Jamiel Chagra

Jamiel Chagra
Born
Jamiel Alexander Chagra

December 7, 1944
El Paso, Texas, US
DiedJuly 25, 2008(2008-07-25) (aged 63)
Mesa, Arizona, US
Criminal statusReleased after serving 24 years
Spouse(s)Grace Chagra (divorced)
Elizabeth Chagra (deceased)
Vivian Chagra (divorced)
Lynda (Chagra) Madrid
ChildrenJimmy, Justin, Jackie, Catherine, Csilla, Christa, Cindy
Parent(s)Abdou Joseph Chagra
Josephine Ayoub
Criminal chargeDrug trafficking
Penalty30 years imprisonment

Jamiel "Jimmy" Alexander Chagra (December 7, 1944 – July 25, 2008) was an American drug trafficker, carpet salesman and professional gambler.[1][2][3] He admitted to a role in the May 1979 assassination of United States District Judge John H. Wood Jr. in San Antonio, Texas.[4]

Chagra was active as a trafficker of marijuana beginning in the 1960s,[5] and by the 1970s was a well-known drug trafficker operating out of Las Vegas and El Paso.[6] He was described as having been "no less than the biggest marijuana smuggler in the country" during that time.[7] 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."[8]

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  2. ^ "TRIAL ON JUDGE'S DEATH HEARS ONE JAILED BROTHER DEFAME THE OTHER (Published 1982)". The New York Times. November 8, 1982. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
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  5. ^ "Drug kingpin accused in slaying of federal judge". Los Angeles Times. July 27, 2008. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  6. ^ Antonio, Christopher Hoffman, SBG San (February 17, 2020). "Jailer recalls conversations with Woody Harrelson's father". WOAI. Retrieved December 4, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ Katsilometes, John (March 9, 2019). "Las Vegas author developing documentary on drug kingpin Jimmy Chagra". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
  8. ^ Knapp, George (March 29, 2007). "The pot king of the Western world". Las Vegas CityLife. Archived from the original on May 26, 2009.