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Seal said in a federal drug trial in [[Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]] in 1985 that he flew 10 flights a year for 10 years carrying from 600-1200 pounds of cocaine each trip, the cocaine being worth $20,000-$50,000 a pound.
Seal said in a federal drug trial in [[Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]] in 1985 that he flew 10 flights a year for 10 years carrying from 600-1200 pounds of cocaine each trip, the cocaine being worth $20,000-$50,000 a pound.
The [[Boland Amendment]] restricted President [[Ronald Reagan]] from using US funds to directly exercising his [[foreign policy]] objective of removinging the [[Soviet]] and [[Cuba]]n backed [[Sandinista]] regime of [[Nicaragua]] which was using its toehold in [[Central America]] to foment violent [[revolution]] in neighboring [[El Salvador]]. It specifically barred the CIA and the [[DIA]] from assisting the [[Contra|Nicarauguan Contra]] rebels.
The [[Boland Amendment]] restricted President [[Ronald Reagan]] from using US funds to directly exercise his [[foreign policy]] objective of removinging the [[Soviet]] and [[Cuba]]n backed [[Sandinista]] regime of [[Nicaragua]] which was using its toehold in [[Central America]] to foment violent [[revolution]] in neighboring [[El Salvador]]. It specifically barred the CIA and the [[DIA]] from assisting the [[Contras|Nicarauguan Contra]] rebels.
A covert non-governmental organization was set up to train pilots in Arkansas and ship weapons purchased with non-governmental funds to Nicaragua. State police investigator Russell Welch supplied then United States Attorney Asa Hutchinson with a list of 20 witnesses that included Barry Seal and officers of Rich Mountain Aviation in Mena, but Hutchinson only subpoenaed two of the 20 witnesses to the [[grand jury]] and they complained that Hutchinson asked nothing about the crime.
A covert non-governmental organization was set up to train pilots in Arkansas and ship weapons purchased with non-governmental funds to Nicaragua. State police investigator Russell Welch supplied then United States Attorney Asa Hutchinson with a list of 20 witnesses that included Barry Seal and officers of Rich Mountain Aviation in Mena, but Hutchinson only subpoenaed two of the 20 witnesses to the [[grand jury]] and they complained that Hutchinson asked nothing about the crime.