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. 85-165-Spellman, United States District Court, Southern District>of Florida, September 1985. Seal was convicted on numerous charges.>Soon, federal prosecutors in Louisiana were breathing down his neck. >26. He was also the>youngest pilot to be promoted to captain of the crew of a Boeing 707, and>later of a Boeing 747. >Now officially known as Confidential Informant No. Late 1982 - Barry Seal makes deal with DEA and CIA and increases his smuggling operations at Mena. >Gun smuggling, especially the brand the CIA and Seal were engaged in in>Arkansas and elsewhere in the 1980s, was risky business. 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. 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. Terry Reed said while was Little Rock social circles. In 1993, Colombian and U.S. authorities cornered Pablo Escobar at a house in Medellin and killed the drug kingpin in a shootout. "Motion to Correct Sentence and to Enforce Plea Agreement," filed in U.S.>v. [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. Ibid., 484-495.> 19. U.S. authorities wanted to put him on trial for drug smuggling. ", >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. 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. Barry, his two brothers, Benjy and Wendell, his mom, a homemaker, and his dad, a candy wholesaler, lived in a house on Lovers Lane. The DEA, long aware of his>drug-smuggling activities, had finally caught up with him in Florida, where>federal prosecutors had a field day. [41] All other automatic weapons are illegal. . Jim Garrison said: Real Lee Odom lives Irving Tx (Ruth Paine) Lee Odom p.o.box 174 (1968-9),however not the point ,the point Atlantic City and Skinny, was the owner of the 500 Club in Atlantic City, New Jersey ( trump Hotel)..Sinatra Chauffer G.Jacobs and Buddy Greco The narcotics runner, Barry Seal, allegedly . (5m-6m) Clinton, Mena, Barry Seal - Mena (6m-7m) "fall to communism" argument for Vietnam, et al . Mr. WOLF Did you know Mr. Sam Giancana?.Mr. 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. Later Reed moved to Mexico setup company. >Polozola's order also contained certain "special conditions." In December of 1984, Seal was arrested in Louisiana for flying a cargo of marijuana into the state. The main purpose of the modifications was to facilitate long->distance nonstop flights to Central and South America from Arkansas. He agreed to use that connection for the>benefit of the new joint venture. Tom Aswell, Publisher. That target was the>Medellin cartel. The Mena Airport, Arkansas, with Photo Gallery. who said he train pilots in mena arkansas. Lewis McWillie: In a sort of way I would think so, yes.Lewis McWillie ran the Tropicana Casino in Havana.McWillie traveled by car from Miami to Lake Tahoe,Cal-Neva Lodge in Lake Tahoe owners Sam Giancana ,Paul D Amato , Frank Sinatra and Marilyn Monroe forever tenants at the Cal Neva Lodge at Lake Tahoe in cabin ? From the official record in United States of America v. Adler Berriman>Seal. 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. [21], >The absence of Customs agents in Mena also meant illegal retrofitting could>take place with little or no concern for the repercussions normally associated>with unlawful activity. by Ran. 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. But Im writing incessantly and should stop. 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. Dirty politics, love for money is the root for all evil. If you want to catch the movie for yourself and don't want to know in advance about the movie's adherence to or deviation from the facts, stop here because I intend to go into more detail . 84-77-B, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana,>filed 30 December 1985 (emphasis added). >1. But even in death, Seal would not go away easily. Barry Seal, at the time he died, may have been the . The Infamous.Barry Seal. 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. It alleges, explicitly and implicitly, that an aircraft operated by a CIA front company in 1984 used the airfield at Mena, Arkansas, as a stating point for weapons supply flights to the Contras in Nicaragua; on the return flights from Honduras, the aircraft allegedly carried illegal narcotics to Mena. Lots of strange Occurrences and Strange Coincidences and Smith pointed him in Norman Saunders' direction>and helped arrange a meeting with Saunders at Arthur's hangar. The poster for the movie "American Made," to be released Friday, Sept. 29, shows a grinning, cocky . Set in the early 1980s, to combat the spread of communism . 