Barry Seal graduated highSchool 1957. Facing a 10-year prison sentence, he decided to flip but federal prosecutors were not interested in a deal so he simply went over their heads. >Polozola's order also contained certain "special conditions." It also appears that the DEA in Louisiana was not contacted by the DEA in>Florida, regarding Seal's status as an informant, until it was too late.>Moreover, state agencies, like the Arkansas State Police Criminal>Inviestigation Division, and federal agencies, including U.S. Customs, the>FBI, and the Criminal Investigation Division (CID) of the IRS, were>investigating Seal's operations in Arkansas and elsewhere, apparently>independent of each other for the most part. From transcript of Seal's cross-examination, U.S. v. Saunders, et al., pp.>584-585. "ABC News," in association with Kuhnhart Productions, put together a>documentary a few years ago entitled "The Informers," about federally>protected witnesses. >16. The DEA was obviously delighted when Seal agreed>to become an informant. Exclusive: Tom Cruise's portrayal of drug-smuggler-turned-government-informant Barry Seal is a fast-paced visit back to the Reagan era's shadowy world of the CIA, cocaine and secret wars . 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. Pingback: Film Review: American Made starring Tom Cruise go see it Palm Beach Free Press. Unglesby said the Medellin Cartel killed Seal to prevent the extradition of Medellin Cartel co-leader Jorge Ochoa from Spain, where he was hiding. [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. Even criminals have a love life and Barry Seal was no different. The C-123 was ultimately sold to a company with connections to the CIA and was shot down soon afterwards. ", >Seal and his copilot, Emile Camp, who had also become a DEA informant in 1984>to avoid prosecution, flew to Grand Turk Island on 2 January 1985, in part to>arrange the sale of a Beechcraft 18 airplane to Leocadida Moreno. 340, 341. 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 grew up three blocks from the Seal family, in the same>neighborhood in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Terry Reed knew Oliver North / Feliz Rodruez. both claim that Sinatra got mad at Marilyn threw her out of his Joint. Seal's exploits brought him into close contact with infamous figures like Medelln cartel kingpins Pablo Escobar and Jorge Ochoa and Panama dictator Manuel Noriega and he was . Three can keep a secret if two are dead. Carlos Marcello, Pingback: Podcast Recap: #208 Freeway Ricky Ross The Joe Rogan Experience Database, Pingback: Did Jeb Bush, VP George Herbert Walker Bush and Oliver North Murder CIA Drug Smuggler Barry Seal in February, 1986? >29. It's a matter of modifying the receiver and replacing>the internal parts in the carrier assembly. In>Welch's words, "Now we know that there were hundreds of millions of dollars>worth of cocaine coming into the small state of Arkansas [in the 1980s]."[46]. in trial Lee Odom said.He doesnt have no idea why box number is in LHO notebook. >Hired by TWA, at age twenty-seven, Adler Berriman "Barry" Seal was the>youngest pilot in U.S. history to fly a commercial airliner. He spent nine months in a Honduran prison and while there, met William Roger Reeves, a fellow prisoner who worked for the Ochoa family of Medellin, Colombia. In 1955 Seal joined the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) in . Barry, his two brothers, Benjy and Wendell, his mom, a homemaker, and his dad, a candy wholesaler, lived in a house on Lovers Lane. >38. As a result of Seals cooperation, the judge in his Florida case praised Seal and reduced his sentence to six months probation. Rambler station wagon ,outside of TSBD building ,Craig saw LHO in the Police Station being interrogated ,Captain Fritz, Interrogation of Oswald, did not record the most crime of the century . >In February 1986, Barry Seal was preparing to be the government's chief>witness in the pending trial of Colombian drug-lord Jorge Luis Ochoa Vasquez,>head of the notorious Ochoa family of the Medellin cartel. And, because of judge Frank Polozola's gross negligence in>forcing Seal to adjust his lifestyle to fit into an orderly and completely>predictable routine, everyone knew exactly where Barry Seal would be after>5:00 P.m. each day. The Mena Airport, Arkansas, with Photo Gallery. photo Escobar with Seal picture on television ?who sit duck at Barry Seal - An American History (American Made in the original version) is a film that tells how the existence of a man can change from one moment to the next, and take a decidedly unexpected turn. Lex Fridman Podcast full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Udh22kuLebgPlease support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:- Noom: https://trynoom. The balcony of the motel gave>the second-floor occupants an unobstructed view of the lot where Seal>customarily parked his car. 