The first thing he noticed was his filing cabinet. The other soldier, Don White, pleaded guilty and is now doing sixty years. A front-page headline in The El Paso Times virtually screamed the news that the flamboyant kingpin had been nabbed. Donna had never seen him before, but Lee said that he was expecting the man and pressed the electronic button to admit him. Now they eat three meals a day and imported cheese. Jo Annie went on to the Sun Bowl and telephoned her husband at halftime. Someone had gone after Jo Annie, who had collapsed when she first heard the news but now wanted to be there with the family. He decided on James Kerr, one of the assistant U.S. attorneys he had inherited from the Republican regime. Ill drive you home, he said in a low voice. He had two brothers, Lee and Joseph, who were both attorneys involved with the legal defense of drug smugglers. It was almost midnight when the Black Striker made his appearance on the casino floor. Checking himself again in the mirror, he would fuss with the black cowboy hat that had Lee Chagra and Freedom embossed in gold on the inside until he achieved the proper tilt and slope. The case remains unsolved. Lou Esper had planned both of these crimes too. Kerr was frail and sallow-faced and talked in a high-pitched voice that suggested he was about to shatter. He could be shamelessly sentimental and gentle as a whisper, and yet there was a macho fury inside that could make him turn on those closest to him. His practice had foundered, he had run up huge gambling debts, his life was peopled with shysters and thugs; and if the truth was known, Lee himself had become little more than a highly paid functionary in Jimmys fluctuating gang of smugglers. She didnt know the details, but she had heard that Jimmy and his new wife, Liz, were living it up in Vegas. Uncle Lou, who had recently been paroled in California, had a drug habit of long standing. Lees position in this venture was that of highly paid legal adviser for the gang of smugglers. Hughes, who assisted in the defense, thought that Lee won in his opening remarks to the jury. Two of their five children were with her. And, of course, Jimmy Chagra. On the plane from Tucson, Lee must have reflected on the paradox of his life. Lee seemed restless and preoccupied, as though he were late for an appointment and couldnt wait for Jo Annie to leave. Whatever the maximum penalty was, that was generally what he gave. Kerrs long association with FBI, IRS, and DEA agentsclients, he called themhad convinced him of the same sort of monolithic conspiracy that Boyd himself leaned toward. Lee had been accused of a lot of things, but this was the first time anyone had ever accused him of representing himself and not his client. Then Kerr observed that the request for reportsis an overt act on the part of the defense attorneyto obtain government reports and documents concerning him. That is, concerning Lee Chagra. Most high rollers would think a 9-year-old would cramp their style, but he took me everywhere.. In the 24 hours since their arrival, he had signed markers totaling $240,000. None of the missing $450,000 was ever recovered. The judge said he had spent eight or ten hours reading Jerry Edwin Johnsons 1976 grand jury testimony and the transcript of the IRS investigation. Just barely making it. Its riddled with ethnic stereotyping of Lebanese men as reckless womanizers and Lebanese women as subservient slaves to their men. The Most Reverend Sidney Metzger, bishop emeritus of El Paso, came out of retirement to say mass. No, you got it backwards, Lee said when he saw it. [2][22][6] He was the first federal judge to die by assassination in over a century. This wasnt an unusual request: just a week before, Lee had given Sandy $50,000 to carry around in her tote bag, ostensibly for safekeeping. Esper had also observed Lee making large cash payoffs to various collectors. By the time the jury began its deliberation, it was obvious that the best the prosecution could expect was a tie. One client who occupied a good deal of Lees time during the autumn of 1976 was Jerry Edwin Johnson, a local con man and admitted drug smuggler accused of masterminding a scheme to defraud the IRS of a quarter of a million dollars. Lee had always lived his life on the edge of respectability, goading the El Paso establishment by defending hardened criminals, consorting with known drug smugglers, and cultivating his image as the Black Striker. 3.9 on Goodreads. On December 23, 1978, Lee Chagra was shot and killed in his law office in El Paso. Lee had been involved with Jimmy in his drug smuggling and the killers took $450,000 that was owed to Joe Bonanno for a drug deal. At the victory party that followed the declaration of mistrial, one of the jurors told Lee: I know those boys did everything they said they did, but dammit, they didnt prove it!. All of Lees personal affairs, especially those with women, were conducted behind closed doors. Kerr had been involved with pursuing Chagra for his drug dealings. He filed a freedom-of-information request demanding that the government furnish him with all documents relating to its investigations of him, and before long the files filled two heavy-duty storage boxes. And hed better. In broken white letters, like shards of milk glass on velvet, it said FREEDOM. Its going to be a very interesting night Jan. 18 at the Mob Museum in Las Vegas. Drug kingpin Jimmy Chagra, accused of paying a hitman $250,000 to kill a federal