15 - Suzanne Coleman - Reportedly had an affair with Clinton when he was Arkansas Attorney General. Mention the CIA around Mena, Ark., and the response is likely to be an exasperated sigh and a pep talk about the local economy. Florence Martin - Accountant & sub-contractor for the CIA, was related to the Barry Seal, Mena, Arkansas, airport drug smuggling case. The author's oldest brother knew Seal>in high school. Since May 1986, the law has flatly prohibited the transfer or possession>of automatic weapons not registered before the May 1986 cut-off date. Individuals who wanted to>help the Contras would allow big-ticket items like boats, helicopters, small>planes, and sport/utility vehicles to mysteriously disappear. He made more than $50 million smuggling drugs into the . He also helped launder that drug money in some of the Arkansas banks . In the 1980s, the Reagan administration was well aware>of the fact that the chances of obtaining congressional approval for such>covert CIA activities as arming military and paramilitary groups, like the>freedom fighters, were slim to none. On 1st July, 1972, Barry Seal was arrested in New Orleans and accused of sending C4 explosives to anti-Castro Cubans in Mexico. Was it Ochoa? On each trip Seal, and until his death in 1985,>Emile Camp would haul crates of weapons, CARs, miscellaneous weapons parts,>and ammunition to some prearranged location, usually in Nicaragua or Panama,>unload the armaments, and either pick up a load of drugs or head for Colombia>to do so. Mr. WOLF Have you ever met with Jimmy Hoffa .?Mr. >7. None of this is surprising in 2017. After death, his story was famous, and a lot of people were talking . 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. In 1984, Seal was indicted in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on charges of smuggling Quaaludes and money laundering. At times, some of the big-ticket items obtained through the>insurance loss claim scam were also transported in The Fat Lady. Early life. Ibid., 521; Reed and Cummings, Compromised, 221, 223. At the same time, Seal was introduced to the>man in the white suit, Stafford Missick, minister of Commerce and Finance in>the islands. >Barry Seal, and his younger brothers, Benjy and Wendell, grew up in a typical>American household. >3. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); What a tangled web! 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 station and Barry Seal would work when he wasnt flying. As a teenager, he was naturally gifted as a flier, as confirmed by his flight instructor. 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. By Robert Morrow, The choice, a dead journalist or a fake one? He died of three gunshot wounds. Carmel, their compound>outside Waco, Texas, until early 1993.[37]. 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]. I had to visit my employer's Houston office, and didn't want to fly because our government was looking for a reason to start an oil war against Iraq. It isn't>every day that one of the top five drug smugglers in the country turns>informant. Saturday, February 19, will mark the 25th anniversary of one of the most sensational high-profile killings to rock Baton Rouge since the 1935 assassination of U.S. Sen. Huey Long. Letter of 19 November 1985, prepared by U.S. Attorney Stanford 0.>Bardwell, on file of record in U.S. v. Seal, Crim. On March 27, a state grand jury in Baton Rouge indicted Miguel Velez, Bemardo Antonio Vasquez, Luis Quintero, and Jose Renteria-Campo for the murder. Either email addresses are anonymous for this group or you need the view member email addresses permission to view the original message. >The Saunders case had enormous implications for the South American drug->trafficking trade. 340, 341. >14. Lee Odom of clay shaw trial.Lee Odom wife Mary Francis had foreknowledge11-22-63 her address:211 W French Place SanAntonio.Tx.Lee Odom P.O.Box Dallas Texas. Thank you. 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. As to count two (the tax-related charges), the court's>order placed Seal on probation for five years and fined him ten thousand>dollars. 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 died instantly. The entire meeting was videotaped by DEA>agents in the next room. 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. Escobar Hitmen cross over border from Mexico and who leak Barry was murdered by the government and a couple of scumbag judges. A minute entry on that date reflected that Seal would "remain>at liberty under the terms of his original bond. In 1981, he was making daily deposits of $50,000 into an account at a bank in the Bahamas. American Made is a fascinating biopic about Barry Seal, a commercial pilot who worked with the CIA to run drugs and guns in South America.