Jean Emmanuel Morlon, a self-confessed drug lord, ruled Spain's underworld for over 30 years as a gang leader.
Born in San Sebastian, Basque region of Spain and raised in France, Morlon claims he served nine years in the French army's special forces starting in 1982 and earning a journalism degree in 1983.
In a pre-bail report, he alleged attachment to the French Secret Service, handling anti-terror missions until retirement.
Settling in Kenya in 2012, he portrayed himself as an ex-colonel living on a French pension, occasionally tapped for assignments like negotiating with Indian Ocean pirates.