judge, retained Las Vegas attorney Oscar Goodman to defend him. What was happening here? All have, understandably, complicated As the family walked away from the cemetery, Jimmy caught up with Vivian and took her arm. Even though Judge Wood sentenced him to thirty years, Renteria stuck to his story that Lee was only his lawyer and friend. He didnt advertise the fact, but Jimmy was helping to pay for the huge cost overrun on Lees new office. As it turned out, he was right.. He certainly knew about it before the feds did. Joe Chagra testified against the other defendants in exchange for pleading guilty to murder-conspiracy with a maximum sentence of ten years in a plea-bargain deal, and with an agreement that he would not testify against his brother Jimmy in a separate trial. He was the black sheep, the all-star goof-up. That was why I jumped bond. Jimmy had ruined it. The family was worried about Lee. On October 20, 1977, as Chagra stood before the bench objecting to Judge Woods personal attack, arguing that it was totally without evidence or cause and that the resulting publicity had done great damage not only to Stricklin but to Lee himself, the judge interrupted and dropped his bomb. Drugs are currently in fashion, but over the years whiskey, cigarettes, perfume, Swiss watches, silver, kitchenware, and of course, laborers have been staples in the trade. Though the prosecution recognized there was hardly any chance that Rick would turn on his family, James Kerr did everything in his power to put him away for 40 years. Catherine Chagra and her two sisters, Cindy and Christa, were the darling daughters of Jimmy Chagra, the biggest pot dealer in the history of the U.S.A., and one of Kerr thought Chagra was vulgar and common, and Chagra enjoyed enhancing this image by slipping up behind Kerr and whispering things that made the prosecutor blush. Someone was supposed to open the door from the inside. Lee couldnt hold a grudge, but Jimmy was the kind who would get you by the balls and never let go, said Jimmy Salome, a longtime family friend. Their dad just didnt feel safe going to court without his consigliere. How come when Im winning you let me do anything I goddam please, but when I lose you wont let me out of the trap? he shouted in a voice that could be heard in the coffee shop on the opposite side of the casino. Food, drinks, girlsanything one might fancy was there in a whisk. [4][11] Jimmy Chagra also had a sister named Patsy. Here he is with Joe Namath. By setting up the corporation for Jimmy, Lee had, for the first time, made himself vulnerable. I decided to disappear over to the Hilton for a while. When Clark Hughes returned to Caesars about nine that evening, Lee had almost exhausted his credit limit. He had no information incriminating Lee, except that he confirmed that Lee had set up some dummy corporations to launder money, but he was willing to finger Jimmy as the kingpin. Lee held the picture so it caught the light. Catherine remembers the prison visits as the best times she ever had with her father. There was no way to count the number of ex-lovers who crowded the cathedral to say their last farewell, but they were discreetly scattered and only occasionally exchanged glances. He was later tried and acquitted in the assassination but received an additional sentence for obstruction of justice. They had to take care of him because he spoiled everything he touched. Oh, yes. Jo Annie, Lees boyhood sweetheart and the wife who had seen him through law school and nineteen years of an emotionally charged marriage, met him at the airport. Jimmy Chagras first big score came in the summer of 75, when he orchestrated a shipment of more than 50,000 pounds of pot on a tramp steamer from Colombia to the Massachusetts coast, according to Dirty Dealing, a book about the Chagras published in 1984 by Austin author and journalist Gary Cartwright. [30] Jimmy Chagra was acquitted of the murder of Judge Wood in front of Judge William S. Sessions, future director of the FBI, although he was found guilty of obstructing justice and conspiring to smuggle drugs. Maximum sentence was 15 years on each of three counts, and thats what the judge gave him45 years. Lee laughed with pride. Texass Most Venomous Caterpillar. Its from some friends in Vegas, he said, handing Vivian the card. Catherine published a book about her life in 2015 titled Chagra: The King of Dope Drugs, Deceit and Dirty Darlings. She will be signing copies after the panel discussion. The greatest job of bullshit advocacy Ive ever seen, Clark Hughes said of Lees performance. And yet, right there under their noses was another Chagra not at all handicapped by brains or good judgment. Marble floors. Still, everyone loved Jimmy and took care of him. She dismissed the greeting as a typical Sailor Roberts lie: she didnt believe for a second that hed gone out of his way to wish her anything. There was a ritual that he always observed before going downstairs to the casino. They knew about the safe in the floor of the bathroom, but there were othersone beneath the carpet near the fireplace in the living room of the private suite and another in the master bedroom. Clark excused himself and went to his own room, alone. Lee Chagras funeral was a microcosm of all the extremes in his life. Lee had already made a name for himself before he began taking drug defendants, but the string of cases that would make him one of El Pasos most famousor infamousfigures began in the early seventies when