'Jurassic Narcs': The Vietnam Vets Who Supersized the War on Drugs
By the time he was 9 years old, White knew he wanted to be a soldier, a dream that took him first to Vietnam and then to Nixon’s drug war on America’s mean streets.
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By the time he was 9 years old, White knew he wanted to be a soldier, a dream that took him first to Vietnam and then to Nixon’s drug war on America’s mean streets.
Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty/DEAOn the muggy summer night of July 31, 1980, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) organized a sting operation at the Pompeii Warehouse south of Miami. Five undercover agents waited inside the warehouse with the drugs—15,000 pounds of marijuana in the back of a GM rental truck, which they planned to sell for a million cash.Leading the sting was group supervisor Frank White, a 37-year-old Vietnam war hero. He and fellow agents were
The dealers were sneaking drug-infused paper to prison inmates across the country — disguising the narcotics as legal mail, funeral notices and even Harry Potter coloring books.
David Rivera was sued for channeling money on behalf of the Maduro regime. Even if he is not guilty of these charges, he should also be investigated for violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act.
Former Florida congressman fined $456,000 for propping up a ringer candidate Judge Marcia Cooke said Riveraâs violations were knowing, willful and injured the public. Â Â In this Nov. 2, 2010, file photo, Republican David Rivera speaks to supporters in Coral Gables, Fla. A federal judge ruled Tuesday that former U.S. Rep. David Rivera, R-Fla., violated campaign finance law when he funneled $75,927 in campaign money to a novice political candidate running against Riveraâs likely Democratic challenger in Floridaâs 26th Congressional District â and ordered Rivera to pa...