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Cornbread Mafia. The " Cornbread mafia " was the name for a group of Kentucky men who created the largest domestic marijuana production operation in United States history. [1] It was based in Marion, Nelson and Washington counties in central Kentucky. The term "Cornbread Mafia" was first used in public by federal prosecutors in a June 1989 ...
Kentucky had its own history of raids on the Cornbread Mafia, like in 1983, when more than 20 Kentuckians were arrested for growing about 22,000 plants on farms in Hart County.
Johnny Boone. John Robert Boone (September 22, 1943 – June 14, 2024) was an American farmer who was a leader of the Cornbread Mafia in the 1980s, one of the largest domestic marijuana syndicates in American history. He has been referred to as the "Godfather of Grass".
Opinion: Cornbread Mafia leader Johnny Boone grew lots of pot and was convicted three times. But he died a beloved icon in Central Kentucky.
February 26, 2024 at 12:00 PM. A criminal defense attorney was charged in a federal indictment unsealed last week with conspiring to murder a member of the Mexican Mafia who had fallen out of ...
Lucien Sarti. Lucien Sarti (October 8th, 1937 [1] – April 28, 1972 [2]) was a French drug trafficker. [3] An alleged gunman in John F. Kennedy's assassination, Lucien Sarti was shot to death in Mexico in 1972 in a drug trafficking ring raid.
“The consequence for being a dropout — the only consequence the Mexican Mafia will tolerate — is death,” a detective testified. Coming up in the Whittier Varrio Locos gang, the 5-foot-6 ...
Drug trafficking, organized crime and use of illegal firearms. Carlos Alberto Rosales Mendoza (12 February 1963 – 27 December 2015) was a former Mexican drug lord who founded and led an organized crime syndicate called La Familia Michoacana. [1] He was a close friend and associate of Osiel Cárdenas Guillén, the former leader of the Gulf ...