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Oct 11, 2023 · The witness identified triggerman in Barry Seal’s murder, Luis Carlos Quintero-Cruz, is still currently serving his life sentence in prison. Recently, around September 2023, Quintero-Cruz pleaded for clemency from the Louisiana Pardon and Parole Board.
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When Seal was convicted of smuggling charges, he became an informant for the Drug Enforcement Administration and testified in several major drug trials. He was murdered on February 19, 1986, by contract killers hired by the cartel.
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- El Gordo ("the fat one")
- Conspiracy to smuggle narcotics, guns
- Assassination by gunshot
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 mural he helped...
Mar 28, 2016 · Barry Seal made a killing selling drugs for the Ochoa brothers, but after being outed as a key DEA informant, he was a marked man. by Seth Ferranti. March 27, 2016, 9:00pm. Pablo Escobar, left,...
Feb 14, 2011 · 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 political spectrum.
Nov 3, 2017 · Seal was assassinated at a halfway house in 1986 off Airline Highway after agreeing to testify at a trial related to the smuggling operation. An additional presentation featured a second hour,...