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Sep 29, 2017 · Barry Seal (played by Cruise) was the most notorious cocaine smuggler of the 1980s and his involvement with Columbian kingpin Pablo Escobar had significant implications in America’s war on drugs. My own brief experience with this story more than 30 years ago prompted me to explore the connection between illegal commerce and the growth of ...
Tom Cruise ‘s latest vehicle American Made, directed by Doug Liman, sees the A-lister play the infamous Barry Seal: a pilot who became a drug smuggler, who in turn became an informant, finding...
The Smuggler’s Life. In the mid-1970s, Seal had a booming profession as a smuggler. He focused on moving cocaine as it was more profitable than marijuana. Seal was arrested and jailed while smuggling drugs from Ecuador to Honduras. The “misfortune” led to even bigger drug smuggling jobs for Seal.
