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[ROTOR BLADES SPINNING]
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CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY
MAGNOLIA HOME ENTERTAINMENT
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[SEAGULLS CRYING,
CHILDREN SHOUTING]
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[SCREAMING]
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Female reporter: THEY CALL THEM
THE COCAINE COWBOYS,
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YESTERDAY THEY STRUCK
BUSY DADELAND SHOPPING MALL
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EXECUTING TWO LATIN MALES
IN THE CROWN LIQUOR STORE.
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THERE WAS AN EXCHANGE OF FIRE
BETWEEN THE TWO GROUPS.
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Reporter: SMASHED GLASS
AND LIQUOR BOTTLES FLYING.
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Male reporter:
THE SHOOTING CONTINUED OUTSIDE.
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2nd reporter: TWO MEN,
CUT DOWN IN A HAIL OF GUNFIRE.
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Reporter: VICTIMS
OF MIAMI'S DRUG WAR.
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THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY,
HE HAD A MACHINE GUN.
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Man: THEY'VE GOT TO FIND
SOME WAY TO STOP THIS.
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Woman: WHAT ARE THEY
GONNA DO ABOUT IT?
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WHAT CAN THEY DO ABOUT IT?
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Reporter: AND SOUTH FLORIDIANS
WONDERED WHERE
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THE COCAINE COWBOYS
WILL STRIKE NEXT.
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[SIREN]
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Man: MY NAME IS JON ROBERTS.
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I WAS BORN IN NEW YORK
AND I GOT INVOLVED
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WITH A GROUP OF ITALIANS
FROM NEW YORK
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AND THEY WERE ACTUALLY
PART OF A MAFIA FAMILY.
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AND WE OPENED ABOUT 4 OR 5
NIGHTCLUBS THAT BECAME VERY BIG,
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AND WE WERE DOING REALLY WELL.
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ONE DAY, THEY JUST CAME IN,
THE POLICE,
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WE HAD NO IDEA
WHY THEY WERE THERE
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AND THEN THEY TOLD US THAT OUR
PARTNER, THEY HAD FOUND HIM
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OUT ON THE LONG ISLAND
EXPRESSWAY
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AND HE HAD BEEN KILLED
AND HE HAD LIKE
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11 BULLET HOLES IN HIM.
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SO WHO KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED.
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THE BEST THING THAT
I COULD THINK AT THAT TIME WAS
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JUST LET ME GET AWAY
FROM ALL THIS HEAT.
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SO I MOVED DOWN HERE
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AND STARTED INTO
THE COCAINE BUSINESS.
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THE CITY IN THE MIAMI AREA
WAS VERY, VERY QUIET,
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AND IT WAS JUST
A VERY PLEASANT PLACE TO LIVE.
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Man: PRIOR TO 1956,
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THE NIGHT SHIFT
FOR THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT
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HAD ONE POLICE CAR
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TO PATROL AN AREA
THE SIZE OF RHODE ISLAND.
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Jon: MIAMI BACK THEN
WAS THE SOUTH,
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IT WAS LIKE ALABAMA,
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THERE WAS NO MONEY HERE.
THERE WERE NO BIG BUILDINGS,
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DOWNTOWN WAS PRETTY BARREN,
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MIAMI BEACH, IT WAS
A LOT OF OLD PEOPLE
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JUST SITTING AROUND
IN ROCKING CHAIRS
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ON SOUTH BEACH
WAITING TO DIE
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AND IT WAS A WHOLE DIFFERENT
WORLD OUT HERE, BACK THEN.
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Man on TV: THIS IS WHY MIAMI
IS FOR YOU.
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IN THE '60S AND '70S,
MIAMI FLOURISHED
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PRIMARILY
AS A VACATION SPOT.
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AL SUNSHINE.
AL SUNSHINE.
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AL SUNSHINE.
CHANNEL 4 NEWS.
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Man: SUN AND FUN ON THE BEACH,
THE PALM TREES.
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Man on TV: MIAMI IS A MAJOR
TRANSPORTATION CENTER
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AND IS EASILY REACHED
BY ALL FORMS OF TRAVEL.
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Burstyn: IN THE LATE 1970S,
THOUSANDS OF ILLEGAL AND LEGAL
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SOUTH AMERICAN IMMIGRANTS
STARTED ENTERING MIAMI.
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TV: THE LATIN-AMERICAN
INFLUENCE HAS
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GIVEN MIAMI A UNIQUE FLAVOR.
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MIAMI HAD BY THEN
BEEN ESTABLISHED
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AS AN ENVIRONMENT
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WHERE A SPANISH SPEAKER ONLY
COULD THRIVE.
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MIAMI HAS ALWAYS BEEN
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SORT OF A PIRATY
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KIND OF FIERCELY
INDEPENDENT ENVIRONMENT
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WHERE LAW AND ORDER
WAS NEVER CHAMPIONED.
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LIKE A VIRGIN CITY.
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I'M AN OLD
SOUTH FLORIDA BOY.
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ONE OF THE FEW THAT'S THAT OLD
WHO WAS BORN HERE.
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I WAS IN THE IMPORT BUSINESS.
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DO YOUR ARCHAEOLOGY
AND DIG DOWN,
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YOU'LL FIND THE GUN-RUNNERS
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AND THEN YOU'LL FIND
THE RUM-RUNNERS
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AND YOU'LL FIND THE MARIJUANA
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AND YOU'LL FIND
THE CUBAN IMMIGRANTS
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AND THEN
YOU'LL FIND THE COCAINE.
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THIS CITY HAS ALWAYS HAD
SOMETHING COMING IN.
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Man: SOUTH FLORIDA
IS THE NEAREST
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U.S. MAINLAND DESTINATION
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FOR SOUTH AMERICAN
DRUG SMUGGLERS.
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IT WAS WIDE OPEN BACK THEN.
IT WAS WIDE OPEN.
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Man: THERE IS MILE AFTER MILE
OF UNGUARDED SHORELINE
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WHERE A BOAT CAN DROP DRUGS
UNDETECTED.
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Jon: IN THE '70S
WHEN I FIRST CAME DOWN HERE,
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EVERYBODY IN FLORIDA
WAS SMUGGLING POT IN.
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Man: THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
BELIEVES
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95% OF ALL MARIJUANA SMUGGLED
INTO THE UNITED STATES
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COMES THROUGH SOUTH FLORIDA.
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Mickey: A FRIEND OF MINE
PASSED AWAY IN HIS WAREHOUSE,
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HE HAD 2,000 POUNDS
OF MARIJUANA.
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AND WHAT I DID WAS
I WENT IN AND TOOK IT.
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I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW
ANYBODY IN THE BUSINESS
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SO I GAVE HALF OF IT
TO SOMEBODY
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AND I GAVE THE OTHER HALF
TO SOMEBODY
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AND I SPLIT IT WITH THEM.
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IF YOU WERE MAKING $10,000
A YEAR,
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YOU WERE DOING PRETTY GOOD.
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IF YOU WERE MAKING $20,000
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YOU WERE DOING PHENOMENAL.
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I THINK I HAD LIKE $165,000.
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SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
8 YEARS' SALARY ALONE.
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AND I SAID,
THIS IS PRETTY NICE,
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THERE'S GOTTA BE SOMETHING MORE
TO THIS. IT WAS TOO EASY.
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I MEAN YOU COULD DRIVE IN
WITH A BOAT,
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STACKED UP,
PULL UP TO THE DOCK
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AND UNLOAD IT
AND NOBODY SAID A THING.
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THERE WAS NO DEFENSE
OF THE BORDER TO SPEAK OF.
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Reporter: AND AT
THE PRESENT RATE ACCORDING TO
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SOME ECONOMISTS,
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THE STATE'S MAJOR INDUSTRY
COULD SOON BE DRUG SMUGGLING.
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Mickey: YOU COULD BE OUT
IN A BOAT
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AND FIND BALES
OF MARIJUANA FLOATING.
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I MEAN THE PROVERBIAL
SQUARE GROUPER.
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THE COLOMBIANS REALIZED
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THEY HAD THEY HAD A GOLDMINE
HERE AND WHEN THEY WERE SENDING
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LIKE ALL THIS POT,
THEY WOULD SEND
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A FEW KILOS OF COKE.
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Jon: IN THE BEGINNING
IT WAS VERY SMALL...
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Mickey: BECAUSE
IT WAS SO EXPENSIVE.
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Jon: AND THEY WOULD BRING THEM
IN A SUITCASE...
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Mickey: SO YOU DIDN'T SEE
MUCH OF IT.
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AND IT WOULD GET EXTREMELY
HIGH PRICES FOR IT.
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THE MID-'70s WITH D.E.A.,
THE PRIORITY WAS EXTREMELY LOW.
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OUR OFFICE WAS PRETTY MUCH SHUT
DOWN WHEN IT CAME TO COCAINE.
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THERE IS NOT A SERIOUS
PROBLEM NATIONWIDE
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GIVEN THE VERY LARGE NUMBER
OF PEOPLE WHO USE COCAINE.
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IT IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM FOR
A CERTAIN SMALLER MINORITY.
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I MET A CUBAN MAN
OUT IN HIALEAH
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AND HIS NAME WAS
ALBERT SANPEDRO.
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MOST CUBANS GOT
WHATEVER THEY GOT
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FROM COLOMBIANS, OBVIOUSLY
BECAUSE THE COLOMBIANS,
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YOU KNOW,
CONTROLLED EVERYTHING.
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Reporter:
IN DRUG TRAFFICKING,
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CUBAN-AMERICAN
ORGANIZATIONS HERE
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ARE OFTEN ALLIED
WITH COLOMBIAN GROUPS.
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COLOMBIANS IMPORTING THE DRUGS,
CUBANS DISTRIBUTING THEM.
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AND ALBERT WOULD FRONT ME
A QUARTER OF A POUND
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AND HE WOULD GIVE ME
LIKE THREE OR FOUR DAYS
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AND THEN I WOULD GO
AND BRING HIM THE MONEY BACK.
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AND THEN HE'D GIVE ME ANOTHER
QUARTER OF A POUND,
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AND I THINK I USED TO PAY HIM
SOMEWHERE AROUND...
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ABOUT 800 AN OUNCE OR SOMETHING,
BACK IN THE '70s FOR IT.
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AND IT WASN'T OF ANY QUALITY,
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BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE
DIDN'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE
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AND THEY WOULD SEE THESE
BIG ROCKS AND THEY'D THINK,
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"WOW, THIS IS GREAT SHIT."
AND MY CLIENTS
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WEREN'T THESE PEOPLE THAT YOU
WOULD THINK THEY WOULD BE,
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LIKE THESE STREET PEOPLE.
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Mickey: IF ANYBODY HAD COCAINE,
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THEY HAD TO BE
AN AIRLINE PILOT.
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REAL ESTATE PEOPLE DOWN HERE.
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Mickey: DOCTORS, ATTORNEYS.
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Jon: I HAD LAWYERS,
I HAD DOCTORS.
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SOMEBODY THAT COULD AFFORD
WHAT IT COSTS.
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THEY WERE CALLED
WEEKEND WARRIORS.
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DURING THE WEEK
THEY WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING
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BUT ON THE WEEKEND THEY'D
JUST GO FROM FRIDAY NIGHT
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TILL SUNDAY AND DO THIS THING.
AND EACH GUY WOULD
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INTRODUCE ME TO ANOTHER FRIEND.
SO EVENTUALLY
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IT WENT FROM 4 OUNCES
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TO 8 OUNCES
TO 12 TO 16
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WHERE WITHIN LIKE A MONTH
I WAS SELLING
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PROBABLY 2, 3 KILOS A WEEK JUST
TO THESE DOCTORS AND FRIENDS.
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WHEN I CAME FROM NEW YORK,
I CAME DOWN HERE
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WITH $650 IN MY POCKET
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AND I WAS MAKING 20,000, 30,000
A WEEK BACK THEN
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JUST OFF THIS LITTLE TRADE.
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I HAD A FRIEND
WHO I KNEW FROM NEW YORK,
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HE DEVELOPED A BIG, BIG TRADE
OUT IN CALIFORNIA
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IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA.
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HE WAS SELLING TO
THE OAKLAND RAIDERS,
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HE WAS SELLING TO
THE GRATEFUL DEAD.
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I HAD MET A STEWARDESS,
AND THIS STEWARDESS WORKED FOR
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NATIONAL AIRLINES AT THE TIME.
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SO WE WOULD SEND COKE
WITH THE STEWARDESS.
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AND SHE WOULD GO FROM HERE
TO SAN FRANCISCO
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AND WE WERE SENDING HIM
ANYWHERE
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FROM 5 TO 10 KILOS A WEEK.
AND I WAS GETTING BACK
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BIG MONEY AT THE TIME, I MEAN,
YOU'RE STARTING TO GET INTO
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THE 200,000 TO 300,000, AND BACK
THEN I STARTED MEETING GUYS--
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MERCURY MORRIS, WHO WAS A GREAT
RUNNING BACK FOR THE DOLPHINS
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WHO ALSO WENT TO JAIL,
SO IT'S NO SECRET.
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Reporter: MERC IS JUST
ONE FALLEN ANGEL
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OF THE MIAMI FOOTBALL MACHINE.
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FORMER DOLPHINS DON REESE
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AND RANDY CROWDER WERE ALSO
ARRESTED BY MIAMI POLICE
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IN ANOTHER
COCAINE TRANSACTION.
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Jon: I REMEMBER
THE WEEK OF THE SUPER BOWL
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WHEN DALLAS
PLAYED PITTSBURGH HERE.
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TWO NIGHTS BEFORE
I GOT THE WHOLE FRONT LINE
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OF THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS IN MY
HOUSE AND THEY ALL SAT DOWN,
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"COME ON, COME ON, BREAK THE
SHIT OUT, BREAK THE SHIT OUT."
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WE DON'T GET A CHANCE TO GET
INVOLVED IN ALL THE FESTIVITIES
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AND ALL THE FUN AND THE PARTIES
'CAUSE WE HAVE CURFEWS.
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THEY PARTIED,
AND THEY REALLY PARTIED HARD.
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* HERE WE GO, STEELERS,
HERE WE GO *
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I MEAN, YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT
THESE GUYS WERE DOPED WITH.
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I'M SAYING, "YOU GUYS ARE
GONNA PLAY FOOTBALL SUNDAY?"
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"YEAH, AND WE'RE GONNA WIN."
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THEY WENT OUT AND WON,
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN,
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IT DIDN'T AFFECT THEM.
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WELL, OUR OFFENSIVE LINE
DID A GREAT JOB.
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THE POPULARITY,
IT BEGAN TO SHOOT UP,
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EVERYBODY THAT BEFORE
WAS DOING THESE POT THINGS
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WAS NOW INTO DOING COCAINE.
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WE STAYED
IN THE POT BUSINESS UNTIL
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IT GOT TO THE POINT WHERE,
THERE WAS SO MUCH POT HERE
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THAT YOU COULDN'T SELL IT.
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Jon: AND YOU JUST COULDN'T
GET ENOUGH COCAINE.
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I SAID THE BEST WAY TO DO IT
LOOKS TO ME
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LIKE IF WE GOT
INTO THE TRANSPORTATION OF IT.
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YOU'RE NOT BUYING IT,
YOU'RE NOT SELLING IT,
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YOU'RE NOT USING IT,
YOU'RE JUST AN IMPORTER.
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THE COLOMBIANS THREW
A NUMBER AT US
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THAT WAS MORE THAN AGREEABLE.
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$3,000 APIECE,
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OR A KILO IN YOUR TERMS.
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AND THEY WANTED TO MOVE
AT LEAST 400,
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AND WE WENT DOWN THERE
AND THE FIRST TRIP,
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WE GOT PAID $1.2 MILLION.
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THAT WAS ENOUGH TO EXCITE US.
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SAY, MAYBE WE'LL STAY
IN THIS TRADE FOR A WHILE.
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THE PEOPLE
THAT I WAS DEALING WITH
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HAD A LIMITED SUPPLY
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AND AS THE PEOPLE
I WAS SELLING TO
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EXPANDED THEIR BUSINESS,
I COULDN'T GET ENOUGH.
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YOU KNOW, ONE GUY WOULD SAY,
I WANT 15 KILOS
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OR 20 KILOS OR 25 KILOS,
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I COULD ONLY GIVE HIM 15 OR 10,
THEN IT WAS MONEY
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COMING OUT OF MY POCKET.
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I COULD SELL 100 KILOS A WEEK,
EASILY.
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I GOT LUCKY.
I THINK IN ABOUT 1979,
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I MET THIS GIRL.
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Woman: I FLEW TO MIAMI
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AND I WAS WORKING ON A SHOOT
WITH A GIRL
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AND SHE TOLD ME THAT
SHE HAD SOMEBODY FOR ME TO MEET.
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A FRIEND OF MINE FIXED ME UP
WITH HER, HE WAS A LAWYER.
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HE WAS DATING
THIS REALLY BEAUTIFUL GIRL
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WHO WAS A MODEL FOR FORD.
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AFTER I HAD KNOWN JON 3 MONTHS,
IT WAS MY BIRTHDAY,
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AND I WENT INTO THE GARAGE
AND HE HAD A BRAND-NEW PORSCHE,
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TARGA CARRERA PORSCHE.
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AND IT HAD A HUGE BOW SITTING
ON TOP, A HUGE RED BOW FROM HIM.
247
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BUT IT WAS KIND OF A WHIRLWIND
THING WITH JON AND I,
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I MEAN, WE FELL VERY MUCH
IN LOVE. WE WERE--
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THE STORY I GOT WAS THAT
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HE HAD DISCOTHEQUES
IN MANHATTAN.
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Jon: AS I STARTED DATING HER
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OBVIOUSLY SHE SAW
I WASN'T WORKING.
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WHENEVER I WANTED TO GO TO
NEW YORK I WAS IN NEW YORK,
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AND SHE GOT CURIOUS.
I'M THE TYPE OF PERSON,
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I'M PRETTY UPFRONT
AND SO I TOLD HER,
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"HEY, THIS IS WHAT I DO.
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"IF YOU DON'T WANNA
SEE ME ANYMORE, FINE."
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SHE SAID
"NO, I HAVE A FRIEND
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"AND HE IS A PILOT AND HE WORKS
FOR THESE COLOMBIANS."
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SO THE GUY INTRODUCES HIMSELF,
HIS NAME IS MICKEY MUNDAY
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00:12:33,100 --> 00:12:35,000
AND HE'S LIKE
A REDNECK FROM FLORIDA
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THAT'S BEEN HERE HIS WHOLE LIFE.
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I WANNA SAY I DIDN'T LIKE HIM.
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THE FIRST TIME I MEET JON,
HE'S DRIVING
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THIS BLACK MERCEDES TWO-DOOR
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THAT'S GOT "DRUG DEALER"
WRITTEN ALL OVER IT.
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MICKEY MUNDAY HAD
A VERY SUCCESSFUL TRANSPORTATION
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FOR THESE PEOPLE FOR MANY YEARS.
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FLAMBOYANT, HE JUST
LOOKED LIKE SOMEBODY
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THAT I DON'T WANNA HAVE
ANYTHING TO DO WITH.
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I MEAN HE IS...
REMEMBER THE SHOW MACGYVER?
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THAT'S...THAT'S THIS GUY.
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00:12:58,567 --> 00:13:00,567
HE COULD DO STUFF
THAT JUST WAS INCREDIBLE.
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HE WAS A SHARP GUY BUT I JUST
DIDN'T LIKE HIS VEHICLES.
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TO ME IT LOOKED LIKE
ALL THE OTHER GUYS
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WHO WERE IN THE DRUG BUSINESS.
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Jon: I TOLD HIM
I OUTGREW THE CUBANS
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AND IT BECAME A NECESSITY
TO FIND A COLOMBIAN
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THAT COULD SUPPLY
THE LARGE AMOUNTS
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THAT WERE NEEDED AT THE TIME.
281
00:13:13,967 --> 00:13:15,767
AND HE SAID, "WELL,
I'M GONNA HOOK YOU UP,
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"I CAN TAKE YOU TO
THESE COLOMBIANS THAT I KNOW
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00:13:18,400 --> 00:13:20,667
"AND THIS GUY CAN GIVE YOU
WHATEVER YOU WANT."
284
00:13:20,667 --> 00:13:22,633
AND I'D HEARD STORIES LIKE THAT
MANY TIMES,
285
00:13:22,633 --> 00:13:25,167
SO I JUST SAID "SURE, WHENEVER
YOU'RE READY, LET ME KNOW."
286
00:13:25,167 --> 00:13:27,533
AND WE DROVE
TO SUNNY ISLES, FLORIDA,
287
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AND WE GO INTO THIS HOUSE,
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THERE WAS ABOUT 5 OR 6
COLOMBIANS THERE
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ALL LIKE LOADED TO BEAR--
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00:13:32,933 --> 00:13:34,333
WHEN I SAY LOADED,
THEY WERE STRAPPED.
291
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THEY HAD PISTOLS, MACHINE GUNS,
292
00:13:36,067 --> 00:13:37,600
AND THEY WERE ALL
STANDING AROUND
293
00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:40,267
AND AT THAT POINT I REALIZED,
YOU KNOW, THIS GUY IS SERIOUS.
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00:13:40,267 --> 00:13:41,400
THIS IS FOR REAL, BECAUSE PEOPLE
295
00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:43,000
JUST DON'T STAND AROUND
LIKE THAT.
296
00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:44,267
AND I MEET THIS LITTLE GUY,
297
00:13:44,267 --> 00:13:46,467
HE CAN'T BE MORE
THAN 5'4" OR 5'5"
298
00:13:46,467 --> 00:13:48,533
AND HE INTRODUCES HIMSELF,
AND HE SAYS, "MY NAME IS RAFA."
299
00:13:48,533 --> 00:13:50,133
AND HE'S TELLING ME,
"YOU KNOW, I CAN GIVE YOU
300
00:13:50,133 --> 00:13:52,500
"WHATEVER YOU WANT, MAN.
AND IF YOU GOT SOME MONEY,
301
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"UH, I'LL FRONT YOU
TWICE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY
302
00:13:54,167 --> 00:13:55,900
"THAT YOU'VE COME WITH."
303
00:13:55,900 --> 00:13:58,767
AND I SAID, "WELL, YOU KNOW,
SHOW ME SOMETHING."
304
00:13:58,767 --> 00:14:00,800
HE TAKES ME INTO THIS BACK ROOM,
HE PUSHES A BUTTON
305
00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:02,533
AND A WHOLE WALL
OPENS UP LIKE THIS
306
00:14:02,533 --> 00:14:05,267
AND I HAVE NEVER SEEN SO MUCH
COCAINE IN MY ENTIRE LIFE
307
00:14:05,267 --> 00:14:07,000
JUST SITTING BEHIND THIS WALL.
308
00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:08,833
I SAID, "OKAY, I GUESS
YOU CAN HELP ME, MAN."
309
00:14:08,833 --> 00:14:11,200
I SAID, "GIVE ME A DAY AND
I'LL PUT TOGETHER THE MONEY
310
00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:12,567
"AND, YOU KNOW, I'LL BE BACK."
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00:14:12,567 --> 00:14:15,300
THE NEXT DAY I CAME,
HE HAD AN AMERICAN GUY THERE
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00:14:15,300 --> 00:14:17,033
AND HE INTRODUCED THE AMERICAN,
313
00:14:17,033 --> 00:14:18,600
AND HE SAID,
"THIS IS MY COMPADRE.
314
00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:19,933
"YOU KNOW, I'M NOT IN TOWN A LOT
315
00:14:19,933 --> 00:14:22,133
"BUT WHATEVER IT IS YOU NEED,
THIS IS THE MAN,
316
00:14:22,133 --> 00:14:23,700
"HE'LL TAKE CARE OF YOU AND...
317
00:14:23,700 --> 00:14:26,967
"DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT
HE'S...100%."
318
00:14:26,967 --> 00:14:29,433
AND THE MAN HE INTRODUCED ME TO
HAPPENED TO BE THIS MAN
319
00:14:29,433 --> 00:14:30,967
MAX MERMELSTEIN.
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00:14:30,967 --> 00:14:32,567
Toni: JON INTRODUCED ME TO MAX.
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00:14:32,567 --> 00:14:34,800
MAX WAS THE...AT THE TIME,
I THOUGHT A GOOD PERSON,
322
00:14:34,800 --> 00:14:36,700
AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW,
A TRUSTED PERSON.
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00:14:36,700 --> 00:14:40,133
Toni: MAX SEEMED LIKE
A VERY NICE GUY BACK THEN.
324
00:14:40,133 --> 00:14:42,667
HE SEEMED THAT WAY, ANYWAY.
325
00:14:42,667 --> 00:14:44,267
Jon: IN THE BEGINNING
MAX WAS GIVING ME
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LIKE 75, 100 KILOS A WEEK.
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00:14:46,467 --> 00:14:48,100
EVENTUALLY WHEN MAX SAW
I WAS SERIOUS
328
00:14:48,100 --> 00:14:49,733
AND THIS WAS HAPPENING
EVERY WEEK,
329
00:14:49,733 --> 00:14:51,900
WHEN YOU'RE BRINGING SOMEBODY
A MILLION DOLLARS EVERY WEEK,
330
00:14:51,900 --> 00:14:54,200
ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU KNOW,
YOU GROW...
331
00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:56,333
A BOND BECOMES BETWEEN PEOPLE.
332
00:14:56,333 --> 00:14:59,133
AND MAX SAID, "I WANT YOU
TO DO MY END OF THE BUSINESS,
333
00:14:59,133 --> 00:15:00,700
"GOING TO COLOMBIA,
ARRANGING THE TRIPS,
334
00:15:00,700 --> 00:15:03,167
"AND IF YOU SPLIT IT WITH ME
YOU'RE GONNA MAKE MUCH MORE,
335
00:15:03,167 --> 00:15:05,733
"AND YOU CAN CONTINUE
TO SUPPLY YOU WHOEVER YOU WANT."
336
00:15:05,733 --> 00:15:07,567
AND MAX SENT ME TO COLOMBIA.
337
00:15:07,567 --> 00:15:09,867
Reporter: THIS IS THE ENVIGADO
SECTION OF MEDELLÍN.
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00:15:09,867 --> 00:15:12,267
IT IS HERE THAT
THE COCAINE BOSSES MEET.
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00:15:12,267 --> 00:15:14,067
Jon: AND I WOULD HOOK UP
WITH RAFA
340
00:15:14,067 --> 00:15:16,567
AND RAFA WOULD INTRODUCE ME TO
THE PEOPLE HE WAS WORKING WITH.
341
00:15:16,567 --> 00:15:18,033
WE MET, YOU MIGHT SAY
342
00:15:18,033 --> 00:15:21,400
THE ELITE OF THE DRUG BUSINESS
FROM COLOMBIA.
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00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:23,600
Jon: AND IT WOULD BE
THE OCHOAS, AND...
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00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:24,833
Mickey: PABLO ESCOBAR.
Jon: PEOPLE THAT YOU
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00:15:24,833 --> 00:15:26,633
READ ABOUT IN BOOKS.
CARLOS LEHDER.
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00:15:26,633 --> 00:15:28,167
YOU KNOW, HERE I WAS,
A KID FROM NEW YORK
347
00:15:28,167 --> 00:15:29,900
NEVER THINKING THAT THIS
WOULD REALLY HAPPEN.
348
00:15:29,900 --> 00:15:31,167
THEY MAKE IT SOUND
LIKE THEY HAD, YOU KNOW,
349
00:15:31,167 --> 00:15:33,200
AN OFFICE THE SIZE OF THIS
WITH COMPUTERS
350
00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:35,067
AND THEY GOT 40 SECRETARIES,
AND IT'S JUST A BUNCH OF
351
00:15:35,067 --> 00:15:37,700
BUMS DOWN THERE, THEY WERE
A BUNCH OF STREET THUGS...
352
00:15:37,700 --> 00:15:39,300
THAT GOT LUCKY.
353
00:15:41,100 --> 00:15:42,233
LET'S BREAK IT DOWN
A DIFFERENT WAY
354
00:15:42,233 --> 00:15:44,200
THAT PEOPLE IN AMERICA
COULD UNDERSTAND.
355
00:15:44,200 --> 00:15:46,733
PEOPLE IN AMERICA ARE USED TO
ITALIANS AND THE MAFIA.
356
00:15:46,733 --> 00:15:48,033
THE COLOMBIANS
HAVE THEIR OWN THING,
357
00:15:48,033 --> 00:15:50,467
IT'S A MAFIA,
ONLY IT'S A COLOMBIAN MAFIA.
358
00:15:50,467 --> 00:15:53,467
THERE WAS ONLY ONE FAMILY
AT THAT TIME THAT I KNEW.
359
00:15:53,467 --> 00:15:55,167
AND THAT FAMILY
WAS FROM MEDELLÍN.
360
00:15:55,167 --> 00:15:56,800
Man: THE OCHOA FAMILY
361
00:15:56,800 --> 00:16:00,233
WAS A HIGHLY RESPECTED FAMILY
OF RANCHERS
362
00:16:00,233 --> 00:16:01,767
WITH A GREAT DEAL OF INFLUENCE
363
00:16:01,767 --> 00:16:04,400
IN THEIR HOME CITY
OF MEDELLÍN, COLOMBIA.
364
00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:05,600
SO THEY HAVE, OF COURSE,
365
00:16:05,600 --> 00:16:07,633
THE CAPTAIN
AND THE HEAD, THE CAPO.
366
00:16:07,633 --> 00:16:09,667
WHICH WAS...
AS MANY PEOPLE WANNA BELIEVE
367
00:16:09,667 --> 00:16:12,933
THAT PABLO ESCOBAR WAS THE KING
OF COCAINE AND EVERYTHING,
368
00:16:12,933 --> 00:16:14,167
THEY CAN BELIEVE THAT,
369
00:16:14,167 --> 00:16:17,500
BUT THE MAN THAT WAS
REALLY THE KING WAS OCHOA.
370
00:16:17,500 --> 00:16:19,733
AND NOT FABITO, THE POOR MAN,
IT WAS THE OLD MAN.
371
00:16:19,733 --> 00:16:22,733
THE OLD MAN WAS THE SILENT MAN
WHO NEVER DID A DAY IN JAIL
372
00:16:22,733 --> 00:16:24,867
WHO REALLY CONTROLLED ESCOBAR.
373
00:16:24,867 --> 00:16:28,167
TV: FABIO OCHOA, THE PATRIARCH
OF THE OCHOA FAMILY
374
00:16:28,167 --> 00:16:29,933
OF THE MEDELLÍN CARTEL.
375
00:16:29,933 --> 00:16:32,600
THEY ARE CREDITED
WITH HAVING CREATED
376
00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:36,067
A LLOYD'S OF LONDON FOR THE
COCAINE TRADE IN COLOMBIA.
377
00:16:36,067 --> 00:16:37,833
Jon: RAFA WAS LIKE A LIEUTENANT
378
00:16:37,833 --> 00:16:40,967
AND RAFA REALLY CONTROLLED
ALMOST EVERY KILO OF COKE
379
00:16:40,967 --> 00:16:42,400
THAT CAME INTO THIS COUNTRY.
