Activities at airport in Mena detailed

[LiberalArkie]

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

[bobbieinok]

1. RW claimed this was a Clinton operation all the way!

RW repeated 'Mena', 'Barry Seal' daily ad nauseum!

[LiberalArkie]

2. It would have been Atty Gen Steve Clark (D) and gov Frank White (R)

[ZZenith]

3. Great start.

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

[2naSalit]

4. +1