Leo Sharp
Leo Sharp (also known as El Tata , the old man) ( 7 May 1924 - 12 December 2016 ) was an American veteran, plant breeder and drug courier for the Sinaloa cartel .
During World War II, Sharp fought as a soldier in the Italian campaign and received the Bronze Star . He later owned a flower farm near Michigan City, Indiana . He grew 180 varieties of the daylily . In the late 1990s, business deteriorated.
Sharp had been transporting drugs for a good ten years when he was arrested on October 21, 2011 at the age of 87 for a shipment of 104 kg of cocaine to Detroit . On May 7, 2014, his 90th birthday, he was sentenced to three years in prison. In June 2015, he was released due to health problems. He was buried in Hawaii Punchbowl National Cemetery after his death . His story is the subject of the 2018 movie The Mule , directed by Clint Eastwood , who also starred in the film as Earl Stone .
literature
- J.-H. Rath: The Mule - the oldest drug courier in the world , article about Leo Sharp, In: Welt der Wunder (magazine) 4/19, p.90 93.
Web links
- Michael Kaplan: How this elderly gardener became El Chapo's most unlikely partner , New York Post , December 8, 2018
- Chuck Goudie, Ross Weidner: Leo Sharp epitaph: He was the world's oldest drug mule , ABC7 , July 28, 2017
Individual evidence
- ^ Leo Sharp, Cocaine Courier And War Hero, Sentenced On 90th Birthday . Huffington Post.com. Archived from the original on May 12, 2014. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
- ↑ a b Sam Dolnick: The Sinaloa Cartel's 90-Year-Old Drug Mule . In: The New York Times . 15th June 2014.
- ↑ Daylilies: The American Hemerocallis Society Home Page . Retrieved September 6, 2018.
- ↑ The Mule (2018) , History vs. Hollywood , accessed December 21, 2018
- ^ 87-year-old: Forced at gunpoint to move cocaine , CBS News , Nov. 14, 2011
- ^ 89-year-old man pleads guilty to drug mule charge in cocaine scheme , The Guardian , October 8, 2013
- ^ Cocaine smuggling: 90-year-old US drug courier sentenced to prison , Die Welt , May 8, 2014
- ↑ Robert Snell: Judge frees elderly drug mule, who is dying, early , Detroit News , July 1, 2015
- ↑ Meet America's oldest drugs mule aged 90 who is a WWII veteran . Daily Mail . June 12, 2014. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
- ↑ This is the true story of Clint Eastwood's movie 'The Mule' and drug runner Leo Sharp , Indianapolis Star, December 14, 2018
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sharp, Leo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American veteran, plant breeder, and drug courier for the Sinaloa cartel |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 7, 1924 |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 12, 2016 |