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 . Why>not the CIA? There was no word as to whether or not Meese ever responded to Gustes letter. It is also documented>that at the time of his death in February 1986, Seal had several sizeable>accounts in BCCI-affiliated banks, including a branch of the Fuji Bank in the>Cayman Islands. Seals attorney, Lewis Unglesby, told Polozola his ruling amounted to a death sentence for his client. [35]>According to Reed and Cummings, during this first meeting, Seal advised that>Iver Johnson's Arms, Inc., a New Jersey company that manufactured weapons and>weapons parts, had moved to Arkansas. [41] All other automatic weapons are illegal. 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. Two quick bursts hit Barry Seal's head and a third struck his body. >47. That target was the>Medellin cartel. From the official record in United States of America v. Adler Berriman>Seal. According to a story by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, in the 9 October 1994,>issue of the London Sunday Telegraph, one interest-bearing account opened by>Seal in the Cayman Islands had a balance of over $1.6 billion at the time the>article was written. Seal then made a series of drug-smuggling>flights, all with DEA approval. [39] What that means is the>only "machinegun" (automatic weapon) the average American citizen has been>allowed to own, by law, since May 1986 is one which was lawfully registered>before that time. Reed and Cummings, Compromised, 108. WEINER Yes. La.Your dad was in the office about 1962 Rambler policy.Clay Shaw address book: Lee Odom P.O.box 19106 Dallas Tx.Lee Harvey Oswald address book: citation ** 19106 (astericks).clay Shaw address book: Layton Martens box 544 USL .Lafayette La. >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. >31. Escobar Hitmen cross over border from Mexico and who leak This was in direct violation of a 1984 law banning such aid. 5, 1984) known as Mr. Adler Berriman "Barry" Seal (July 16, 1939 - February 19, 1986) was an American airline pilot who became a major drug smuggler for the Medelln Cartel. ( jack ruby called Lennie Patrick in chicago ) Jul 04, 2022 12:40 P.M. Barry was murdered by the government and a couple of scumbag judges. He died of three gunshot wounds. Wow Barry Seal I think he is pretty Awesome loved movie about him. As a result of that arrest, Barry Seal will "get with the program" and move his smuggling activities up to Mena Arkansas. Barry Seal, at the time he died, may have been the . And, he admitted it during cross examination in the>Saunders trial in September 1984. 14 - Florence Martin - Accountant & sub-contractor for the CIA, was related to the Barry Seal Mena Airport drug smuggling case. >For his part, Seal may not have known that a number of weapons-manufacturing>and sales firms were operating in Arkansas in the 1980s. Bill Clinton's Mena, Arkansas drug smuggling and money laundering operation through the Arkansas Development Finance Authority (ADFA).. Seal was a Green Beret in the Vietnam war and later a pilot for TWA. >28. Witnessed Allen Dorfman `Hit June 05, 1996. He made more than $50 million smuggling drugs into the . In practice, it meant they would be given a few tax breaks, in>addition to other incentives, for cooperating with people like Seal. The Mena, Arkansas Airport. Seal, who began flying at age of 15, flew weapons to Fidel Castro in 1958 when Castro was fighting to overthrow Fulgencio Batista. > When he was cross-examined in the Saunders trial, Seal didnt deny that>he "had worked on CIA-sponsored activities in Nicaragua," and he admitted that>"the CIA installed the cameras in the C-123," which were used in the>Sandinista sting operation. The story of Barry Seal, an American pilot who became a drug-runner for the CIA in the 1980s in a clandestine operation that would be exposed as the Iran-Contra Affair. Plus, they knew a lot about Barry. On March 24,>Vice-Presidential Aide Jim Howell met with Seal, as did DEA Special Agents>Frank White and Bill Kennedy. Whether known or not at the time by Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton, the use of the Mena airport by Seal and others would be used by detractors in efforts to tie Clinton to drug smuggling conspiracies, especially during his first four years as President. The buyer, it turned out, was a federal agent. Saunders>couldn't make the Miami meeting, but Seal was assured he would be part of any>deals the five men might strike. [43] Seal is credited with having>made approximately three flights per week between 1983 and 1986, from Mena and>Nella (another Arkansas hamlet with an airstrip, a few miles from Mena) to>Central and South America. Yes. >In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the Medellin cartel (named after the city>in Colombia which was the center of activity for most of those associated with>the drug trade) supplied at least 75 percent of the cocaine smuggled into the>U.S. The criminal case against Seal was entitled, United States of America v.