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LiberalArkie

(15,686 posts)
Sun Jul 19, 2020, 04:08 PM Jul 2020

Activities at airport in Mena detailed

FBI document recently released



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 an internal FBI document released last week.

Seal, a pilot, moved much of his smuggling operation from Baton Rouge to Rich Mountain Aviation at the Mena Intermountain Airport, according to the May 1986 FBI memo.

In February 1986, Seal was killed in a hail of machine-gun fire outside a Baton Rouge Salvation Army halfway house after allegedly crossing Pablo Escobar and the Medellin drug cartel.

"Prior to his death, Seal admitted to smuggling large quantities of cocaine from South America (Columbia) to United States and testified before Senate investigative committee," according to the FBI memo, which referred to a telephone call between agents in Little Rock and Miami.

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https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2020/jul/19/activities-at-airport-in-mena-detailed/?news

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Activities at airport in Mena detailed (Original Post) LiberalArkie Jul 2020 OP
RW claimed this was a Clinton operation all the way! bobbieinok Jul 2020 #1
It would have been Atty Gen Steve Clark (D) and gov Frank White (R) LiberalArkie Jul 2020 #2
Great start. ZZenith Jul 2020 #3
+1 2naSalit Jul 2020 #4

ZZenith

(4,110 posts)
3. Great start.
Sun Jul 19, 2020, 05:27 PM
Jul 2020

They seem to be going out of their way to avoid mentioning the Bush family’s involvement in the whole fiasco.

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