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Barry Seal was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the son of Mary Lou (née Delcambre) and Benjamin Curtis Seal, a candy wholesaler. Seal began to fly as a teenager, earning a student pilot certificate at 16 and a private pilot's certificate at 17. His flight instructor described him as a naturally gifted pilot. [1]
Sep 2, 2015 · Sep 2, 2015. 1 min to read. Advocate file photo by Mark H. Hunter -- Angola inmate Miguel Velez, 66, serving life for murder of drug informant Adler Barry Seal, with the larger-than-life...
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Mar 27, 2016 · Barry Seal was a drug smuggler and informant who was killed by a Colombian assassin in 1986. A former FBI agent who worked on the case reveals the details of Seal's life, crimes, and demise in a new book.
May 6, 2023 · YouTube The photograph taken by Barry Seal that outed Pablo Escobar as the Medellín cartel’s drug kingpin. On Feb. 19, 1986, three Colombian hitmen that had been hired by the Medellín cartel tracked Seal down at the Salvation Army. Armed with machine guns, they shot him to death outside the building.
Oct 10, 2023 · The movie dramatizes the true story of drug-smuggling pilot Barry Seal and his death at the hands of the cartel. It also hints at the CIA's involvement in the Iran-Contra scandal and the fate of his wife and children.
Feb 14, 2011 · February 14, 2011 by tomaswell. By Tom Aswell. 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. The brutal murder of Barry Seal, 46, at a Baton Rouge halfway house in 1986 would send shock waves up and down the ...