380
00:16:42,400 --> 00:16:43,700
THROUGH THE PEOPLE FROM
MEDELLÍN,
381
00:16:43,700 --> 00:16:46,000
RAFA KNEW IT WAS COMING
AND RAFA KNEW
382
00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:48,467
WHO WAS GETTING IT AND HOW MUCH
THEY WERE GETTING FOR EACH ONE.
383
00:16:48,467 --> 00:16:51,100
AND HE MADE THESE PEOPLE...
I CAN'T EVEN BELIEVE.
384
00:16:51,100 --> 00:16:53,233
I MEAN, YOU KNOW
MILLIONS ISN'T ENOUGH,
385
00:16:53,233 --> 00:16:55,967
MILLIONS ISN'T WHAT HE MADE
THESE PEOPLE.
386
00:16:55,967 --> 00:16:57,333
THERE WAS NOBODY
HIGHER THAN HIM
387
00:16:57,333 --> 00:16:59,267
FOR THE MEDELLÍN CARTEL
IN THIS COUNTRY.
388
00:16:59,267 --> 00:17:01,167
AND HE HAD MANY SOLDIERS,
JUST LIKE
389
00:17:01,167 --> 00:17:03,467
THE MAFIA PEOPLE HAVE SOLDIERS
THAT WOULD WORK FOR HIM.
390
00:17:03,467 --> 00:17:04,933
SOME OF THEM
WOULD SELL THE DRUGS,
391
00:17:04,933 --> 00:17:06,267
SOME OF THEM WERE ENFORCERS.
392
00:17:06,267 --> 00:17:08,500
HE HAD ACCOUNTANTS, LAWYERS.
393
00:17:08,500 --> 00:17:09,700
Woman: SO IN YOUR VIEW,
THESE FELLAS
394
00:17:09,700 --> 00:17:11,200
ARE NOT THE COCAINE COWBOYS?
395
00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:12,667
ABSOLUTELY NOT.
396
00:17:12,667 --> 00:17:13,933
YOU KNOW, HE HAD EVERYTHING
IN THIS COUNTRY
397
00:17:13,933 --> 00:17:15,600
AND THEY WERE
A WELL-FORMED GROUP.
398
00:17:15,600 --> 00:17:17,300
Mickey: GUESS WHAT--
THEY'RE NOT ALL DIFFERENT PEOPLE
399
00:17:17,300 --> 00:17:19,500
SENDING THE STUFF
AND IT'S ONE ORGANIZATION,
400
00:17:19,500 --> 00:17:21,200
THE MEDELLÍN CARTEL.
401
00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:24,300
Reporter: THE FEDS CHARGE
THE CARTEL CONTROLS 80%
402
00:17:24,300 --> 00:17:26,933
OF THE COCAINE
COMING INTO THE UNITED STATES.
403
00:17:26,933 --> 00:17:29,333
Man: FEDERAL AUTHORITIES SAY,
"THESE THREE MEN
404
00:17:29,333 --> 00:17:31,800
"NOW RUN AN ORGANIZATION
MORE VIOLENT
405
00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:34,367
"AND AT LEAST AS POWERFUL
AS THE AMERICAN MAFIA."
406
00:17:34,367 --> 00:17:36,633
Jon: FROM MY EXPERIENCE
IN NEW YORK WITH MAFIA PEOPLE,
407
00:17:36,633 --> 00:17:38,000
AND FROM MY EXPERIENCE
WITH THE COLOMBIANS,
408
00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:39,633
THEY MADE FAR MORE MONEY,
THE COLOMBIANS,
409
00:17:39,633 --> 00:17:41,100
IN A FAR SHORTER TIME
410
00:17:41,100 --> 00:17:43,867
THAN THE MAFIA
EVER DREAMED OF MAKING EVER.
411
00:17:43,867 --> 00:17:45,233
THE COLOMBIANS HAD FARMS,
412
00:17:45,233 --> 00:17:47,567
FINCAS, THEY CALLED THEM,
JUST FILLED
413
00:17:47,567 --> 00:17:50,133
WITH COCAINE DOWN THERE
'CAUSE THEY JUST KEPT PRODUCING.
414
00:17:50,133 --> 00:17:52,100
THEY HAD GUYS
CHEWING LEAVES ALL NIGHT.
415
00:17:52,100 --> 00:17:54,667
WORKING IN FACTORIES AND CHEWING
THE LEAVES, CHEWING THE LEAVES.
416
00:17:54,667 --> 00:17:57,433
AND THESE GUYS, YOU KNOW,
THEY WORKED NONSTOP.
417
00:17:57,433 --> 00:17:59,400
AND DOWN THERE,
THERE IS NO INDUSTRY.
418
00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:01,767
THESE GUYS WERE MAKING
THEIR LIVING GROWING THIS.
419
00:18:01,767 --> 00:18:03,767
THESE POOR FARMERS,
AND POOR WORKERS,
420
00:18:03,767 --> 00:18:05,733
THEY WERE GETTING PAID A LOT OF
MONEY TO DO THIS STUFF.
421
00:18:05,733 --> 00:18:10,167
AND IT WAS A WHOLE PROCESS,
IT WAS LIKE A FACTORY WORKING.
422
00:18:10,167 --> 00:18:12,367
AND WE WORKED WITH
SHORTWAVE RADIOS AT THE TIME,
423
00:18:12,367 --> 00:18:14,267
THERE WAS
NO TELEPHONE COMMUNICATION
424
00:18:14,267 --> 00:18:17,200
LIKE PEOPLE YOU SEE ON THE
PHONES, IN THE MOVIES, YOU KNOW,
425
00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:18,967
"HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON
DOWN THERE IN COLOMBIA?
426
00:18:18,967 --> 00:18:21,633
"I NEED 600 KILOS."
IT...IT WASN'T LIKE THAT.
427
00:18:21,633 --> 00:18:23,633
WE HAD ANTENNAS THAT WOULD
COME UP OUT OF THE GROUND
428
00:18:23,633 --> 00:18:26,433
GO 80 FEET INTO THE AIR
FOR COMMUNICATION.
429
00:18:26,433 --> 00:18:28,700
WE WOULD HAVE A CERTAIN TIME
THEY'D TURN THEIR SHORTWAVE ON
430
00:18:28,700 --> 00:18:32,433
AND WE'D TURN ON OURS
AND WE WOULD TALK THAT WAY.
431
00:18:32,433 --> 00:18:34,833
Reporter: ALSO AT THIS HOUR
IN MIAMI
432
00:18:34,833 --> 00:18:36,000
ON A SHORTWAVE RADIO BAND
433
00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:38,733
THAT MOST RADIOS
CANNOT PICK UP
434
00:18:38,733 --> 00:18:41,833
THE CODED INSTRUCTIONS ARE
COMING IN FROM A TRANSMITTER
435
00:18:41,833 --> 00:18:43,667
IN MEDELLÍN, COLOMBIA,
436
00:18:43,667 --> 00:18:45,533
FROM MEMBERS OF
THE WORLD'S LARGEST
437
00:18:45,533 --> 00:18:47,567
COCAINE SMUGGLING ORGANIZATION.
438
00:18:47,567 --> 00:18:50,333
[MAN SPEAKING SPANISH ON RADIO]
Reporter: THE CATTLE IS READY,
439
00:18:50,333 --> 00:18:51,733
THE CATTLE IS READY.
440
00:18:51,733 --> 00:18:54,767
[MAN SPEAKING SPANISH ON RADIO]
Reporter: AT 8 O'CLOCK.
441
00:18:54,767 --> 00:18:56,400
8 FOR THE FIRST ONE.
442
00:18:56,400 --> 00:18:58,567
Jon: AND THAT'S HOW
WE WOULD SET UP THE TRIPS
443
00:18:58,567 --> 00:19:01,133
AND WE WERE CONTRACTED ACTUALLY
BY THE COLOMBIANS.
444
00:19:01,133 --> 00:19:02,700
I WOULD MAKE ARRANGEMENTS
WITH THEM
445
00:19:02,700 --> 00:19:05,133
AND THEY WOULD TELL ME,
"OKAY, THERE'S 1000 KILOS.
446
00:19:05,133 --> 00:19:06,467
"COME PICK IT UP."
447
00:19:06,467 --> 00:19:08,467
Mickey: OVER THE MOUNTAINS, DOWN
AND SLIDE THROUGH A VALLEY
448
00:19:08,467 --> 00:19:09,600
SO NOBODY WOULD SEE YOU.
449
00:19:09,600 --> 00:19:11,400
AND YOU NEVER HAD
A PROBLEM LANDING
450
00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:12,767
YOU NEVER HAD A PROBLEM
TAKING OFF.
451
00:19:12,767 --> 00:19:15,467
IT WAS ALL PAID DOWN THERE,
THE GOVERNMENT WORKED WITH THEM,
452
00:19:15,467 --> 00:19:17,300
AND WE WOULD SEND
THE PLANE DOWN THERE.
453
00:19:17,300 --> 00:19:20,167
THE COLOMBIANS
REALLY DIDN'T HAVE...
454
00:19:20,167 --> 00:19:21,833
AND I'LL SAY IT, THEY DIDN'T
HAVE THEIR SHIT TOGETHER.
455
00:19:21,833 --> 00:19:23,600
99% OF THE STRIPS WE WENT TO
456
00:19:23,600 --> 00:19:26,200
WERE DIRT, GRASS,
THE PEOPLE THAT WORKED THERE.
457
00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:28,333
THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE WOULD
TAKE OUR OWN EQUIPMENT.
458
00:19:28,333 --> 00:19:29,867
AND YOU WOULD SEE,
WHEN YOU GET THERE,
459
00:19:29,867 --> 00:19:32,300
THE WRECKED AIRPLANES--
NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
460
00:19:32,300 --> 00:19:34,767
THE PLANE WOULD LAND,
THEY WOULD SPEND THE NIGHT.
461
00:19:34,767 --> 00:19:36,100
AND YOU WOULD LAND THERE
AND THEY WOULD SAY,
462
00:19:36,100 --> 00:19:38,000
"OH, YOU WANNA STAY
OR YOU WANT A WOMAN?
463
00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:39,633
"IF YOU WANT MY LITTLE SISTER,
YOU'RE GONNA GET HER, RIGHT?
464
00:19:39,633 --> 00:19:41,033
"YOU WANT SOMETHING TO DRINK?"
465
00:19:41,033 --> 00:19:42,833
I GO, "YEAH, I REALLY WANT TO
DRINK AND GET BACK IN THIS PLANE
466
00:19:42,833 --> 00:19:45,767
"AND FLY FOR ANOTHER 12 HOURS
DRUNK. RIGHT.
467
00:19:45,767 --> 00:19:46,733
"THE WOMAN DIDN'T SOUND BAD."
468
00:19:46,733 --> 00:19:48,200
Jon: THE NEXT THING
WOULD BE LOADING.
469
00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:49,633
Mickey: THERE'S TWO WAYS
TO COME BACK FROM DOWN THERE.
470
00:19:49,633 --> 00:19:50,833
IF YOU'RE FLYING,
YOU COULD COME AROUND
471
00:19:50,833 --> 00:19:52,667
THE EAST SIDE OF CUBA,
WHICH IS THE SHORTER,
472
00:19:52,667 --> 00:19:54,533
OR YOU CAN COME AROUND
THE WEST SIDE.
473
00:19:54,533 --> 00:19:56,600
IF YOU HAD A LOT OF FUEL, THE
WEST SIDE WAS ACTUALLY BETTER
474
00:19:56,600 --> 00:19:59,567
BECAUSE ALMOST EVERYTHING
THAT WAS HAPPENING
475
00:19:59,567 --> 00:20:00,867
CAME FROM THE BAHAMAS.
476
00:20:00,867 --> 00:20:03,000
SO IF THEY WERE PATROLLING,
477
00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:04,733
THAT WOULD BE WHERE
THEY WOULD BE,
478
00:20:04,733 --> 00:20:06,667
YOU'RE GONNA GO
WHERE MOST OF THE ACTION IS.
479
00:20:06,667 --> 00:20:10,067
SO WE WOULD COME FROM THE WEST,
NOBODY WOULD THINK OF YOU THERE.
480
00:20:10,067 --> 00:20:11,433
Reporter: APPARENTLY
HEAVY SURVEILLANCE
481
00:20:11,433 --> 00:20:14,133
AND STRICTER ENFORCEMENT
ON FLORIDA'S EAST COAST
482
00:20:14,133 --> 00:20:16,667
IS DRIVING SMUGGLERS
TO THE DESOLATE WEST COAST
483
00:20:16,667 --> 00:20:18,567
TO MAKE THEIR CONNECTIONS.
484
00:20:18,567 --> 00:20:21,033
WE WOULD POP THE COAST
MAYBE OVER BY MARCO ISLAND,
485
00:20:21,033 --> 00:20:23,100
FLY ALMOST
ALL THE WAY TO GEORGIA,
486
00:20:23,100 --> 00:20:24,700
THEN TURN AROUND AND FLY BACK.
487
00:20:24,700 --> 00:20:26,500
NOW WE LOOK LIKE
SOMEBODY COMING SOUTH.
488
00:20:26,500 --> 00:20:28,400
NOBODY COMING FROM
THE NORTH SOUTH
489
00:20:28,400 --> 00:20:29,667
IS DOING ANYTHING ILLEGAL.
490
00:20:29,667 --> 00:20:32,433
Jon: YOU COULD MOVE
62,000 DEAD BODIES
491
00:20:32,433 --> 00:20:33,867
IN A PLANE
IN THE UNITED STATES
492
00:20:33,867 --> 00:20:35,567
BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY
PLANES THERE ARE
493
00:20:35,567 --> 00:20:37,100
IN THE AIR AT ONE TIME
494
00:20:37,100 --> 00:20:38,367
BUT THERE'S NO CHECKING.
495
00:20:38,367 --> 00:20:40,067
YOU CAN LAND IN A SMALL AIRPORT
496
00:20:40,067 --> 00:20:41,800
AND THEY DON'T HAVE POLICE
AT EVERY AIRPORT,
497
00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:43,167
"HEY, WHAT'S IN YOUR PLANE?"
498
00:20:43,167 --> 00:20:44,667
Mickey: WE WOULD MAKE IT LOOK
LIKE WE WERE GOING INTO
499
00:20:44,667 --> 00:20:46,133
ONE OF THE LOCAL AIRPORTS,
500
00:20:46,133 --> 00:20:49,867
AND WHAT WE WOULD DO
IS MAKE A FLYBY AND HEAD WEST.
501
00:20:49,867 --> 00:20:52,967
WE'D BOUGHT
SOME PROPERTY IN LAKELAND.
502
00:20:52,967 --> 00:20:54,800
WE BUILT TWO RUNWAYS THERE,
503
00:20:54,800 --> 00:20:56,900
PUT UP A COUPLE OF BARNS
THAT WERE REALLY HANGARS.
504
00:20:56,900 --> 00:20:58,433
THEY LOOKED LIKE BARNS.
505
00:20:58,433 --> 00:21:00,000
AND WHEN YOU'D OPEN UP
THE HAYLOFT DOOR,
506
00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:03,567
YOU WOULD SEE THAT IT WAS SHAPED
TO THE TAIL OF AN AIRPLANE.
507
00:21:03,567 --> 00:21:06,500
I WOULD USE A 5, 6, 8-YEAR-OLD
FAMILY CAR...
508
00:21:06,500 --> 00:21:07,933
AND WE WOULD LOAD 300 PIECES
509
00:21:07,933 --> 00:21:09,533
AND WE WOULD PUT AIR SHOCKS
ON THE CAR
510
00:21:09,533 --> 00:21:11,367
SO THAT THE CAR
WOULDN'T FALL TO THE GROUND
511
00:21:11,367 --> 00:21:13,933
AND WE'D USE A TOW TRUCK
TO TOW THE VEHICLE BACK.
512
00:21:13,933 --> 00:21:15,733
WE HAD A TOWING COMPANY
THAT WE'D FORMED
513
00:21:15,733 --> 00:21:18,367
AND WE BOUGHT A GAS STATION
AND A GARAGE DOWN HERE IN MIAMI.
514
00:21:18,367 --> 00:21:20,567
Mickey: AND THE GUY WITH THE TOW
TRUCK WOULD HAVE A WORK ORDER.
515
00:21:20,567 --> 00:21:23,100
Jon: WE HAD A DRIVER WHO
OBVIOUSLY KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON
516
00:21:23,100 --> 00:21:24,367
BUT WAS TOLD,
"YOU GET PULLED OVER
517
00:21:24,367 --> 00:21:26,733
"AND THEY OPEN THE TRUNK
OF THE CAR, YOU DON'T KNOW."
518
00:21:26,733 --> 00:21:28,567
IF YOU'RE DRIVING THE VEHICLE
IT'S KIND OF HARD NOT TO KNOW
519
00:21:28,567 --> 00:21:30,667
WHAT'S IN THE TRUNK, BUT THE GUY
IN THE TOW TRUCK WOULD NOT KNOW.
520
00:21:30,667 --> 00:21:32,633
YOU DON'T KNOW, YOU'RE
CONTRACTED TO TOW THE CAR.
521
00:21:32,633 --> 00:21:34,900
Mickey: HE HOOKED UP
AND AWAY HE WENT.
522
00:21:34,900 --> 00:21:36,533
Jon: LET THEM TAKE THE CAR AND
LET THEM TAKE HEAT DOWN THERE
523
00:21:36,533 --> 00:21:38,900
BUT THEY CAN'T HOLD YOU, YOU'VE
GOT THE BILL AND EVERYTHING.
524
00:21:38,900 --> 00:21:41,400
WE WOULD GET A CARAVAN,
WITH TWO OR THREE CARS GOING.
525
00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:42,767
WE WOULD USE ONE CAR IN FRONT
526
00:21:42,767 --> 00:21:44,733
AS A SPOTTER,
AND ONE CAR BEHIND.
527
00:21:44,733 --> 00:21:47,933
THEY WOULD BRING THEM INTO MIAMI
AND WE DID THAT FOR...
528
00:21:47,933 --> 00:21:51,500
6, 7 YEARS, NEVER HAD
ONE LITTLE PROBLEM AT ALL.
529
00:21:51,500 --> 00:21:53,100
THAT WAS ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES
OF LAKELAND,
530
00:21:53,100 --> 00:21:54,900
I MEAN, THERE WAS ALWAYS
PEOPLE BEING STOPPED
531
00:21:54,900 --> 00:21:56,633
GOING FROM MIAMI NORTH
532
00:21:56,633 --> 00:22:00,200
BUT YOU NEVER HEARD OF ANYBODY
EVER BEING STOPPED COMING SOUTH.
533
00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:02,567
MICKEY AND THEM
STARTED TO DO AIR DROPS.
534
00:22:02,567 --> 00:22:05,800
Mickey: I BUILT ME A SMALL
BOAT FACTORY TO PLAY WITH.
535
00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:08,933
WE DECIDED TO DO COLOMBIA
UP TO THE BAHAMAS,
536
00:22:08,933 --> 00:22:10,933
AIR-DROP IT TO BOATS.
537
00:22:10,933 --> 00:22:13,167
Jon: AND THEY HAD BEACONS
THAT THEY WOULD DROP,
538
00:22:13,167 --> 00:22:16,267
AND THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO KNOW
EXACTLY WHERE THE LOAD WAS
539
00:22:16,267 --> 00:22:17,700
BECAUSE THERE WOULD BE
A FREQUENCY
540
00:22:17,700 --> 00:22:20,133
THAT WOULD SEND BACK
TO WHERE IT WAS.
541
00:22:20,133 --> 00:22:23,833
THE MIDDLE CONSOLE
WOULD OPEN UP,
542
00:22:23,833 --> 00:22:26,033
THEY PUT HOLES
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BOAT,
543
00:22:26,033 --> 00:22:28,033
AND YOU WOULD FILL THEM UP.
544
00:22:28,033 --> 00:22:30,100
Mickey: AND THEN BRING IT IN
WITH BOATS.
545
00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:35,767
THE BIG PROBLEM AT FIRST
WAS THE PACKAGING OF THE PRODUCT
546
00:22:35,767 --> 00:22:38,300
WHICH WAS A FIASCO
BECAUSE THE COLOMBIANS,
547
00:22:38,300 --> 00:22:40,433
BEING SUCH WONDERFUL PEOPLE
IN ORGANIZATION,
548
00:22:40,433 --> 00:22:41,767
SCREWED IT UP FOR TWO TRIPS.
549
00:22:41,767 --> 00:22:43,900
IT WOULD GET SEEPAGE,
THERE WOULD BE SALT WATER
550
00:22:43,900 --> 00:22:46,400
THAT WOULD GET INTO IT,
AND IT REALLY KILLS COKE.
551
00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:48,700
SALT WATER IS REALLY
AN ENEMY OF COKE.
552
00:22:48,700 --> 00:22:51,567
MICKEY WAS DETERMINED
THAT HE COULD STOP THE LEAKAGE
553
00:22:51,567 --> 00:22:52,933
AND TOLD THEM HOW TO WRAP IT.
554
00:22:52,933 --> 00:22:55,200
Mickey: I SENT TAPE RECORDINGS,
I SENT PICTURES OF IT,
555
00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:57,067
STEP BY STEP
AS TO HOW TO DO THIS.
556
00:22:57,067 --> 00:22:59,033
YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, YOU'RE
NOT GONNA TELL A COLOMBIAN
557
00:22:59,033 --> 00:23:00,867
HOW TO DO ANYTHING.
558
00:23:00,867 --> 00:23:03,200
SO MICKEY COULD TALK FROM TODAY
TILL TOMORROW AND THE COLOMBIANS
559
00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:05,367
AREN'T GONNA DO
WHAT HE TELLS THEM TO DO ANYWAY.
560
00:23:05,367 --> 00:23:07,000
Mickey: WELL, MY GUYS GO DOWN,
PICK UP THE STUFF,
561
00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:08,700
THEY COME BACK ON THE TRIP...
562
00:23:08,700 --> 00:23:11,733
AND IT'S NOT PACKAGED.
IT WAS JUST LIKE IT ALWAYS IS.
563
00:23:11,733 --> 00:23:13,067
AND THEY'D THROW IT OUT THE
DOOR,
564
00:23:13,067 --> 00:23:14,967
MORE THAN HALF OF IT
BUSTED UP,
565
00:23:14,967 --> 00:23:16,667
AND THEY LOST
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
566
00:23:16,667 --> 00:23:18,133
'CAUSE THEY DIDN'T
PACKAGE IT RIGHT.
567
00:23:18,133 --> 00:23:20,600
SO BY THEIR STUPIDITY,
IT WOULD GET WATER DAMAGE.
568
00:23:20,600 --> 00:23:22,300
Mickey: AND THEY WERE
ALL BENT OUT OF SHAPE AT ME.
569
00:23:22,300 --> 00:23:24,133
BUT THEY COULDN'T BLAME ME,
THAT'S THEIR PROBLEM.
570
00:23:24,133 --> 00:23:26,733
"HEY, IT'S YOUR PROBLEM."
571
00:23:26,733 --> 00:23:29,567
IT WASN'T TILL THE THIRD TRIP
THAT IT WORKED
572
00:23:29,567 --> 00:23:32,200
AND THEN IT WORKED
AND WORKED AND WORKED.
573
00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:34,700
SOMETIMES I WOULD RUN
WHAT WE CALLED THE FRONT DOOR.
574
00:23:34,700 --> 00:23:37,100
THE FRONT DOOR WOULD BE
THE ENTRANCE AT HAULOVER.
575
00:23:37,100 --> 00:23:38,733
WE WOULD CALL IT
THE FRONT DOOR.
576
00:23:38,733 --> 00:23:40,200
YOU CAN'T SAY "WELL,
YOU'RE COMING IN AT HAULOVER."
577
00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:41,667
SO YOU'D COME IN
IN THE FRONT DOOR.
578
00:23:41,667 --> 00:23:43,633
IT'S A CODE OF SORTS.
579
00:23:43,633 --> 00:23:46,000
AT HAULOVER INLET,
I'D RENTED AN APARTMENT
580
00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:47,533
ON THE 12TH FLOOR
ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER
581
00:23:47,533 --> 00:23:48,867
CALLED THE HARBOUR HOUSE
582
00:23:48,867 --> 00:23:52,467
WHICH HAS A SPECTACULAR VIEW
OF THE INLET.
583
00:23:52,467 --> 00:23:56,200
AND I PUT A YOUNG LADY THERE,
I PAID HER TO LIVE THERE,
584
00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:58,067
PAID FOR THE APARTMENT.
585
00:23:58,067 --> 00:23:59,633
AND WHENEVER WE DID A TRIP
586
00:23:59,633 --> 00:24:01,400
SHE HAS AN UNBELIEVABLE
SET OF BINOCULARS
587
00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:02,767
AND OF COURSE SHE HAS A RADIO.
588
00:24:02,767 --> 00:24:05,333
AND WE FOUND EVERY
RADIO FREQUENCY WE COULD HAVE
589
00:24:05,333 --> 00:24:07,133
AGAINST WHAT WE'LL CALL
THE COMPETITION.
590
00:24:07,133 --> 00:24:10,000
THE U.S. CUSTOMS,
THE LOCAL MARINE PATROL.
591
00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:12,233
WE WOULD KNOW
IF THEY WERE THERE LISTENING.
592
00:24:12,233 --> 00:24:14,733
SO CAME HOME ONE TIME,
I'M IN A BOAT.
593
00:24:14,733 --> 00:24:16,933
SOMETIMES I WAS WITH THE GUYS
WORKING IN THE FRONT DOOR
594
00:24:16,933 --> 00:24:18,367
OR IN THE APARTMENT.
595
00:24:18,367 --> 00:24:19,833
THIS PARTICULAR TIME
I'M IN A BOAT,
596
00:24:19,833 --> 00:24:21,933
I'M TALKING TO MY FRIENDS
IN THE APARTMENT.
597
00:24:21,933 --> 00:24:24,200
LO AND BEHOLD, HERE COMES
THIS U.S. CUSTOMS
598
00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:26,767
AND U.S. COASTGUARD
AND THE GUY'S GOT AN M16 RIFLE.
599
00:24:26,767 --> 00:24:30,067
WE DIDN'T THINK THEY WERE AFTER
US BUT THEY WERE CHECKING BOATS.
600
00:24:30,067 --> 00:24:32,400
AND I'M IN A BOAT THAT'S LOADED!
601
00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:33,733
BUT WHEN HE PULLS UP
ALONGSIDE OF ME,
602
00:24:33,733 --> 00:24:35,333
THE MOTOR ON HIS BOAT'S GOING
603
00:24:35,333 --> 00:24:37,300
BANG, BANG, BANG, BANG, BANG
BANG, BANG, BANG!
604
00:24:37,300 --> 00:24:39,200
I SAID, "JEEZ, THAT SOUNDS
TERRIBLE."
605
00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:40,700
AND HE SAYS, "AH, IT'S BEEN
DOING THAT SINCE YESTERDAY."
606
00:24:40,700 --> 00:24:42,100
OH, OH, GOD!
607
00:24:42,100 --> 00:24:45,000
AND HE TURNS AROUND AND HE DON'T
GET 100 FEET FROM ME
608
00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:46,667
AND THERE'S KIND OF A...BOOM!
609
00:24:46,667 --> 00:24:49,200
I THOUGHT HE SHOT
THE RIFLE OR SOMETHING
610
00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:51,700
AND IT WAS...
IT CAUGHT THE WAVE JUST PERFECT,
611
00:24:51,700 --> 00:24:53,433
THE PISTON COMES OUT THROUGH
THE SIDE OF THE MOTOR
612
00:24:53,433 --> 00:24:56,200
AND SKIPS ON THE WAVE. LOOKED
LIKE SOME KID THROWING A ROCK.
613
00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:58,033
AND A BIG FLAME, PSHOOM!
OUT THE SIDE,
614
00:24:58,033 --> 00:25:01,300
JUST LIGHTS EVERYTHING UP,
AND I GO, "GOD DAMN!"
615
00:25:01,300 --> 00:25:03,600
AND THEY'RE ON THE RADIO
AND THEY CAN'T GET ANYONE.
616
00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:05,267
AND THIS WAS WITH
SUPERIOR EQUIPMENT,
617
00:25:05,267 --> 00:25:07,100
AND I'M WORRIED ABOUT THESE
GUYS. I SAID,
618
00:25:07,100 --> 00:25:08,300
"DO YOU GUYS NEED A TOW?"
619
00:25:08,300 --> 00:25:12,067
AND I THREW THEM A LINE
AND THEY GOT ON MY BOAT
620
00:25:12,067 --> 00:25:14,167
AND I TOWED THE U.S. COASTGUARD
621
00:25:14,167 --> 00:25:16,033
AND THE U.S. CUSTOMS,
BUT WE WERE IN A BOAT
622
00:25:16,033 --> 00:25:18,867
THAT HAD 350, 400 KILOS IN IT.
623
00:25:18,867 --> 00:25:20,167
THE YOUNG LADY
WHO WAS UP IN THE APARTMENT
624
00:25:20,167 --> 00:25:21,767
SAID ONLY I WOULD--
625
00:25:21,767 --> 00:25:25,233
ANYBODY ELSE WOULD HAVE PANICKED
AND PROBABLY JUMPED OVERBOARD.
626
00:25:25,233 --> 00:25:26,833
FROM THERE WE WERE GOING UP
627
00:25:26,833 --> 00:25:28,400
TO THE ENTRANCE
TO MAULE LAKE MARINA
628
00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:30,200
WHERE I HAD SEVERAL
SLIPS THAT I RENTED.
629
00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:32,667
THEN THE NEXT DAY
MY TOW TRUCK WOULD SHOW UP
630
00:25:32,667 --> 00:25:34,400
WITH A WORK ORDER AND A TRAILER.
631
00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:36,300
MY SHOP WAS ONLY LIKE
FOUR BLOCKS AWAY.
632
00:25:36,300 --> 00:25:38,867
THE BOAT WOULD GO IN THERE
AND WE WOULD GO IN THE BACK,
633
00:25:38,867 --> 00:25:42,667
OPEN UP THE COMPARTMENT AND
LOAD THE STUFF INTO THE CARS.
634
00:25:42,667 --> 00:25:44,600
ALL THE MERCHANDIZE
WOULD BE HANDED TO ME.
635
00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:46,900
I HAD DIFFERENT
STASH HOUSES IN MIAMI,
636
00:25:46,900 --> 00:25:48,600
I USED NORMAL PEOPLE,
637
00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:50,733
WORKING PEOPLE
THAT WANTED EXTRA MONEY.
638
00:25:50,733 --> 00:25:53,900
I WOULD TRY TO FIND SOMEONE
IN A DECENT NEIGHBORHOOD
639
00:25:53,900 --> 00:25:56,700
THAT REALLY DIDN'T USE THE DRUG,
640
00:25:56,700 --> 00:25:59,467
BECAUSE I MADE A FEW MISTAKES
WHERE I WOULD GO
641
00:25:59,467 --> 00:26:02,100
AND I WOULD FIND LIKE, YOU KNOW,
HOLES IN THE DIFFERENT KILOS
642
00:26:02,100 --> 00:26:03,900
WHERE PEOPLE WOULD
POP A STRAW IN, I GUESS,
643
00:26:03,900 --> 00:26:06,033
AND THERE WERE HOLES
LIKE A RAT GOT INTO IT.
