Biography
Ciarin Hughes, also rendered Ciaran Hughes, was prosecuted with Noel O’Murchu over an arms pipeline intended for the Irish Republican Army. Federal agents arrested Hughes aboard an aircraft loaded with weapons and ammunition at Hanscom Airfield in Bedford, Massachusetts, on May 20, 1986. A federal jury convicted him of conspiracy to export arms without a license, conspiracy to violate federal firearms laws, and unlawful dealing in firearms.