U.S. customs agents busted a smuggler from Tennessee named Tom Pitts and two other men who were attempting to bring six hundred pounds of marijuana across the Rio Grande. But Jimmy took most of the credit. To mark the 40th anniversary of the trial of drug kingpin Jimmy Chagra, who was accused of paying a hitman $250,000 to kill a federal judge John Wood, Oscar Goodman, former mayor and at the time Chagras defense attorney, will join the late mobsters daughter, Catherine, to revisit A sample: Q.What about Lee Chagra? But Kerr wasnt satisfied. It was fitting in a way that Lee should end up championing the drug dealers rights; his brother Jimmy was destined to join their ranks. Wallace confessed that he had taken part in the burglary attempt on Mickey Espers office and also the attempt to rob the poker game at Jimmy Salomes house. Hadnt I already proven that wrong?. Chagra and his wife, Liz, and young daughter relocated to Las Vegas in 1978 and moved into a house across the street from attorney Oscar Goodman. The real show was on the casino floor in special sections roped off for the Chagras. Unlike many casinos, the Aladdin allowed a player to lay double odds; thus it was possible to win or lose twice as fast. By early afternoon the party was over, and staff and hangers-on had gone. Lee meant $10,000 for all three defendants, but Pitts didnt understand that. Jimmy was also taking care of Lees half-million-dollar marker at Caesars. He was 50. The fifty-page text of the interview was used as supplemental material by a grand jury investigating a tax fraud, but it was never given the slightest weight as courtroom evidence. Again, Lee sounded as though he had something else on his mind. Chagra's lawyer in the case was Oscar Goodman,[26][3] future Mayor of Las Vegas and prosecutors included Assistant United States Attorney Sidney Powell. Except for a few faithful clients like Jack Stricklin, Lees practice was at rock bottom. Not long after that, someone attempted to rob a high-stakes poker game at Jimmy Salomes house. It was the era of the Nixon Administrations much-heralded war on drugs. During the course of the morning, a man called the Cowboy appeared on the alley TV camera. Chagra argued that the indictment smacked of double jeopardy, but there was no way he could prove it until the government got specific. Worse even then the chain reaction of disasters in 1977: the crash of one of his brother Jimmys drug smuggling planes in Colombia, Jimmys botched foray to rescue the pilot, Lees frantic scramble to rescue Jimmy, his running courtroom battle with federal prosecutor James Kerr and Judge John Wood. When Patsy, who at one time weighed 180 pounds, finally worked up the courage to wear a swimsuit in public, Jimmy humiliated her mercilessly. Once again, Lee went first to his suite and carried out the ritual. But his eyes spun like a blur of cherries on a slot machine. Woods blunder was the last straw. It took almost a year for all the money to work its way back to Jimmy and his partners. While the phone was ringing, Yoseph allowed his eyes to run along the wall to the left of the desk. When Lee hit a losing streak, he could fly into a snit, blaming anyone handy, especially Jo Annie, who more than once hurried off the casino floor in tears. Borrowing heavily from Kerrs own wording, Wood totally agreed: This request appears to be primarily an effort by the defense attorney to obtain reports of an investigation pertaining to him. I have not seen anything that would actually disqualify me from trying this case. Eventually Wood agreed to give Lee a copy of the Johnson interview but refusing to remove himself from the Stricklin case as Chagra requested. More likely it was because Lee, as chief justice of the student court, had spoken out against segregated dorms and football teams. Before Yoseph could think of an answer, Lee asked another question: What would you do if you came in and found Id been murdered?, This preoccupation wasnt totally without foundation. He had $250,000 credit. It wasnt just in hard-drug cases; Wood appeared to make no distinctions. What investigation against him? I think I was about 20 and Lee was 27 or something. He was convicted of obstructing the investigation of the The case had been dead for two years, but Kerr had a plan. The position of federal authorities was that even though Joe Chagra was a lawyer, he was also suspected in conspiracy to conceal the crime; therefore, their conversations were not covered by attorney-client privilege. Stricklin started peddling lids when they were still lidsan ounce of grass in a Prince Albert tin. His staff had completed the move while he was in Tucson, and in the morning he would officially take possession: it would be his first day there and, as fate decreed, his last. Paperback November 6, 2015. by Catherine Chagra (Author) 168 ratings. Investigators, the press, and even the Chagras themselves have said for months that they expect Jimmy Chagra to be indicted for the first murder in this century of a federal judge. Friends, relatives, and people that Donna had never seen before paraded through as though the place were a museum. I didnt trust Arabs. El Pasos legions of smugglersdrug smugglers in particularmanage to get themselves arrested often enough to keep law practices like Lee Chagras busy and profitable. Jo Annie was talking about divorce; she and Lee got as far as the courthouse steps before one or both backed out. When Clark arrived downstairs with his luggage, he