What to Know
- Seventy-two-year-old Mickey Munday was convicted of mail fraud charges in January.
- Prosecutors say Munday was part of a stolen car ring that obtained the automobiles through false paperwork.
- Munday has bragged about his drug smuggling days in interviews and starred in the 2006 documentary "Cocaine Cowboys."
A judge has handed a 12-year prison sentence to a smuggler who flew loads of drugs for Colombian cartels during Miami's "cocaine cowboys" era in the 1980s for his recent participation in an auto theft ring.
The judge imposed the relatively harsh prison term Monday on 72-year-old Mickey Munday, who was convicted of mail fraud charges in January. Munday's lawyers wanted a lenient two-year sentence.
Trial evidence showed Munday was part of a stolen car ring that obtained the automobiles through false paperwork. Evidence showed he transported and hid stolen vehicles, similar to his smuggling work for Pablo Escobar's Medellin cartel and the Cali cartel.
Munday has bragged about his drug days in interviews and in the 2006 documentary "Cocaine Cowboys." He served nine years in prison during the 1990s.