644
00:26:06,033 --> 00:26:08,400
AND IT WASN'T IN ONE, IT WOULD
BE IN FIVE DIFFERENT ONES
645
00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:10,800
SO THAT MAYBE THERE WAS A GRAM
OR TWO MISSING FROM EACH ONE.
646
00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:13,033
I WOULD PULL INTO THE GARAGE
WITH THESE CARS,
647
00:26:13,033 --> 00:26:14,500
I WOULD TAKE THE PRODUCT OUT.
648
00:26:14,500 --> 00:26:16,433
EVERY HOUSE HAD TO HAVE
A GARAGE OBVIOUSLY,
649
00:26:16,433 --> 00:26:18,700
'CAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY KILOS
GOING IN AND OUT OF THE HOUSE
650
00:26:18,700 --> 00:26:20,733
YOU COULDN'T JUST START
UNLOADING IT IN THE STREET.
651
00:26:20,733 --> 00:26:23,667
I WOULD COUNT IT, MAKE SURE
THAT EVERYTHING WAS THERE,
652
00:26:23,667 --> 00:26:26,267
DO IT ALL DURING THE DAY,
I NEVER WORKED AT NIGHT.
653
00:26:26,267 --> 00:26:28,400
EACH PRODUCT WAS MARKED
WITH A MARKING.
654
00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:30,400
MAYBE 300 WOULD HAVE BICYCLES
655
00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:32,667
AND 200 WOULD HAVE EYE GLASSES.
656
00:26:32,667 --> 00:26:34,867
AND EACH ONE WENT
TO A CERTAIN GROUP,
657
00:26:34,867 --> 00:26:37,700
THERE WAS THREE, FOUR...
FOUR DIFFERENT GROUPS.
658
00:26:37,700 --> 00:26:39,333
AND I HAD GUYS DRIVING THE CARS
659
00:26:39,333 --> 00:26:40,733
TO SAY A DENNY'S
660
00:26:40,733 --> 00:26:42,200
OR UNCLE TOM'S RIBS
661
00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:44,667
AND WHOEVER DROVE THE CAR THERE
WOULD GO INSIDE
662
00:26:44,667 --> 00:26:46,000
AND THERE'D BE
A COLOMBIAN INSIDE
663
00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:47,433
AND HE'D JUST HAND HIM THE KEYS.
664
00:26:47,433 --> 00:26:49,433
IT WAS ALWAYS DELIVERED
TO COLOMBIANS.
665
00:26:49,433 --> 00:26:52,600
BECAUSE THEY HAD BROUGHT THEIR
OWN COLOMBIANS HERE TO SELL IT.
666
00:26:52,600 --> 00:26:54,133
AND THAT WAS IT, THERE WAS NEVER
667
00:26:54,133 --> 00:26:55,967
THIS MIAMI VICE RIDICULOUSNESS
IN THE STREET
668
00:26:55,967 --> 00:26:58,400
WHERE CARS WOULD PULL UP
WITH GUNS AND EVERYTHING,
669
00:26:58,400 --> 00:26:59,733
"LET ME SEE
WHAT YOU GOT IN THE TRUNK,
670
00:26:59,733 --> 00:27:02,100
"I'M GONNA CHECK IT OUT
AND DO TESTS AND BRING IT BACK."
671
00:27:02,100 --> 00:27:03,633
IT...IT DOESN'T WORK LIKE THAT.
672
00:27:03,633 --> 00:27:05,900
THESE PEOPLE ARE CONTROLLED
BY THE PEOPLE DOWN THERE.
673
00:27:05,900 --> 00:27:07,267
SO IT WASN'T LIKE
THEY HAD A CHOICE,
674
00:27:07,267 --> 00:27:08,600
THEY WERE TAKING IT ANYWAY
675
00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:10,167
WHETHER IT WAS GARBAGE
OR WHETHER IT WAS GOOD,
676
00:27:10,167 --> 00:27:11,533
THEY WERE TAKING IT.
677
00:27:11,533 --> 00:27:12,733
THE PEOPLE THAT I GAVE IT TO
678
00:27:12,733 --> 00:27:13,933
WERE WHOLESALERS.
679
00:27:13,933 --> 00:27:15,800
THOSE WHOLESALERS
WOULD BREAK IT DOWN
680
00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:19,067
INTO 25, 50, 75,
WHATEVER THEIR DIFFERENT...
681
00:27:19,067 --> 00:27:20,533
RETAILERS DESIRED.
682
00:27:20,533 --> 00:27:22,767
I REMEMBER KILOS GOING
FOR $40,000, $50,000
683
00:27:22,767 --> 00:27:24,067
IN THE STREET BACK THEN.
684
00:27:24,067 --> 00:27:26,500
THEY WOULD PAY US
FOR TRANSPORTATION OF THE KILOS.
685
00:27:26,500 --> 00:27:28,367
AND BACK THEN
I THINK THAT WE WERE GETTING
686
00:27:28,367 --> 00:27:30,300
$3500 A KILO.
687
00:27:30,300 --> 00:27:32,867
AND WHAT I WOULD DO TO MAKE SURE
WE GOT OUR MONEY WAS
688
00:27:32,867 --> 00:27:34,467
WE WOULD ONLY DELIVER HALF
689
00:27:34,467 --> 00:27:35,967
AND THEY WOULD PUT
THE MONEY IN THE TRUNK
690
00:27:35,967 --> 00:27:37,733
AND THEN
THEY WOULD RETURN THE CAR,
691
00:27:37,733 --> 00:27:40,933
I WOULD THEN GIVE THEM
THE REST OF THE PRODUCT.
692
00:27:40,933 --> 00:27:45,000
SO WHAT WE TRIED TO DO WAS KEEP
EVERYBODY AWAY FROM EVERYBODY
693
00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:46,833
AND THAT WAY THERE WAS NO WAY
TO TRACE IT BACK.
694
00:27:46,833 --> 00:27:49,033
THAT WAS MY BIGGEST FEAR,
THAT THESE WHOLESALERS
695
00:27:49,033 --> 00:27:51,667
WHO WERE GIVING IT TO FOUR AND
FIVE DIFFERENT RETAILERS,
696
00:27:51,667 --> 00:27:53,467
ONE OF THEIR GUYS
WOULD GET BUSTED
697
00:27:53,467 --> 00:27:56,033
AND HE DIDN'T WANNA GO TO JAIL
SO HE WOULD FLIP
698
00:27:56,033 --> 00:27:57,467
AND HE MIGHT TELL THEM,
YOU KNOW,
699
00:27:57,467 --> 00:27:59,267
"THIS IS MY MAIN GUY OVER HERE,
700
00:27:59,267 --> 00:28:01,500
"FOLLOW HIM AND YOU'RE GONNA
FOLLOW HIM BACK TO ME."
701
00:28:01,500 --> 00:28:04,400
I HEAR STORIES FROM RAFA LIKE,
"I GOTTA GO KILL THIS GUY
702
00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:07,133
"BECAUSE THIS GUY GOT BUSTED
AND HE'S GONNA RAT ON MY GUY."
703
00:28:07,133 --> 00:28:09,100
AND, YOU KNOW, I'D HEAR
ALL THESE WEIRD STORIES
704
00:28:09,100 --> 00:28:12,633
SO WHAT I TRIED TO DO WAS
MAKE MYSELF
705
00:28:12,633 --> 00:28:13,933
NEVER NEED ANYBODY.
706
00:28:13,933 --> 00:28:15,267
'CAUSE THEY WERE GETTING A CAR,
707
00:28:15,267 --> 00:28:16,500
THEY DIDN'T KNOW
WHERE THE CAR CAME FROM
708
00:28:16,500 --> 00:28:18,367
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
HERE'S A CAR.
709
00:28:18,367 --> 00:28:20,633
AND YOU NEVER
BROUGHT THE CAR BACK
710
00:28:20,633 --> 00:28:22,500
TO WHERE YOU HAD THE COKE
'CAUSE YOU NEVER WANTED
711
00:28:22,500 --> 00:28:24,633
TO HAVE MONEY AND DRUGS
IN THE SAME PLACE,
712
00:28:24,633 --> 00:28:27,300
AND THE MONEY WOULD STAY THERE
IN ONE OF THE STASH HOUSES.
713
00:28:27,300 --> 00:28:29,067
OUT OF THAT MONEY,
I WOULD TAKE MY MONEY
714
00:28:29,067 --> 00:28:30,367
AND PUT THE REST AWAY
715
00:28:30,367 --> 00:28:32,267
'CAUSE I WOULD HAVE TO SEND BACK
716
00:28:32,267 --> 00:28:34,200
OCHOAS AND ESCOBAR THEIR MONEY.
717
00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:36,900
AT THAT TIME WE WERE WORKING
WITH NORIEGA IN PANAMA.
718
00:28:36,900 --> 00:28:40,567
[SPEAKING IN SPANISH]
719
00:28:40,567 --> 00:28:42,100
Reporter:
GENERAL NORIEGA'S COUNTRY
720
00:28:42,100 --> 00:28:44,367
IS A MECCA FOR DRUG MONEY
LAUNDERING.
721
00:28:44,367 --> 00:28:46,200
Jon: SO THE MONEY WOULD BE PUT
ON ONE OF OUR PLANES
722
00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:49,467
AND WE WOULD FLY THE PLANE
FROM HERE TO NORIEGA'S PEOPLE.
723
00:28:49,467 --> 00:28:51,200
[SPEAKING ENGLISH]
724
00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:54,067
Jon: BECAUSE WE WOULD
NEVER SEND A PLANE
725
00:28:54,067 --> 00:28:55,433
WITH LESS THAN $10 MILLION.
726
00:28:55,433 --> 00:28:57,233
Reporter: UNLIMITED AMOUNTS
OF MONEY MAY BE BROUGHT
727
00:28:57,233 --> 00:28:59,933
INTO AND OUT OF THE COUNTRY
WITH NO REPORTING REQUIREMENTS,
728
00:28:59,933 --> 00:29:02,200
AND MONEY LAUNDERING
IS NOT A CRIME.
729
00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:04,733
Jon: THE MONEY WOULD BE
TAKEN OFF THERE BY THE ARMY
730
00:29:04,733 --> 00:29:06,833
AND THE ARMY
WOULD TAKE IT TO A BANK
731
00:29:06,833 --> 00:29:08,700
AND WE WERE PARTNERS IN THE BANK
WITH NORIEGA,
732
00:29:08,700 --> 00:29:10,767
AND THEY SET UP ACCOUNTS
AND YOU HAD AN ACCOUNT
733
00:29:10,767 --> 00:29:12,033
AND JUST...WHATEVER YOU WANTED
734
00:29:12,033 --> 00:29:13,233
YOU WROTE A CHECK FOR IT.
735
00:29:13,233 --> 00:29:15,400
A LOT OF TIMES
I WOULD MAKE A DEAL WHERE
736
00:29:15,400 --> 00:29:16,933
INSTEAD OF PAYING ME THE CASH,
737
00:29:16,933 --> 00:29:18,467
OUT OF THIS 500 KILOS,
738
00:29:18,467 --> 00:29:20,267
GIVE ME 100 FOR MYSELF
739
00:29:20,267 --> 00:29:22,233
AND I COULD SELL IT FOR 25,000.
740
00:29:22,233 --> 00:29:24,233
SO AS THE LOADS WOULD COME
I'D BE GOING THROUGH THEM
741
00:29:24,233 --> 00:29:25,333
PULLING OUT THE BEST ONES
742
00:29:25,333 --> 00:29:26,333
BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T
ALL THE SAME,
743
00:29:26,333 --> 00:29:27,800
AND I'D BE THROWING THEM
OVER HERE
744
00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:29,633
AND THROWING THEM OVER HERE.
IT ENDED UP WHERE MAX AND I
745
00:29:29,633 --> 00:29:32,667
WERE MAKING LIKE VERY TRIP,
$750,000, $1,000,000,
746
00:29:32,667 --> 00:29:34,433
AND MAX WAS SAYING
"WOW, I USED TO JUST MAKE,
747
00:29:34,433 --> 00:29:36,800
"YOU KNOW, 250
FROM JUST THE TRANSPORTATION."
748
00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:38,400
SO NOT ONLY
DID HE PLUG HIMSELF IN
749
00:29:38,400 --> 00:29:40,133
WHERE HE COULD SIT HOME
ON HIS FAT ASS,
750
00:29:40,133 --> 00:29:41,400
HE PLUGGED HIMSELF INTO
751
00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:43,567
LIKE THREE TIMES
THE AMOUNT OF MONEY EVERY WEEK.
752
00:29:43,567 --> 00:29:45,833
AND THE DRUGS...WERE EVERYWHERE.
753
00:29:45,833 --> 00:29:47,400
EVERYBODY
STARTED USING COCAINE.
754
00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:50,833
I MEAN, I REMEMBER IN THE '80S
IT WAS LIKE...PHEW!
755
00:29:50,833 --> 00:29:52,600
COCAINE
WAS THE IN THING BACK THEN.
756
00:29:52,600 --> 00:29:54,267
IT WAS THE CHICHI THING TO DO.
757
00:29:54,267 --> 00:29:55,933
Jon: YOU KNOW,
YOU'D GO SOMEWHERE,
758
00:29:55,933 --> 00:29:57,200
I MEAN, YOU COULDN'T
GO ANYWHERE
759
00:29:57,200 --> 00:29:58,833
WITHOUT GOING INTO A BATHROOM
AND...
760
00:29:58,833 --> 00:30:00,500
I MEAN, YOU GO IN THE BATHROOM,
THERE WAS ALWAYS
761
00:30:00,500 --> 00:30:01,800
SOMEBODY IN THERE DOING A LINE.
762
00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:03,633
YOU HEAR THE DOOR SLAM,
ONE OF THOSE TOILET DOORS
763
00:30:03,633 --> 00:30:04,967
AND BEHIND THE DOOR...
[SNIFFING]
764
00:30:04,967 --> 00:30:06,400
AND EVERYBODY'S
PUTTING SHIT UP THEIR NOSE.
765
00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:07,400
Mickey: YOU WOULD SEE GUYS
766
00:30:07,400 --> 00:30:08,833
COMING OUT OF THE GIRLS'
BATHROOM.
767
00:30:08,833 --> 00:30:10,667
THERE WERE CLUBS
WHERE THE TABLES
768
00:30:10,667 --> 00:30:12,200
WERE ACTUALLY MIRROR TOPS.
769
00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:15,833
I RECALL WAITERS
HELPING PATRONS CHOP UP COCAINE.
770
00:30:15,833 --> 00:30:18,767
Edna: THERE WAS A TIME IN MIAMI
WHEN THERE WERE CAR ACCIDENTS,
771
00:30:18,767 --> 00:30:20,733
THESE WOULD JUST BE
ROUTINE ACCIDENTS,
772
00:30:20,733 --> 00:30:23,033
SOMETIMES THERE'D BE 3 OR 4 OR 5
OF THEM IN THE VEHICLE,
773
00:30:23,033 --> 00:30:24,933
THEY'D JUMP OUT AND RUN
IN ALL DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.
774
00:30:24,933 --> 00:30:27,433
AND YOU'D FIND COCAINE
AND GUNS IN THE CAR.
775
00:30:27,433 --> 00:30:29,567
Policeman: THEY PULLED
THIS ONE OVER AND THEY FOUND
776
00:30:29,567 --> 00:30:33,467
30 DUFFEL BAGS
FILLED WITH 2100 PLUS POUNDS
777
00:30:33,467 --> 00:30:35,700
OF 90% to 95% PURE COCAINE.
778
00:30:35,700 --> 00:30:38,733
Man: BUT WHILE BUSTS AND
SEIZURES OF MOST DRUGS ARE UP,
779
00:30:38,733 --> 00:30:42,200
THERE IS MORE COCAINE IN
SOUTH FLORIDA THEN EVER BEFORE.
780
00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:46,500
WE WENT FROM HAVING CASES
OF A KILO OR 2 KILOS OF COCAINE
781
00:30:46,500 --> 00:30:50,000
TO 1,000 KILOS,
WHICH IS A TONNE OF COCAINE,
782
00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:53,700
TO 5,000 KILOS,
WHICH IS 10 TONS OF COCAINE.
783
00:30:53,700 --> 00:30:56,867
THERE WAS A PERIOD OF TIME
WHERE OVER A 5-YEAR PERIOD,
784
00:30:56,867 --> 00:31:01,200
I TRIED THE "LARGEST AMOUNT OF
COCAINE IN HISTORY" CASE
785
00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:02,367
10 TIMES.
786
00:31:02,367 --> 00:31:05,133
EVERY CASE WAS BIGGER THAN
THE LAST ONE
787
00:31:05,133 --> 00:31:06,633
AND A NEW RECORD.
788
00:31:06,633 --> 00:31:08,833
USUALLY,
WHEN PRICES OF GOODS FALL,
789
00:31:08,833 --> 00:31:10,367
THIS COMES AS GOOD NEWS.
790
00:31:10,367 --> 00:31:14,633
AN EXCEPTION ARE THE CURRENT
BARGAIN RATES FOR COCAINE.
791
00:31:14,633 --> 00:31:15,833
THERE WERE
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF DRUGS
792
00:31:15,833 --> 00:31:17,267
DROPPING OUT OF THE AIR.
793
00:31:17,267 --> 00:31:19,500
THERE WAS ONE DAY THAT
A PREACHER WAS GIVING A SERMON
794
00:31:19,500 --> 00:31:21,100
IN A SOUTH STATE CHURCH
AND ONE OF THE THINGS
795
00:31:21,100 --> 00:31:23,600
HE WAS SPEAKING OUT AGAINST
WAS DRUGS
796
00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:24,800
AND HALF A MILLION DOLLARS
IN COCAINE
797
00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:26,333
CAME CRASHING
THROUGH THE ROOF
798
00:31:26,333 --> 00:31:27,833
BECAUSE THE PLANE
THAT WAS DROPPING IT
799
00:31:27,833 --> 00:31:29,233
GOT OFF COURSE
800
00:31:29,233 --> 00:31:32,500
AND IT WAS BEING CHASED
BY A CUSTOMS PLANE.
801
00:31:32,500 --> 00:31:34,400
Man: THE PRICE FOR
THE ILLEGAL WHITE POWDER
802
00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:38,533
IN SOUTH FLORIDA HAS FALLEN
BY 50% IN THE LAST 2 YEARS.
803
00:31:38,533 --> 00:31:40,567
Jon: OH, MY GOD!
YOU GOT THESE PEOPLE FROM CALI,
804
00:31:40,567 --> 00:31:42,633
YOU GOT ANOTHER CARTEL
FROM BARRANQUILLA,
805
00:31:42,633 --> 00:31:44,033
YOU STARTED TO MULTIPLY
ALL THE COCAINE
806
00:31:44,033 --> 00:31:45,200
THAT WAS COMING
INTO THIS COUNTRY.
807
00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:46,533
Woman: THE MIAMI-COLOMBIAN
CONNECTION
808
00:31:46,533 --> 00:31:50,633
IS 80% OF A $20 BILLION
ANNUAL COCAINE BUSINESS.
809
00:31:50,633 --> 00:31:52,767
MIAMI IS ONE OF THE
PRINCIPAL BRANCH OFFICES
810
00:31:52,767 --> 00:31:55,600
OF WHAT CAN BE CALLED
COCAINE, INC.
811
00:31:55,600 --> 00:31:58,200
FLORIDA IS AWASH IN COCAINE.
812
00:32:01,967 --> 00:32:03,433
IT WAS EVERYWHERE.
IT WAS EVERYWHERE.
813
00:32:03,433 --> 00:32:05,267
IT WAS EVERYWHERE.
Jon: CLUBS, RESTAURANTS,
814
00:32:05,267 --> 00:32:06,433
IT WAS JUST EVERYWHERE.
815
00:32:06,433 --> 00:32:09,000
Reporter: THE ELITIST DRUG
IS TURNING BLUE COLLAR.
816
00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:13,967
REGULAR MIDDLE CLASS FOLKS
THINK OF IT AS BEER OR POPCORN.
817
00:32:13,967 --> 00:32:18,033
ONE OUT OF TEN AMERICAN WORKERS
ON THE JOB IS STONED.
818
00:32:18,033 --> 00:32:20,667
PEOPLE WOULD WEAR IT
ON THEIR NECK, NOBODY HID IT.
819
00:32:20,667 --> 00:32:22,133
NOBODY TRIED TO HIDE IT.
820
00:32:22,133 --> 00:32:24,000
I MEAN I TRIED IT,
OF COURSE I TRIED IT,
821
00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:25,300
BUT I COULD NEVER FIGURE OUT
822
00:32:25,300 --> 00:32:26,900
WHAT PEOPLE...
WHY DID THEY LIKE IT.
823
00:32:26,900 --> 00:32:29,467
Man: IT IS SO INTENSE,
I CAN'T EVEN DESCRIBE IT.
824
00:32:29,467 --> 00:32:31,000
IT'S THE BEST, IT REALLY IS.
825
00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:32,367
PEOPLE WENT CRAZY FOR IT.
826
00:32:32,367 --> 00:32:34,600
Reporter: IN DADE COUNTY ALONE,
FATAL DRUG OVERDOSES
827
00:32:34,600 --> 00:32:38,200
HAVE INCREASED MORE THAN 88%
IN JUST THE LAST 12 MONTHS.
828
00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:40,867
Reporter: 15 YEARS AGO
ONE COKE-RELATED DEATH A YEAR
829
00:32:40,867 --> 00:32:43,067
WAS RARE.
COCAINE DEATHS IN DADE COUNTY
830
00:32:43,067 --> 00:32:45,400
HAVE NOW JUMPED TO ABOUT
TWO A WEEK.
831
00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:46,933
PEOPLE STARTED SMOKING IT.
832
00:32:46,933 --> 00:32:49,500
Reporter: STUDIES INDICATE
THAT MOST COCAINE USERS HERE
833
00:32:49,500 --> 00:32:51,267
HAVE SWITCHED
TO SMOKING THE DRUG.
834
00:32:51,267 --> 00:32:52,833
DID YOU COME HERE
TO SMOKE COCAINE?
835
00:32:52,833 --> 00:32:53,900
YEAH.
836
00:32:53,900 --> 00:32:56,100
AND NOT THE CRACK
BUT FREEBASING,
837
00:32:56,100 --> 00:32:57,867
BECAUSE FREEBASING
CAME BEFORE CRACK.
838
00:32:57,867 --> 00:32:59,200
IT BECAME A RAGE,
PEOPLE WOULD
839
00:32:59,200 --> 00:33:01,367
LOCK THEMSELVES IN HOUSES
AND FREEBASE.
840
00:33:01,367 --> 00:33:04,667
AND I STAYED UP FOR ALMOST
FOUR AND A HALF DAYS STRAIGHT,
841
00:33:04,667 --> 00:33:07,567
NONSTOP, NO FOOD, NO SLEEP.
842
00:33:07,567 --> 00:33:10,400
I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND
BUT I KEPT, "DO IT, DO IT."
843
00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:12,033
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
FOR ME IT WAS JUST A BUSINESS,
844
00:33:12,033 --> 00:33:15,267
AND THE MORE THEY DID,
THE MORE MONEY I WAS MAKING.
845
00:33:15,267 --> 00:33:19,133
I CAME DOWN HERE
WITH $750 OR $800.
846
00:33:19,133 --> 00:33:20,267
THAT'S WHAT I HAD TO MY NAME.
847
00:33:20,267 --> 00:33:23,500
I WAS, UH, 25 YEARS OLD,
26 YEARS OLD.
848
00:33:23,500 --> 00:33:25,667
I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST
STARTED IN THE BUSINESS,
849
00:33:25,667 --> 00:33:28,267
I USED MY GRANDFATHER'S
APARTMENT ON SOUTH BEACH.
850
00:33:28,267 --> 00:33:29,800
I USED TO HAVE KILOS
IN HIS APARTMENT
851
00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:31,900
AND I'LL NEVER FORGET
THE FIRST TIME HE LOOKED AT THEM
852
00:33:31,900 --> 00:33:33,800
AND HE SAID, "WHAT IS THIS?"
AND I TOLD HIM WHAT IT WAS
853
00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:35,900
AND HE SAID,
"I CAN'T UNDERSTAND."
854
00:33:35,900 --> 00:33:37,733
I SAID, "CAN YOU UNDERSTAND
LIKE, YOU KNOW,
855
00:33:37,733 --> 00:33:39,667
"I'M MAKING LIKE
50 GRAND A WEEK?"
856
00:33:39,667 --> 00:33:41,333
I REMEMBER ONE TIME
I WENT TO HIM AND SAID,
857
00:33:41,333 --> 00:33:43,000
"YOU KNOW SOMETHING, I'M NOT
GONNA USE YOUR HOUSE ANYMORE.
858
00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:44,367
"I'M GONNA PAY SOMEBODY."
AND HE SAID,
859
00:33:44,367 --> 00:33:46,100
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN? DON'T
DO THAT, DON'T DO THAT."
860
00:33:46,100 --> 00:33:48,300
AND I SAID, "IT'S OKAY,
I GOT A MILLION DOLLARS NOW."
861
00:33:48,300 --> 00:33:50,500
AND HE SAID, "YOU DON'T HAVE
A MILLION DOLLARS."
862
00:33:50,500 --> 00:33:52,200
I SAID, "I GOT A MILLION DOLLARS
NOW, I'M GONNA PAY SOMEBODY
863
00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:53,733
"TO PUT STUFF IN THEIR HOUSE.
864
00:33:53,733 --> 00:33:55,400
"I DON'T NEED
TO DO THIS TO YOU ANYMORE."
865
00:33:55,400 --> 00:33:57,000
'CAUSE AT THAT TIME A MILLION
DOLLARS TO ME
866
00:33:57,000 --> 00:33:57,967
WAS A LOT OF MONEY.
867
00:33:57,967 --> 00:33:59,667
IT WAS THE FIRST MILLION
YOU EVER MAKE
868
00:33:59,667 --> 00:34:02,767
SO IT'S A LOT OF MONEY,
BUT AFTER THAT IT WAS LIKE...
869
00:34:04,067 --> 00:34:06,567
Man: IN THE MID TO LATE '70S
870
00:34:06,567 --> 00:34:10,333
MUCH OF THE AMERICAN ECONOMY
WAS IN A STATE OF SHAMBLES.
871
00:34:10,333 --> 00:34:12,400
2nd Man: THE FINANCIAL PAGES
OF THE MIAMI HERALD
872
00:34:12,400 --> 00:34:16,033
WERE TALKING ABOUT A NATIONWIDE
RECESSION THAT WAS IN PROGRESS.
873
00:34:16,033 --> 00:34:19,467
Man: UNEMPLOYMENT WAS HUGE,
PEOPLE WERE LOSING THEIR HOMES,
874
00:34:19,467 --> 00:34:21,267
THE REAL ESTATE MARKET
WENT TO HELL.
875
00:34:21,267 --> 00:34:24,200
THE DRUG TRADE IS RAPIDLY
AFFECTING OUR ECONOMY
876
00:34:24,200 --> 00:34:25,567
HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
877
00:34:25,567 --> 00:34:27,233
BUT IN MIAMI
YOU COULDN'T BUY A HOUSE.
878
00:34:27,233 --> 00:34:28,833
IN MIAMI THEY COULDN'T GET
879
00:34:28,833 --> 00:34:31,433
ENOUGH GOLD ROLEXES
TO SUPPLY THE LOCAL MARKET.
880
00:34:31,433 --> 00:34:35,633
Reporter: FOR THE FIRST 6 MONTHS
OF 1977, RETAIL SALES IN MIAMI
881
00:34:35,633 --> 00:34:37,267
TOPPED $10 BILLION.
882
00:34:37,267 --> 00:34:39,167
Reporter: NO SIGN
OF RECESSION HERE.
883
00:34:39,167 --> 00:34:40,933
SOUTH FLORIDA HAS HELD UP
BETTER THAN
884
00:34:40,933 --> 00:34:42,700
SOME OF THE OTHER PARTS
OF THE COUNTRY.
885
00:34:42,700 --> 00:34:45,500
IN MIAMI, WE WERE SELLING
BULLETPROOF CARS
886
00:34:45,500 --> 00:34:46,867
FOR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
OF DOLLARS.
887
00:34:46,867 --> 00:34:50,400
YOU COULDN'T GET A FERRARI
OR A MERCEDES AT ALL.
888
00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:51,767
Man: SOME OF THE CAR DEALERS
WE CHECKED WITH
889
00:34:51,767 --> 00:34:54,900
SAID THEY HAVE LESS THAN A
ONE-MONTH SUPPLY OF UNSOLD CARS.
890
00:34:54,900 --> 00:34:56,967
THEY'D SAID THEY ARE STILL
TAKING DEPOSITS
891
00:34:56,967 --> 00:34:58,967
THOUGH DELIVERIES
WILL BE DELAYED.
892
00:34:58,967 --> 00:35:02,500
THEY WERE ALL GOING TO
THE DRUG-"DEALER" MARKET.
893
00:35:02,500 --> 00:35:05,633
DRUGS AND MONEY, THEY GO
HAND IN HAND IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
894
00:35:05,633 --> 00:35:08,833
IT'S A $7 BILLION A YEAR
RETAIL BUSINESS,
895
00:35:08,833 --> 00:35:13,367
THAT'S ABOUT $12,000 FOR EACH
HOUSEHOLD IN DADE COUNTY.
896
00:35:13,367 --> 00:35:16,033
IF YOU REACH IN YOUR WALLET
IN MIAMI
897
00:35:16,033 --> 00:35:18,833
AND TAKE OUT A BILL
AND ANALYZE THAT BILL,
898
00:35:18,833 --> 00:35:20,533
YOU WILL FIND COCAINE ON IT.
899
00:35:20,533 --> 00:35:22,333
Reporter: THE PROFITS
FOR THE DRUG LORDS
900
00:35:22,333 --> 00:35:24,933
HAVE MADE THE LOCAL ECONOMY
RECESSION RESISTANT.
901
00:35:24,933 --> 00:35:28,533
EVERY DAY, CASH POURS INTO
OUR COCAINE ECONOMY.
902
00:35:28,533 --> 00:35:29,933
Man: BUYING REAL ESTATE,
903
00:35:29,933 --> 00:35:31,833
BOATS, CARS.
904
00:35:31,833 --> 00:35:33,167
Jon: I HAD A TURBO PORSCHE,
905
00:35:33,167 --> 00:35:36,567
I HAD A MERCEDES, BACK THEN
THE 6.9 WAS THE HOT CAR.
906
00:35:36,567 --> 00:35:37,933
WE HAD AN ARGUMENT ONE TIME.
907
00:35:37,933 --> 00:35:39,633
WE GOT MAD AT EACH OTHER
AND SHE WANTED SOMETHING
908
00:35:39,633 --> 00:35:40,833
AND I WOULDN'T GIVE IT TO HER.
909
00:35:40,833 --> 00:35:42,933
Toni: I WALKED OVER
AND SLAPPED HIM ACROSS THE FACE.
910
00:35:42,933 --> 00:35:44,333
SHE CHASED ME
AROUND THE DRIVEWAY
911
00:35:44,333 --> 00:35:46,633
AND WE TOOK TWO MERCEDES
AND JUST SMASHED THEM TO DEATH.
