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The Miami Boys was a drug organization composed of a loose-knit group of African-American drug suppliers and dealers from south Florida (particularly Miami). Also known as "the Untouchables", [1] the group started in the early 1980s and by 1986 the organization had spread to other cities and states throughout the Southeastern United States.
The "Bo Diddley beat" is essentially the clave rhythm, one of the most common bell patterns found in sub-Saharan African music traditions. [109] One scholar found this rhythm in 13 rhythm and blues recordings made in the years 1944–55, including two by Johnny Otis from 1948. [110] Bo Diddley gave different accounts of how he began to use this ...
A shootout at Dadeland Mall on July 11, 1979, started the drug war. [8] Two members of a Colombian drug gang entered a liquor store and shot two men in broad daylight. [3] The murderers were quickly dubbed "Cocaine Cowboys" by a police officer. [8] [9] Due to ensuing turf wars between drug lords, Miami soon became known as the "Drug Capital of ...
He was more computer tech than Miami drug dealer. His profile showed that he relished the outdoors, was a fit runner, enjoyed films and had homes in two states. His kids liked him, and he looked kind.
Griselda Blanco’s police arrest picture in Miami-Dade County. Griselda Blanco was one of Miami’s most murderous and cash-happy drug dealers in the Cocaine Cowboys era.
Frenel Cenat, who joined the Miami police force in 2008, pleaded guilty to using his badge to shake down drug traffickers. Ex-Miami cop who extorted cash and drugs from dealers sentenced to 11 ...
Salvador Magluta was born into a Cuban family who owned a bakery in the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami, Florida.He and Willy Falcon both dropped out of Miami Senior High School, where they were small-time marijuana dealers before becoming involved in the burgeoning cocaine trade.
At trial in August, Diaz testified that Crespo acted as the dealer’s personal informant to protect him from getting caught by federal agents investigating a street-level drug ring peddling ...