Oliver North said:I only shot at who shot at me. Seal and the others were arrested for alleged violations of the Mutual>Security Act of 1954, a federal law barring the exportation of explosives>without prior State Department approval. Simply click on the Donate button here and contribute whatever you feel appropriate. File: Attachment Size; > According to the East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner, Dr. Hypolite>Landry, and the report of detectives with the Baton Rouge City Police, seven>rounds fired from an automatic weapon known as a Mac-10 struck Seal in the>head and upper body. Books, 1994), 58. The author's oldest brother knew Seal>in high school. Title 18, U.S.>Code, section 922(o). Soon after that, Seal turned to drug smuggling and subsequently was arrested in Honduras with 40 kilos of cocaine worth a reported $25 million. A copy>of the letter is in the Court's record, in U.S. v. Seal. Mr. WEINER I know him, yes.Mr. He died of three gunshot wounds. Daniel Hopsicker barry and seal book. It's>also what the Branch Davidians were doing at Mt. From the official record in United States of America v. Adler Berriman>Seal. He had a small fleet of planes and helicopters, two ships, 60 employees, and a seemingly unlimited supply of cash. Another company, Brodix Manufacturing,>had the machinery to cast the parts (lower receiver housings and carrier>assemblies) necessary to convert semiautomatic into automatic rifles,>especially M-16s. It was in 1973, the year that followed the end of his second marriage that Seal got married to Deborah DuBois and they . Barry Seal, the son of a candy wholesaler, was born in Baton Rouge on 16th July, 1939. 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. The balcony of the motel gave . >A C-123 is so large that vehicles can be driven into its fuselage for>transport. He made more than $50 million smuggling drugs into the . Individuals who wanted to>help the Contras would allow big-ticket items like boats, helicopters, small>planes, and sport/utility vehicles to mysteriously disappear. Barry was one of three brothers, including Benjy and Wendell. In the 2017 Doug Liman-directed movie "American Made," which was previously titled "Mena," Deborah DuBois, the third wife of Barry Seal, was portrayed by the character Lucy. Sad day for AmericansSad day for our children. 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. [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. does he talk about Terry Reed. In brief: more plot holes than a meerkat colony. They immediately hopped back into the Buick and>sped away, nearly running over an eyewitness. (jack ruby called Yaras) In 1964, Seal went to work for TWA and became their youngest 707 captain and later their youngest 747 captain. Two other Colombians, Luis Carlos Quintero-Cruz>and Miguel Velez, shared Vasquez's room. 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 . >Barry Seal and the Mena Connection > Wednesday, 19 February 1986, had been a typical winter day in south . >13. 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. 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. Transcript of Barry Seal's cross-examination in September 1985, in United>States v. Norman Saunders, et al., Cr. Because Reagan feared another communist regime in the Western Hemisphere, Seal was enlisted as an undercover informant for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). >9. Johnson's could make everything but the special parts.>Brodix would take the greater risk and manufacture the conversion kits.[36]. no. After their release, Seal contacted Camp, and he>became Seal's partner, copilot, and best friend. >While flying for TWA in the early 1970s, Seal did a little "moonlighting." But, they>also made him a marked man. WHY WAS SUCH AN IMPORTANT WITNESS NOT GIVEN PROTECTIOIN WHETHER HE WANTED IT OR NOT? Guste asked, using all capital letters. During his teens, Barry would bicycle to Ryan's Field to watch airplanes in action. His>favorite mode of transportation for these flights was a modified military>C-123 aircraft he affectionately referred to as The Fat Lady. See, transcript of>Seal's cross-examination, pp. Seal was convicted on numerous charges.>Soon, federal prosecutors in Louisiana were breathing down his neck. >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. >Barry Seal, and his younger brothers, Benjy and Wendell, grew up in a typical>American household. 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. The C-123 that had been shot down was The Fat Lady, Seals beloved cargo plane. >For his part, Seal may not have known that a number of weapons-manufacturing>and sales firms were operating in Arkansas in the 1980s. >----->Barry Seal and the Mena Connection, > Wednesday, 19 February 1986, had been a typical winter day in south>Louisiana, overcast and cold, but not unbearable. alternate landing: Dallas .Landing:327 Hours 5 30 Min. Your contribution would help us immensely in meeting our growing expenses. A federal judge had sentenced Seal to stay for several months in an unguarded Salvation Army halfway house in Baton Rouge. in trial Lee Odom said.He doesnt have no idea why box number is in LHO notebook. I am working long hours right now, but I will go overthis article and point out the flaws in a week or so. 