912
00:35:46,633 --> 00:35:49,600
JON PULLED OUT A GUN
AND SHOT AT THE CAR
913
00:35:49,600 --> 00:35:51,500
THROUGH THE...
RIGHT NEXT TO MY HEAD.
914
00:35:51,500 --> 00:35:53,567
Jon: I HAD TO HAVE SOMEBODY COME
PICK THEM UP ON WRECKERS
915
00:35:53,567 --> 00:35:54,667
AND DESTROY THEM!
916
00:35:54,667 --> 00:35:56,833
WE DEMOLISHED BOTH VEHICLES.
917
00:35:56,833 --> 00:35:58,167
AND THEN I'D LAUGH ABOUT IT
THE NEXT DAY.
918
00:35:58,167 --> 00:35:59,767
WE WRECKED A LOT OF THINGS.
919
00:35:59,767 --> 00:36:02,200
JESUS, THAT WAS $100,000
WORTH OF CARS, YOU KNOW.
920
00:36:02,200 --> 00:36:04,933
AT THAT TIME THERE WAS A COMPANY
CALLED LP EVANS MERCEDES.
921
00:36:04,933 --> 00:36:09,533
HE HAD GUYS LIKE MAX, RAFAEL,
TWO OR THREE OF RAFAEL'S WORKERS
922
00:36:09,533 --> 00:36:13,767
BUYING LIKE ON AN AVERAGE, WHAT?
8, 10 MERCEDES A YEAR
923
00:36:13,767 --> 00:36:16,233
FROM THE MERCEDES DEALER
WITH A CHECK FROM PANAMA.
924
00:36:16,233 --> 00:36:18,333
I MEAN WHO BUYS
8, 10 MERCEDES A YEAR?
925
00:36:18,333 --> 00:36:19,767
THEY DIDN'T CARE BACK THEN.
926
00:36:19,767 --> 00:36:22,200
THEY WOULD LET ME WALK IN
"OH, HOW ARE YOU MR. ROBERTS?
927
00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:23,233
"WHAT DO YOU NEED THIS WEEK?"
928
00:36:23,233 --> 00:36:24,833
"I NEED THE 6.9 OVER THERE."
929
00:36:24,833 --> 00:36:26,200
"OKAY, IS IT ALL RIGHT
IN BLACK?"
930
00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:27,533
"YEAH, HE DON'T CARE
WHAT COLOR IT IS.
931
00:36:27,533 --> 00:36:29,300
"AND I NEED A STATION WAGON
FOR HIS GIRLFRIEND."
932
00:36:29,300 --> 00:36:30,433
AND I'D JUST WRITE HIM A CHECK.
933
00:36:30,433 --> 00:36:31,633
IT WASN'T EVEN
A CASHIER'S CHECK.
934
00:36:31,633 --> 00:36:33,100
I KNEW THE GUY
IN THE MERCEDES DEALER,
935
00:36:33,100 --> 00:36:37,533
IT WAS JUST A CHECK
DRAWN FROM A PANAMANIAN BANK,
936
00:36:37,533 --> 00:36:39,367
OUT OF THE DOOR
WOULD GO THE CAR.
937
00:36:39,367 --> 00:36:40,967
Man: RELATIVELY LITTLE
IS BEING DONE
938
00:36:40,967 --> 00:36:45,000
TO STOP THIS DISEASE-LIKE SPREAD
OF THE COCAINE ECONOMY.
939
00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:46,667
EVERYBODY WANTED MONEY
BACK THEN.
940
00:36:46,667 --> 00:36:50,033
Man: IT'S NOT UNUSUAL FOR A
LATIN TO SPEND $20,000 AND MORE
941
00:36:50,033 --> 00:36:52,067
FOR ALL KINDS OF MERCHANDISE.
942
00:36:52,067 --> 00:36:55,300
AND BEST OF ALL FOR THE
MERCHANT, HE PAYS IN CASH.
943
00:36:55,300 --> 00:36:58,267
IF SOUTH FLORIDA BUSINESSMEN
ARE NOT HOOKED ON DRUGS,
944
00:36:58,267 --> 00:37:01,367
THE EXPERTS SAY THEY
CAN BE ADDICTED TO DRUG MONEY.
945
00:37:01,367 --> 00:37:03,167
Mickey: WE PURCHASED
A CESSNA CONQUEST.
946
00:37:03,167 --> 00:37:05,933
WE PAID $980,000 FOR IT
947
00:37:05,933 --> 00:37:09,100
IN CASH, HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT?
TRY THAT ONE TODAY.
948
00:37:09,100 --> 00:37:10,167
THEY NEVER BLINKED AN EYE.
949
00:37:10,167 --> 00:37:11,100
THEY SUSPECT THEY KNOW
950
00:37:11,100 --> 00:37:12,433
WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM
951
00:37:12,433 --> 00:37:14,733
BUT THEY ARE NOT GONNA
BITE THE HAND THAT FEEDS THEM.
952
00:37:14,733 --> 00:37:16,100
THEY NEVER BLINKED AN EYE.
953
00:37:16,100 --> 00:37:18,233
DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL,
TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN.
954
00:37:18,233 --> 00:37:19,600
AND THEY DIDN'T GIVE A SHIT.
955
00:37:19,600 --> 00:37:21,667
Man: COCAINE AND MARIJUANA SALES
THROUGH MIAMI
956
00:37:21,667 --> 00:37:23,400
GENERATE SO MUCH MONEY
957
00:37:23,400 --> 00:37:26,500
THAT SMUGGLERS LITERALLY HAVE
NO PLACE TO PUT IT ALL.
958
00:37:26,500 --> 00:37:28,667
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND,
I HAD GARBAGE BAGS IN MY LAWN
959
00:37:28,667 --> 00:37:31,500
WITH, YOU KNOW, EACH BAG HAD
LIKE A MILLION, $700,000,
960
00:37:31,500 --> 00:37:32,900
BURIED IN THE LAWN 'CAUSE
I HAD NOWHERE TO PUT IT.
961
00:37:32,900 --> 00:37:35,233
Toni: HE USED TO BURY IT
IN THE HORSE FEED TOO.
962
00:37:35,233 --> 00:37:36,800
I REMEMBER I'D BE DIGGING
FOR HORSE FEED
963
00:37:36,800 --> 00:37:40,300
I'D FIND MONEY
IN THE HORSE BAG.
964
00:37:40,300 --> 00:37:42,400
AND IT WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW,
NOBODY WAS QUESTIONING ANYTHING
965
00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:43,700
BECAUSE MY NEIGHBOR NEXT TO ME,
966
00:37:43,700 --> 00:37:45,167
I WAS GIVING HIM 10 KILOS
A WEEK.
967
00:37:45,167 --> 00:37:47,233
Toni: TIERRA DEL REY,
THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS LIKE
968
00:37:47,233 --> 00:37:48,833
FALLING APART
WHEN WE MOVED IN.
969
00:37:48,833 --> 00:37:50,133
AND MY NEIGHBOR
ACROSS THE STREET WAS GETTING
970
00:37:50,133 --> 00:37:52,367
20 KILOS A WEEK,
SO HE WAS WATCHING OUT FOR ME.
971
00:37:52,367 --> 00:37:53,600
EVERYBODY WAS HURT FOR MONEY
972
00:37:53,600 --> 00:37:55,567
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN
EVERYBODY HAD MONEY.
973
00:37:55,567 --> 00:37:58,000
THAT WAS A WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD.
974
00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:00,167
YOU SHELL OUT AN EXTRA HUNDRED
GRAND YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO,
975
00:38:00,167 --> 00:38:03,200
AND IT'S OKAY. YOU KNOW,
JON WAS GOOD LIKE THAT.
976
00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:04,933
IT DIDN'T MATTER, THOUGH.
IT WAS NEVER LIKE,
977
00:38:04,933 --> 00:38:07,133
"UH-OH, I DON'T HAVE
ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY THIS."
978
00:38:07,133 --> 00:38:09,533
WELL, YOU KNOW,
HOW COULD THAT BE?
979
00:38:09,533 --> 00:38:11,233
HOW COULD IT POSSIBLY BE?
980
00:38:11,233 --> 00:38:13,467
I HAD THREE CIGARETTES
HANGING IN THE BACK YARD,
981
00:38:13,467 --> 00:38:16,200
TWO COUGARS, I HAD MOUNTAIN
LIONS LIVING IN MY HOUSE.
982
00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:18,100
I HAD A HELICOPTER
IN MY BACK YARD.
983
00:38:18,100 --> 00:38:20,267
AND I USED TO FLY WITH
THE HELICOPTER TO THE RACETRACK.
984
00:38:20,267 --> 00:38:21,733
EVERYBODY ELSE
WAS DRIVING THEIR CARS.
985
00:38:21,733 --> 00:38:23,933
I'D LAND TO SEE MY HORSES
RUNNING IN THE HELICOPTER
986
00:38:23,933 --> 00:38:25,867
FOR LIKE AN HOUR
AND THEN GO BACK HOME.
987
00:38:25,867 --> 00:38:28,433
I HAD 40, 50 HORSES AT A TIME,
RACE HORSES.
988
00:38:28,433 --> 00:38:30,667
Toni: OH, MY GOD,
HE HAD TERRIFIC RACE HORSES.
989
00:38:30,667 --> 00:38:32,900
Jon: YOU KNOW WHAT
THEY COST A MONTH TO FEED?
990
00:38:32,900 --> 00:38:34,933
50,000 A MONTH
JUST TO FEED 'EM.
991
00:38:34,933 --> 00:38:35,967
YOU DIDN'T CARE WHAT IT COST
992
00:38:35,967 --> 00:38:37,767
'CAUSE YOU HAD MONEY
IN YOUR POCKET.
993
00:38:37,767 --> 00:38:38,767
PEOPLE WENT OUT AND PARTIED.
994
00:38:38,767 --> 00:38:40,533
Man: WE SUDDENLY HAD DOZENS
995
00:38:40,533 --> 00:38:42,900
OF SUPER-HIGH-END
NIGHTCLUBS OPENING.
996
00:38:42,900 --> 00:38:44,967
IT'S BEEN YEARS SINCE
A REAL NIGHT CLUB
997
00:38:44,967 --> 00:38:46,467
OPENED ON MIAMI BEACH.
998
00:38:46,467 --> 00:38:48,233
Jon: THE JOCKEY CLUB,
TURNBERRY,
999
00:38:48,233 --> 00:38:49,833
THE PALM BAY CLUB,
THE CRICKET CLUB.
1000
00:38:49,833 --> 00:38:51,933
Man: BUT THE BEST OF ALL CLUBS
WAS DEFINITELY
1001
00:38:51,933 --> 00:38:54,167
THE MUTINY
IN COCONUT GROVE.
1002
00:38:54,167 --> 00:38:58,067
IT CATERED ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY
TO THE DRUG TRAFFIC.
1003
00:38:58,067 --> 00:38:59,833
Mickey: IF YOU WERE IN THAT
TRADE, YOU HAD THE MONEY.
1004
00:38:59,833 --> 00:39:02,400
YOU COULD ENTERTAIN PEOPLE
LAVISHLY.
1005
00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:04,233
JON: I MEAN WE USED TO GO
INTO RESTAURANTS...
1006
00:39:04,233 --> 00:39:06,333
Toni: TO DINNER AT ARTURO'S,
OR THE PALM
1007
00:39:06,333 --> 00:39:07,667
OR JOE'S STONE CRAB.
1008
00:39:07,667 --> 00:39:10,000
Jon: AT THAT TIME, THE FORGE
WAS THE BEST RESTAURANT.
1009
00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:11,667
THEY WOULD JUST GIVE US
THE BACK ROOM AT THE FORGE
1010
00:39:11,667 --> 00:39:13,800
AND JUST CLOSE
THE WHOLE BACK ROOM DOWN.
1011
00:39:13,800 --> 00:39:16,600
AND HERE YOU COULD SPEND
$20,000 IN A NIGHT THERE
1012
00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:17,967
AND WE WOULD DESTROY THE WALLS,
1013
00:39:17,967 --> 00:39:19,967
AND HERE'S THE MONEY,
WHATEVER WE DID, FIX IT UP.
1014
00:39:19,967 --> 00:39:23,467
IT WAS LIKE WASTE, IT WAS LIKE
NOTHING, THE MONEY.
1015
00:39:23,467 --> 00:39:25,700
Mickey: AND JON LIKED TO GO OUT
TO THE LADIES BARS.
1016
00:39:25,700 --> 00:39:28,967
Jon: IT WAS NOTHING TO SPEND
$5,000 IN A STRIP JOINT.
1017
00:39:28,967 --> 00:39:31,433
I MEAN, YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT
NOT ONE NIGHT
1018
00:39:31,433 --> 00:39:33,167
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
THREE OR FOUR NIGHTS A WEEK
1019
00:39:33,167 --> 00:39:34,667
AND I'D TELL MY FRIENDS,
"YOU SEE THAT GIRL THERE?
1020
00:39:34,667 --> 00:39:38,000
"I GUARANTEE YOU I CAN GET HER
TO HAVE SEX WITH YOU TONIGHT."
1021
00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:39,467
AND HE WOULD SAY,
"THERE'S NO WAY,
1022
00:39:39,467 --> 00:39:41,067
"SHE DOESN'T WANT TO LOOK AT ME
AND HAVE SEX."
1023
00:39:41,067 --> 00:39:42,467
AND I'D TELL HER,
"HOW MUCH DO YOU NEED
1024
00:39:42,467 --> 00:39:44,800
"TO HAVE SEX WITH THIS GUY?"
"I'M NOT DOING THAT."
1025
00:39:44,800 --> 00:39:46,667
"YOU'RE NOT DOING
IT? HERE'S 500."
1026
00:39:46,667 --> 00:39:47,967
"I'M NOT DOING IT."
"HERE'S A THOUSAND."
1027
00:39:47,967 --> 00:39:49,467
"YOU'RE NOT DOING IT?
HERE'S 2000."
1028
00:39:49,467 --> 00:39:51,967
EVENTUALLY, LIKE I SAID,
SHE'D BREAK DOWN,
1029
00:39:51,967 --> 00:39:53,400
$2,000, $3000,
"I'LL HAVE SEX."
1030
00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:56,333
AND THE GUY WOULD BE LIKE,
YOU KNOW, THEY'D BE SHAKING,
1031
00:39:56,333 --> 00:39:58,600
THEY COULDN'T UNDERSTAND
HOW YOU DO ALL THIS.
1032
00:39:58,600 --> 00:40:01,167
I STILL BELIEVE IT NOW EVEN
THOUGH MAYBE MIAMI'S CHANGED,
1033
00:40:01,167 --> 00:40:03,367
EVERYBODY HAD A PRICE.
EVERYBODY DOES HAVE A PRICE.
1034
00:40:03,367 --> 00:40:04,900
THERE ARE VERY FEW PEOPLE
THAT DON'T.
1035
00:40:04,900 --> 00:40:07,167
YOU COULD START AS HIGH
AS NORIEGA IN PANAMA
1036
00:40:07,167 --> 00:40:08,367
AND YOU CAN GO ALL THE WAY DOWN
1037
00:40:08,367 --> 00:40:10,933
TO CITY MANAGERS,
TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS.
1038
00:40:10,933 --> 00:40:12,333
IF SOMEBODY GOT PULLED OVER
1039
00:40:12,333 --> 00:40:14,867
AND THEY HAD 50 KILOS
IN THE TRUNK, OFFER A BRIBE.
1040
00:40:14,867 --> 00:40:17,667
YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU COULDN'T
BRIBE A COP WITH $20
1041
00:40:17,667 --> 00:40:20,567
OR $50 OR $100, BUT THERE WERE
HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS
1042
00:40:20,567 --> 00:40:21,633
OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
1043
00:40:21,633 --> 00:40:23,267
TELL THEM WITHIN AN HOUR
YOU'LL HAVE
1044
00:40:23,267 --> 00:40:25,167
WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY WANT
THERE IN CASH.
1045
00:40:25,167 --> 00:40:26,300
HALF A MILLION DOLLARS,
1046
00:40:26,300 --> 00:40:28,100
THREE QUARTERS
OF A MILLION DOLLARS.
1047
00:40:28,100 --> 00:40:29,333
Jon: BUT YOU'VE GOT TO LEAVE
WITH THE COKE.
1048
00:40:29,333 --> 00:40:30,767
AND MOST OF THE TIME
IT WORKED.
1049
00:40:30,767 --> 00:40:32,100
I HAPPENED TO KNOW
THIS LIEUTENANT
1050
00:40:32,100 --> 00:40:33,567
THAT WORKED IN NORTH BAY
VILLAGE,
1051
00:40:33,567 --> 00:40:34,567
APPROACHED HIM ONE DAY
AND I SAID,
1052
00:40:34,567 --> 00:40:36,267
"LISTEN, I WANT TO
UNLOAD SOME BOATS
1053
00:40:36,267 --> 00:40:38,267
"BEHIND THE NORTH BAY VILLAGE
POLICE DEPARTMENT,
1054
00:40:38,267 --> 00:40:39,900
"YOU THINK WE'VE GOT
ANY PROBLEM DOING THAT?"
1055
00:40:39,900 --> 00:40:42,133
HE SAID, "I'LL TELL YOU WHAT,
WE'LL HAVE TWO PATROL CARS
1056
00:40:42,133 --> 00:40:43,367
"AND WE'LL THROW IT
IN THE BACK OF THE PATROL CARS
1057
00:40:43,367 --> 00:40:44,800
"AND DRIVE IT
WHEREVER YOU WANT."
1058
00:40:44,800 --> 00:40:47,167
WE HAD FOUR MAYORS INDICTED,
1059
00:40:47,167 --> 00:40:51,300
MOST OF THEM CONVICTED
OF ENGAGING IN CORRUPTION.
1060
00:40:51,300 --> 00:40:53,867
WE BECAME SO POWERFUL
AND HAD SO MUCH MONEY.
1061
00:40:53,867 --> 00:40:55,233
ARE THERE PLACES
WHERE THEY ARE MORE POWERFUL
1062
00:40:55,233 --> 00:40:57,667
THAN THE GOVERNMENT?
UH...UNFORTUNATELY
1063
00:40:57,667 --> 00:40:59,200
I THINK THAT THAT MAY BE TRUE.
1064
00:40:59,200 --> 00:41:01,733
I WAS A MEMBER OF
THE REPUBLICAN INNER CIRCLE.
1065
00:41:01,733 --> 00:41:03,667
HOWARD BAKER SENT ME A LETTER
AND SAID,
1066
00:41:03,667 --> 00:41:06,133
"SEND ME MY CONTRIBUTION
AND YOU CAN COME TO WASHINGTON."
1067
00:41:06,133 --> 00:41:09,200
HERE I AM WITH ALL THESE
SENATORS, ALL THESE BIG PEOPLE,
1068
00:41:09,200 --> 00:41:10,700
AND NOT ONE OF THEM
EVER QUESTIONED ME
1069
00:41:10,700 --> 00:41:13,267
OR EVEN SAID TO ME, "WHAT IS IT
YOU DO DOWN IN MIAMI?"
1070
00:41:13,267 --> 00:41:14,633
COME ON,
THEY WELCOMED ME IN THERE
1071
00:41:14,633 --> 00:41:16,133
BECAUSE I MADE A BIG
CONTRIBUTION
1072
00:41:16,133 --> 00:41:17,567
TO THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
1073
00:41:17,567 --> 00:41:19,967
YOU'RE IN THE INNER CIRCLE,
AND I SAID TO MYSELF,
1074
00:41:19,967 --> 00:41:21,800
"YOU KNOW, I DID THIS, YOU KNOW,
ALL WITH DRUGS
1075
00:41:21,800 --> 00:41:24,100
"AND I DID IT
WITH NOTHING ELSE, YOU KNOW."
1076
00:41:24,100 --> 00:41:26,967
COCAINE TRAFFICKING
AND THE MONEY,
1077
00:41:26,967 --> 00:41:31,567
THE MONEY ALMOST RUINS
ANY MORALITY IN THIS COMMUNITY.
1078
00:41:31,567 --> 00:41:33,267
Reporter: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
IN CASH
1079
00:41:33,267 --> 00:41:35,833
SUPPORTS A NETWORK
OF DRUG BANKS.
1080
00:41:35,833 --> 00:41:37,700
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A CITY
WITH SO MANY BANKS?
1081
00:41:37,700 --> 00:41:39,133
YOU'RE GONNA TELL ME
THERE'S THAT KIND OF
1082
00:41:39,133 --> 00:41:40,867
INDUSTRY AND BUSINESS
IN THIS CITY?
1083
00:41:40,867 --> 00:41:42,567
PLEASE, COME ON.
1084
00:41:42,567 --> 00:41:44,467
Reporter: WHAT MAKES
LAW OFFICIALS SUSPICIOUS
1085
00:41:44,467 --> 00:41:46,733
IS THAT LAST YEAR
SOUTH FLORIDA BANKS
1086
00:41:46,733 --> 00:41:51,567
TOOK IN $6 BILLION
IN EXTRA CASH FROM DEPOSITORS.
1087
00:41:51,567 --> 00:41:55,833
BANK PRESIDENTS WERE IN ROOMS
FOR DAYS COUNTING CURRENCY.
1088
00:41:55,833 --> 00:41:57,833
Man: IS LANDMARK A COCAINE BANK?
1089
00:41:57,833 --> 00:41:59,633
IT IS NOT, DEFINITELY NOT.
1090
00:41:59,633 --> 00:42:03,267
Burstyn: BANKS INVESTED
IN HUGE CASH-COUNTING MACHINES.
1091
00:42:03,267 --> 00:42:05,600
Man 3: LACKING STORAGE SPACE,
THE BANKS TURNED IT OVER
1092
00:42:05,600 --> 00:42:07,167
TO THE FEDERAL RESERVE.
1093
00:42:07,167 --> 00:42:09,433
Reporter: AUTHORITIES SAY A BANK
THIS SIZE NORMALLY DEPOSITS
1094
00:42:09,433 --> 00:42:13,067
ABOUT $12 MILLION A YEAR IN CASH
WITH THE FEDERAL RESERVE.
1095
00:42:13,067 --> 00:42:15,200
LAST YEAR,
CONTINENTAL-NATIONAL
1096
00:42:15,200 --> 00:42:18,200
DEPOSITED $600 MILLION IN CASH.
1097
00:42:18,200 --> 00:42:19,400
ARE YOU IMPLYING THAT
1098
00:42:19,400 --> 00:42:20,967
IN THIS BANK
THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG?
1099
00:42:20,967 --> 00:42:21,967
Reporter: THIS IS
THE COUNTING ROOM
1100
00:42:21,967 --> 00:42:24,100
OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE
BANK IN MIAMI.
1101
00:42:24,100 --> 00:42:26,300
LAST YEAR,
THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK HERE
1102
00:42:26,300 --> 00:42:30,233
GENERATED A SURPLUS IN CASH
OF $5 BILLION,
1103
00:42:30,233 --> 00:42:32,733
MORE MONEY THAN ALL OF THE OTHER
FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS
1104
00:42:32,733 --> 00:42:34,467
IN THE COUNTRY COMBINED.
1105
00:42:34,467 --> 00:42:36,300
MIAMI COULD POSSIBLY BE
DESCRIBED
1106
00:42:36,300 --> 00:42:38,400
AS THE OVERSEAS
CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS
1107
00:42:38,400 --> 00:42:40,433
FOR MONEY LAUNDERING
FOR THE COLOMBIANS.
1108
00:42:40,433 --> 00:42:42,433
I STARTED BUYING PROPERTY
ALL OVER THE PLACE.
1109
00:42:42,433 --> 00:42:43,933
Reporter: THERE ARE
THOUSANDS OF PROPERTIES
1110
00:42:43,933 --> 00:42:45,533
WORTH MORE
THAN A BILLION DOLLARS
1111
00:42:45,533 --> 00:42:48,700
THAT HAVE BEEN BOUGHT WITH
ILLICIT MONEY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
1112
00:42:48,700 --> 00:42:49,767
Mickey: A COUPLE OF HOUSES.
1113
00:42:49,767 --> 00:42:51,033
Jon: WE BOUGHT A BOAT COMPANY.
1114
00:42:51,033 --> 00:42:52,533
Mickey: THE PROPERTY
WHERE THE BOAT SHOP WAS AT.
1115
00:42:52,533 --> 00:42:53,533
Jon: WE BOUGHT APARTMENTS.
1116
00:42:53,533 --> 00:42:54,667
Mickey: LOTS OF WAREHOUSE SPACE.
1117
00:42:54,667 --> 00:42:57,533
Jon: WE BOUGHT 480 ACRES
OF LAND UP IN TAMPA.
1118
00:42:57,533 --> 00:42:58,933
Mickey: GREAT DEAL
OF REAL ESTATE.
1119
00:42:58,933 --> 00:43:00,200
Jon: WE BOUGHT ONE
OF THE BUILDINGS
1120
00:43:00,200 --> 00:43:01,567
SO WE COULD
MAKE IT A RADIO ROOM.
1121
00:43:01,567 --> 00:43:03,867
Mickey: A THOUSAND ACRES
UP HERE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA.
1122
00:43:03,867 --> 00:43:07,200
DRUG DEALERS WOULD COME IN
AND BUY 8, 10, 15 HOUSES.
1123
00:43:07,200 --> 00:43:08,400
Mickey:
ONE PLACE IN SOUTH MIAMI,
1124
00:43:08,400 --> 00:43:10,467
I OWNED PRACTICALLY
THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD.
1125
00:43:10,467 --> 00:43:14,700
I HAD $24 MILLION
IN REAL ESTATE.
1126
00:43:14,700 --> 00:43:19,067
I'M GOING TO WORK ONE DAY,
I COME ONTO INTERSTATE 95,
1127
00:43:19,067 --> 00:43:24,267
WHICH GIVES ME A BEAUTIFUL VIEW
OF ALL OF DOWNTOWN MIAMI.
1128
00:43:24,267 --> 00:43:26,233
"LOOK AT THIS"
AND WE COUNTED...
1129
00:43:26,233 --> 00:43:31,500
22 CONSTRUCTION CRANES
1130
00:43:31,500 --> 00:43:34,167
ON THE HORIZON,
THAT WE COULD SEE.
1131
00:43:34,167 --> 00:43:37,433
I SAID, "I WONDER HOW MUCH
OF THIS IS DRUG MONEY."
1132
00:43:37,433 --> 00:43:41,033
GOD! HOW MUCH DID I SPEND?
1133
00:43:41,033 --> 00:43:46,433
Burstyn: AND THERE WAS SO MUCH
MONEY THAT ONCE IT BROKE THROUGH
1134
00:43:46,433 --> 00:43:47,900
IT COULDN'T BE ERADICATED.
1135
00:43:51,400 --> 00:43:52,867
PROBABLY AS MUCH
AS I PUT IN THE BANK--
1136
00:43:52,867 --> 00:43:55,933
$50 MILLION EASILY, EASILY.
1137
00:43:55,933 --> 00:43:57,967
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
MAY HAVE FUNDED
1138
00:43:57,967 --> 00:44:01,633
A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT AND
A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION IN MIAMI.
1139
00:44:01,633 --> 00:44:03,567
BUT IT WAS BLOOD MONEY.
1140
00:44:11,833 --> 00:44:13,367
Edna Buchanan:
'79 WAS THE YEAR WHEN
1141
00:44:13,367 --> 00:44:16,833
THINGS BEGAN
TO GET REALLY SERIOUS.
1142
00:44:16,833 --> 00:44:19,567
CERTAINLY DADELAND
REALLY WAS THE DEFINING MOMENT.
1143
00:44:19,567 --> 00:44:21,900
THE FIRST PUBLIC SHOT
OF THE COCAINE WARS.
1144
00:44:21,900 --> 00:44:24,300
THE SHOOTOUT OCCURRED
AT ABOUT 2:30 THIS AFTERNOON
1145
00:44:24,300 --> 00:44:27,100
WHEN TWO OR MORE LATIN MALES
ENTERED THE CROWN LIQUOR STORE
1146
00:44:27,100 --> 00:44:29,100
HERE ON THE WEST END
OF THE DADELAND MALL.
1147
00:44:29,100 --> 00:44:31,900
THEY WERE FOLLOWED BY
TWO OR THREE OTHER LATIN MALES
1148
00:44:31,900 --> 00:44:33,567
AND THEN THE SHOOTING BEGAN.
1149
00:44:33,567 --> 00:44:35,467
I MEAN, WE KNEW EXACTLY,
THE MINUTE WE HEARD THAT,
1150
00:44:35,467 --> 00:44:38,833
IT WAS ANOTHER COLOMBIAN
DRUG-RELATED MACHINE-GUNNING.
1151
00:44:38,833 --> 00:44:40,967
RIGHT NOW TWO PEOPLE ARE DEAD
1152
00:44:40,967 --> 00:44:43,067
AND THERE ARE OTHERS INJURED.
1153
00:44:43,067 --> 00:44:45,800
Woman: INSIDE THE LIQUOR STORE,
ONE COLOMBIAN NATIONAL
1154
00:44:45,800 --> 00:44:49,133
AND ANOTHER NON-CUBAN LATIN
SUSPECTED OF DRUG TRAFFICKING
1155
00:44:49,133 --> 00:44:51,833
LAY FACE UP
IN A POOL OF BLOOD.
1156
00:44:51,833 --> 00:44:53,767
WELL, I WENT RACING DOWN THERE
AND I SAID,
1157
00:44:53,767 --> 00:44:56,000
"I'M FROM THE MIAMI HERALD,
YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENED HERE?"
1158
00:44:56,000 --> 00:44:58,733
AND THE COPS WERE JUST
SHOCKED AND ASKANCE.
1159
00:44:58,733 --> 00:45:01,400
I HAVE NEVER SEEN
IN MY LIFE UH...
1160
00:45:01,400 --> 00:45:03,733
UH...AN EXTENSIVE
AMOUNT OF, UH...
1161
00:45:03,733 --> 00:45:07,400
UH...HOW WOULD YOU PUT IT?
1162
00:45:07,400 --> 00:45:10,200
Al: WELL, JULY 1979, I'D BEEN
IN HOMICIDE FOR ABOUT 2 YEARS.
1163
00:45:10,200 --> 00:45:12,600
BUT THIS WAS JUST BEYOND
THE SCOPE OF ANYTHING
1164
00:45:12,600 --> 00:45:15,233
THAT ANYBODY COULD HAVE IMAGINED
UP UNTIL THAT DAY.
1165
00:45:15,233 --> 00:45:18,300
Man: WELL, THERE WAS JUST GLASS,
DEBRIS, ALL OVER THE PLACE.
1166
00:45:18,300 --> 00:45:22,433
THERE WERE BULLET CASES
ON THE WALL, ON THE FLOOR,
1167
00:45:22,433 --> 00:45:25,733
ON THE SHELF, IT JUST LOOKED
LIKE AN OLD WESTERN SHOOTOUT.
1168
00:45:25,733 --> 00:45:27,100
Man: THE ASSAILANT
SPRAYED GUNFIRE
1169
00:45:27,100 --> 00:45:28,467
ALL AROUND THE PARKING LOT.
