Everything about Barry Seal totally explained
Adler Berriman Seal, or
"Barry Seal" (
July 16,
1939–
February 19,
1986) was a pilot with the
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and a
drug smuggler (also with the CIA) turned
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
informant. After a 1984 arrest in
Fort Lauderdale,
Florida for
money laundering and
Quaalude smuggling, Seal negotiated a
plea bargain that included him becoming an informant for the DEA and testifying against his former
Colombian employers, putting several of them in jail. He was murdered on
February 19,
1986 in
Baton Rouge,
Louisiana. The entire time Seal was engaged in drug trafficking he was also a commercial airline pilot. He flew transcontinental flights for TWA until he was fired after his 1984 arrest.
Sam Dalton, the New Orleans attorney who represented the
Colombian hit men subpoenaed the
CIA about what he suspected was its complicity in Seal's assassination in court, and with great difficulty and the assistance of the judge, was able to get the suitcase Seal was carrying on the night of his murder.Though it had been ransacked, he found a piece of paper in the wallet with the private phone number of
George H. W. Bush. :
Undercover Informant
In 1984, a
Washington Times articled stated DEA informant Barry Seal had successful infiltrated the
Medellin cartel's operations in
Panama. The story was leaked by
Oliver North to show the Nicaraguan
Sandanistas' involvement in the drug trade.
In an attempt his 1984 arrest in Florida, Seal agreed to cooperate with the DEA, and
testify against his former colleagues. Amongst those Seal testified against were
Prime Minister Norman Saunders and members of the
Medellín Cartel. Seal also testified before the
President's Commission on Organized Crime in October of 1985.
Seal had also been used by the DEA and CIA in an attempted
sting operation against the
Sandinista government in
Nicaragua. In 1984 Seal arrived at
Homestead Air Force Base in Florida with a shipment of
cocaine that had been allegedly brokered through the Sandinista government. Seal testified that pictures taken during the trip showed Sandinista officials brokering a cocaine deal with members of Colombia’s
drug cartel, although the poor quality of the pictures meant that Seal’s eyewitness account was the primary evidence for the claim. The story was later broken by both
The Washington Times and
The Wall Street Journal, exposing Seal’s identity and involvement of his former Colombian associates.
As part of his plea agreement, Seal was ordered to a halfway house in Baton Rouge, where he was murdered. His former Medellin employers have been identified as the perpetrators, but some critics also implicate US administration.
As another minor historical and perhaps-not-coincidental note, the same
C-123 Provider that was leased by a CIA front company (Southern Air Transport) that was used in the sting operation was later shot down by Sandinista 12.7 mm machine gun fire while air dropping supplies to
Contras forces in Nicaraguan air space and the sole survivor,
Eugene H. Hasenfus, was captured by the Nicaraguan government, bringing to light the international weapons-trafficking operation dubbed the
Iran-Contra Affair.
His story was made into a film in 1991 by HBO, "Doublecrossed".
Death
On February 19, 1986, Barry Seal was assassinated in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in front of a branch of the Salvation Army on Airline Hwy. As he sat in his Cadillac, two men carrying machine guns approached him. One of them then fired two shots into his head, killing Seal instantly, which brought the DEA's most important investigation to an end.
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