a fine of twenty->five thousand dollars. Marilyn Monroe July28,1962 weekend and the next weekend August 5, 1962, at her 12305 Fifth Helena Drive home.Paul DAmato (born 1908- died Jun. In December of 1984, Seal was arrested in Louisiana for flying a cargo of marijuana into the state. And, he admitted it during cross examination in the>Saunders trial in September 1984. These included>Nessard Gun Parts, an Illinois company dealing in semiautomatic weapons;>Sarco, Inc., a New Jersey company known mainly as a retailer, but which also>sold conversion kits in Arkansas in the 1980s; Olympic Arms, Inc., a>Washington retailer handling semiautomatics; Center Fire Systems, of Kentucky,>which continues to do business in Arkansas to this day; and Shooters>Equipment, a South Carolina manufacturer handling conversion kits in the>eighties. These required>Seal to carry a telephone paging device, file monthly financial reports, and>abstain from all contact with a co-defendant named Gary Seville. When Seal was convicted of smuggling charges, he became an informant for the Drug Enforcement Administration and testified in several major drug trials. A copy>of the letter is in the Court's record, in U.S. v. Seal. Between>his salary as a tenured pilot with TWA and the money he made as a gun runner,>Seal had gotten used to a rather high standard of living. They immediately hopped back into the Buick and>sped away, nearly running over an eyewitness. In 1972, he and eight others were convicted>in federal court in New Orleans of running guns and explosives to Mexico. In 1964, Seal went to work for TWA and became their youngest 707 captain and later their youngest 747 captain. >It is well documented that Seal was one of the top five drug smugglers in the>United States. The Mena Intermountain Municipal Airport near the city of Mena (Polk County) in the Ouachita Mountains of western Arkansas is located approximately 160 miles west of Little Rock (Pulaski County). 84-77-B, U.S. District>Court, Middle District of Louisiana, filed 21 January 1986. >28. >13. Oliver North said:I only shot at who shot at me. In>response to a complaint by his federal probation officer, Lionell Jardell,>that Seal wasn't cooperating enough in the pre-sentencing investigation, one>of Seal's lawyers, Lewis Unglesby, reminded Jardell that Seal was working>constantly "under government supervision in dangerous and difficult>situations."[28]. WEINER Since I was a little boy. Not only did the>smuggler have to be careful in terms of how he dealt with those on the>receiving end of each shipment, he had to constantly look over his shoulder to>see what the ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms) was doing.>Converting a Colt AR-15 semiautomatic rifle into a fully automatic M-16 is a>relatively easy task. [34], >Although there are conflicting reports, it appears Seal was originally>recruited by the CIA as a "subcontractor" to fly arms and other contraband to>the Nicaraguan Freedom Fighters, beginning sometime in 1983 after he allegedly>met with Terry Reed to discuss gun-smuggling activities. Terry Reed said while was Little Rock social circles. Seal admitted under oath smuggling at least fifteen hundred pounds of>cocaine during the six months between May and November of that year. They had worked steadily together, as DEA informants from the>spring of 1984 till February 1985. Most of all, Seals murder would lay bare for all the world to see the seamy underbelly of Americas duplicitous war on drugs, and how drug smuggling was in fact sanctioned by powerful men in order to advance a hidden agenda. >He started out smuggling marijuana, but he was apprehended and jailed in>Honduras in December 1979. Jack Ruby wanted Bertha Cheeks to go into business with him. Just send an email to louisianavoice@outlook.com, LouisianaVoice does not accept advertising because we insist on an independent voice. (jack ruby lived near Paul Dorffman Irwin Weiner chicago il ) Mr. WOLF Do you know Mr. Dave Yaras .9 Ochoa wasnt extradited.. Lots of strange Occurrences and Strange Coincidences and New Orleans Times Picayune, 21 February 1986. His>favorite mode of transportation for these flights was a modified military>C-123 aircraft he affectionately referred to as The Fat Lady. Thank you. Adler Berriman "Barry" Seal was born to Mary Lou Seal and Benjamin Curtis Seal (reportedly, a member of the Ku Klux Klan), a candy wholesaler, on July 16, 1939 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Mr. WEINER I know him, yes.Mr. of three presidents Reagan, Bush, and Clinton. New Orleans Times Picayune, 6 March 1986, reported that Seal's brother, Ben>(also known as "Benjy"), had commented that there was nothing Barry Seal>couldn't fly. Barry Seal in White cadillac -2-20-86 BatonRouge-Escobar and As the light of day>began to fade, a gray Buick driven by Velez raced into the parking lot,>pulling within a few feet of Seal's vehicle, on the driver's side. After his>trip to Washington where he met with the Vice-Presidential Task Force, Seal>had become the DEA's prize informant. Weird Places, Odd Events, Bizarre News : He had been ordered by a federal judge to>spend his nights there as part of his sentence after pleading guilty to money->laundering and cocaine-trafficking charges, in connection with a $168 million>drug deal.[1]. He also helped launder that drug money in some of the Arkansas banks . 39. by Ran. Bowe was a well-known lawyer and drug>smuggler in the region. Jack Ruby said Well the answer is the man in office now ___Thats all I have to say. Did Jack Ruby idolize you? Your identity will never be revealed. A drug shipment transfer in Nicaragua was in fact videotaped>with The Fat Lady's surveillance camera. "ABC News," in association with Kuhnhart Productions, put together a>documentary a few years ago entitled "The Informers," about federally>protected witnesses. Died of a gunshot wound to the back of the head, ruled a suicide. Mr. WEINER I met him at a club in Cuba. Jul 04, 2022 12:40 P.M. While in the>islands, Seal was introduced to Aulden Smith and, at the DEA's behest, paid>Smith two thousand dollars to be introduced to Norman Saunders. 1983 - The CIA begin to smuggling drugs into Los Angeles. I n the comments section of a story in Seal's howtown Baton Rouge Advocate about the film, one wrote: "I knew and dated Barry when I was a student at BRHS - about 1954/1955. Bustamonte later explained to Seal that Nicaragua was an>excellent place to engage in dope smuggling because the Communist Sandinistas>provided the cartel with a safe harbor for the transfer of Colombian cocaine>from one airplane to another when the final destination was the United>States.[6]. By Robert Morrow, Pingback: The choice, a dead journalist or a fake one? Reagan and the CIA also understood the>threat posed by the existence of another Communist regime in Latin America, to>American interests in that area and to the interests of democracy in general. The problem, for Seal anyway, was that,>during this entire period, government agents at various levels were working>independently of each other to hit the same target. He invited fellow drug smuggler Felix>Dixon Bates to join him. Evidence emerged suggesting that the CIA was operating in the area in the early 1980s; that a major cocaine and gun smuggler was based at the airfield; and that the U.S. military was somehow involved.