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A Navy SEAL who served in the military for 14 years and worked on covert anti-drug operations has admitted to smuggling 10 kilos of cocaine into the United States, according to records from the federal district court in Miami and a source familiar with his service.
The SEAL, Angel Martinez-Ramos, left active duty in 2010 but continued to deploy on missions as a reservist, court papers say. He had drug paraphernalia, including a money-counting machine and drug-testing equipment, at home, the documents say. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to import cocaine and is currently in custody in Miami awaiting sentencing.
His case comes in the wake of another embarrassment for the elite SEALs, the commandos famous for killing Osama bin Laden. Earlier this year, two former members of the group died after consuming heroin and alcohol on a commercial ship they had been hired to protect from pirates.
Martinez-Ramos, 36, was arrested in December as he returned to the U.S. from a short trip to Aruba. Before his arrest, the Drug Enforcement Administration had received a tip that a U.S. service member would be arriving with a load of narcotics, documents show. Ironically, Martinez-Ramos had occasionally worked closely with the DEA on sensitive counter-narcotics missions in Latin America, a source familiar with his service record told BuzzFeed.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/aramroston/exclusive-us-navy-seal-smuggled-10-kilos-of-cocaine-into-mia
It will be interesting to see if there is something bigger waiting to be revealed...
A HERETIC I AM
(24,376 posts)using scuba gear!
I mean, WHAT THE FUCK DID ALL THAT EXPENSIVE TRAINING TEACH YOU, SEAL?
For fucks sake.
When I read an ex navy Seal tried to smuggle drugs ashore, I want him to have been arrested coming ashore in a wetsuit and flippers at Matheson Hammock with 4 tanks strapped to his back and the mother ship somewhere out past Elliott Key!
What did he do? Step off the plane with it in his fucking suitcase?
Amateur.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)and miami dealers selling 8 balls that smell like rotten fish.
ewwwww.
A HERETIC I AM
(24,376 posts)His rather nefarious partners and their covers at the Miami Seaquarium.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Seriously, though, you're absolutely right about the expensive training. It's like batman... using the front door. You're fucking batman, wtf?