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. Bush, as VP under Reagan, was put in charge of the Reagan administrations drug task force and Seal had contacted Bushs office in order to cooperate with the feds to avoid a prison sentence for drug smuggling in Florida. >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. No of Kids with Barry: Dean, Aaron, and Christina Seal. Barry Seal, at the time he died, may have been the . Director Doug Liman (Writing Studio, 9/1/17) describes American Made, his film about real-life drug dealer Barry Seal, as "a fun lie based on a true story."So it's not like he's holding himself to a high standard of historical accuracy. Both Smith and Missick were interested in Seal's proposal and>were given cash advances on the spot out of what Seal called his "trafficker>fund" (money 'provided by the DEA for its informants' use) for "transportation>expenses" associated with a meeting arranged for Miami in March. >14. 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. U.S. District Judge Frank Polozola was bound by the Florida plea agreement and was furious at being powerless to put Seal away. >25. [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. Seal's father was a member of the Ku Klux Klan. (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. [4]>The conviction was overturned on appeal, but he lost his job with TWA. Earlene Roberts maybe knew Bertha Cheeks that knew Jack Ruby as Barry Seal with his Wife Deborah DeBois and their kids. 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 . U.S. authorities wanted to put him on trial for drug smuggling. when he was cut down by machine gun fire outside the Salvation Army halfway house on . The sign boldly>reflects that "A.B. Insurance>companies with loss reserves could sell future claims to other companies,>"giving the first company immediate income from the purchase, and from the>unused claim money." In the 1980s, the Mena airport was the reported base of a drug-smuggling, money-laundering and arms-smuggling ring run by Adler Berriman "Barry" Seal, according to an Encyclopedia of Arkansas . 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 . "Barry Seal, the charismatic narcotics air smuggler of the early 1980s, was daring and elusive. He was murdered on February 19, 1986 by contract killers hired by the cartel. box number in their address books and this coded form ,the unpublished phone number of Jack Ruby in 1963.The Code by use the Telephone dial for conversion of letters and numbers explained the letters P.O.becomes the digit 13,only exchange which numbers 13 converts to in Dallas -He added -Is WhiteHall -when Unscrambled,becomes 1-6901 by subtract 1300 from 1-6901,(garrison) he added,the result ,if 1-5601.Jack Ruby unpublished number Dallas texas in 1963 was WHITEHALL 1-5601.The code involvestransposition of digits accord to pattern then add -sub-of numbers ,familiar to Oswald ,that Jack Ruby unlisted phone number ,coded formhas been found ,notebooks by Lee harvey Oswald/Clay Shaw.Jim Garrison was once that figured out landlady Earlene Roberts is Bertha Cheeks sister which means that Lee Harvey Oswald knew total number on board :4 =Hidell Lambert Diaz / Color of aircraft : Red /W.David Ferrie plane found :Stinson Voyager 150 Nobleville.Indiana.Don Roberts shed next to eastside of his home next Nobleville Airport Promise Road Stinson Voyager Single Engine airplane manufactured 1946.David Ferrie sold stinson plane February 13,1967. That was what the white>supremacist cult, CSA, was doing in Arkansas in the early to-mid-1980s. Seal also gave the DEA valuable additional>information on Medellin drug lord, Pablo Escobar.[16]. Your email address will not be published. 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. 85-165-Spellman, U.S. District>Court, Southern District of Florida, p. 462. 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. (barry Seal Friends James Poche-David Holmes-John Odom.) . | Dark Politics, Pingback: Pablo Escobar: The Many Faces Of The Narco [REVIEW] |, Pingback: Bingo Zone Baton Rouge Louisiana | I love You Zones, Pingback: The Clintons: A Timeline LVX Media, Pingback: Roots of Iran-Contra Crisis Found in Recording of Airport Attack Plan - UNICORN RIOT, Pingback: 'American Made' Brings Real-Life Drug Smuggler Barry Seal to the Big Screen Too Dope Hip Hop, Pingback: 'American Made' Brings Real-Life Drug Smuggler Barry Seal to the Big Screen | Alt Left Press, Pingback: American Made Brings Real-Life Drug Smuggler Barry Seal to the Big Screen Thinking Port. [5], >On the flight home from Honduras, Seal met Carlos Bustamonte, a Miami car>dealer. There was no word as to whether or not Meese ever responded to Gustes letter. Lex Fridman Podcast full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Udh22kuLebgPlease support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:- Noom: https://trynoom.com/lex- Allform: https://allform.com/lex to get 20% off- ExpressVPN: https://expressvpn.com/lexpod and use code LexPod to get 3 months free- Four Sigmatic: https://foursigmatic.com/lex and use code LexPod to get up to 60% off- Eight Sleep: https://www.eightsleep.com/lex and use code LEX to get special savingsGUEST BIO:Roger Reaves