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El Jefe
Characters of the Cartel: “El Jefe” El Jefe was the boss of our operation. I met him once in Bogota, Colombia, and I spoke to him four times on the phone. I don’t know very much about him — because I...
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JJ Gonzalez “The Baggage Handler”
I was an American Airlines employee for 20 years, a ramp worker (the guys with the ear muffs) and also a Skycap before I turned bad — helping a Columbia Cartel smuggle drugs through Miami...
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Crazy Cuban
Crazy Cuban In a rare phone call from Special Agent Steve, the leader of the DEA team that I served as a confidential informant, he said, “JJ, I’m throwing a bone your way.” This meant he was giving me...
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Undercover
PRAY FOR THE BEST, EXPECT THE WORST This was DEA Special Agent David’s favorite quote. Although certainly better than going to jail, being a confidential informant was no cake walk. I was thrown into...
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“El Maestro”
Characters of The Baggage Handler Pedro El Maestro / The teacher Pedro recruited me and taught me the drug trade. Pedro was born in Cuba and came to the United States at a young age. He spent most of...
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The Golden Rules
The Golden Rules He who has the Gold makes the rules! “Breaking Bad” Once I decided to break bad, I wanted to learn from someone wise, someone who’d been smuggling drugs for a long period...
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Entrapment
Entrapment Definition: when a defendant claims that he or she would not have broken the law if not tricked into doing so by law enforcement officials. “Entrapment never happens,”...
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South Beach Colombianos
South Beach Colombianos The first thing the DEA asked of me, as a confidential informant, was not to change my cellular number. Well, from out of the blue, a Colombian guy I’d known for years, Lalo,...
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Fisherman
The Fisherman My DEA handler, Johnny, and I were the first to show up for a team meeting in the parking lot at the DEA headquarters in Miami. That gave us some time to talk as we ate our lunch. Johnny...
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I’ve been Nominated for the ” Liebster Award”
I am so proud to have been nominated for the Liebster award. It’s a big honor and I want to thank everyone involved in this process. Soon everyone around the world will be in tune with my past life....
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Luggage Thieves
Watch Your Bags! There are two types of luggage thieves: the professional and the moron. The professional works like a ghost. I’ve seen a pro open, search, and close a bag within 40 seconds. These...
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Old School Blue-Collar Workers
In this blog, I’ve told you about my being a drug smuggler and confidential informant and some of my painful upbringing, but I haven’t addressed my early, happy days at American before I got into...
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Money Flights
Money Flights In a recent blog, I talked about the two types of airline personnel who steal from passengers: the professionals who target other criminals and the morons who target everyday passengers....
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“Stuffed Flowers”
These are LD3 container How the Cartels Bring Their Drugs in Through U.S. Airports Baggage used to be the most popular way to bring in drugs, but due to the reforms in airport security after 911 that...
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I’ve been Nominated for the Versatile Blogger Award
I would like to thank Shruti Srinivasan, http://anushrusrini.wordpress.com/author/anushrusrini/, for nominating my blog, The Baggage Handler, for The Versatile Blogger award. To be recognized by such...
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Beautiful Blogger Award
What a wonderful week! First, I’m nominated for the Versatile Blogger Award, and then when I share my fondest memories, as requested for the award, Jenness Johnston...
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“Sunshine Award”
I’m excited and I’m stunned. Another award has come knocking on my door! I would like to thank Spasmostar http://spasmostar.wordpress.com for nominating my blog for The Sunshine Award. I’m truly...
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Santeria
First and foremost, I respect all religions. What I’m revealing today is only about my own experience. I’m not saying it’s everyone’s experience. My father, like many Cubans, practiced Santeria, which...
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” The Interesting Blog Award “
First, let me thank Katie Sullivan : http://wp.me/p3oWn1-3V for nominating me for The Interesting Blog Award. As a follower of her blog, I definitely see why she was nominated, and I’m honored she...
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“The Very Inspiring Blogger Award”
Joseyphina, thank you for nominating me. I appreciate it very much. And I really believe that everyone on wordpress.com has something special and inspiring to say. Life have given me a lot of valuable...
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