Question: What Texas-born drug trafficker was once called “the undisputed marijuana kingpin of the Western world”?
Answer: Jamiel “Jimmy” Alexander Chagra. Born in El Paso in 1944, Chagra ran a drug smuggling operation out of El Paso and Las Vegas beginning the 1960s. At the time of his arrest in 1979, he had accumulated a wealth of up to $100 million. He also admitted to hiring hitman Charles Harrison (the father of actor Woody Harrelson) to assassinated U.S. District Judge John Wood, who was known for handing down maximum sentences for drug-related crimes. Chagra was released from prison in 2003 for health reason.
