"Mule" is the name given to those who transport cocaine from one country to another.
Unbeknownst to him, he was transporting cocaine and not marijuana.
"He was used to transport cocaine and currency," she said.
They also knew both ships were transporting cocaine, and it hadn't been unloaded yet.
Stephen Sutton got caught up when he was offered $15,000 to transport cocaine disguised as gold - leading to an 11-year jail sentence.
The authorities said it would mean the end of the cartel, which transported Colombian cocaine as well as heroin and other drugs.
Traffickers also use couriers on commercial flights or air cargo to transport cocaine to Miami.
Mexican criminal groups who transport cocaine to Houston serve as the predominant wholesale distributors of the drug.
The smugglers' costs of transporting cocaine, despite their losses, still account for only 10 percent of its street price, the Rand study said.
The operations had grown in magnitude, until now he was transporting cocaine to make a terrorist happy, after helping transfer six million dollars!