is one of the most prolific drug smugglers in history.PODCAST INFO:Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcastApple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIrSpotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4Clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOeciFP3CBCIEElOJeitOr41SOCIAL:- Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman- Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman- Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/lexfridman- Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman 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. When Seal was convicted of smuggling charges, he became an informant for the Drug Enforcement Administration and testified in several major drug trials. The Boland Amendment was one of those federal laws the>CIA held in particular disdain. 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. "The trial of the C4 Seven" One clue to Seal's status is that, after having been caught illegally exporting 7 tons of C4 explosives, no one was in any hurry to bring him to trial. The>moonlighting, which involved smuggling operations, earned him a reputation as>a risktaking soldier of fortune. 84-77-B, U.S. District>Court, Middle District of Louisiana. Minute entry, 8 January 1986, U.S. v. Seal. Barry Seal. 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. Lee Odom said He met Clay Shaw Nov 1966. Letter of 19 November 1985, prepared by U.S. Attorney Stanford 0.>Bardwell, on file of record in U.S. v. Seal, Crim. Tom Aswell, Publisher. Also like TWWS, it gets us rooting for our hero despite his engaging in morally . >It is well documented that Seal was one of the top five drug smugglers in the>United States. 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. The Saunders case was consolidated with>criminal actions against Stafford Missick, Aulden Smith, and Andre' Fournier,>and tried before judge John H. Moore, II, and a jury, in September 1985. According to the>DEA, Ochoa was "the world's largest cocaine dealer. Somehow, the plane had fallen into the hands of Oliver North and his covert operation. 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. meeting at camp robinson with other people too. In 1981, he was making daily deposits of $50,000 into an account at a bank in the Bahamas. Seal was a DEA informant/operative who was deeply involved in Iran-Contra and Gov. Was it Escobar? both claim that Sinatra got mad at Marilyn threw her out of his Joint. Patrick Matrisciana, The Clinton Chronicles Book (Hemet, CA: Jeremiah>Books, 1994). Oliver North said:barry seal was double agent. WEINER I have known him all my life. >rented a room at a motel near the halfway house. The Fairchild C-123K "provider" 54-0663 (20112) Radiocall:"40663" was a part of one of the biggest scandals in the mid 1980's. During this time, the Reagan Administration had set up a bizarre network of arms sales to Iran designed to win release of US hostages being held in Lebanon and raise money to fund the Nicaraguan, counter-revolutionary guerilla fighters, commonly referred to as the . >23. >When Seal returned to the Turks and Caicos in February, he initially met with>Smith. He was murdered in 1986 by contract killers hired by Pablo Escobar, head of . Required fields are marked *. It is an airport that focuses on private aircraft and does not have scheduled commercial air service. >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. [40] That also means anyone attempting to purchase automatic>weapons before May 1986 could only do so lawfully by registering the weapons>with the federal government. Despite the fact that the parts of the Reed and Cummings book,>Compromised, which are obviously written by Reed, contain mostly flattering>autobiographical hyperbole, often about his exploits in Southeast Asia during>the Vietnam conflict (he carefully avoids references to Vietnam itself, never>having set foot on Vietnamese soil), a few of Reed's statements about Seal and>the CIA seem fairly accurate, if for no other reason than having been>confirmed by other, more reliable sources. From official records of the death of Adler Berriman Seal, on file with the>Baton Rouge, Louisiana, City Police, 21 February 1986. Rayburn House Office Building, Chairman James Leach (R-IA), Committee on Banking and Financial Services, and staffer . Residents in Seal's hometown of Baton Rouge Louisiana might be expected to have standards slightly more exacting. Unglesby said the Medellin Cartel killed Seal to prevent the extradition of Medellin Cartel co-leader Jorge Ochoa from Spain, where he was hiding. Mr. WOLF Do you know Mr. Lennie Patrick ?.Mr. Was it Noreiga? 14 - Florence Martin - Accountant & sub-contractor for the CIA, was related to the Barry Seal Mena Airport drug smuggling case. The CIA or its>contractors would actually abscond with the items and convert them for use by>the Contras. Seal, who began flying at age of 15, flew weapons to Fidel Castro in 1958 when Castro was fighting to overthrow Fulgencio Batista. White House restricts military gear NATO Jade Helm 15 Stockholm Syndrome 1984 sample explaining the purpose of war Rand Paul v. Patriot Act Corbett 9/11 a conspiracy theory Our war on drugs is expensive, ineffective and amoral. Cruz and>Vasquez were in the Buick with Velez and were armed with 9 millimeter>automatic weapons. According to the indictment, Seal had made unlawful transfers in>the amount of $51,006.64 by purchasing a cashier's check in that amount with>$8,656.64 in cash and five cashier's checks in amounts of less than $10,000>each.