Blue Byline » sandinistas http://blog.thenewstribune.com/bluebyline A cop's perspective of the news and South Sound matters Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:35:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Puracal conviction is a verdict against U.S. http://blog.thenewstribune.com/bluebyline/2011/08/31/puracal-conviction-is-a-verdict-against-u-s/ http://blog.thenewstribune.com/bluebyline/2011/08/31/puracal-conviction-is-a-verdict-against-u-s/#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2011 04:50:40 +0000 Brian O'Neill http://blog.thenewstribune.com/bluebyline/?p=730 Jason Puracal is in a rough spot.

The Tacoma native, who was recently convicted in a Nicaraguan court of drug trafficking and money laundering, is either the fall-guy for the U.S. and its decades of intrigue against the Sandinistas, or else he is a very lousy and unlucky criminal.

At the moment, given the desperate nature of his situation, the reason hardly seems to matter.

Currently, Puracal is living in a tiny cell inhabited by other poor unfortunate souls, scores of rats, and what has been described as some very aggressive sex offenders. Few crimes, if indeed he committed any, …

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