1170
00:45:28,467 --> 00:45:29,500
Reporter: DID YOU SEE WHAT
HAPPENED TO THEM
1171
00:45:29,500 --> 00:45:30,533
WHEN THE SHOOTING WAS OVER?
1172
00:45:30,533 --> 00:45:32,700
THEY RAN.
WHERE?
1173
00:45:32,700 --> 00:45:34,567
I DON'T KNOW, I WAS RUNNING.
1174
00:45:34,567 --> 00:45:36,667
Reporter: INNOCENT BYSTANDERS
DOVE FOR COVER,
1175
00:45:36,667 --> 00:45:38,600
CARS WERE RIDDLED WITH
MACHINE-GUN FIRE,
1176
00:45:38,600 --> 00:45:39,967
GAS TANKS SPILLING OUT.
1177
00:45:39,967 --> 00:45:42,167
ACTUALLY THERE WERE TWO SCENES,
THEY WERE THE PRIMARY SCENE
1178
00:45:42,167 --> 00:45:44,533
WHERE THE TWO DEAD BODIES WERE
INSIDE CROWN LIQUORS,
1179
00:45:44,533 --> 00:45:46,567
BUT THE SECONDARY SCENE,
WHICH IS WHERE I WAS ASSIGNED TO
1180
00:45:46,567 --> 00:45:48,733
WAS WHAT HAS BECOME KNOWN AS
THE WAR WAGON.
1181
00:45:50,433 --> 00:45:52,800
Reporter: A DELIVERY VAN
WAS FOUND ABANDONED
1182
00:45:52,800 --> 00:45:54,167
IN THE NORTH SIDE OF THE MALL
1183
00:45:54,167 --> 00:45:55,900
WITH THE DOOR OPEN
AND THE MOTOR RUNNING.
1184
00:45:55,900 --> 00:45:58,700
Al: IT WAS A 1979 BRAND-NEW
FORD ECONOLINE VAN
1185
00:45:58,700 --> 00:46:00,400
CONVERTED INTO AN ARMED
PERSONNEL CARRIER.
1186
00:46:00,400 --> 00:46:01,733
IT WAS JUST A DEATH MACHINE.
1187
00:46:01,733 --> 00:46:04,167
Al: IT HAD REINFORCED STEEL
WELDED TO THE SIDES.
1188
00:46:04,167 --> 00:46:06,467
WINDOWS COULD BE POPPED OUT,
USED AS GUN PORTS.
1189
00:46:06,467 --> 00:46:09,367
Edna: IT SAID "HAPPY TIME
PARTY SUPPLY" ON THE SIDE.
1190
00:46:09,367 --> 00:46:11,367
Al: INSIDE WE FOUND
14 DIFFERENT WEAPONS.
1191
00:46:11,367 --> 00:46:14,100
THESE KILLERS WERE LIKE
THE DIXIE CUP GENERATION,
1192
00:46:14,100 --> 00:46:15,567
THE THROWAWAY GENERATION.
1193
00:46:15,567 --> 00:46:18,067
THEY WOULD SHOOT A GUN
UNTIL IT WAS EMPTY,
1194
00:46:18,067 --> 00:46:19,700
THROW IT DOWN
AND PICK UP ANOTHER ONE.
1195
00:46:19,700 --> 00:46:23,533
Al: YOU NAME IT, SHOTGUNS,
CARBINES, MAC-10, AN UZI,
1196
00:46:23,533 --> 00:46:26,200
ASSORTED HANDGUNS,
AMMUNITION FOR ALL OF THEM.
1197
00:46:26,200 --> 00:46:30,100
THE WAR WAGON WAS REALLY I THINK
THE BIG TURNING POINT
1198
00:46:30,100 --> 00:46:34,233
WHERE THE POLICE REALIZED
WHAT THEY WERE UP AGAINST
1199
00:46:34,233 --> 00:46:35,500
AND HOW OUT-GUNNED THEY WERE.
1200
00:46:35,500 --> 00:46:37,400
Reporter: WHAT WOULD THE AMOUNT
OF WEAPONRY IN THAT VAN
1201
00:46:37,400 --> 00:46:38,900
INDICATE TO YOU?
1202
00:46:38,900 --> 00:46:41,100
WELL...THEY WERE WELL ARMED,
WE CAN SAY THAT
1203
00:46:41,100 --> 00:46:44,933
AND THEY...THEY CAME
PREPARED TO DO BATTLE.
1204
00:46:44,933 --> 00:46:46,500
Woman: BULLETS
WERE FLYING EVERYWHERE.
1205
00:46:46,500 --> 00:46:48,467
Al: THE FINAL TALLY
WERE THAT 86 ROUNDS
1206
00:46:48,467 --> 00:46:50,000
HAD BEEN FIRED
BY ALL THE WEAPONS.
1207
00:46:50,000 --> 00:46:51,700
Man: GOD KNOWS, I DON'T KNOW
HOW MANY...
1208
00:46:51,700 --> 00:46:53,267
HOW MANY TIMES
THESE PEOPLE WERE SHOT.
1209
00:46:53,267 --> 00:46:55,433
THERE WERE JUST SO MANY
BULLET WOUNDS OVER THESE VICTIMS
1210
00:46:55,433 --> 00:46:57,700
THAT IT JUST MADE IT
IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME
1211
00:46:57,700 --> 00:47:00,533
TO DETERMINE
THE EXACT NUMBER OF SHOTS.
1212
00:47:00,533 --> 00:47:02,300
Al: WE DID
THE STANDARD FOLLOW-UP LEADS,
1213
00:47:02,300 --> 00:47:04,333
THE TRUCK HAD BEEN
FALSELY REGISTERED.
1214
00:47:04,333 --> 00:47:06,733
THE FIREARMS HAD BEEN BOUGHT
UNDER FALSE NAMES.
1215
00:47:06,733 --> 00:47:08,367
WE WENT TO THE ADDRESSES--
THE ONES THAT WERE GOOD
1216
00:47:08,367 --> 00:47:09,600
THE PEOPLE HAD FLED.
1217
00:47:09,600 --> 00:47:10,800
SO IT WAS YOUR TYPICAL
COLOMBIAN CASE,
1218
00:47:10,800 --> 00:47:12,000
YOU KNOW, WENT NOWHERE FAST.
1219
00:47:12,000 --> 00:47:13,767
Man: OFFICERS SEARCHED
THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD
1220
00:47:13,767 --> 00:47:16,400
FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR
BUT TURNED UP NO SUSPECTS.
1221
00:47:16,400 --> 00:47:18,033
I SAID, "ANOTHER OPEN PENDING,"
1222
00:47:18,033 --> 00:47:20,667
OPEN PENDING MEANS
AN UNSOLVED CASE,
1223
00:47:20,667 --> 00:47:24,533
BECAUSE WE HAD
NO SUCCESS WHATSOEVER TO DATE
1224
00:47:24,533 --> 00:47:25,867
CLOSING THE COLOMBIAN MURDER.
1225
00:47:25,867 --> 00:47:27,933
WE HAD A BRAND-NEW
PHENOMENON HERE
1226
00:47:27,933 --> 00:47:30,033
THE LEVEL OF VIOLENCE
WAS UNPRECEDENTED.
1227
00:47:30,033 --> 00:47:31,933
THE SOPHISTICATION
WAS UNPRECEDENTED.
1228
00:47:34,133 --> 00:47:36,433
I THINK THIS WAS THE FIRST CASE
1229
00:47:36,433 --> 00:47:37,967
WHERE WE HAD ACTUALLY
A MACHINE-GUNNING
1230
00:47:37,967 --> 00:47:40,500
IN A PUBLIC PLACE
IN THE MIDDLE OF DAYLIGHT,
1231
00:47:40,500 --> 00:47:42,233
SHOPPERS AND PASSERS-BY AROUND.
1232
00:47:42,233 --> 00:47:44,933
OF COURSE AFTER THAT,
THAT HAPPENED FREQUENTLY.
1233
00:47:44,933 --> 00:47:48,000
IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF A WAR,
THE COCAINE WARS DOWN HERE.
1234
00:47:48,000 --> 00:47:49,433
Reporter: LOCAL HOMICIDE
DETECTIVES
1235
00:47:49,433 --> 00:47:52,000
SAY MIAMI IS IN THE MIDDLE
OF A NARCOTICS WAR
1236
00:47:52,000 --> 00:47:54,467
BETWEEN COLOMBIAN
AND CUBAN DRUG DEALERS.
1237
00:47:54,467 --> 00:47:55,600
Mickey: MIAMI WAS CHANGING.
1238
00:47:55,600 --> 00:47:57,833
THE COLOMBIANS WERE
PUSHING THE CUBANS OUT.
1239
00:47:57,833 --> 00:48:00,833
THERE WAS A MAD SCRAMBLE
FOR MARKET SHARE.
1240
00:48:00,833 --> 00:48:02,467
ONE OF THE REASONS
FOR THE VIOLENCE
1241
00:48:02,467 --> 00:48:04,767
WAS BECAUSE OF
THE COMPETING FACTIONS.
1242
00:48:04,767 --> 00:48:10,300
AND THE VIOLENCE IS WHAT TURNED
MIAMI INTO THE COCAINE COWBOYS.
1243
00:48:10,300 --> 00:48:11,667
Man: AS THEY CALL THEM,
THE COCAINE COWBOYS.
1244
00:48:11,667 --> 00:48:13,633
Reporter: THEY CALL THEM
THE COCAINE COWBOYS.
1245
00:48:13,633 --> 00:48:18,200
THIS COCAINE COWBOY THING,
IT WAS ALL PEOPLE FROM MEDELLÍN.
1246
00:48:18,200 --> 00:48:20,567
Woman: ESTIMATES ARE
THAT AS MANY AS 100,000
1247
00:48:20,567 --> 00:48:21,900
ILLEGAL COLOMBIAN ALIENS
1248
00:48:21,900 --> 00:48:24,967
ARE LIVING AND WORKING
THE DRUG TRADE IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
1249
00:48:24,967 --> 00:48:26,867
Edna: THEY WOULD GO
AFTER THEIR TARGET,
1250
00:48:26,867 --> 00:48:28,733
THEY'D KILL THE WIFE,
THEY'D KILL THE MAID.
1251
00:48:28,733 --> 00:48:30,067
"IF THERE'S A DOG THERE,
I'LL KILL THE DOG,
1252
00:48:30,067 --> 00:48:31,500
"IF THERE'S A BIRD THERE,
I'LL KILL THE BIRD,
1253
00:48:31,500 --> 00:48:32,833
"GOLDFISH THERE,
I'LL KILL THE GOLDFISH."
1254
00:48:32,833 --> 00:48:35,533
Edna: IF A GIRL SCOUT
RANG THE BELL TO SELL COOKIES,
1255
00:48:35,533 --> 00:48:37,133
THEY'D KILL THE GIRL SCOUT TOO.
1256
00:48:37,133 --> 00:48:39,100
POOR PEOPLE THAT WERE
STANDING THERE AND KIDS,
1257
00:48:39,100 --> 00:48:40,800
ANYBODY WOULD JUST
GET SHOT DEAD.
1258
00:48:40,800 --> 00:48:42,967
THEY JUST WOULD KILL
EVERYBODY IN SIGHT.
1259
00:48:42,967 --> 00:48:45,200
Reporter: JESÚS HERNANDEZ,
A SUBMACHINE BARRAGE
1260
00:48:45,200 --> 00:48:46,733
TORE HIM APART IN HIS CAR
1261
00:48:46,733 --> 00:48:48,733
ON A BUSY
SOUTHWEST STREET AT NOON.
1262
00:48:48,733 --> 00:48:49,933
NUMEROUS MACHINE-GUNNINGS.
1263
00:48:49,933 --> 00:48:51,333
RAT-A-TAT! TRA! TRA!
1264
00:48:51,333 --> 00:48:52,567
BRA! AND THEN I HEARD THE...
1265
00:48:52,567 --> 00:48:54,867
BA-BOOM! BA-BOOM! PA! PA! PA!
1266
00:48:54,867 --> 00:48:57,267
Reporter: AND THE APARTMENT
WAS SPRAYED BY MACHINE-GUN FIRE,
1267
00:48:57,267 --> 00:49:01,033
A TRADEMARK ACCORDING TO POLICE
OF THE COCAINE COWBOYS.
1268
00:49:01,033 --> 00:49:03,567
Man: ON THE HIGHWAYS,
THE TURNPIKE, US 1,
1269
00:49:03,567 --> 00:49:05,467
IN SOME CASES
RESIDENTIAL STREETS.
1270
00:49:05,467 --> 00:49:07,200
Reporter: THE RED MUSTANG
WAS HEADING NORTH
1271
00:49:07,200 --> 00:49:09,167
ON SOUTHWEST 107TH AVENUE.
1272
00:49:09,167 --> 00:49:12,800
THE GREEN SEDAN PULLED ALONGSIDE
THE DRIVER, OPENING FIRE.
1273
00:49:12,800 --> 00:49:16,033
Reporter 2: THE TOOLS OF DEATH,
AUTOMATIC WEAPONS AND SHOTGUNS.
1274
00:49:16,033 --> 00:49:18,133
THAT'S THE KIND OF STUFF
YOU SEE ON TELEVISION,
1275
00:49:18,133 --> 00:49:19,767
YOU DON'T SEE IT
IN REAL LIFE.
1276
00:49:19,767 --> 00:49:22,233
Reporter: WITNESSES DESCRIBED
THE SCENE AS A WAR ZONE,
1277
00:49:22,233 --> 00:49:24,100
MIAMI VICE
WITHOUT THE CAMERAS.
1278
00:49:24,100 --> 00:49:26,900
BUT THIS WAS REAL LIFE,
IT WAS REALLY GOING ON.
1279
00:49:26,900 --> 00:49:28,267
YOU HAVE FIVE PEOPLE
KILLED HERE,
1280
00:49:28,267 --> 00:49:29,800
YOU HAVE THREE PEOPLE
KILLED HERE.
1281
00:49:29,800 --> 00:49:31,967
Reporter: A QUIET RESIDENTIAL
AREA IN KENDALL TONIGHT
1282
00:49:31,967 --> 00:49:34,267
BECAME THE SCENE
OF A GRIZZLY MASS MURDER.
1283
00:49:34,267 --> 00:49:36,800
SIX BODIES WERE FOUND
IN A POSH TOWNHOUSE.
1284
00:49:36,800 --> 00:49:38,567
Reporter 2: MIAMI POLICE SAY
THIS IS THE WORST
1285
00:49:38,567 --> 00:49:41,033
MULTIPLE HOMICIDE
IN THE CITY'S HISTORY.
1286
00:49:41,033 --> 00:49:43,533
Reporter 3: POLICE BELIEVE
THE MASSACRE WAS DRUG RELATED.
1287
00:49:43,533 --> 00:49:48,133
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MASS MURDERS
THAT IN THIS DAY AND AGE
1288
00:49:48,133 --> 00:49:50,800
WOULD GET
BREAKING NEWS COVERAGE
1289
00:49:50,800 --> 00:49:52,900
FROM ALL THE CABLE TV STATIONS.
1290
00:49:52,900 --> 00:49:56,467
WE HAD THAT LEVEL OF VIOLENCE
HAPPENING DAILY
1291
00:49:56,467 --> 00:50:00,400
AND THE LOCAL MEDIA, BECAUSE OF
US JUST BEING SATURATED BY IT,
1292
00:50:00,400 --> 00:50:02,600
SAYING, "OH, IT'S JUST
A DOUBLE HOMICIDE.
1293
00:50:02,600 --> 00:50:04,267
"OH, IT'S JUST
A TRIPLE HOMICIDE."
1294
00:50:04,267 --> 00:50:06,133
Al: IT JUST BECAME COMMONPLACE
THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE
1295
00:50:06,133 --> 00:50:08,200
JUMPING FROM CRIME SCENE
TO CRIME SCENE.
1296
00:50:08,200 --> 00:50:09,833
WE HAVE TO HAVE MORE THAN
FOUR OR FIVE PEOPLE DEAD
1297
00:50:09,833 --> 00:50:11,500
TO MAKE A BIG DEAL OUT OF IT.
1298
00:50:11,500 --> 00:50:15,500
I MEAN, I CAN RECALL GETTING
FIVE MURDERS IN ONE NIGHT.
1299
00:50:15,500 --> 00:50:19,000
THERE HAVE BEEN EIGHT MURDERS IN
DADE IN JUST THE PAST 48 HOURS.
1300
00:50:19,000 --> 00:50:20,367
Edna: YOU NEVER KNEW WHEN
YOU WERE GOING TO STUMBLE OVER
1301
00:50:20,367 --> 00:50:21,300
ANOTHER BODY.
1302
00:50:21,300 --> 00:50:22,833
Man: MIAMI KIND OF RESEMBLED
1303
00:50:22,833 --> 00:50:26,900
THE ST. VALENTINE'S DAY MASSACRE
IN CHICAGO IN THE '20S.
1304
00:50:26,900 --> 00:50:29,667
GANGSTERS DRIVING THROUGH
THE STREETS
1305
00:50:29,667 --> 00:50:31,600
STANDING ON THEIR FLOORBOARDS
1306
00:50:31,600 --> 00:50:34,433
WITH THEIR
THOMPSON .45 MACHINE GUNS
1307
00:50:34,433 --> 00:50:37,667
HAVING GUNFIGHTS
IN CHICAGO IN THE '30S.
1308
00:50:37,667 --> 00:50:39,700
WHAT I SEE GOING ON HERE
1309
00:50:39,700 --> 00:50:42,400
WOULD MAKE CHICAGO
IN THE DAYS OF PROHIBITION
1310
00:50:42,400 --> 00:50:44,800
LOOK LIKE A BAPTIST
SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIC.
1311
00:50:44,800 --> 00:50:47,700
AND ONE OF THE COPS THEN EVEN
SAID, "IT'S LIKE DODGE CITY."
1312
00:50:47,700 --> 00:50:49,833
Man: AND IT WAS LIKE THE WILD
WILD WEST BACK THEN.
1313
00:50:49,833 --> 00:50:52,100
BUT OF COURSE HE WAS WRONG,
BECAUSE DODGE CITY
1314
00:50:52,100 --> 00:50:54,333
WAS NEVER AS VIOLENT
AS MIAMI WAS THEN.
1315
00:50:54,333 --> 00:50:57,733
Burstyn: MIAMI IN THE EARLY '80S
WAS CONSIDERED
1316
00:50:57,733 --> 00:51:00,700
THE MOST DANGEROUS PLACE
ON EARTH.
1317
00:51:00,700 --> 00:51:03,767
FIRST DETROIT WAS MURDER CITY,
THEN ATLANTA, NOW MIAMI.
1318
00:51:03,767 --> 00:51:07,067
Officer: IN 1976
WE INVESTIGATED 104 MURDERS.
1319
00:51:07,067 --> 00:51:09,100
Reporter: THE FIRST SEVEN MONTHS
OF 1979
1320
00:51:09,100 --> 00:51:11,833
HAVE BEEN CALLED THE BLOODIEST
IN SOUTH FLORIDA'S HISTORY.
1321
00:51:11,833 --> 00:51:15,400
Man: THERE WERE 573
TOTAL HOMICIDES IN 1980.
1322
00:51:15,400 --> 00:51:18,133
Man 2: 1981 WILL GO DOWN
AS ANOTHER RECORD YEAR
1323
00:51:18,133 --> 00:51:19,967
FOR KILLINGS
AROUND GREATER MIAMI.
1324
00:51:19,967 --> 00:51:22,500
I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA SEE
IN EXCESS OF 600 HOMICIDES
1325
00:51:22,500 --> 00:51:23,933
BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
1326
00:51:23,933 --> 00:51:26,400
AS SOUTH FLORIDA'S
DRUG TRADE PROSPERS,
1327
00:51:26,400 --> 00:51:29,533
DADE'S HOMICIDE RATE
WILL CONTINUE TO CLIMB.
1328
00:51:29,533 --> 00:51:31,900
CRIME IN MIAMI IS UP
AND TOURISM IS DOWN.
1329
00:51:31,900 --> 00:51:35,000
DESPITE THE GLOOM AND DOOM
THAT PEOPLE KEEP FORECASTING,
1330
00:51:35,000 --> 00:51:36,900
WE ARE PREDICTING
THAT WE WILL HAVE
1331
00:51:36,900 --> 00:51:39,300
MORE FOREIGN ARRIVALS HERE
IN THE GREATER MIAMI AREA
1332
00:51:39,300 --> 00:51:41,267
BY THE END OF THE SUMMER
THAN WE DID LAST YEAR,
1333
00:51:41,267 --> 00:51:42,233
WHICH WAS OUR BANNER YEAR.
1334
00:51:45,600 --> 00:51:48,033
FOR FIDEL CASTRO
IT WAS TANTAMOUNT
1335
00:51:48,033 --> 00:51:49,733
TO AN ACT OF GENOCIDE.
1336
00:51:49,733 --> 00:51:51,567
WITH ONE FELL SWOOP,
HE RID CUBA
1337
00:51:51,567 --> 00:51:54,000
OF THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS
OF UNDESIRABLES.
1338
00:51:54,000 --> 00:51:56,033
HE EMPTIED HIS PRISONS,
HE CLEARED THE BUMS
1339
00:51:56,033 --> 00:51:59,200
OFF THE STREETS OF HAVANA.
MURDERERS, THIEVES, PERVERTS,
1340
00:51:59,200 --> 00:52:01,933
PROSTITUTES, THE RETARDED,
CRIPPLED, THE WINOS,
1341
00:52:01,933 --> 00:52:04,933
ALL WERE ROUNDED UP,
SENT TO MARIEL HARBOR
1342
00:52:04,933 --> 00:52:07,233
AND PUT ABOARD BOATS
BOUND FOR MIAMI.
1343
00:52:07,233 --> 00:52:09,767
FIDEL CASTRO HIMSELF
PUBLICLY STATED
1344
00:52:09,767 --> 00:52:12,500
"I HAVE FLUSHED THE TOILETS OF
CUBA ON THE UNITED STATES."
1345
00:52:12,500 --> 00:52:13,800
AND BRAGGED ABOUT IT.
1346
00:52:13,800 --> 00:52:17,567
Reporter: ONE BOAT LEFT MARIEL
FOR THE US EVERY 5 MINUTES,
1347
00:52:17,567 --> 00:52:19,933
THEY CAME UNHINDERED
NIGHT AND DAY.
1348
00:52:21,833 --> 00:52:24,200
IT BECAME COMMONPLACE
IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
1349
00:52:24,200 --> 00:52:26,067
SHOTS WERE FIRED,
PEOPLE WERE KILLED,
1350
00:52:26,067 --> 00:52:28,333
AND MUCH OF THE TIME
THE KILLERS ARE PEOPLE
1351
00:52:28,333 --> 00:52:31,333
WHO CAME OVER FROM CUBA
IN THE BOATLIFT OF 1980.
1352
00:52:31,333 --> 00:52:33,400
CONSEQUENTLY OUR HOMICIDE RATE
DOUBLED THAT YEAR.
1353
00:52:33,400 --> 00:52:35,867
IT WOULD BE LIKE IF AN INVADING
ARMY WAS DROPPED IN HERE
1354
00:52:35,867 --> 00:52:38,867
TO RAPE, PILLAGE
AND BURN IN OUR TOWN.
1355
00:52:38,867 --> 00:52:41,000
AND THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
1356
00:52:41,000 --> 00:52:44,467
Reporter: AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS,
RAPES, ROBBERIES.
1357
00:52:44,467 --> 00:52:47,067
IN NO TIME AT ALL,
WE HAD BODIES ON THE FLOOR.
1358
00:52:47,067 --> 00:52:50,200
WE HAD THEM STACKED UP.
IT WAS A DISGRACE.
1359
00:52:50,200 --> 00:52:51,567
Reporter: THERE HAVE BEEN
SO MANY MURDERS
1360
00:52:51,567 --> 00:52:53,033
THROUGHOUT GREATER MIAMI LATELY
1361
00:52:53,033 --> 00:52:55,467
THAT A SPECIAL REFRIGERATED
TRUCK IS NOW BEING USED
1362
00:52:55,467 --> 00:52:57,500
BY THE DADE MEDICAL
EXAMINER'S OFFICE
1363
00:52:57,500 --> 00:52:59,367
TO STORE ALL THE BODIES.
1364
00:52:59,367 --> 00:53:01,200
THEY HAD ARRANGED
TO RENT OR BORROW IT
1365
00:53:01,200 --> 00:53:04,567
FROM BURGER KING WHOSE
HEADQUARTERS IS DOWN HERE.
1366
00:53:04,567 --> 00:53:05,967
AND I WAS VERY UPSET.
1367
00:53:05,967 --> 00:53:08,800
WE HAVE BEEN INVADED BY ALIENS
FROM OUTER SPACE.
1368
00:53:08,800 --> 00:53:10,800
THESE GUYS ARE SPACED OUT.
1369
00:53:10,800 --> 00:53:13,333
NOBODY SEEMED TO BE CONCERNED
ABOUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING
1370
00:53:13,333 --> 00:53:15,333
IN THE STREETS OF MIAMI.
SO I OPENED MY MOUTH.
1371
00:53:15,333 --> 00:53:18,667
THEY ARE PSYCHOLOGICALLY
TOTALLY NOT EVEN HUMAN.
1372
00:53:18,667 --> 00:53:20,100
THEY'RE ANIMALS--
NOT EVEN ANIMALS,
1373
00:53:20,100 --> 00:53:21,800
THAT'S AN INSULT
TO THE ANIMAL KINGDOM.
1374
00:53:21,800 --> 00:53:24,100
THERE WAS NO LAW AND ORDER
WHATSOEVER.
1375
00:53:24,100 --> 00:53:26,067
WE ALL CARRYING GUNS.
MY WIFE CARRY GUNS,
1376
00:53:26,067 --> 00:53:27,967
MY TWO SONS THEY CARRYING GUNS.
1377
00:53:27,967 --> 00:53:30,100
AND YOU SEE I HAVE
A SHOTGUN LOADED IN MY HOUSE
1378
00:53:30,100 --> 00:53:32,067
AND WE'RE GONNA
SHOOT SOMEONE.
1379
00:53:32,067 --> 00:53:33,133
I CERTAINLY NEVER TRAVELED
1380
00:53:33,133 --> 00:53:34,867
ANYWHERE IN DADE COUNTY
WITHOUT BEING ARMED.
1381
00:53:34,867 --> 00:53:36,767
THERE'S...THERE'S
NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
1382
00:53:36,767 --> 00:53:40,800
Edna: I ALWAYS HAD A GUN, I
WOULDN'T SLEEP WELL WITHOUT ONE,
1383
00:53:40,800 --> 00:53:42,367
ESPECIALLY IN THE MIAMI
OF THAT TIME.
1384
00:53:42,367 --> 00:53:44,333
EDNA BUCHANAN
ON NATIONAL TELEVISION,
1385
00:53:44,333 --> 00:53:45,667
SAYING SHE WEARS TWO GUNS
1386
00:53:45,667 --> 00:53:47,000
AND EVERYBODY HAS TO WEAR A GUN.
1387
00:53:47,000 --> 00:53:49,367
Edna: MERRETT STEIRHEIM,
WHO WAS THEN COUNTY MANAGER,
1388
00:53:49,367 --> 00:53:50,800
AND ALL THE COMMISSIONERS
WERE FURIOUS
1389
00:53:50,800 --> 00:53:52,700
SO I WAS PERSONA NON GRATA
FOR A WHILE.
1390
00:53:52,700 --> 00:53:55,367
MIAMI WAS LITERALLY BEING
TORN APART AT THE SEAMS.
1391
00:53:55,367 --> 00:53:57,133
Reporter: BUT POLICE HELP
WON'T COME SOON
1392
00:53:57,133 --> 00:53:59,633
BECAUSE OF A MANPOWER SHORTAGE
IN THE DEPARTMENT.
1393
00:53:59,633 --> 00:54:02,200
FEDERAL AGENCIES READILY ADMIT
THEY ARE CRIPPLED
1394
00:54:02,200 --> 00:54:04,967
BY A LACK OF MANPOWER,
MONEY AND RESOURCES.
1395
00:54:04,967 --> 00:54:07,067
Man: THE CITY OF MIAMI
POLICE DEPARTMENT
1396
00:54:07,067 --> 00:54:11,133
WENT ON A BLIND HIRING FRENZY.
1397
00:54:11,133 --> 00:54:13,100
Reporter: IT'S HOPED
MORE POLICE ON THE STREET
1398
00:54:13,100 --> 00:54:15,567
WILL HELP TO REVERSE
THIS RECORD-SETTING TREND.
1399
00:54:15,567 --> 00:54:16,967
Edna: AND THEY USED TO HAVE
STANDARDS.
1400
00:54:16,967 --> 00:54:18,533
YOU COULDN'T EVER
HAVE USED DRUGS
1401
00:54:18,533 --> 00:54:19,967
IF YOU WANTED TO BE A POLICEMAN.
1402
00:54:19,967 --> 00:54:21,133
SO THEY REDUCED IT TO
YOU COULDN'T HAVE
1403
00:54:21,133 --> 00:54:23,167
USED DRUGS IN THE LAST
TEN YEARS,
1404
00:54:23,167 --> 00:54:24,633
AND THAT DIDN'T WORK.
SO THEY SAID,
1405
00:54:24,633 --> 00:54:26,500
"WELL, YOU COULDN'T HAVE USED
DRUGS IN THE LAST 5 YEARS."
1406
00:54:26,500 --> 00:54:28,167
THEY STILL COULDN'T
RECRUIT ENOUGH.
1407
00:54:28,167 --> 00:54:30,600
SO THEY SAID YOU COULDN'T HAVE
USED DRUGS IN THE LAST 2 YEARS.
1408
00:54:30,600 --> 00:54:32,233
AND FINALLY IT GOT
TO A POINT WHERE, IF YOU'RE NOT
1409
00:54:32,233 --> 00:54:34,633
UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS
AT THE MOMENT YOU'RE HIRED.
1410
00:54:34,633 --> 00:54:38,667
THAT RESULTED IN THE LARGEST
POLICE CORRUPTION CRISIS
1411
00:54:38,667 --> 00:54:41,500
SINCE THE SERPICO DAYS
UP IN NEW YORK.
1412
00:54:41,500 --> 00:54:44,367
Edna: AND THE ENTIRE
ACADEMY CLASS FROM THAT YEAR
1413
00:54:44,367 --> 00:54:46,333
LATER ON WENT TO JAIL OR DIED.
1414
00:54:46,333 --> 00:54:48,500
Reporter: THIS MAKES A TOTAL
OF THREE MIAMI OFFICERS
1415
00:54:48,500 --> 00:54:49,833
ARRESTED OVER THE WEEKEND.
1416
00:54:49,833 --> 00:54:52,067
TODAY'S ARREST CAME
AS SEVEN OTHER MIAMI OFFICERS
1417
00:54:52,067 --> 00:54:55,367
WENT ON TRIAL ACCUSED OF RIPPING
OFF OTHER COCAINE DEALERS
1418
00:54:55,367 --> 00:54:57,167
AND FOR DEALING DRUGS
THEMSELVES.