[11]. 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 "Motion to Correct Sentence and to Enforce Plea Agreement," filed in U.S.>v. During their conversation, it became obvious to Seal that Smith knew he>was a drug smuggler. There is no information on Barry Seal's net worth, but it must have been substantial. 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. Adler Berriman "Barry" Seal (July 16, 1939 - February 19, 1986) was a Trans World Airlines (TWA) 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. 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. 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. 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. By this time, Seal had purchased a C-123. >Seal testified in the Saunders trial that "Uncle Sam Wants You" was produced>to publicize his covert activities because he was afraid that if he continued>to work in the obscurity of the drug-trafficking trade, he might be killed by>the CIA or DEA, and those investigating his death might try to create the>illusion that thugs hired by some Medellin drug lord had assassinated him. >Gun smuggling, especially the brand the CIA and Seal were engaged in in>Arkansas and elsewhere in the 1980s, was risky business. >47. >He started out smuggling marijuana, but he was apprehended and jailed in>Honduras in December 1979. no. Lex Fridman Podcast full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Udh22kuLebgPlease support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:- Noom: https://trynoom. On February the 19th, 1986, Barry Seal was returning to a Salvation Army halfway house at precisely 6:00 PM as part of his probation for a recent drug convictions. He normally received a commission for his work.>It wasn't unusual for him to transport up to $20 million in cash in exchange>for a commission of 5 percent of that amount.[7]. . 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. Seal then made a series of drug-smuggling>flights, all with DEA approval. >5. Seal admitted under oath smuggling at least fifteen hundred pounds of>cocaine during the six months between May and November of that year. and C.I.A., and this has prevented frank>discussion regarding the plea bargain and terms of probation.[25]. An investigative report into a scandal that haunts the reputations. Seal" is the owner of the airstrip. Two quick bursts hit Barry Seal's head and a third struck his body. > 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. Likewise, we do not charge a subscription fee for our blog. In return he is [sic] allowed to smuggle what he wanted back into the>United States. Welch was an investigator for the Arkansas State>Police Criminal Investigations Division, taking part in Seal's prosecution in>federal court in Baton Rouge on drug-trafficking and money-laundering charges.>He attended one of Seal's depositions on 27 December 1985, and heard Seal make>these admissions.[9]. This is the story that couldn't be suppressed. [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. This was in direct violation of a 1984 law banning such aid. His property, including his home and all his airplanes, were seized. He helped facilitate the exchange of drugs for arms in support of the Contras in Nicaragua. 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 ? ; see, also, New Orleans Times Picayune, 6 March 1986. The DEA, long aware of his>drug-smuggling activities, had finally caught up with him in Florida, where>federal prosecutors had a field day. 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. >38. According to Duncan and Welch, the bulk of the story centers around a drug-smuggler named Adler Berriman Seal, also known as Barry. The DEA was obviously delighted when Seal agreed>to become an informant. 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 . Ibid., 521; Reed and Cummings, Compromised, 221, 223. For one thing, Seal (portrayed by Tom Cruise) did not meet Colombian druglords Jorge Ochoa and Pablo Escobar, whose psychopathic hijinks provide much . 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. Seal was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and began flying at the age of 15. The rich & powerful, including the political elite are free to do as they please without regard to consequences. He was fired by TWA after his 1972 arrest in New Orleans on charges of flying explosives to anti-Castro Cubans in Mexico. Barry Seal gunrunner, drug trafficker, and covert C.I.A. photo Escobar with Seal picture on television ?who sit duck at He died instantly. Seal's airplane, with a cargo of some>thirteen thousand pounds of C-4 explosives, was seized in Louisiana in 1972.>Ibid. Seal was also charged with concealing material facts from the>Internal Revenue Service about the existence, source, or origin, of $51,006.64>and for failure to file currency transaction reports on amounts in excess of>$10,000. 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