saw Lee at one of the blackjack tables, arguing with a Teamster guy who was apparently in charge of credit for the casino. The deal made guys sweating over a ton of weed loaded onto a plane and flown across the border look like chumps. Another suggestion was to disrupt the drug market by passing out poisoned drugs. Thats the reason Im going to release it to you.Thats what Ive been trying to tell you. He was already doing time on the fraud charge at La Tuna federal correctional institution, which was on the New Mexico state line not far from El Paso. Traditionally, gambling and smuggling are on a par with fixing parking tickets and hiring illegal aliens. When he read copies of Kerrs motion and Woods reply, Chagra was flabbergasted and then outraged. What she didnt know was that he was in his private apartment, watching the game on TV with his friend Sailor Roberts, a bookie who had recently been busted in James Kerrs organized-crime probe. He worked his way through the University of Texas law school, graduating fourth in his class in 1962. [39], Chagra married his third wife, Lynda Ray, while living under the name James Madrid on November 22, 2005. Lee stared out the limo window at the blur of cold neon. One of his key tactics was to source the details of a model of the apartment complex where Wood was shot, built for $11 million by the prosecution. The pit boss snapped his fingers and motioned for the guards to bring the velvet ropes. State senator Tati Santiesteban, who had known Lee Chagra most of his life, led the procession of pallbearers. His sister, Patsy, recalled, It scared me to hear Lee talk like that. Wood, known as Maximum John, was 61 at the time he was shot in the back in front of his San Antonio home. A big blob of fat came pouring out, she remembered. Back in El Paso things werent going much better. He always got excited the moment he felt the clamor and hysteria of Caesars but this time he was practically dancing on the walls. Knewz is a registered trademark. He began taping most of his telephone conversations and collecting every scrap of evidence that even hinted of government malfeasance. As Boyd must have realized, Kerr and Lee Chagra were natural enemies. Vivian died of cancer in July 1986. It was obvious that the prosecution and the DEA had problems coordinating their investigation. Jo Annie telephoned one final time, from her mothers house on Rim Road. No Mafia figures were ever indicted. Goodman had represented Chagra in a previous drug case, which was undone by his client testifying. He talked about death a lot. The 38-year-old prosecutor had given up his apartment in El Paso and moved back to San Antonio, where he felt more comfortable. Even after the charges were dismissed, there was still the stigma. It became his trademark. Joe announced plans to open his own law firm. Goodman punched holes in the governments case, and the jury acquitted Chagra. He touched the tip of the pointer and said, This small tip represents innocence: the defendants didnt do a thing. He was widely believed to have been placed in the Federal Witness Protection Program. Early in the fall someone had broken into Mickey Espers law offices and attempted to haul off a safe. Push a button and curtains would reveal a huge projector TV. The gesture was unmistakable: hed come to replace his brother. Pitts fancied himself a big-timer and concluded that Chagra must be pretty big himself if he was demanding thirty grand. Jimmy had chartered a jet and attempted to rescue an El Paso pilot who had been badly burned when a DC-6 crashed on takeoff at an improvised field near Santa Marta, Colombia. They had a surprise for Leea new Lincoln limousine with a portable bar, a TV, a stereo, and even a secret compartment to conceal his guns and playing cards. Well, I didnt know about it, Lee said, dumbstruck. A book signing of Wood pressed on, however, announcing that the grand jury investigation concerned not only Lee Chagra and Stricklin; it also involved Sib Abraham and others. As was his custom when he was in one of these expansive moods, Lee sat in his new office with his feet on his desk, telling war stories and handing out money. That old watch-me-carry-the-world smile was back on his face. In his time, Lee had invested in a racehorse that ended up as dog meat, a pro golfer who never made the cut, a combination lock that served to secure nothing more than a long, bitter lawsuit, and a caper to corner the Colombian coffee bean market. But the feds real ace in the hole was Jimmy and his partner, Henry Wallace. Lee joked as he gave the Indian the $75,000, and the Indian mumbled and studied his boots. He looked smaller than life as he stood there, facing the dresser, looking at the picture of his father and seeing his own reflection. Each time he caught a narc in a lie, Lee made eye contact with various jurors, the corners of his mouth twitching with mirth as though he expected tiny okra plants to sprout from the witnesss nose at any moment. Ive been a fool.. Gambling bored him. Lee told her he still had a pile of work on his desk. He was a fanatic about his family: he lavished gifts on his wife, his children, his mother, his sister. I think he was sad about what he did to his kids. He had started using cocaine some months earlier, and now he was using it daily. Chagra and Wood were on a collision course that was bound to end in catastrophe. It must have been nearly three-thirty by then. 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