US EditionThe feds were closing in on Casey Ramirez. Then a turncoat agreed to testify. Was this the end?
- Casey Ramirez was under investigation for cocaine smuggling after a plane linked to him was found in The Bahamas, prompting federal attention from the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force program originating in Minneapolis.
- Jerry Davis, the former manager of Princeton Co-op Credit Union, was indicted on charges related to failing to report large cash deposits linked to Ramirez.
- In July 1984, Casey Ramirez, along with his associates, was indicted on charges of conspiracy to smuggle cocaine and tax evasion, impacting the Princeton community significantly.
- The trial of Ramirez, assigned to federal Senior Judge Edward J. Devitt, was anticipated to be complex due to testimonies from former smugglers ready to cooperate with authorities.
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The feds were closing in on Casey Ramirez. Then a turncoat agreed to testify. Was this the end?
This is Part 6 of the Minnesota Vice series. MINNEAPOLIS — Casey Ramirez was scrambling. So, like he so often did, he decided to do something audacious. He went straight to the feds. It was May 3, 1983. Ten days before, he had been rescuing his pilot, Bill Coulombe, from the jungle undergrowth in The Bahamas after Coulombe landed and abandoned a small plane full of hundreds of pounds of cocaine for investigators to scour for clues. As investigat…
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