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Irish Sunday Mirror
|August 17, 2025
Family insist father and son 'innocent' of smuggling rap
AN Irishman who died in a South American hospital after being arrested over an alleged cocaine smuggling plot was coerced into taking part, his family insists.
A source close to the family told the Irish Sunday Mirror: "He was completely innocent."
The source was speaking days after the man, from the Midlands, died in Ecuador shortly after he and his son were arrested in an airport following the seizure of some €600,000 of alleged cocaine.
This story is from the August 17, 2025 edition of Irish Sunday Mirror.
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