There has been an incredible “buzz” (pun intended) and response to the story eCoronado.com posted last Friday about a former Coronado High School teacher and his students that formed a drug smuggling group called the Coronado Company.
Multiple locals have told us about the 1985 “60 Minutes” piece and we finally found it. Host Mike Wallace takes a tour and detailed look into one of the most successful and sophisticated drug smuggling rings in the United States at that time. For more details about the people involved and the tons of drugs imported, click here.
Watch the two videos below.
PART ONE (6 Minutes):
PART TWO (9 minutes):
BONUS VIDEO: CHS Grad and Coronado Local, Joe Ditler Discussed “Coronado Company” and his Book (3 Minutes):
Lance was a close friend in the class of ‘62🗿and was always working on his ‘50!Firn with Overdrive. He was an excellent student w/o much homework.
We made few trips to TJ & Endenada. Fortunately for me, I left Coronado for 5 years (2 years of Navy Reserve Active Duty & finished College in 3 1/2 years) returning to Coronado in January of ‘68
One day Lance asked me if he could borrow my ‘63 VW Camper & I said sure. Later I suspected he may well have used it to make a TJ run. I later went to work at the Naval Air Rework Facility (NARF), North Island as a SECDEF Financial Management Intern. Thankfully, I met my wife, married at Christ Church on 12.12.2971 & finished Law School in 1974. I was sorry to learn of Lance’s passing in Coronado Hospital.
They called themselves the Coronado Company, not Mob.
CHS Class of 62. Knew Free, Lahodny and Velar (sp) the Spanish teacher.