Darnell Garcia

Darnell Garcia is an American martial artist and practitioner of the Chuck Norris style of Tang Soo Do.
Biography
He was born in New York City and moved to Los Angeles, California in 1954. He attended Fifty Ninth Street Public School, Horace Mann Junior High School, Manual Arts High School and George Washington High School, before enlisting in the U.S. Army in 1966, where he served in the military police and Intelligence Corps until being honorably discharged in 1968.
Garcia then continued his education at Los Angeles City College earning an Associate of Arts Degree and on to California State University at Los Angeles where he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree. He worked his way through college as a karate instructor for the Chuck Norris Karate Schools.
Martial Arts
In 1968 he enrolled at one of the Chuck Norris Karate Studios and earned his black belt in 1972. He was a member of the legendary Chuck Norris Black Belt Fighting Team which went undefeated from 1968 to 1973. He is a former International Karate Champion and teacher. He is the author of two books: "The Fighting Art of Tang Soo Do" and "Explosive Instinct and Mind Power".
Legal Problems
On November 21, 1988, Garcia (then a former Special Agent of the Drug Enforcement Administration) and fellow DEA agents John Jackson and Wayne Countryman were charged in a criminal complaint with one count of conspiracy to evade federal income taxes. On November 22, Jackson and Countryman were arrested. Garcia evaded arrest, and in January 1989, fled the United States. While Garcia was a fugitive, federal grand juries issued two superseding indictments adding two additional defendants and additional charges for a total of 42 counts. Garcia was named in 26 of the counts. The superseding indictments charged the defendants with a wide-ranging conspiracy to steal drugs and money from the DEA, possession and distribution of narcotics, and multiple tax and currency reporting violations. Garcia was arrested on July 3, 1989, at a travel agency in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. On February 15, 1990, pursuant to an extradition treaty, the Luxembourg Minister of Justice issued a decree ordering Garcia's extradition to the United States on 6 of the 26 counts alleged against Garcia in the third superseding indictment. Garcia has made several attempts to appeal the judgment.

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