On This Date in Minnesota History: November 13

November 13, 1984 – Princeton benefactor and convicted cocaine smuggler Casey Ramirez was sentenced to 20 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Edward Demitt. “Ramirez received a $50,000 fine in addition to the prison term on one count of conspiring to smuggle cocaine and a second count of conspiring to possess and distribute the drug in the United States.”

St. Paul Pioneer Press; “Ramirez gets 20-year term in drug use”; November 14, 1984; pp. 1A & 4A.

Photo taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain January 15, 2015,
as long as acknowledgement included.  

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