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[7] On Buzzfeed News, Alessa Dominguez critiqued the show for the way it, and other similar Netflix shows, gloss over the tremendous harm wrought by drug kingpins like Magluta and Falcon writing that the show "highlights the glamour and excess of the Miami drug trade, often losing sight of the bigger picture and the people who suffered the ...
During her drug reign in Miami, some estimates claim she was bringing in 1,500 kilos of coke a month, worth up to a possible $80 million -- or an estimated $986 million a year (in today's money ...
The coming Netflix limited series starring Sofia Vergara as the late female drug trafficker Griselda Blanco relives a turbulent part of Miami’s and Colombia’s histories.
Salvador "Sal" Magluta (born November 5, 1954) is a Cuban American former drug kingpin and powerboat racer who, along with his partner Willy Falcon, operated one of the most significant cocaine trafficking organizations in South Florida history. The duo became known as Los Muchachos, Spanish for "The Boys".
Griselda Blanco, the drug kingpin known for her blood-soaked style of street vengeance during Miami’s “cocaine cowboys” era of the ‘70s and ‘80s, was shot to death in Medellín by a ...
Griselda Blanco Restrepo [2] (February 15, 1943 – September 3, 2012) was a Colombian drug lord who was prominent in the cocaine-based drug trade and underworld of Miami, during the 1970s through the early 2000s, and who has also been claimed by some to have been part of the Medellín Cartel.
Cocaine Cowboys is a 2006 documentary film directed by Billy Corben, and produced by Alfred Spellman and Billy Corben through their Miami-based media studio Rakontur.The film explores the rise of cocaine dealer Jon Roberts, described by prosecutors as "The Medellin Cartel's American representative".
Even if “Griselda” had filmed in Miami, the trees and lighting would have been genuine but the gritty flavor of late-1970s through mid-1980s Miami could not have been captured by cameras. That ...