1419
00:54:57,167 --> 00:55:00,333
THE SO-CALLED COCAINE COPS HAVE
BEEN CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY,
1420
00:55:00,333 --> 00:55:02,233
DRUG TRAFFICKING
AND RACKETEERING.
1421
00:55:02,233 --> 00:55:06,300
THE TALLY, SHOCKING-- 40 CURRENT
OR FORMER MIAMI POLICE OFFICERS
1422
00:55:06,300 --> 00:55:08,767
ARRESTED OR SUSPENDED
IN THE LAST 2 YEARS.
1423
00:55:08,767 --> 00:55:11,600
16 SUSPENDED
IN JUST THE LAST 2 WEEKS.
1424
00:55:11,600 --> 00:55:12,933
AND IT IS NOT OVER.
1425
00:55:12,933 --> 00:55:15,667
AT LEAST 30 MORE MIAMI COPS
WILL BE SUSPENDED.
1426
00:55:15,667 --> 00:55:20,100
Man: THE RULE OF LAW COMPLETELY
BROKE DOWN IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
1427
00:55:20,100 --> 00:55:21,667
WE MIGHT AS WELL JUST NOT
EVEN COME INTO WORK
1428
00:55:21,667 --> 00:55:23,067
AND JUST GIVE THE STREETS UP.
1429
00:55:23,067 --> 00:55:25,533
Officer: WE TRULY ARE COMMITTED,
AND WE ARE GOING TO GAIN CONTROL
1430
00:55:25,533 --> 00:55:26,967
OF THESE STREETS
ONCE AGAIN.
1431
00:55:26,967 --> 00:55:29,767
THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
IS NOT WORKING HERE.
1432
00:55:29,767 --> 00:55:33,433
AND I SUGGEST A REVISIT
OF THE WHOLE IDEA.
1433
00:55:33,433 --> 00:55:37,467
CENTAC 26 WENT FULLY OPERATIONAL
IN DECEMBER OF '81.
1434
00:55:37,467 --> 00:55:40,100
THERE WERE 25 PREVIOUS
CENTAC ORGANIZATIONS
1435
00:55:40,100 --> 00:55:41,633
IN DIFFERENT CITIES
IN THE UNITED STATES.
1436
00:55:41,633 --> 00:55:44,033
CENTAC STANDS FOR
CENTRAL TACTICAL UNIT.
1437
00:55:44,033 --> 00:55:47,267
OUR PRIMARY GOAL WAS TO COUPLE
THE HOMICIDE INVESTIGATIONS
1438
00:55:47,267 --> 00:55:48,767
WITH DRUG INVESTIGATIONS.
1439
00:55:48,767 --> 00:55:52,900
THEY HAD GOOD CONNECTIONS
WITH THE D.E.A., WITH THE F.B.I.
1440
00:55:52,900 --> 00:55:54,367
WE WERE DEALING WITH
A KIND OF CRIMINAL
1441
00:55:54,367 --> 00:55:56,000
WITH WHOM WE HAD NOT
DEALT BEFORE.
1442
00:55:56,000 --> 00:55:59,833
AND SO MY MANDATE TO MY PEOPLE
WAS VERY SIMPLE.
1443
00:55:59,833 --> 00:56:03,233
EXTRAORDINARY TIMES CALLED FOR
EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES.
1444
00:56:03,233 --> 00:56:05,467
Al: YOU WOULD USE
WHATEVER METHOD YOU COULD
1445
00:56:05,467 --> 00:56:08,033
TO TAKE SOMEONE OUT OF
THE PICTURE OR OFF THE STREET.
1446
00:56:08,033 --> 00:56:10,867
WE'RE GONNA GET RID OF THEM
EITHER BY PUTTING THEM IN JAIL
1447
00:56:10,867 --> 00:56:12,900
OR WE WERE GOING TO KILL THEM.
1448
00:56:12,900 --> 00:56:14,200
Al: IT WAS A UNIT
THAT WAS MEANT TO BE
1449
00:56:14,200 --> 00:56:15,633
MORE PROACTIVE THAN REACTIVE.
1450
00:56:15,633 --> 00:56:17,933
IT WAS JUST A DIFFERENT WAY
OF DOING POLICE WORK
1451
00:56:17,933 --> 00:56:19,367
AND IT WAS CALLED FOR
AT THE TIME
1452
00:56:19,367 --> 00:56:21,100
BECAUSE OF THE NATURE
OF THE CRIMINAL
1453
00:56:21,100 --> 00:56:23,200
WITH BOTH THE COLOMBIANS
AND THE CUBAN CRIMINALS
1454
00:56:23,200 --> 00:56:24,567
WHO CAME FROM MARIEL.
1455
00:56:24,567 --> 00:56:27,167
MIAMI SEEMS TO HAVE BECOME
PARADISE LOST.
1456
00:56:27,167 --> 00:56:29,833
IN THE FALL-WINTER OF 1981,
1457
00:56:29,833 --> 00:56:34,167
THE ARTICLE PARADISE LOST?
CAME OUT IN TIME MAGAZINE.
1458
00:56:34,167 --> 00:56:37,133
TIME MAGAZINE CRUSHED MIAMI.
1459
00:56:37,133 --> 00:56:38,833
Reporter:
THE 9-PAGE ARTICLE INSIDE
1460
00:56:38,833 --> 00:56:40,333
FOCUSED PRIMARILY
ON MIAMI
1461
00:56:40,333 --> 00:56:43,733
AS THE TROUBLED CENTER OF DRUGS,
CRIME AND REFUGEES.
1462
00:56:43,733 --> 00:56:46,000
THE POLITICIANS IN MIAMI,
DADE COUNTY, MIAMI,
1463
00:56:46,000 --> 00:56:48,067
WENT CRAZY WHEN THEY SAW THAT.
1464
00:56:48,067 --> 00:56:49,433
Man: THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE
QUESTION THAT'S ASKED,
1465
00:56:49,433 --> 00:56:51,233
"IS IT SAFE
TO COME TO MIAMI BEACH?"
1466
00:56:51,233 --> 00:56:53,133
AND WHAT DO YOU TELL THEM?
AND AGAIN I'M SAYING TO THEM,
1467
00:56:53,133 --> 00:56:55,333
UNLESS YOU'RE COMING DOWN HERE
TO TRAFFIC IN DRUGS,
1468
00:56:55,333 --> 00:56:57,667
WE ARE AS SAFE HERE
AS YOU WOULD BE
1469
00:56:57,667 --> 00:57:00,000
ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD
INCLUDING YOUR OWN HOME TOWN.
1470
00:57:00,000 --> 00:57:02,100
WE WERE TORN BETWEEN
TWO WORLDS.
1471
00:57:02,100 --> 00:57:05,200
FUN AND SUN CAPITAL...
1472
00:57:05,200 --> 00:57:06,233
MURDER CAPITAL.
1473
00:57:06,233 --> 00:57:08,000
THAT WAS THE GIST
OF THAT ARTICLE--
1474
00:57:08,000 --> 00:57:09,633
THE CRIMINALS WERE WINNING
1475
00:57:09,633 --> 00:57:11,367
AND WE WERE LOSING.
1476
00:57:16,900 --> 00:57:18,600
Man: I WAS BORN IN CALI,
COLOMBIA.
1477
00:57:18,600 --> 00:57:21,500
ARRIVED IN THE UNITED STATES,
1969.
1478
00:57:21,500 --> 00:57:23,967
I GREW UP IN CHICAGO,
I WAS A MECHANIC WITH MY DAD.
1479
00:57:23,967 --> 00:57:25,933
I WORKED FOR GENERAL MOTORS,
THAT'S WHERE I LEARNED
1480
00:57:25,933 --> 00:57:27,467
HOW TO BREAK INTO CARS.
1481
00:57:27,467 --> 00:57:29,433
WELL, WHEN I WAS GROWING UP
I WAS KNOWN AS A CAR THIEF,
1482
00:57:29,433 --> 00:57:30,767
ONE OF THE BIGGEST
CAR THIEVES IN CHICAGO,
1483
00:57:30,767 --> 00:57:32,800
AND THEN AFTER THE '80S I WAS...
1484
00:57:32,800 --> 00:57:35,333
I WAS KNOWN TO BE AN ASSASSIN
FOR THE CARTEL.
1485
00:57:54,633 --> 00:57:56,000
Rivi: I JUST GOT
WITH A GROUP OF GUYS
1486
00:57:56,000 --> 00:57:58,367
AND WE STARTED STEALING CARS
TO SELL THEM TO THE CHOP SHOPS,
1487
00:57:58,367 --> 00:58:00,233
BETWEEN $200 AND $500 A CAR.
1488
00:58:00,233 --> 00:58:03,000
WE USED TO STEAL 5, 6 A NIGHT,
THERE WAS THREE OF US.
1489
00:58:03,000 --> 00:58:05,733
SO WE WERE MAKING GOOD MONEY.
BETTER THAN WORKING FOR MY DAD.
1490
00:58:05,733 --> 00:58:07,867
I COME FROM A GOOD FAMILY,
I HAD EVERYTHING I NEEDED.
1491
00:58:07,867 --> 00:58:09,600
YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T NEED
TO GO STEAL CARS,
1492
00:58:09,600 --> 00:58:11,800
BUT IT WAS JUST THE MONEY
AND THE EXCITEMENT
1493
00:58:11,800 --> 00:58:13,433
OF GOING AND BREAKING
INTO SOMEBODY'S CAR
1494
00:58:13,433 --> 00:58:16,033
AND SELLING IT, YOU KNOW.
1495
00:58:20,433 --> 00:58:22,300
TROPICANA RESTAURANT.
WE USED TO
1496
00:58:22,300 --> 00:58:24,033
HANG OUT THERE
BECAUSE OF THE PAY PHONE.
1497
00:58:24,033 --> 00:58:25,400
THAT'S WHERE THE JUNKERS
USED TO CALL US.
1498
00:58:25,400 --> 00:58:26,933
WE USED IT AS OUR OFFICE.
1499
00:58:26,933 --> 00:58:29,233
AND I HAD A SPECIFIC SPOT
WHERE I USED TO PARK MY CAR
1500
00:58:29,233 --> 00:58:30,767
AND NO ONE WOULD PARK THERE.
1501
00:58:30,767 --> 00:58:33,967
ONE MORNING I GOT THERE,
THERE WAS A CAR PARKED IN FRONT,
1502
00:58:33,967 --> 00:58:35,367
SO I ASKED THE OWNER
OF THE RESTAURANT,
1503
00:58:35,367 --> 00:58:37,133
"WHOSE CAR IS THAT?"
HE SAID, "IT BELONGS TO
1504
00:58:37,133 --> 00:58:39,233
"SOME BIG SHOT FROM MIAMI."
1505
00:58:39,233 --> 00:58:41,633
SO I TOLD HIM I DIDN'T
GIVE A FUCK WHO IT BELONGED TO.
1506
00:58:41,633 --> 00:58:44,833
AND I WANTED THE CAR MOVED
SO I TOOK IT.
1507
00:58:44,833 --> 00:58:47,333
THE NEXT MORNING,
WE WERE IN THE RESTAURANT AND...
1508
00:58:47,333 --> 00:58:49,967
THREE COLOMBIANS CAME IN
AND HE ASKED WHO WAS RIVERITA.
1509
00:58:49,967 --> 00:58:51,833
HE SAID, "I'M LOOKING FOR HIM
'CAUSE HE STOLE MY CAR."
1510
00:58:51,833 --> 00:58:53,733
SO I SAID, "I'M THE GUY
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, I'M RIVI."
1511
00:58:53,733 --> 00:58:56,067
HE SAYS, "YOU STOLE MY CAR
AND I WANT MY CAR BACK."
1512
00:58:56,067 --> 00:58:57,367
I SAY, "YOU CAN'T HAVE IT BACK
UNLESS YOU GIVE ME
1513
00:58:57,367 --> 00:58:58,933
"$500 FOR IT
BECAUSE IT BELONGS TO ME NOW
1514
00:58:58,933 --> 00:59:01,200
"BECAUSE YOU PARKED WHERE
YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO PARK."
1515
00:59:01,200 --> 00:59:02,767
HE STARTED LAUGHING AND HE SAID,
1516
00:59:02,767 --> 00:59:04,700
"YOU'VE GOT SOME BALLS,
YOU KNOW THAT?"
1517
00:59:04,700 --> 00:59:06,800
I SAID, "I'VE HEARD THAT
BEFORE."
1518
00:59:06,800 --> 00:59:08,133
AND HE SAYS,
"SO WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO?"
1519
00:59:08,133 --> 00:59:11,167
I SAY "SIMPLE, $500,
YOU GET YOUR CAR BACK."
1520
00:59:11,167 --> 00:59:14,467
HE PAID ME, GOT HIS KEYS OUT
AND OPENED THE TRUNK.
1521
00:59:17,900 --> 00:59:19,500
IT WAS FULL OF GUNS,
USED GUNS,
1522
00:59:19,500 --> 00:59:21,767
REVOLVERS, AUTOMATIC PISTOLS,
1523
00:59:21,767 --> 00:59:23,633
AND HE ASKED ME
IF I'VE EVER BEEN TO FLORIDA.
1524
00:59:23,633 --> 00:59:25,967
AND I SAID "YEAH, WITH MY DAD."
"GOT ANY FAMILY IN FLORIDA?"
1525
00:59:25,967 --> 00:59:28,533
I SAID, "YEAH, I GOT
ABOUT SIX OF 'EM."
1526
00:59:28,533 --> 00:59:30,133
HE ASKED ME IF I COULD
DRIVE HIM TO MIAMI.
1527
00:59:30,133 --> 00:59:32,500
I SAID, "SURE. WILL YOU PAY?"
HE SAID, YEAH,
1528
00:59:32,500 --> 00:59:34,300
THAT HE WOULD PAY ME $5,000.
1529
00:59:34,300 --> 00:59:35,833
I TOLD HIM, "YEAH, NO PROBLEM."
1530
00:59:37,400 --> 00:59:40,300
WHEN I GOT TO MIAMI, HE SAID,
"LOOK I GOT SOME THINGS GOING,
1531
00:59:40,300 --> 00:59:42,167
"MAYBE YOU GUYS
COULD WORK FOR ME
1532
00:59:42,167 --> 00:59:44,700
"AND MAKE SOME MORE MONEY IN
MIAMI, IF YOU STAY IN MIAMI."
1533
00:59:44,700 --> 00:59:46,233
I TOLD HIM, "WHAT?"
HE SAID, "JUST DELIVERING DOPE
1534
00:59:46,233 --> 00:59:47,633
"AND PICKING UP MONEY...
1535
00:59:47,633 --> 00:59:49,633
"MAYBE ONCE IN A WHILE
PUSHING MARIJUANA."
1536
00:59:49,633 --> 00:59:52,300
THE MONEY WAS GOOD,
HE WAS PAYING ME $1,000 A DAY.
1537
00:59:52,300 --> 00:59:54,600
THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME
THAT WE WERE WORKING
1538
00:59:54,600 --> 00:59:57,367
WITH THE PEOPLE
THAT WERE IN THE DRUG BUSINESS.
1539
00:59:57,367 --> 00:59:59,700
BUT I HAD NO PLANS
TO START KILLING PEOPLE.
1540
00:59:59,700 --> 01:00:02,567
IT TURNED OUT
THAT WAY LATER BUT...
1541
01:00:02,567 --> 01:00:04,367
A COUPLE OF WEEKS WENT BY
AND WE WERE AT JACARANDA,
1542
01:00:04,367 --> 01:00:08,500
A COLOMBIAN NIGHTCLUB
IN MIAMI.
1543
01:00:08,500 --> 01:00:11,733
YOU KNOW, FLACO CAME IN,
"ARE YOU OUR DRUG CARRIER?"
1544
01:00:11,733 --> 01:00:13,200
HE SAID, "LOOK,
YOU NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE,
1545
01:00:13,200 --> 01:00:14,500
"BECAUSE WE'RE FIXED
TO DO A HIT HERE."
1546
01:00:14,500 --> 01:00:16,233
"THOSE PEOPLE
ON YOUR RIGHT OF THE TABLE,
1547
01:00:16,233 --> 01:00:19,867
"THOSE SIX COLOMBIANS LAUGHING
AND DRINKING FIRE WATER,
1548
01:00:19,867 --> 01:00:22,067
"WE'RE GONNA SPRAY THAT TABLE,
THE WHOLE TABLE."
1549
01:00:22,067 --> 01:00:24,033
AND I SAID, "ALL RIGHT.
APPRECIATE IT, YOU KNOW."
1550
01:00:24,033 --> 01:00:25,767
I SAID, "LET ME GET MY GUYS."
AND I TOLD EVERYONE
1551
01:00:25,767 --> 01:00:28,900
EXCEPT VANEGAS, NEGRO, HE WAS
IN THE BATHROOM SNORTING COKE.
1552
01:00:28,900 --> 01:00:31,033
WE CALLED HIM NEGRO
'CAUSE HE WAS REAL DARK.
1553
01:00:31,033 --> 01:00:32,867
HE WAS NOT BLACK,
HE WAS JUST A DARK COLOMBIAN.
1554
01:00:32,867 --> 01:00:34,667
SO I WENT BACK TO THE BATHROOM
AND I TOLD HIM.
1555
01:00:34,667 --> 01:00:36,367
I SAID, "WE GOTTA GO, THERE'S
GONNA BE A SHOOTOUT HERE."
1556
01:00:36,367 --> 01:00:38,733
BUT I DIDN'T TELL HIM WHO.
1557
01:00:38,733 --> 01:00:41,633
HE SAYS, "JUST GIVE ME
A MINUTE." I WALKED OUT.
1558
01:00:41,633 --> 01:00:43,967
WELL, DURING THAT TIME, VANEGAS
HAD STOPPED AT THE SAME TABLE
1559
01:00:43,967 --> 01:00:45,400
AND TOLD THE GUYS TO LEAVE
1560
01:00:45,400 --> 01:00:47,167
BECAUSE THERE WAS GOING TO BE
A SHOOTOUT.
1561
01:00:47,167 --> 01:00:49,667
SO HE SCREWED UP THE HIT.
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT.
1562
01:00:49,667 --> 01:00:50,933
HE KNEW ONE OF THE GUYS
AT THE TABLE
1563
01:00:50,933 --> 01:00:52,467
SO HE WAS JUST LOOKING OUT
FOR HIS FRIEND.
1564
01:00:52,467 --> 01:00:54,200
I WAS OUTSIDE, VANEGAS CAME OUT.
1565
01:00:54,200 --> 01:00:57,533
AND BEHIND VANEGAS EVERYBODY
STARTED PUSHING AND SHOVING OUT.
1566
01:00:57,533 --> 01:00:59,700
FLACO CAME IN HIS MOTORCYCLE,
HE WAS PRETTY PISSED OFF.
1567
01:00:59,700 --> 01:01:01,133
HE SAID, "YOU GUYS
FUCKED EVERYTHING UP
1568
01:01:01,133 --> 01:01:02,233
"AND I SHOULD HAVE
NEVER HAVE TOLD YOU."
1569
01:01:02,233 --> 01:01:03,633
I SAID,
"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?"
1570
01:01:03,633 --> 01:01:05,767
"ONE OF YOU GUYS TIPPED THEM OFF
'CAUSE THEY DIDN'T KNOW
1571
01:01:05,767 --> 01:01:07,067
"AND THE ONLY PERSON THAT KNEW
WE WERE GONNA DO THE HIT
1572
01:01:07,067 --> 01:01:09,500
"WAS YOU GUYS. YOU."
1573
01:01:09,500 --> 01:01:12,067
I SAID, "YEAH, MAN,
I JUST TOLD MY GUYS TO LEAVE."
1574
01:01:12,067 --> 01:01:14,067
I SAID, "HOLD UP,
LET ME TALK TO NEGRO."
1575
01:01:14,067 --> 01:01:15,433
I SAID, "DID YOU TELL
THEM PEOPLE?" AND HE SAID,
1576
01:01:15,433 --> 01:01:17,433
"I TOLD ONE OF THE GUYS
THERE WAS GONNA BE A SHOOTING
1577
01:01:17,433 --> 01:01:20,133
"LIKE YOU TOLD ME BUT I DIDN'T
KNOW IT WAS THEIR TABLE."
1578
01:01:20,133 --> 01:01:22,067
I SAID, "WE IN DEEP SHIT,
YOU KNOW."
1579
01:01:22,067 --> 01:01:23,733
I WENT BACK AND I SAID,
"YEAH, WE DID IT, MAN,
1580
01:01:23,733 --> 01:01:25,100
"BUT, YOU KNOW,
IT WAS AN ACCIDENT."
1581
01:01:25,100 --> 01:01:26,600
HE SAYS,
"WELL, YOU'RE IN TROUBLE, MAN,
1582
01:01:26,600 --> 01:01:29,167
"YOU'RE IN TROUBLE WITH MY BOSS.
AND THE BOSS WANTS TO MEET YOU."
1583
01:01:29,167 --> 01:01:31,467
"TELL YOUR BOSS
THAT IT WAS AN ACCIDENT."
1584
01:01:31,467 --> 01:01:33,033
HE SAID, "THEY DON'T WANNA
HEAR IT, MAN,
1585
01:01:33,033 --> 01:01:34,933
"JUST YOU," HE SAID.
1586
01:01:34,933 --> 01:01:36,267
"THE BOSS WANTS TO MEET
JUST YOU.
1587
01:01:36,267 --> 01:01:40,233
"EITHER THAT OR YOU'RE IN
TROUBLE."
1588
01:01:40,233 --> 01:01:42,533
SO WE GET IN THE CAR,
ON THE WAY I'M TELLING HIM,
1589
01:01:42,533 --> 01:01:44,200
I SAID, "THESE PEOPLE
AREN'T GONNA KILL ME, ARE THEY?"
1590
01:01:44,200 --> 01:01:46,800
HE SAYS, "I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T
MAKE NO GUARANTEES, MAN."
1591
01:01:48,900 --> 01:01:50,267
WE HAD FUCKED SOMETHING UP,
I KNOW,
1592
01:01:50,267 --> 01:01:52,300
I MEAN, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT
KILLING SIX PEOPLE.
1593
01:01:52,300 --> 01:01:54,700
SO YOU KNOW THEY AIN'T NO...
NO PUSSIES HERE.
1594
01:01:56,267 --> 01:01:58,467
HE ASKED ME IF I HAD A GUN. I
SAID, "YEAH, MAN. I GOT A GUN."
1595
01:01:58,467 --> 01:01:59,900
BUT I HAD TWO.
1596
01:01:59,900 --> 01:02:02,933
I HAD A BACKUP GUN
IN MY LEFT LEG.
1597
01:02:02,933 --> 01:02:05,367
SO WE DROVE TO A HOLIDAY INN
ON I95.
1598
01:02:05,367 --> 01:02:08,567
I LOOKED AND FOUR GUYS
GOT OUT OF THE CAR.
1599
01:02:08,567 --> 01:02:10,000
I SAID, "IS THAT THEM?"
HE SAID, "THAT'S THEM,
1600
01:02:10,000 --> 01:02:11,500
"THAT'S PART OF THEM,
THERE ARE MORE TO YOUR LEFT."
1601
01:02:11,500 --> 01:02:13,200
AND I LOOKED AND THERE WAS FOUR
OTHER GUYS ON THE OTHER SIDE.
1602
01:02:13,200 --> 01:02:16,033
I APPROACHED THE OLDER GUY
AND HE SAID,
1603
01:02:16,033 --> 01:02:18,133
"ARE YOU RIVI?"
I SAID, "YES, I AM."
1604
01:02:18,133 --> 01:02:20,833
"COME WITH ME."
GOT INTO THE BACK OF A CAR
1605
01:02:20,833 --> 01:02:24,567
AND IN THE BACK SEAT WAS A LADY.
1606
01:02:24,567 --> 01:02:26,333
SHE WAS CALLING THE SHOTS.
1607
01:02:26,333 --> 01:02:28,333
WHATEVER SHE'D SAY
EVERYBODY WOULD JUST KEEP QUIET,
1608
01:02:28,333 --> 01:02:29,600
NOBODY GAVE AN OPINION,
1609
01:02:29,600 --> 01:02:30,900
THEY WERE JUST,
WHATEVER SHE WAS SAYING.
1610
01:02:30,900 --> 01:02:32,633
AND HER HUSBAND
WAS IN THE FRONT SEAT.
1611
01:02:32,633 --> 01:02:34,800
HE DIDN'T OPEN HIS MOUTH. HE'S
NOT ASKING ME ANY QUESTIONS,
1612
01:02:34,800 --> 01:02:36,900
JUST HER, TELLING ME
WHAT TO DO.
1613
01:02:36,900 --> 01:02:38,467
SHE'S THE ONE
WITH THE POWER THERE.
1614
01:02:38,467 --> 01:02:41,067
I'M GETTING THIS LIP
FROM A WOMAN, YOU KNOW,
1615
01:02:41,067 --> 01:02:44,867
AND I DON'T--I OUGHTA HAD LIKE,
LIKE SAY YOU GO FUCK YOURSELF,
1616
01:02:44,867 --> 01:02:46,267
AND I THOUGHT, "NO, NO."
1617
01:02:46,267 --> 01:02:47,733
AND SHE ASKED ME, SHE SAID,
"YOU THE ONE THAT FUCKED UP
1618
01:02:47,733 --> 01:02:51,100
"THE HIT LAST NIGHT?"
AND I SAID, "IN A WAY I DID."
1619
01:02:51,100 --> 01:02:54,400
SHE TOLD ME, "I'VE BEEN
AFTER THESE PEOPLE FOR MONTHS
1620
01:02:54,400 --> 01:02:57,167
"AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
THAT WE GOT SIGHT OF THEM."
1621
01:02:57,167 --> 01:02:58,967
AND I...I HAD FUCKED IT UP.
1622
01:02:58,967 --> 01:03:03,933
SHE SAYS, "WELL, I'LL
TELL YOU WHAT, YOU FIND THEM,
1623
01:03:03,933 --> 01:03:07,300
"AND YOU KILL THEM FOR ME,
THEN WE CALL IT EVEN."
1624
01:03:07,300 --> 01:03:09,267
"I'M INTERESTED
IN THE TWO BROTHERS."
1625
01:03:09,267 --> 01:03:10,533
THE OTHER FOUR
WE WERE JUST GONNA HIT
1626
01:03:10,533 --> 01:03:12,200
BECAUSE THEY WERE SITTING
ON THE TABLE.
1627
01:03:12,200 --> 01:03:14,367
I SAID, "YOU WERE GONNA KILL
4 OTHER PEOPLE JUST TO KILL 2?"
1628
01:03:14,367 --> 01:03:15,933
SHE SAID, "THAT'S
THE WAY I DO MY THINGS,
1629
01:03:15,933 --> 01:03:19,700
"SPRAY THE WHOLE TABLE.
GET EVERYBODY OUT OF THE WAY."
1630
01:03:21,733 --> 01:03:23,400
THAT SURPRISED ME, YOU KNOW.
1631
01:03:23,400 --> 01:03:26,567
I MEAN, SHE WAS
TALKING TO MURDER LIKE...
1632
01:03:26,567 --> 01:03:28,233
SO I TOLD HER, I SAID,
"JUST GIVE ME A WEEK,
1633
01:03:28,233 --> 01:03:29,633
"I FIND THESE PEOPLE."
1634
01:03:29,633 --> 01:03:31,800
AND SHE SAYS, "WHEN
YOU DO, YOU CALL ME.
1635
01:03:31,800 --> 01:03:34,867
"I'LL GIVE YOU $50,000
FOR EACH."
1636
01:03:34,867 --> 01:03:36,633
SO ON MY WAY BACK I STARTED
ASKING FLACO QUESTIONS.
1637
01:03:36,633 --> 01:03:38,700
I ASKED HIM, "WHAT'S UP
WITH THIS LADY, MAN?"
1638
01:03:38,700 --> 01:03:41,300
HE SAYS, "SHE'S THE GODMOTHER."
1639
01:03:41,300 --> 01:03:43,633
I SAY, "YOU WANNA FILL ME OUT
A LITTLE ABOUT THE GODMOTHER?"
1640
01:03:43,633 --> 01:03:46,233
AND HE SAYS, "I'VE KNOWN HER
SINCE COLOMBIA...
1641
01:03:46,233 --> 01:03:48,000
"AND SHE'S DEADLY.
1642
01:03:48,000 --> 01:03:50,867
"IF YOU DON'T DELIVER,
SHE'S GONNA PUT A HIT ON YOU."
1643
01:03:50,867 --> 01:03:54,000
SHE WAS THE BIGGEST
BACK THEN.
1644
01:03:54,000 --> 01:03:57,000
SHE WAS THE GODMOTHER
OF THE COCAINE TRADE.
1645
01:03:57,000 --> 01:03:58,433
SO WHEN WE GOT BACK
TO THE HOTEL,
1646
01:03:58,433 --> 01:03:59,833
I TOLD THE GUYS
WHAT HAPPENED
1647
01:03:59,833 --> 01:04:01,500
AND VANEGAS WAS THERE
AND I SAID,
1648
01:04:01,500 --> 01:04:03,200
"LOOK, WE IN DEEP SHIT
WITH THIS LADY.
1649
01:04:03,200 --> 01:04:06,367
"IF WE DON'T FIND THESE PEOPLE,
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAUL ASS
1650
01:04:06,367 --> 01:04:07,400
"'CAUSE THEY'RE GONNA
COME AFTER--
1651
01:04:07,400 --> 01:04:09,200
"THEY TOLD ME IN SO MANY WORDS."
VANEGAS...
1652
01:04:09,200 --> 01:04:11,867
HE SAYS, "YEAH, I COULD GET
HOLD OF ONE, THE OLDER ONE."
1653
01:04:11,867 --> 01:04:13,667
I SAID,
"THAT'S ALL WE NEED, ONE."
1654
01:04:13,667 --> 01:04:15,033
THROUGH HIM
WE GET THE OTHER ONE.
1655
01:04:15,033 --> 01:04:18,233
I SAID, "DO THIS,
JUST GO TO A PAYPHONE AND BEEP
1656
01:04:18,233 --> 01:04:19,967
"AND SET UP A MEETING
FOR TONIGHT.
1657
01:04:19,967 --> 01:04:21,300
"AND WE'RE GONNA KIDNAP HIS ASS
1658
01:04:21,300 --> 01:04:23,467
"AND WE'RE GONNA TURN HIM OVER
TO THESE OTHER PEOPLE."
1659
01:04:23,467 --> 01:04:28,033
WE BEEPED, NO ANSWER.
SECOND DAY WE BEEPED, NO ANSWER.
1660
01:04:28,033 --> 01:04:32,633
THIRD DAY, I WAS LOSING
MY HOPES, NO ANSWER.
1661
01:04:32,633 --> 01:04:34,833
FOURTH DAY, HE BEEPED
AND THE GUY ANSWERED.
1662
01:04:34,833 --> 01:04:37,067
HE SET UP A MEETING
AT THE RAMADA INN
1663
01:04:37,067 --> 01:04:38,667
WE TOLD HIM THAT
WE HAD SOME GUNS
1664
01:04:38,667 --> 01:04:40,167
AND EXPLOSIVES TO SELL.
