Jamiel Chagra
Jamiel "Jimmy" Alexander Chagra (December 7, 1944 – July 25, 2008) was an American drug trafficker, carpet salesman and professional gambler. He was implicated in the May 1979 assassination of United States District Judge John H. Wood Jr. in San Antonio, Texas.
Jamiel Chagra | |
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| Born | Jamiel Alexander Chagra December 7, 1944 |
| Died | July 25, 2008 (aged 63) Mesa, Arizona, US |
| Criminal status | Released after serving 24 years |
| Spouse(s) | Grace Chagra (divorced) Elizabeth Chagra (deceased) Vivian Chagra (divorced) Lynda (Chagra) Madrid |
| Children | Jimmy, Justin, Jackie, Catherine, Csilla, Christa, Cindy |
| Parent(s) | Abdou Joseph Chagra Josephine Ayoub |
| Criminal charge | Drug trafficking |
| Penalty | 30 years imprisonment |
Chagra was active as a trafficker of marijuana beginning in the 1960s, and by the 1970s was a well-known drug trafficker operating out of Las Vegas and El Paso. In fact, he is described as having been "no less than the biggest marijuana smuggler in the country" during that time. According to George Knapp writing for Las Vegas CityLife, he was "the undisputed marijuana kingpin of the Western world. He imported more high-grade ganja than anyone, tons at a time, planeload after planeload."