From athletes to narcos

Sometimes elite athletes twist their way and go from being examples for society to step on the dark side of crime. When you have touched the glory, stay in ostracism, it costs. Others use sport as a cover to simulate a profession that allows them mobility and free time. Uploaded to the Dispendio train, they want to continue in the gap and see easy money in drug trafficking. Not counting on the consequences. They believe it is something that will solve a few more years of life.

But, sooner or later, a breath or a failure in a delivery takes them to the judge.

Of all those who appear in this article, there are two by search and capture for being 'fat fish' of drug trafficking, three expect sentence, one has already died, three more comply with a sentence and only one seems to rectified after going through prison and has returned to the sport, which is the best thing he knew how to do, without knowing that he has returned to the streets.

Each one has its story to tell and the reasons that led him to traffic leaving him to be built or looking for a large income life, but if something shows us the sport is that there is always a second part. To overcome or end up losing.

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Humberto Mariles – Heroine

Three gold medals, a murder and a detention in Paris

Intocable in Mexico having achieved two gold medals in Equestrian in London'48 and one in the Pan -Americans of Mexico'55, he used that to introduce in his heroine country from France. Thanks to his influence and the void customs control that existed on personalities of his caliber could introduce it without problems but the second time, the French authorities caught him before taking off.
He was transferred to the Santé prison, waiting for the process. He always denied the charges and ended up dying in 1972 of a pulmonary edema product of a heart crisis.
A few years before a penalty when he killed a man in a traffic discussion and fled to Texas. He delivered. I had to spend 20 years that they were reduced to eight and finally there were only four serving a gentle condemnation for being who he was.

Abdellah el Haj – hashish

The 'Messi del Hachís', searched for Spanish justice since 2019

A Abdellah El Haj Sadek El Menbri, the Europol is looking for him for being the head of the largest traffic organization of hashish when trying seven tons through the Strait. In 2017 he negotiated a bond in exchange for freedom with charges. Police unions warned that he would flee as he did. He arrived as a child to Algeciras and has already passed through prison in 2015. Captain of the Wydad Tanger Sair Rafah Brinking the quarantine, does not hide, plays football and his defense insists that he lives away from drug trafficking.

Quincy Promes – Cocaine

A cargo of 1,362.9 kilos hidden in two sea salt containers

The former player of Seville, Ajax and Spartak of Moscow, now at Dubai United, was arrested at Dubai airport and fell six years but is waiting for appeals for trying to introduce two containers full of cocaine in Antwerp after investing 200,000 euros. In the listenings that accelerated their arrest, it was believed “untouchable.”

THANAN BAGGALEY – Extasosis

Manufacturer of pills and repeat offender 11 years in a row

Oros, silver and bronzismo were hung in canoeing but were fogged by steroids in 2005. After the suspension, in 2007 he wanted to return but they found an arsenal of pills of ecstasy at home. He went to jail for manufacturing them and when they left they caught him again for drug trafficking. In 2018 he was arrested with his brother, for trying to introduce cocaine in Australia. He turns a 25 -year sentence.

Radja Nainggolan – Cocaína

“It was as if they had arrested Pablo Escobar”

After a career in Rome and Inter, mainly, he had already hung his boots when he surprised the world of football signing for the Lakeren-Temse of the 2nd Belgian division in January 2025. Five days after signing, he was arrested and released by suspicious transactions with Nasr-Edine Sekkaki, investigated as part of a drug trafficking network. Questioned four hours, he said that “it was as if they had arrested Pablo Escobar.” One of its partners in a Villas and Jets business had been sentenced in 2016 in the US for transporting 1 ton of cocaine.

Ryan Wedding – Cocaine and Murder

In search and capture one of the 10 most wanted fubi fugitives

It is undoubtedly the main hunting piece of this mismancer compendium. High rank member of the Sinaloa Cartel, is one of the 10 fugitives most sought after by the FBI. Competed in the JJ.OO. Winter from Salt Lake City of 2002 at the parallel giant slalom by Canada. He left the university to distribute marijuana and expanded the business with Iranian and Russian cocaine traffickers. In 2008 they fell four years to buy cocaine to a federal agent and in 2024 he was accused of leading a criminal group for drug trafficking and having perpetrated three murders and having tried another. Since his prison release in Mexico, he extended his network of traffic contacts in Colombia and Central America and his reward is 10 million dollars. Only for drug trafficking in Canada faces 10 years in prison and life imprisonment for other positions.

Jason Pusey – Cocaine

Soccer as cover for
large -scale traffic

International with Gibraltar, supplied 107 kilos of cocaine, 235 of ketamine and 447 cannabis for southern London bands while playing in ten Gibraltar teams in ten years (including Lions, Glacis United, Manchester 62, Gibraltar United, Lincoln FC, Gibraltar Phoenix, Europe and Europe Point were the team. of his last experience in the South Cave United English). Formed in the Cantera del Atlético de Madrid and Cádiz (2007-2008), he sold narcotics for a value of 3.5 million euros. 11 years of condemnation fell in 2024 when detecting its network username and coincidence of locations on the encrypted network Encrochat (messaging system used by United Kingdom criminals) with your mobile phone.

Madiea Ghafoor – Ecstasy

A confiscation that amounted to 2.3 million euros

First person of the Ethnicity Rind to participate in an Olympic Games, was in Rio 2016 with the Netherlands in 4×400, finalist of the European Championship in the 400 m. He seized 50 kilos of ecstasy pills, 2 kg of methamphetamine and 11,950 euros in cash that he had in his car's trunk in Düsseldorf when he was going to train. He said they were neither for her nor for her companions. He declared himself innocent and never revealed who had provided the pills. Sentenced to 8 years since 2019.

JAY EMMANUEL-THOMAS – Cannabis

In the decline of a career you have to look for another job

It has been 16 years of sports career. After starting it in Arsenal and going through Ipswich and Bristol and several teams of lower categories, last year was arrested for importing two bags through two women with 60 kg of cannabis from Bangkok with a value of 720,525 euros. The player was also at the PTT Rayong, of the Thai League. Before the Court he denied everything and is now in preventive detention pending trial in May. The maximum penalty to traffic with cannabis in the United Kingdom is 14 years.

Esteban Loaiza – Cocaine

Veracruz eagle coach, ended up being deported

He went through the best teams of the Major Leagues such as the Rangers, Blue Jays, White Sox, Nationals, Athletics and Dodgers between 1995 and 2008, when he retired. In his biography there is a vacuum until it was discovered in 2018 with 20 kg of cocaine. He turned three and five more of probation and in 2021 he was deported to Mexico. His ex -wife died of a plane accident two months after signing the divorce.

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