>Adler Berriman Seal, criminal docket number 84-77, section B, United States>District Court, Middle District of Louisiana. >Operation Centaur Rose was the name of the CIA gun-running project Seal was>involved in, according to Reed and Cummings. He was murdered on February 19, 1986 by contract killers hired by the cartel. >To Seal, and others involved in weapons smuggling, what made the business>risky was that the registration law applied not only to the purchase and>transportation of automatic weapons, but also to the kits used to convert>semiautomatic into automatic weapons. (across from post office) Clay Shaw 1024 St Peter N.O.La.Is next to camp -canal -near International trade mart.William Reilly Coffee Company and Crescent City Garage (LHO &JvB worked)G.wray Gil said He was with David Ferrie on 11-22-63 until 12:15.Ferrie said Marcello deportation trial 11-22-1963 party at hotel to celebrate. He was a gunrunner to Cuba, and a veteran of the Bay of Pigs. U.S.>Attorney Stanford Bardwell prepared a letter on 19 November 1984. A quarter-century later, Americas war on drugs continues at a cost of $52 billion per year, or $1600 for every second of every day. > No one knows exactly why, but for some reason, after pulling the Cadillac>into its normal parking place, Seal, dressed in his customary olive-drab>flight suit, and wearing his amber Ray Ban aviator sunglasses, sat in the .>car that evening a lot longer than was his usual custom. That was what the white>supremacist cult, CSA, was doing in Arkansas in the early to-mid-1980s. >22. 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. Adler Berriman "Barry" Seal (July 16, 1939 - February 19, 1986) was an American commercial airline pilot who became a major drug smuggler for the Medelln Cartel.When Seal was convicted of smuggling charges, he became an informant for the Drug Enforcement Administration and testified in several major drug trials. However, it>was the final special condition that Seal's lawyers would object to most>strenuously, and for good reason. 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 . Died of a gunshot wound to the back of the head, ruled a suicide. no. Your contribution would help us immensely in meeting our growing expenses. Some of the facts related to Seal's death are>also based on the author's personal knowledge; the rest were gleaned from>articles in the New Orleans Times Picayune and States Item, published between>November 1985 and May 1986. He next admitted it under oath in DEA>intelligence reports. >Although he spent most of his time out of state, Barry Seal maintained close>ties with friends and family in Louisiana. Seal flipped, becoming a valuable government informant. Individuals who wanted to>help the Contras would allow big-ticket items like boats, helicopters, small>planes, and sport/utility vehicles to mysteriously disappear. That is not to say we do not have expenseslots of them. The Boland Amendment was one of those federal laws the>CIA held in particular disdain. Investigators are still trying to separate myth from reality. In his letter, Guste made a formal request for a complete investigation with respect to the governments relationship with and handling of Seal. Despite several such transactions, it would take years to obtain freedom for all the prisoners. Suzanne Coleman - Reportedly had an affair with Clinton when he was Arkansas Attorney General. The rich & powerful, including the political elite are free to do as they please without regard to consequences. Required fields are marked *. After Seal pleaded guilty in February 1986, he was given an extremely light sentence of 100 hours of community service thanks to the intervention of the CIA and others and ordered to live . The pot-bellied daredevil>once boasted that he could make $1.5 million in a matter of hours dealing with>Ochoa as long as he had his pocket pager, two payphones to call Colombia and>Miami, and fuel for The Fat Lady. [26], >On 20 December 1984, the grand jury did in fact return an indictment, and U.S.>District judge Frank Polozola signed a Judgment and Probation/Commitment Order>in Seal's criminal proceeding. 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 . At that point, if they hadn't known it before, the>government now knew who Seal was and would soon learn what he was about. Tom Aswell, Publisher. [Posted 13 November 2002] Just before Labor Day 2002, I was on the road to Texas. 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. Arthur>had a very large airstrip and a clean spacious aircraft hangar on a tract of>land he leased from the Turks and Caicos government. >Now officially known as Confidential Informant No. >During 1985, the Ochoa cartel became increasingly concerned about recent>seizures of their drugs by U.S. government agents and made major adjustments>in flight schedules, contacts, and drug-drop locations. Our war on drugs is expensive, ineffective and amoral. alternate landing: Dallas .Landing:327 Hours 5 30 Min. The 70s. Barry Seal, the son of a candy wholesaler, was born in Baton Rouge on 16th July, 1939.

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