Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Max Mermelstein (November 1, 1942 – September 12, 2008) was a drug smuggler for the Medellín Cartel in the late 70s and early 80s, who later became a key informant against the organization. In the words of James P. Walsh, Los Angeles Federal Prosecutor, "Max Mermelstein was probably the single most valuable government witness in drug matters that this country has ever known." He became a "weapon for the government."Reputed to have smuggled 56 tons of cocaine worth $12.5 billion into the US, Max was described by his attorney Tom Johnston as "just a nice Jewish guy who got into the wrong industry." Trained as a mechanical engineer in New York and married to a Puerto Rican, he moved to San Juan, Puerto Rico with his wife, and worked as chief engineer for the Sheraton Hotel. They separated soon after she left him to return to her ailing mother, but not before Max learned perfect "street Spanish". While working for the Sheraton he met a Colombian woman, Cristina Jaramillo, and they were soon married. After accepting another job at the Princess Hotel in Freeport in the Bahamas, Max began his first limited criminal activity by creating an "underground pipeline" to help smuggle his wife's Colombian relatives and childhood friends into the United States."@en }
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- Max_Mermelstein abstract "Max Mermelstein (November 1, 1942 – September 12, 2008) was a drug smuggler for the Medellín Cartel in the late 70s and early 80s, who later became a key informant against the organization. In the words of James P. Walsh, Los Angeles Federal Prosecutor, "Max Mermelstein was probably the single most valuable government witness in drug matters that this country has ever known." He became a "weapon for the government."Reputed to have smuggled 56 tons of cocaine worth $12.5 billion into the US, Max was described by his attorney Tom Johnston as "just a nice Jewish guy who got into the wrong industry." Trained as a mechanical engineer in New York and married to a Puerto Rican, he moved to San Juan, Puerto Rico with his wife, and worked as chief engineer for the Sheraton Hotel. They separated soon after she left him to return to her ailing mother, but not before Max learned perfect "street Spanish". While working for the Sheraton he met a Colombian woman, Cristina Jaramillo, and they were soon married. After accepting another job at the Princess Hotel in Freeport in the Bahamas, Max began his first limited criminal activity by creating an "underground pipeline" to help smuggle his wife's Colombian relatives and childhood friends into the United States.".