1665
01:04:40,167 --> 01:04:41,967
BUT THE PROBLEM WAS,
WHEN HE ARRIVED AT THE HOTEL,
1666
01:04:41,967 --> 01:04:44,467
HE ARRIVED WITH HIS KID,
IT WAS A 15-YEAR-OLD BOY.
1667
01:04:44,467 --> 01:04:46,667
WE WEREN'T COUNTING ON NO KID.
1668
01:04:46,667 --> 01:04:50,067
SO VANEGAS, HE MADE A SMART MOVE
AND TOOK THE KID TO THE CAR.
1669
01:04:50,067 --> 01:04:52,033
OTHERWISE WE HAD TO TAKE
THE KID WITH US TOO.
1670
01:04:52,033 --> 01:04:53,567
HE'S TALKING,
LAUGHING WITH VANEGAS,
1671
01:04:53,567 --> 01:04:56,167
I'M BEHIND A TREE, AND WHEN
VANEGAS OPENED THE TRUNK,
1672
01:04:56,167 --> 01:04:58,300
I CAME OUT FROM BEHIND THE TREE,
I PUT A GUN IN HIS RIBS
1673
01:04:58,300 --> 01:05:00,167
AND I SAID,
"I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR YOU."
1674
01:05:00,167 --> 01:05:01,633
SO THE GUY SAYS,
"I OWE YOU NOTHING."
1675
01:05:01,633 --> 01:05:03,500
I SAY, "NO, YOU DON'T.
SOMEONE ELSE NEEDS YOU.
1676
01:05:03,500 --> 01:05:05,667
"THERE'S A LADY
LOOKING FOR YOU.
1677
01:05:05,667 --> 01:05:07,367
"HER NAME IS GRISELDA BLANCO."
1678
01:05:07,367 --> 01:05:10,767
AND HE SAID, "THAT FAT BITCH,
I DON'T OWE HER NOTHING."
1679
01:05:10,767 --> 01:05:14,133
SO CUMBAMBA KICKED HIM IN THE
FACE AND KNOCKED HIS TEETH OUT.
1680
01:05:14,133 --> 01:05:16,133
HE SAID, "MORE RESPECT
FOR THE LADY.
1681
01:05:16,133 --> 01:05:19,033
"YOU TELL HER WHEN
YOU SEE HER, WE WORK FOR HER."
1682
01:05:19,033 --> 01:05:21,167
HE TURNED WHITE. HE SAID,
"YOU'RE GONNA MEET HER
1683
01:05:21,167 --> 01:05:24,400
"IN A COUPLE OF HOURS."
HE STARTED SHAKING.
1684
01:05:24,400 --> 01:05:27,833
SO AN HOUR LATER
THEY ARRIVED, THEY TOOK HIM.
1685
01:05:27,833 --> 01:05:31,233
THE NEXT DAY I'M AT HOME,
AT 4 O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON.
1686
01:05:31,233 --> 01:05:32,767
SHE COMES TO MY HOUSE,
1687
01:05:32,767 --> 01:05:35,000
SHE JUST COMES IN
LIKE SHE OWNED THE HOUSE.
1688
01:05:35,000 --> 01:05:36,467
AND MY WIFE WAS FRYING FISH.
1689
01:05:36,467 --> 01:05:38,300
SHE SAID, "OH, I LOVE FISH."
1690
01:05:38,300 --> 01:05:41,533
SHE'S JUST EATING, TELLING ME
HOW THEY KILLED THIS GUY--
1691
01:05:41,533 --> 01:05:43,067
THEY CHOPPED HIM UP
INTO LITTLE PIECES--
1692
01:05:43,067 --> 01:05:44,467
WHILE WE WERE HAVING DINNER.
1693
01:05:44,467 --> 01:05:45,967
I SAID, "WHAT ARE YOU TALKING
ABOUT? YOU SHOT THIS GUY?"
1694
01:05:45,967 --> 01:05:47,300
SHE SAID, "YEAH, I SHOT HIM...
1695
01:05:47,300 --> 01:05:49,433
"AND CUMBAMBA CUT HIM UP
1696
01:05:49,433 --> 01:05:53,267
"AND PUT HIM IN A SMALL BOX
AND WRAPPED HIM UP LIKE A GIFT
1697
01:05:53,267 --> 01:05:55,033
"WITH A LITTLE BOW AND TAG
AND WE LEFT IT
1698
01:05:55,033 --> 01:05:57,600
"A COUPLE OF BLOCKS FROM HERE
ON THE TURNPIKE."
1699
01:05:57,600 --> 01:05:59,300
I SAID, "IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD?"
SHE SAID "YEAH,
1700
01:05:59,300 --> 01:06:02,100
"WE WERE HEADING SOUTH
TO COME AND VISIT YOU
1701
01:06:02,100 --> 01:06:04,200
"SO WE FIGURED IT WAS
A GOOD SPOT TO DROP HIM OFF."
1702
01:06:07,133 --> 01:06:08,767
I JUST LOOKED AT HER AND SAID,
"YOU'RE JOKING, RIGHT?"
1703
01:06:08,767 --> 01:06:10,267
SHE SAYS, "NO, FOR REAL."
1704
01:06:10,267 --> 01:06:11,700
I SAID, "YOU GUYS
USUALLY DO THIS?"
1705
01:06:11,700 --> 01:06:13,167
SHE SAID YEAH, SHE LIKES IT.
1706
01:06:13,167 --> 01:06:16,400
SHE LIKES US TO CUT PEOPLE UP
AND JUST THROW THEM LIKE THAT.
1707
01:06:19,867 --> 01:06:22,467
GRISELDA BLANCO,
SHE GREW UP WITH HER MOTHER
1708
01:06:22,467 --> 01:06:26,000
IN MEDELLÍN, VERY POOR.
SHE WAS A PROSTITUTE.
1709
01:06:26,000 --> 01:06:28,333
SHE STARTED HER CRIMINAL LIFE
AS A PICKPOCKET,
1710
01:06:28,333 --> 01:06:29,867
THEN THEY MOVED TO NEW YORK.
1711
01:06:29,867 --> 01:06:31,833
THAT'S WHEN THEY GOT INTO
THE DRUG BUSINESS.
1712
01:06:31,833 --> 01:06:37,267
THE FIRST TIME I HEARD HER NAME
WAS THE LATTER PART OF 1973.
1713
01:06:37,267 --> 01:06:39,200
FROM THE INTELLIGENCE
THAT WE WERE GIVEN,
1714
01:06:39,200 --> 01:06:41,467
SHE DID FIGURE
AS AN EMERGING THREAT
1715
01:06:41,467 --> 01:06:42,600
TO THE UNITED STATES.
1716
01:06:42,600 --> 01:06:43,867
Rivi: HER BUSINESS GREW.
1717
01:06:43,867 --> 01:06:46,167
SHE WAS A SIGNIFICANT COLOMBIAN
AND COCAINE TRAFFICKER.
1718
01:06:46,167 --> 01:06:48,967
RAFA AND GRISELDA,
THEY WERE CHILDHOOD FRIENDS.
1719
01:06:48,967 --> 01:06:50,867
SO RAFA
GAVE EVERYTHING TO HER.
1720
01:06:50,867 --> 01:06:53,267
Burstyn: IN THE MID-'70S
GRISELDA GOT CHARGED
1721
01:06:53,267 --> 01:06:55,967
ON A VERY LARGE COCAINE CASE
IN NEW YORK,
1722
01:06:55,967 --> 01:06:57,400
PROBABLY THE LARGEST
AT THE TIME,
1723
01:06:57,400 --> 01:06:59,567
AND SHE FLED AFTER THAT
AND SHE TOOK OFF.
1724
01:06:59,567 --> 01:07:02,433
THERE WAS A FUGITIVE WARRANT
ISSUED FOR HER.
1725
01:07:02,433 --> 01:07:05,767
I LOST TRACK OF HER FROM
THE TIME OF THE INDICTMENT
1726
01:07:05,767 --> 01:07:09,167
UP UNTIL I WAS
TRANSFERRED TO MIAMI.
1727
01:07:11,000 --> 01:07:13,333
Al: WELL, WE CAN'T SAY FOR SURE
EXACTLY WHEN SHE WAS IN MIAMI,
1728
01:07:13,333 --> 01:07:15,600
PROBABLY IN '78, AND WE DIDN'T
KNOW WHERE, OBVIOUSLY,
1729
01:07:15,600 --> 01:07:17,100
'CAUSE SHE WAS A FUGITIVE.
1730
01:07:17,100 --> 01:07:18,800
BUT WE KNEW
SHE WAS A MULTI-KILO DEALER.
1731
01:07:18,800 --> 01:07:23,067
IN THE VERY, VERY
LATINO CULTURE IT'S NOT USUAL
1732
01:07:23,067 --> 01:07:26,567
THAT A WOMAN WOULD BE THE HEAD
OF HER OWN ORGANIZATION,
1733
01:07:26,567 --> 01:07:31,333
SO I FIGURED THAT SHE HAD
TO HAVE BEEN ONE MEAN LADY.
1734
01:07:31,333 --> 01:07:33,767
GRISELDA HAD TO PROVE
TO ALL THE OTHER COLOMBIANS
1735
01:07:33,767 --> 01:07:35,367
THAT SHE WAS WORTHY TO KEEP
1736
01:07:35,367 --> 01:07:36,800
THE TRADE THAT THEY GAVE HER.
1737
01:07:36,800 --> 01:07:40,067
AND SHE LIKED PEOPLE
TO FEAR HER, AND THEY DID.
1738
01:07:40,067 --> 01:07:41,633
PEOPLE WERE
SO AFRAID OF HER,
1739
01:07:41,633 --> 01:07:44,367
HER REPUTATION PRECEDED HER
WHEREVER SHE WENT.
1740
01:07:44,367 --> 01:07:47,800
I MADE A MISTAKE OF NOT KNOWING
EXACTLY WHO SHE WAS AT FIRST.
1741
01:07:47,800 --> 01:07:51,267
I MET HER AT RAFA'S APARTMENT,
AND I LOVED LATIN WOMEN,
1742
01:07:51,267 --> 01:07:52,833
SO I WENT TO RAFA AND I SAID,
"WHAT'S HER STORY?"
1743
01:07:52,833 --> 01:07:54,200
AND RAFA SAID, "OH, NO.
1744
01:07:54,200 --> 01:07:55,633
"YOU'RE NOT
GETTING INVOLVED WITH HER."
1745
01:07:55,633 --> 01:07:57,133
AND I SAID, "WHY NOT?"
AND HE SAYS,
1746
01:07:57,133 --> 01:07:59,567
"IF YOU FUCK THIS WOMAN,
I'M GONNA HAVE TO KILL HER."
1747
01:07:59,567 --> 01:08:00,900
SO I WENT TO MAX
AND I SAID TO MAX,
1748
01:08:00,900 --> 01:08:02,267
"WHAT'S THE WOMAN'S STORY?"
1749
01:08:02,267 --> 01:08:04,100
AND MAX STARTED TELLING ME
THESE STORIES.
1750
01:08:04,100 --> 01:08:05,467
SHE WAS A HYPOCHONDRIAC.
1751
01:08:05,467 --> 01:08:06,933
Man: SHE WAS PRETTY DECADENT.
1752
01:08:06,933 --> 01:08:08,200
Rivi: SHE'D GET
A BRAND-NEW FERRARI
1753
01:08:08,200 --> 01:08:09,867
FOR CHRISTMAS, IT WAS $80,000.
1754
01:08:09,867 --> 01:08:11,667
SHE COLLECTED WEALTH.
1755
01:08:11,667 --> 01:08:14,000
HER CHRISTMAS PRESENTS
WERE ALWAYS LIKE EXPENSIVE.
1756
01:08:14,000 --> 01:08:15,733
Jon: EVA PERÓN'S RING...
1757
01:08:15,733 --> 01:08:17,000
Rivi: AND JEWELRY AND STUFF.
1758
01:08:17,000 --> 01:08:19,367
Man: A BAD FREEBASE COCAINE USER
AND ABUSER.
1759
01:08:19,367 --> 01:08:20,500
2nd man: A LESBIAN AS WELL.
1760
01:08:20,500 --> 01:08:21,300
Man: PARANOID.
1761
01:08:21,300 --> 01:08:22,367
2nd man: BEYOND THE MOVIES.
1762
01:08:22,367 --> 01:08:24,000
I MEAN, I DON'T EVEN
THINK MIAMI VICE
1763
01:08:24,000 --> 01:08:25,567
WOULD BE THIS FLAMBOYANT.
1764
01:08:25,567 --> 01:08:27,767
OF COURSE SHE HAD
THE THREE OLDER SONS.
1765
01:08:36,433 --> 01:08:40,500
HER LAST SON, THEY NAMED HIM
MICHAEL CORLEONE SEPULVEDA,
1766
01:08:40,500 --> 01:08:43,300
WHICH IS FUCKING INCREDIBLE.
1767
01:08:43,300 --> 01:08:44,700
AS FAR AS HER MURDERS GO,
MY GOD!
1768
01:08:44,700 --> 01:08:47,033
THEY CALLED HER THE BLACK WIDOW
BECAUSE SHE HAD KILLED
1769
01:08:47,033 --> 01:08:49,100
A COUPLE OF HER HUSBANDS,
OR HAD THEM KILLED.
1770
01:08:49,100 --> 01:08:50,767
THIS WOMAN LITERALLY
SLITS MEN'S THROATS
1771
01:08:50,767 --> 01:08:52,000
AFTER SHE SLEEPS WITH THEM.
1772
01:08:52,000 --> 01:08:53,667
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES
SHE DID THAT.
1773
01:08:53,667 --> 01:08:55,700
"SHE'S NOT GONNA DO THAT
'CAUSE RAFA'S GONNA TELL HER
1774
01:08:55,700 --> 01:08:57,267
"THAT, YOU KNOW--"
AND MAX WAS LIKE,
1775
01:08:57,267 --> 01:08:58,533
"IT DON'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE."
1776
01:08:58,533 --> 01:09:01,000
SHE COULD BE BUGGED OUT ONE
NIGHT AND YOU SLEEP WITH HER
1777
01:09:01,000 --> 01:09:02,833
AND SHE'LL SLIT YOUR THROAT
AND WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN HERE?
1778
01:09:02,833 --> 01:09:04,400
THERE'S GONNA BE A WAR.
1779
01:09:04,400 --> 01:09:06,000
GRISELDA WAS WORSE
THAN ANY OF THE MEN
1780
01:09:06,000 --> 01:09:07,433
THAT WERE INVOLVED
IN THIS.
1781
01:09:07,433 --> 01:09:09,867
THE FIRST HOMICIDE OF NOTE
1782
01:09:09,867 --> 01:09:11,767
THAT SHE'S INVOLVED WITH
IS DADELAND.
1783
01:09:11,767 --> 01:09:13,333
Rivi: THAT'S WHEN
GRISELDA'S CREW
1784
01:09:13,333 --> 01:09:15,633
WALKED INTO THE LIQUOR STORE
AND BLEW HIS HEAD OFF.
1785
01:09:15,633 --> 01:09:17,100
WELL, HALF HIS HEAD OFF.
1786
01:09:17,100 --> 01:09:20,200
Al: WHICH OF COURSE
IS JULY 1979.
1787
01:09:20,200 --> 01:09:22,133
I GUESS
HE WAS DYING FOR A DRINK.
1788
01:09:22,133 --> 01:09:23,733
AND THAT'S WHAT
ESTABLISHED HER AS ONE OF
1789
01:09:23,733 --> 01:09:26,600
THE MOST VIOLENT
TRAFFICKERS KNOWN.
1790
01:09:26,600 --> 01:09:29,533
THAT'S WHAT REALLY STARTED
RIGHT THERE, THE COCAINE WARS.
1791
01:09:29,533 --> 01:09:32,733
AS WE STARTED
SEEING MORE HOMICIDES,
1792
01:09:32,733 --> 01:09:36,600
THE ROLE OF GRISELDA BLANCO
BECAME VERY, VERY PROMINENT
1793
01:09:36,600 --> 01:09:38,867
IN WHAT WE WERE CALLING
THE COCAINE WARS.
1794
01:09:38,867 --> 01:09:41,433
Jon: SHE KILLED A LOT OF
COLOMBIANS AND A LOT OF CUBANS
1795
01:09:41,433 --> 01:09:43,500
TO GET HER POSITION IN LIFE.
1796
01:09:43,500 --> 01:09:44,767
Reporter: WHEREVER THEY GO
1797
01:09:44,767 --> 01:09:47,733
THEY TAKE THEIR SPECIAL
BRAND OF VICIOUSNESS WITH THEM.
1798
01:09:47,733 --> 01:09:50,633
THIS WOMAN KNOWN
AS LA MADRINA, THE GODMOTHER.
1799
01:09:50,633 --> 01:09:54,367
SHE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE MAJORITY OF THE HOMICIDES
1800
01:09:54,367 --> 01:09:57,533
THAT OCCURRED IN SOUTH FLORIDA
DURING THOSE DAYS.
1801
01:09:57,533 --> 01:10:01,900
Al: 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982,
THOSE WERE THE YEARS
1802
01:10:01,900 --> 01:10:04,700
WHERE SHE DID HER KILLING
IN DADE COUNTY.
1803
01:10:08,400 --> 01:10:15,033
GRISELDA BLANCO, SHE WAS
REALLY, UH...AN ANGEL OF DEATH.
1804
01:10:15,033 --> 01:10:17,100
Man: I DON'T KNOW THAT
ANY OTHER ORGANIZATION
1805
01:10:17,100 --> 01:10:19,267
CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO
THE NUMBER OF HOMICIDES
1806
01:10:19,267 --> 01:10:22,467
THAT GO BACK TO GRISELDA,
I JUST DON'T.
1807
01:10:22,467 --> 01:10:24,300
Jon: AND IT COULD BE
OVER SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS...
1808
01:10:24,300 --> 01:10:26,033
IF SHE WAS IN A RESTAURANT
THE NIGHT BEFORE.
1809
01:10:26,033 --> 01:10:28,000
Rivi: LIKE WHEN WE WENT TO
THE PEROZ ON THE BEACH.
1810
01:10:28,000 --> 01:10:29,500
SHE COULD BE EATING AT A TABLE
1811
01:10:29,500 --> 01:10:31,000
AND THE OWNER GAVE HER
A PROBLEM OR SOMETHING.
1812
01:10:31,000 --> 01:10:33,100
THERE WAS THIS BIG GUY THERE,
STARTED RUNNING HIS MOUTH.
1813
01:10:33,100 --> 01:10:34,500
AND HE GOT SMART WITH HER TOO.
1814
01:10:34,500 --> 01:10:35,933
SHE DECIDED, YOU KNOW,
"FUCK THIS OWNER,
1815
01:10:35,933 --> 01:10:37,267
"I'M GOING TO
DESTROY HIS BUSINESS."
1816
01:10:37,267 --> 01:10:39,767
AND SO WE LEFT.
1817
01:10:39,767 --> 01:10:41,267
AND THESE GUYS
WOULD COME ON MOTORCYCLES,
1818
01:10:41,267 --> 01:10:43,067
THEN THEY'D TURN AROUND
ON THE BACK OF THE MOTORCYCLE,
1819
01:10:43,067 --> 01:10:45,633
AND JUST SPRAY EVERYBODY
WAITING ON LINE
1820
01:10:45,633 --> 01:10:47,033
TO GET INTO THE PLACE
AND EVERYTHING.
1821
01:10:47,033 --> 01:10:48,633
AND THEN MACHINE-GUN
HIS ASS DOWN
1822
01:10:48,633 --> 01:10:50,000
RIGHT IN FRONT
OF THE DOOR.
1823
01:10:50,000 --> 01:10:51,033
YEAH, THEY WERE TRYING
TO PIN IT ON ME...
1824
01:10:51,033 --> 01:10:52,833
BUT I WAS OUT OF TOWN.
1825
01:10:52,833 --> 01:10:56,933
SO HE MUST HAVE MESSED
WITH THE WRONG PEOPLE.
1826
01:10:56,933 --> 01:10:59,367
Jon: RIVERITA BECAME
GRISELDA'S MAIN ENFORCER.
1827
01:10:59,367 --> 01:11:01,167
Rivi: SHE WAS ALWAYS WITH ME,
AND THREE OR FOUR GUYS.
1828
01:11:01,167 --> 01:11:03,767
SHE HAD AN ARMY WITH HER.
A ROGUE CAST OF CHARACTERS.
1829
01:11:03,767 --> 01:11:08,133
HER CREW WAS...ALMOST LIKE
YOU WOULD SEE IN THE MOVIES.
1830
01:11:08,133 --> 01:11:09,933
SHE HAD PACO.
Man: PACO SEPULVEDA.
1831
01:11:09,933 --> 01:11:13,533
DIEGO SEPULVEDA. TOTO.
CARLOS VANEGAS. ALONSO AYALA.
1832
01:11:13,533 --> 01:11:15,367
JUST RAGTAG GUYS, YOU KNOW,
1833
01:11:15,367 --> 01:11:16,767
LIKE THE GANG
THAT COULDN'T SHOOT STRAIGHT.
1834
01:11:16,767 --> 01:11:19,000
UBER, GUILLERMO, VELASQUEZ,
1835
01:11:19,000 --> 01:11:20,833
ONLY THEY ACTUALLY
COULD HIT PEOPLE.
1836
01:11:20,833 --> 01:11:21,833
Rivi: CUMBAMBA.
1837
01:11:21,833 --> 01:11:23,633
Al: MONTECO, DIEGO ESCOBAR.
1838
01:11:23,633 --> 01:11:24,633
OSCAR MARIO.
1839
01:11:24,633 --> 01:11:26,267
Rivi: JAIME BRAVO.
1840
01:11:26,267 --> 01:11:28,367
Al: THEY WERE MAINLY ENFORCERS-
SLASH-HIT MEN.
1841
01:11:28,367 --> 01:11:29,733
THIS IS HOW THEY MADE A LIVING.
1842
01:11:29,733 --> 01:11:31,233
SOME PEOPLE ARE PHARMACISTS,
1843
01:11:31,233 --> 01:11:33,533
AND OTHERS ARE GARBAGE MEN
AND THESE ARE KILLERS.
1844
01:11:33,533 --> 01:11:35,100
AND THAT'S ALL THAT THEY DID.
1845
01:11:35,100 --> 01:11:38,000
Al: AND CHUCHO CASTRO
WAS HER CHIEF ENFORCER.
1846
01:11:38,000 --> 01:11:39,833
Rivi: TO ME HE WAS ONE OF
THE BEST ENFORCERS
1847
01:11:39,833 --> 01:11:41,033
THAT GRISELDA EVER HAD.
1848
01:11:41,033 --> 01:11:43,367
I MEAN, HE'S A LEGEND.
HE ALWAYS GOT HIS MAN.
1849
01:11:43,367 --> 01:11:46,433
OSVALDO, GRISELDA'S SON.
BACK THEN HE WAS 15.
1850
01:11:46,433 --> 01:11:47,467
HE WANTED TO LIVE FAST.
1851
01:11:47,467 --> 01:11:49,133
I MEAN, HE WAS CARRYING GUNS
AND STUFF,
1852
01:11:49,133 --> 01:11:51,700
HE WAS DEALING 300 AND 400 KILOS
OF COCAINE A MONTH.
1853
01:11:51,700 --> 01:11:53,500
Bob: THIS WAS ALL
ORCHESTRATED BY THE MOTHER.
1854
01:11:53,500 --> 01:11:56,133
HE WANTED TO LOOK LIKE
DON CORLEONE, YOU KNOW,
1855
01:11:56,133 --> 01:11:58,833
AND ACT LIKE HIM,
AND HE DID.
1856
01:11:58,833 --> 01:12:02,800
COCKY ATTITUDE, BECAUSE OF
HIS MOM. HE WAS A SMART ASS.
1857
01:12:02,800 --> 01:12:04,967
HE WAS IN THE FACES NIGHTCLUB
IN COCONUT GROVE
1858
01:12:04,967 --> 01:12:07,000
WITH HIS BUDDIES
AND HIS GIRLFRIEND AND ALL.
1859
01:12:07,000 --> 01:12:08,500
CHUCHO LIVED NEAR THERE.
1860
01:12:08,500 --> 01:12:11,233
SO OSVALDO, HE FIGURED,
"WELL, I'LL GO CAMP OVER HERE
1861
01:12:11,233 --> 01:12:12,600
"AT CHUCHO'S HOUSE."
1862
01:12:12,600 --> 01:12:14,133
HE DROVE HIS CAR
RIGHT TO THE FRONT LAWN,
1863
01:12:14,133 --> 01:12:17,100
ALMOST TO THE FRONT DOOR,
SKIDDING THE TIRES AND...
1864
01:12:17,100 --> 01:12:18,533
MAKING A WHOLE BUNCH OF NOISE.
SO CHUCHO CAME OUT.
1865
01:12:18,533 --> 01:12:20,500
SO HE TOLD HIM, YOU KNOW, TO
GET THE HELL OUT OF HIS HOUSE.
1866
01:12:20,500 --> 01:12:21,900
SO HE SAID, "WELL, IF YOU
DON'T LET ME SPEND THE NIGHT,
1867
01:12:21,900 --> 01:12:23,400
"I'LL TELL MY MOM."
SO CHUCHO SAID,
1868
01:12:23,400 --> 01:12:24,533
"I DON'T GIVE A FUCK
WHO YOU TELL,
1869
01:12:24,533 --> 01:12:25,700
"I DON'T GIVE A
FUCK ABOUT YOUR MOM,
1870
01:12:25,700 --> 01:12:27,433
"TELL YOUR MOM THAT I SAID
TO FUCK HERSELF."
1871
01:12:27,433 --> 01:12:29,167
CHUCHO KICKED HIM
IN THE ASS AND TOLD HIM,
1872
01:12:29,167 --> 01:12:30,900
"GET BACK IN THE CAR,
GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE.
1873
01:12:30,900 --> 01:12:32,900
"TELL YOUR MOM
THAT I KICKED YOUR ASS."
1874
01:12:32,900 --> 01:12:35,233
SO THE KID WENT BACK HOME
AND TOLD HIS MOM.
1875
01:12:35,233 --> 01:12:36,967
AND THAT'S ONE THING
ABOUT HER,
1876
01:12:36,967 --> 01:12:38,367
YOU COULDN'T
TOUCH HER KIDS.
1877
01:12:38,367 --> 01:12:40,967
IT DIDN'T MATTER WHO IT WAS,
THAT PERSON WOULD DIE.
1878
01:12:40,967 --> 01:12:43,467
THERE WAS ALWAYS SOMEBODY
THAT DID SOMETHING WRONG.
1879
01:12:43,467 --> 01:12:45,667
WHETHER THEY DID OR NOT,
THERE WAS A REASON FOR HER
1880
01:12:45,667 --> 01:12:47,667
TO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THEM.
1881
01:12:47,667 --> 01:12:49,333
Rivi: I WAS CALLED
THAT AFTERNOON TO HER HOUSE.
1882
01:12:49,333 --> 01:12:51,267
SHE SAID, "I NOTIFY HIM
THAT WE AT WAR,
1883
01:12:51,267 --> 01:12:53,667
"THAT HE'S NO LONGER MY FRIEND,
HE'S MY ENEMY.
1884
01:12:53,667 --> 01:12:56,400
"SO FROM THIS POINT ON
IF YOU SEE HIM, SHOOT HIM."
1885
01:12:56,400 --> 01:12:58,533
RIVI AND HIS PEOPLE
WERE DEPLOYED IN THIS AREA.
1886
01:12:58,533 --> 01:13:00,467
WELL, IT WASN'T GONNA BE EASY,
'CAUSE HE'S GOOD.
1887
01:13:00,467 --> 01:13:01,833
WE MAKE A MISTAKE,
WE WON'T GET HIM
1888
01:13:01,833 --> 01:13:03,667
OR WE WERE GONNA GET KILLED
BY THIS GUY.
1889
01:13:03,667 --> 01:13:08,100
RIVI, A DRIVER, AND A SECOND
GUNMAN WITH A WHITE VAN.
1890
01:13:08,100 --> 01:13:10,967
I WAS GONNA BE THE SHOOTER,
SO I GOT AN M16,
1891
01:13:10,967 --> 01:13:13,167
AND I JUST TOLD THE DRIVER,
"WHEN YOU GET NEAR HIM,
1892
01:13:13,167 --> 01:13:14,600
"YOU KNOW, WINDOW TO WINDOW,
LET ME KNOW
1893
01:13:14,600 --> 01:13:15,967
"AND I'LL FIRE
THROUGH THE DOOR."
1894
01:13:15,967 --> 01:13:17,933
'CAUSE I KNEW
IF I OPENED THE DOOR
1895
01:13:17,933 --> 01:13:20,033
WHILE WE WERE MOVING,
HE WAS GONNA KNOW.
1896
01:13:20,033 --> 01:13:21,433
HE KNEW ALL THE TRICKS.
1897
01:13:21,433 --> 01:13:23,700
Al: CHUCHO OPENED UP
THE GARAGE DOOR,
1898
01:13:23,700 --> 01:13:25,600
DROVE OUT OF HIS GARAGE
ONTO 168 STREET
1899
01:13:25,600 --> 01:13:28,200
AND THEN DROVE
WEST TOWARDS US 1.
1900
01:13:28,200 --> 01:13:29,633
Rivi: US 1, WHERE THE LIGHT WAS,
1901
01:13:29,633 --> 01:13:31,733
IT WAS ABOUT
HALF A MILE AWAY.
1902
01:13:31,733 --> 01:13:33,067
SO WE HAD
PLENTY OF TIME.
1903
01:13:33,067 --> 01:13:35,533
SOMEWHERE IN THIS AREA WOULD
HAVE BEEN WHERE THEY WOULD HAVE,
1904
01:13:35,533 --> 01:13:38,700
YOU KNOW, CAUGHT UP WITH CHUCHO,
GONE PARALLEL WITH HIM,
1905
01:13:38,700 --> 01:13:42,067
BOTH WESTBOUND, VAN TO THE LEFT,
CHUCHO TO THE RIGHT.
1906
01:13:42,067 --> 01:13:43,767
AND I GRABBED THE MACHINE GUN
AND I STARTED SHOOTING HIS TIRES
1907
01:13:43,767 --> 01:13:46,300
TRYING TO BLOW HIS TIRES OFF.
HE LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR
1908
01:13:46,300 --> 01:13:48,933
AND HE ALMOST HIT A WALL
BUT HE TOOK CONTROL.
1909
01:13:48,933 --> 01:13:50,167
HE CAME BACK ON THE ROAD
THIS TIME.
1910
01:13:50,167 --> 01:13:52,333
Al: IT WAS ABOUT THE TIME
THEY WERE APPROACHING US 1.
1911
01:13:52,333 --> 01:13:54,567
BY THAT TIME WE WERE REAL CLOSE
TO THE RED LIGHT.
1912
01:13:54,567 --> 01:13:56,167
THERE WAS A GAS STATION
ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE.
1913
01:13:56,167 --> 01:13:57,933
AS THEY APPROACH US 1,
1914
01:13:57,933 --> 01:14:00,133
CHUCHO THEN CUTS THROUGH
THIS GAS STATION PARKING LOT,
1915
01:14:00,133 --> 01:14:03,867
THEY ARE AT REAL HIGH RATE OF
SPEED, GOES NORTH ON US 1,
1916
01:14:03,867 --> 01:14:06,667
AND THAT'S WHERE HE LOSES
THE GUY SHOOTING AT HIM.
