Barry Seal's connection to the CIA is a subject of debate and conspiracy theories, but he never confirmed these claims himself. In the movie American Made, Barry Seal's brother-in-law, JB, is ...

Seal’s cooperation and testimony were instrumental in eventually bringing down Pablo Escobar’s drug cartel, but American Made shies away from the fact that the real-life Barry had seemingly no ...

BARRY SEAL: He imported drugs and laundered money while working for the federal government. The poster for the movie “American Made,” to be released Friday, Sept. 29, shows a grinning, cocky ...

Barry Seal was a pilot for TWA and later became a drug smuggler. Splash News. For risk-loving Seal, the arrangement proved cozy. He transported at least one 1,400-pound load for the DEA.

The estate of the drug smuggler-turned-federal informant Adler “Barry” Seal did not agree to sell the movie rights to his life, and his oldest daughter wants a state judge to ...

Barry Seal: The real-life story behind Tom Cruise's character in American Made. Doug Liman’s new film follows the wild true story of a pilot, drug smuggler, and eventual informant.

“I take full responsibility, and I honestly regret that I took Mr. Barry Seal’s life,” he said. “The second reason is I would like this clemency board to consider my conduct record as proof that I am ...

Barry Seal. Tom Cruise will portray Baton Rouge drug-smuggler-turned-federal-informant Barry Seal (pictured) in the upcoming Universal Pictures feature film 'Mena.' (The Times-Picayune archive) ...

Domhnall Gleeson, right, stars in director Doug Liman's crime drama 'American Made,' based loosely on the story of Baton Rouge native Barry Seal, a pilot-turned-smugger-turned-federal-informant.

Barry Seal had infiltrated the Medellin cartel and agreed to cooperate with U.S. authorities after his own 1983 drug-related arrest in Florida.

Barry Seal might have been the biggest narcotics smuggler in America. Drug enforcement agents charge that Seal piloted his own plane to Colombia 500 times to ferry drugs to the United States, earni… ...