[2] By 1980, Crump was smuggling thousands of pounds of marijuana, and millions of methaqualone tablets from Colombia to Florida, through Cuba.
[3] In 1981, Crump introduced fellow smuggler Jaime Guillot Lara to Gonzalo Bezol, a Cuban diplomat.
[4] Crump was arrested in January 1982 at the Omni International Hotel in Miami on charges of importing marijuana and cocaine into the United States.
[5] Facing 60 years in prison Crump collaborated with authorities and testified against several high-ranking Cuban government officials, and Colombian smugglers.
[7] After cooperating with authorities to indict several Cuban government officials, Crump began living under an assumed name at an undisclosed location as part of the Federal Witness Protection Program.