1917
01:14:06,667 --> 01:14:09,133
WE LOOKED EVERYWHERE,
WE DIDN'T SEE HIM.
1918
01:14:09,133 --> 01:14:11,133
SO WE JUST LEFT,
AND SAID, YOU KNOW,
1919
01:14:11,133 --> 01:14:13,300
"WE FUCKED IT UP."
1920
01:14:13,300 --> 01:14:15,567
WELL, THE NEXT DAY
GRISELDA CALLED ME
1921
01:14:15,567 --> 01:14:17,367
AND SHE SAYS, "HIS
SON GOT KILLED,
1922
01:14:17,367 --> 01:14:20,533
"HIS SON WAS IN
THE BACK OF THE CAR SLEEPING
1923
01:14:20,533 --> 01:14:22,867
"AND THE BULLETS WENT RIGHT
THROUGH THE TRUNK OF THE CAR
1924
01:14:22,867 --> 01:14:26,000
"AND HIT HIM IN THE HEAD."
1925
01:14:26,000 --> 01:14:28,067
I SAID, "WE NEVER SAW HIM,"
'CAUSE IF I WOULD HAVE SEEN HIM,
1926
01:14:28,067 --> 01:14:29,967
WE WOULD NEVER
HAVE TOUCHED THAT CAR.
1927
01:14:29,967 --> 01:14:33,167
SHE SAYS, "HE TOLD ME
TO TELL YOU
1928
01:14:33,167 --> 01:14:37,433
"THAT HE'S GONNA GET
YOU CAUSE HE SAW YOU."
1929
01:14:37,433 --> 01:14:38,867
I SAID, "THAT'S FINE."
1930
01:14:38,867 --> 01:14:40,700
Al: CHUCHO WAS ACTUALLY
A FUGITIVE, FEDERAL FUGITIVE,
1931
01:14:40,700 --> 01:14:41,833
HE WAS INVOLVED
IN TRAFFICKING,
1932
01:14:41,833 --> 01:14:44,033
THERE WAS A WARRANT
FOR HIS ARREST FROM D.E.A.
1933
01:14:44,033 --> 01:14:46,333
AND THAT WAS THE PRIMARY REASON
HE WAS NOT GOING TO GET INVOLVED
1934
01:14:46,333 --> 01:14:48,267
WITH REPORTING THIS THING
TO THE POLICE.
1935
01:14:48,267 --> 01:14:52,467
HE RETURNED BACK HOME,
PUT THE BABY IN A BATHTUB,
1936
01:14:52,467 --> 01:14:53,533
PUT ICE AROUND THE BABY
1937
01:14:53,533 --> 01:14:55,400
SO THE BABY WOULD BE
PRESERVED ALL EVENING.
1938
01:14:55,400 --> 01:14:57,267
HE AND HIS WIFE SPENT
THE ENTIRE EVENING CRYING
1939
01:14:57,267 --> 01:14:59,633
WITH HIS BABY IN THE BATHTUB.
1940
01:14:59,633 --> 01:15:01,700
THE FOLLOWING DAY
THEY CALLED THE POLICE
1941
01:15:01,700 --> 01:15:05,533
TO LET US KNOW
WHERE TO FIND THE BODY.
1942
01:15:05,533 --> 01:15:08,567
THIS IS THE PHONE CALLS
THAT JESUS MADE
1943
01:15:08,567 --> 01:15:09,633
TO THE COMPLAINT ROOM.
1944
01:15:09,633 --> 01:15:12,300
"PLEASE, I JUST LEFT THE BODY
WITHOUT LIFE
1945
01:15:12,300 --> 01:15:14,033
"OF A BABY
THEY KILLED YESTERDAY.
1946
01:15:14,033 --> 01:15:15,533
"EXCUSE ME, YESTERDAY
SOME BANDITOS
1947
01:15:15,533 --> 01:15:17,167
"THAT WERE
IN A WHITE VAN
1948
01:15:17,167 --> 01:15:18,933
"SHOOT ME
WITH A MACHINE GUN
1949
01:15:18,933 --> 01:15:20,900
"AND THE BOY WAS SITTING
AND THEY KILLED HIM
1950
01:15:20,900 --> 01:15:23,267
"AT 7TH AVENUE
AND 53RD STREET.
1951
01:15:23,267 --> 01:15:25,000
"THE BODY OF THE BOY
THEY KILLED YESTERDAY,
1952
01:15:25,000 --> 01:15:26,200
"THE BANDITOS."
1953
01:15:26,200 --> 01:15:27,433
THIS IS THE MOSQUE
1954
01:15:27,433 --> 01:15:30,200
WHERE THE BODY
OF JOHNNIE CASTRO WAS PLACED.
1955
01:15:30,200 --> 01:15:31,867
CHUCHO WAS LOOKING
FOR THE CHURCH
1956
01:15:31,867 --> 01:15:34,900
WHERE JOHNNIE CASTRO HAD BEEN
CONFIRMED MONTHS EARLIER.
1957
01:15:34,900 --> 01:15:36,233
HE WAS UNABLE TO FIND THE CHURCH
1958
01:15:36,233 --> 01:15:37,500
AND THIS WAS THE BEST
HE COULD DO,
1959
01:15:37,500 --> 01:15:39,800
HE FOUND THIS MOSQUE WHICH WAS
IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD.
1960
01:15:39,800 --> 01:15:44,400
THE CHILD
WAS WRAPPED IN A SHEET.
1961
01:15:44,400 --> 01:15:47,433
IN HIS HANDS
WAS THREE ROSES.
1962
01:15:47,433 --> 01:15:50,500
A ROSE FOR EACH YEAR
OF THE CHILD'S AGE,
1963
01:15:50,500 --> 01:15:53,500
AND I THINK A PASSPORT...
1964
01:15:53,500 --> 01:15:55,267
HERE IT IS.
1965
01:15:55,267 --> 01:15:58,533
HE KNEW THEY NEEDED A PASSPORT
TO SHOW WHO HE WAS.
1966
01:15:58,533 --> 01:16:01,633
HE WAS BORN MARCH 10TH 1979
1967
01:16:01,633 --> 01:16:06,033
SO HE WAS ALMOST 3 YEARS OLD...
1968
01:16:06,033 --> 01:16:07,900
ALMOST 3 YEARS OLD.
1969
01:16:07,900 --> 01:16:10,100
WE REALIZED THAT
IT WAS A COLOMBIAN CHILD
1970
01:16:10,100 --> 01:16:11,700
BECAUSE OF THE PASSPORT
AND SO FORTH.
1971
01:16:11,700 --> 01:16:13,400
WE MADE CONTACT WITH
SERGEANT SINGLETON,
1972
01:16:13,400 --> 01:16:14,967
CENTAC, AND HIS PEOPLE.
1973
01:16:14,967 --> 01:16:17,067
WE KNEW IT WAS GRISELDA BLANCO
AND HER GROUP.
1974
01:16:17,067 --> 01:16:19,300
WE HAD GOTTEN THE NAME
OF RIVERITA,
1975
01:16:19,300 --> 01:16:21,333
BUT NOTHING CONCRETE,
YOU KNOW, NO PICTURE TO SAY
1976
01:16:21,333 --> 01:16:23,333
"OKAY, THIS IS WHO
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR."
1977
01:16:23,333 --> 01:16:25,267
NOTHING LIKE THAT.
1978
01:16:25,267 --> 01:16:28,467
I CAN'T THINK OF ANY OTHER CASE
WHERE THERE WAS A CHILD KILLED.
1979
01:16:28,467 --> 01:16:30,700
LITTLE JOHNNIE CASTRO
1980
01:16:30,700 --> 01:16:32,633
SHOT JUST BECAUSE
HE HAPPENED TO BE SITTING
1981
01:16:32,633 --> 01:16:36,167
NEXT TO HIS FATHER
WHO WAS COLOMBIAN AND A TARGET
1982
01:16:36,167 --> 01:16:38,767
OF SOME OF
THE COCAINE COWBOYS.
1983
01:16:38,767 --> 01:16:40,500
I WAS A ROOKIE
HOMICIDE DETECTIVE,
1984
01:16:40,500 --> 01:16:43,067
ONLY BEEN UP THERE
LESS THAN A YEAR,
1985
01:16:43,067 --> 01:16:46,567
AND MY SON WAS ABOUT
THE SAME AGE AT THAT TIME.
1986
01:16:46,567 --> 01:16:48,167
UH... PEOPLE ALWAYS ASKED ME,
YOU KNOW,
1987
01:16:48,167 --> 01:16:49,733
"HAVE BODIES EVER BOTHERED YOU?"
1988
01:16:49,733 --> 01:16:52,800
AND NEVER,
OTHER THAN THIS ONE CASE.
1989
01:16:52,800 --> 01:16:56,333
I MEAN THAT REALLY HIT ME,
YOU KNOW, REAL HARD,
1990
01:16:56,333 --> 01:16:58,933
'CAUSE I HAD...
I HAD KIDS THAT AGE.
1991
01:16:58,933 --> 01:17:01,100
INNOCENT, INNOCENT BABY,
YOU KNOW.
1992
01:17:01,100 --> 01:17:02,767
GRISELDA, SHE SAID,
"WELL, FUCK IT, YOU KNOW,
1993
01:17:02,767 --> 01:17:04,533
"AT LEAST WE GOT HIM."
1994
01:17:04,533 --> 01:17:06,133
I MEAN,
SHE WASN'T SORRY ABOUT IT,
1995
01:17:06,133 --> 01:17:07,967
AND SHE WAS LIKE...
LIKE, SHE DIDN'T GIVE SHIT.
1996
01:17:07,967 --> 01:17:09,567
Jon: EVEN THOUGH
THE COLOMBIANS WERE WILD
1997
01:17:09,567 --> 01:17:10,933
IN THE WAY THEY DID THINGS,
1998
01:17:10,933 --> 01:17:13,467
SHE WOULD JUST DO IT
EVEN IN A STUPID WAY.
1999
01:17:13,467 --> 01:17:14,667
BUT IT BOTHERED
A LOT OF PEOPLE,
2000
01:17:14,667 --> 01:17:16,100
NOT JUST HERE
IN THE UNITED STATES
2001
01:17:16,100 --> 01:17:17,533
IT BOTHERED
PEOPLE IN COLOMBIA.
2002
01:17:17,533 --> 01:17:19,533
EVERYBODY WOULD TELL THEM
THIS WOMAN'S OUT OF CONTROL
2003
01:17:19,533 --> 01:17:21,467
AND SHE'S GONNA RUIN
EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS.
2004
01:17:21,467 --> 01:17:24,333
IT CAME BACK FROM THE OCHOAS,
WORD TO HER,
2005
01:17:24,333 --> 01:17:25,767
THAT LET'S JUST GET
WHOEVER'S INVOLVED
2006
01:17:25,767 --> 01:17:28,033
AND LET'S TRY TO AVOID
KILLING INNOCENT PEOPLE.
2007
01:17:28,033 --> 01:17:29,467
AND THE ONLY THING THAT
I REMEMBER
2008
01:17:29,467 --> 01:17:30,867
THE COLOMBIANS WANTED OF HER
2009
01:17:30,867 --> 01:17:33,567
WAS REALLY TO STAY OUT OF MIAMI
AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
2010
01:17:33,567 --> 01:17:35,200
SO SHE GOT A LOT OF HEAT
FROM THE OTHERS BUT SHE SAYS,
2011
01:17:35,200 --> 01:17:36,333
"YOU KNOW WHAT? FUCK THEM ALL.
2012
01:17:36,333 --> 01:17:38,133
"I DO WHAT I WANT UP HERE."
2013
01:17:38,133 --> 01:17:40,533
"IF THEY DON'T LIKE IT
THEY CAN COME AFTER ME TOO."
2014
01:17:40,533 --> 01:17:42,500
JUST LIKE THAT.
2015
01:17:42,500 --> 01:17:44,933
Jon: I WOULD HEAR CONVERSATIONS
IN SPANISH WITH RAFA
2016
01:17:44,933 --> 01:17:46,300
'CAUSE I WAS SITTING
IN HIS HOUSE,
2017
01:17:46,300 --> 01:17:47,900
"THAT MOTHERFUCKING GIRL!
2018
01:17:47,900 --> 01:17:51,033
"AGAIN SHE DID THIS TO ME!
NOW WHAT AM I GONNA DO?"
2019
01:17:51,033 --> 01:17:52,733
AND I KNOW HE'D CALL DOWN THERE
2020
01:17:52,733 --> 01:17:54,033
AND HE'D ASK THE GUYS
DOWN THERE,
2021
01:17:54,033 --> 01:17:55,667
"WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO?"
AND SOMEHOW THIS GIRL
2022
01:17:55,667 --> 01:17:57,833
GOT A PASS EVERY TIME
BECAUSE SHE SHOULD HAVE
2023
01:17:57,833 --> 01:18:01,767
BEEN DEAD A LONG TIME
BEFORE HER TIME, A LONG TIME.
2024
01:18:01,767 --> 01:18:03,167
BACK TO WORK.
2025
01:18:05,167 --> 01:18:06,767
Al: RIVERITA...
2026
01:18:06,767 --> 01:18:08,967
HE BECAME GRISELDA'S
MOST FAVORED ENFORCER.
2027
01:18:08,967 --> 01:18:10,767
SORT OF LIKE SECURITY.
2028
01:18:10,767 --> 01:18:12,333
LIKE I WAS LIKE
THE HEAD OF SECURITY,
2029
01:18:12,333 --> 01:18:13,867
NOBODY KNEW WHERE SHE LIVED
BUT ME.
2030
01:18:13,867 --> 01:18:17,567
MOST OF THE MEETINGS TOOK PLACE
IN RAFA'S HOUSE, IN MAX'S HOUSE.
2031
01:18:17,567 --> 01:18:19,767
I MET MAX THE FIRST TIME
AT HIS HOME AS MATTER OF FACT.
2032
01:18:19,767 --> 01:18:21,233
I WENT THERE WITH GRISELDA.
2033
01:18:21,233 --> 01:18:23,367
FROM THAT POINT ON,
I NEVER LIKED HIM.
2034
01:18:23,367 --> 01:18:25,633
I USED TO TELL GRISELDA, I SAID,
"DON'T TRUST THIS MOTHERFUCKER,
2035
01:18:25,633 --> 01:18:27,100
I DON'T TRUST HIM."
AND I SAID, "LISTEN,
2036
01:18:27,100 --> 01:18:28,400
"IF YOU DON'T STAY AWAY
FROM THIS GUY, HE'S GONNA
2037
01:18:28,400 --> 01:18:29,933
"PUT YOU IN PRISON.
2038
01:18:29,933 --> 01:18:32,000
"THE NEXT TIME I RUN INTO HIM
I'M GONNA SHOOT HIM."
2039
01:18:32,000 --> 01:18:33,567
BUT HE WOULD RUN AND TELL RAFA
2040
01:18:33,567 --> 01:18:35,100
AND THEY WOULD COME BACK
WITH THE MEN AND MAKE SURE
2041
01:18:35,100 --> 01:18:36,533
NOTHING HAPPENS TO MAX,
YOU KNOW,
2042
01:18:36,533 --> 01:18:38,300
"TAKE CARE OF MAX,
MAX IS MY COMPADRE."
2043
01:18:38,300 --> 01:18:40,967
I SAID, "FUCK MAX, I'M GONNA
SHOOT THAT MOTHERFUCKER."
2044
01:18:40,967 --> 01:18:42,433
AND HE SAID,
"YOU'RE GONNA KILL ME?"
2045
01:18:42,433 --> 01:18:45,333
I SAID, "NOT RIGHT NOW,
BUT I WILL LATER."
2046
01:18:45,333 --> 01:18:48,733
I MEAN, YOU HAD TO RESPECT HIM
BECAUSE THE GUY CAME IN
2047
01:18:48,733 --> 01:18:52,433
WITH LIKE TOUGH TALK, GUNS,
AND ALL THESE PEOPLE WITH HIM.
2048
01:18:52,433 --> 01:18:53,933
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A GUY,
2049
01:18:53,933 --> 01:18:56,800
ANYBODY COMING IN ANYWHERE
WITH AN ENTOURAGE,
2050
01:18:56,800 --> 01:18:58,333
YOU GO, "THIS GUY IS SOMEBODY."
2051
01:18:58,333 --> 01:19:00,367
I DIDN'T ROLL ALL FLASHY
AND STUFF LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW,
2052
01:19:00,367 --> 01:19:02,467
I HAD MY HOUSE IN MIAMI
AT PALM BEACH,
2053
01:19:02,467 --> 01:19:04,633
I HAD A HOUSE IN SAN AGUSTÍN
AND TWO HOUSES IN CHICAGO.
2054
01:19:04,633 --> 01:19:06,500
MY CARS, I HAD PLENTY OF CARS.
2055
01:19:06,500 --> 01:19:08,400
I'D BUY THEM
FOR MY GIRLFRIENDS TOO.
2056
01:19:08,400 --> 01:19:10,133
MY WIFE,
A COUPLE OF GIRLFRIENDS.
2057
01:19:10,133 --> 01:19:13,300
THE LIFE, YOU GOTTA HAVE...
YOU GOTTA KEEP A COUPLE.
2058
01:19:13,300 --> 01:19:15,133
YOU KNOW, IT WAS WHAT I WANTED,
WHAT I LIKE,
2059
01:19:15,133 --> 01:19:16,433
I SAW ON THE STREET
I BOUGHT IT.
2060
01:19:16,433 --> 01:19:18,500
YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T HAVE TO
WORRY ABOUT THE PRICE.
2061
01:19:18,500 --> 01:19:20,967
I DON'T KNOW,
SHOW BUSINESS KIND OF...
2062
01:19:20,967 --> 01:19:22,467
THAT TYPE OF THING.
2063
01:19:22,467 --> 01:19:24,233
Bob: A HANDSOME GUY,
HE SPOKE ENGLISH,
2064
01:19:24,233 --> 01:19:25,900
HAD A LOT CHARISMA.
2065
01:19:25,900 --> 01:19:28,667
THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS
THAT SHE LIKED ME SO MUCH.
2066
01:19:28,667 --> 01:19:29,967
I GREW UP IN THIS COUNTRY.
2067
01:19:29,967 --> 01:19:31,567
I JUST DIDN'T
COME ACROSS THE WATER
2068
01:19:31,567 --> 01:19:33,467
AND I STARTED...
AND PUT ME ON THE STREET.
2069
01:19:33,467 --> 01:19:36,233
ALTHOUGH HE WAS AS BAD
AND PROBABLY KILLED MORE THAN...
2070
01:19:36,233 --> 01:19:37,633
THAN ANY OF THE OTHER ONES.
2071
01:19:37,633 --> 01:19:39,067
I CAME FROM A GOOD FAMILY
BUT I GREW UP ON THE STREETS,
2072
01:19:39,067 --> 01:19:40,533
IN CHICAGO.
2073
01:19:40,533 --> 01:19:42,500
I WAS A BAD BOY
FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.
2074
01:19:42,500 --> 01:19:44,600
A STONE-COLD KILLER.
2075
01:19:44,600 --> 01:19:47,233
TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH,
I DIDN'T LIKE THE GUY VERY MUCH
2076
01:19:47,233 --> 01:19:50,767
BECAUSE HE USED TO
BRAG TO ME ABOUT--
2077
01:19:50,767 --> 01:19:53,800
LIKE PEOPLE THAT HE HAD KILLED
AND THAT SORT OF THING.
2078
01:19:53,800 --> 01:19:56,400
ONE TIME I ROLLED MY WINDOW DOWN
AND I SHOT HIM WITH A MAC-11
2079
01:19:56,400 --> 01:19:57,667
ON THE FACE.
2080
01:19:57,667 --> 01:19:59,633
I DON'T WANNA HEAR
"OH, HE KILLED THIS GUY
2081
01:19:59,633 --> 01:20:00,833
"HERE, THERE," IT WAS LIKE...
2082
01:20:00,833 --> 01:20:02,200
AND I'LL KILL ANYONE IN
THE UNITED STATES,
2083
01:20:02,200 --> 01:20:04,533
OR ANYWHERE IN EUROPE, ANYWHERE
THEY SEND ME, I'LL DO IT.
2084
01:20:04,533 --> 01:20:07,633
I DON'T WANNA HEAR ABOUT IT.
BRAGGING ABOUT STUFF.
2085
01:20:07,633 --> 01:20:10,267
AS FAR AS WORKING ON US SOIL,
I WAS THE BEST.
2086
01:20:10,267 --> 01:20:13,067
IT WAS UNNERVING IN A WAY,
YOU KNOW,
2087
01:20:13,067 --> 01:20:15,667
BECAUSE HE WAS KINDA
AN ENFORCER FOR THIS WOMAN
2088
01:20:15,667 --> 01:20:18,100
OR WHATEVER,
YOU KNOW, WHATEVER HE WAS.
2089
01:20:18,100 --> 01:20:19,533
AND HE WAS THE GUY
DURING THE YEARS
2090
01:20:19,533 --> 01:20:22,200
OF '82 TO '84 THAT SHE USED
2091
01:20:22,200 --> 01:20:25,800
BASICALLY EXCLUSIVELY
TO DO HER KILLINGS.
2092
01:20:25,800 --> 01:20:26,967
Rivi: MY REPUTATION WAS
2093
01:20:26,967 --> 01:20:30,233
THAT ONCE I WENT AFTER YOU,
I WILL GET YOU.
2094
01:20:30,233 --> 01:20:32,267
IF YOU RUN,
I'M GONNA CATCH YOU.
2095
01:20:32,267 --> 01:20:33,567
IF THERE WAS A DRUG DEBT
TO BE COLLECTED,
2096
01:20:33,567 --> 01:20:35,333
HE WAS SENT TO COLLECT IT.
2097
01:20:35,333 --> 01:20:38,133
A LOT OF HER CUSTOMERS
SAID THAT THEY WERE LATE,
2098
01:20:38,133 --> 01:20:39,367
AND SHE SAID, "WELL, IF YOU'RE
NOT HERE TOMORROW,
2099
01:20:39,367 --> 01:20:40,467
"I'LL SEND RIVI AFTER YOU."
2100
01:20:40,467 --> 01:20:41,733
"OH, NO, NO, DON'T SEND HIM."
2101
01:20:44,500 --> 01:20:47,400
ALFREDO LORENZO WAS A DRUG
CUSTOMER OF GRISELDA BLANCO.
2102
01:20:47,400 --> 01:20:48,967
Rivi: GRISELDA ORDERED ME
TO DELIVER
2103
01:20:48,967 --> 01:20:50,333
5 KILOS
OF COCAINE TO THEM.
2104
01:20:50,333 --> 01:20:53,400
BACK THEN IT WAS $50,000 EACH,
IT WAS $250 AN OUNCE.
2105
01:20:53,400 --> 01:20:55,567
HE HAD BEEN GIVEN COCAINE
ON CONSIGNMENT.
2106
01:20:55,567 --> 01:20:57,067
THAT WAS THE WAY
GRISELDA DID IT,
2107
01:20:57,067 --> 01:20:58,833
SHE SAID, "HOW MANY DAYS
DO YOU NEED TO PAY ME BACK?"
2108
01:20:58,833 --> 01:21:02,100
"ONE WEEK." "OKAY, I'M GONNA
GIVE YOU TWO WEEKS."
2109
01:21:02,100 --> 01:21:05,800
"WHEN THOSE TWO WEEKS WERE UP,
SHE DIDN'T WANT THE MONEY,
2110
01:21:05,800 --> 01:21:07,467
"SHE WANTED THE PERSON'S LIFE."
2111
01:21:07,467 --> 01:21:09,267
RIVI WAS SENT
TO COLLECT THE DEBT.
2112
01:21:09,267 --> 01:21:11,400
I WENT TO HIS HOUSE, YOU KNOW,
TO PICK UP THE MONEY,
2113
01:21:11,400 --> 01:21:13,600
AH, YOU KNOW,
EXCUSES, EXCUSES, EXCUSES,
2114
01:21:13,600 --> 01:21:15,967
AND HE SAYS, "TELL HER
TO GIVE ME MORE CREDIT
2115
01:21:15,967 --> 01:21:17,700
"AND I'LL COME UP
WITH THE MONEY."
2116
01:21:17,700 --> 01:21:21,567
I DIDN'T SAY NOTHING TO HIM.
I JUST FELT SORRY FOR HIM.
2117
01:21:21,567 --> 01:21:23,333
RIVI REALIZED THAT LORENZO
WAS GIVING HIM
2118
01:21:23,333 --> 01:21:25,967
A LOT OF BULLSHIT,
BASICALLY.
2119
01:21:25,967 --> 01:21:27,700
AND HE REPORTED THAT
BACK TO GRISELDA.
2120
01:21:27,700 --> 01:21:30,767
SHE SAYS,
"WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO."
2121
01:21:30,767 --> 01:21:33,667
WELL, THEN HIS FATE WAS SEALED.
2122
01:21:33,667 --> 01:21:37,067
WITH GRISELDA,
YOU DIDN'T PAY, YOU DIE.
2123
01:21:37,067 --> 01:21:40,900
EVEN THE MAFIA WOULD HAVE
SOME KIND OF CODE OF HONOR.
2124
01:21:40,900 --> 01:21:43,567
THE ITALIANS WOULD THINK
AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT
2125
01:21:43,567 --> 01:21:45,567
HOW AM I GONNA
GET MY MONEY BACK?
2126
01:21:45,567 --> 01:21:48,400
AND MAYBE AFTER I GOT MY MONEY
THEY WOULD BEAT HIM TO A PULP
2127
01:21:48,400 --> 01:21:51,000
BUT HE WAS FINE,
THREE WEEKS LATER HE'D HEAL.
2128
01:21:51,000 --> 01:21:54,067
AS THE COLOMBIANS CAME IN,
THERE WAS NO BEATING PEOPLE UP.
2129
01:21:54,067 --> 01:21:56,567
YOU KNOW,
THE HOT-BLOODED LATINS,
2130
01:21:56,567 --> 01:21:57,667
THEY DON'T THINK FIRST.
2131
01:21:57,667 --> 01:21:59,767
THEY ACT FIRST
AND THEN THEY THINK AFTERWARDS.
2132
01:21:59,767 --> 01:22:01,633
EVEN THOUGH THEY MIGHT KILL
THE WHOLE FAMILY,
2133
01:22:01,633 --> 01:22:03,133
THEN THEY'D
THINK TO THEMSELVES
2134
01:22:03,133 --> 01:22:04,767
"OH, MY GOD, I SCREWED MYSELF
OUT OF MY...
2135
01:22:04,767 --> 01:22:06,300
"HOW AM I GONNA GET MY MONEY?"
2136
01:22:06,300 --> 01:22:08,033
WHEN IT'S TOO LATE
TO ACTUALLY GET THE MONEY.
2137
01:22:08,033 --> 01:22:10,000
IT'S NOT ABOUT THE MONEY,
JUST TO PROVE A POINT,
2138
01:22:10,000 --> 01:22:12,000
"DON'T RIP ME OFF,
DON'T FUCK WITH ME,
2139
01:22:12,000 --> 01:22:14,000
"'CAUSE I'LL KILL YOU
OR SEND SOMEBODY AFTER YOU."
2140
01:22:14,000 --> 01:22:17,033
SHE SAID, "KILL THEM."
AND HE DID.
2141
01:22:20,833 --> 01:22:24,167
Rivi: MIGUEL GOT ON MY RIGHT,
AND OSCAR MURILLO, ÑATO,
2142
01:22:24,167 --> 01:22:26,067
HE GETS ON THE LEFT,
AND I KNOCK ON THE DOOR.
2143
01:22:26,067 --> 01:22:27,300
ALFREDO OPENED THE DOOR,
2144
01:22:27,300 --> 01:22:29,233
AS SOON AS HE OPENED THE DOOR,
I PUT A GUN TO HIS RIBS,
2145
01:22:29,233 --> 01:22:31,200
I SIGNAL HIM TO BE QUIET.
2146
01:22:31,200 --> 01:22:32,267
I ASKED HIM WHERE HIS WIFE AT.
2147
01:22:32,267 --> 01:22:33,867
HE SAID,
"SHE'S IN THE KITCHEN COOKING."
2148
01:22:33,867 --> 01:22:35,433
SO I WENT AND GOT HER
AND SHE SAYS,
2149
01:22:35,433 --> 01:22:37,333
"I DON'T KNOW
WHAT'S GONNA GO ON,
2150
01:22:37,333 --> 01:22:39,433
"THE ONLY THING I'M ASKING
FROM YOU IS DON'T HURT MY KIDS."
2151
01:22:39,433 --> 01:22:42,067
Al: THREE CHILDREN,
TWO DAUGHTERS, ONE SON.
2152
01:22:42,067 --> 01:22:44,933
THE DAUGHTERS' AGES I BELIEVE
ARE 6 AND 4.
2153
01:22:44,933 --> 01:22:47,400
AND I THINK THE SON
WAS LIKE A BABY.
2154
01:22:47,400 --> 01:22:49,700
Rivi: I SAID "NO,
I'M NOT GONNA HURT YOUR KIDS."
2155
01:22:49,700 --> 01:22:52,367
GRISELDA, SHE GAVE ME
THE ORDERS TO KILL THEM.
2156
01:22:52,367 --> 01:22:54,900
I FIGURED
I WAS JUST GONNA DO HIM.
2157
01:22:54,900 --> 01:22:56,567
I WAS TALKING TO HER,
I HEARD TWO SHOTS,
2158
01:22:56,567 --> 01:22:58,833
A COUPLE-- [BANG, BANG]
I KNEW WHAT WAS UP.
2159
01:22:58,833 --> 01:23:00,800
MIGUEL HAD SHOT ALFREDO.
2160
01:23:07,300 --> 01:23:10,167
SO I TOLD OSCAR, I SAID,
"WATCH HER, I'LL BE RIGHT BACK."
2161
01:23:10,167 --> 01:23:11,600
I WENT TO THE NEXT ROOM.
2162
01:23:11,600 --> 01:23:14,600
AND I TALKED TO MIGUEL,
I SAID, "DONE?"
2163
01:23:14,600 --> 01:23:16,667
AND HE SAYS, "DONE."
2164
01:23:16,667 --> 01:23:19,733
WHILE WE WERE TALKING,
I HEARD THIS SCREAM
2165
01:23:19,733 --> 01:23:21,200
AND THEN I HEAR
A MACHINE GUN GO OFF.
2166
01:23:21,200 --> 01:23:22,500
[SCREAMING, GUNFIRE]
2167
01:23:22,500 --> 01:23:23,767
SO I WENT BACK TO THE ROOM
2168
01:23:23,767 --> 01:23:26,133
AND HE SAID,
"SHE TRIED TO JUMP ME."
2169
01:23:26,133 --> 01:23:29,400
SO OSCAR FIRED, SHE WAS SHOT
ABOUT 10, 15 TIMES IN THE CHEST,
2170
01:23:29,400 --> 01:23:31,700
AND SHE WAS STILL ALIVE,
SHE WAS MAKING THESE...
2171
01:23:31,700 --> 01:23:34,333
WEIRD NOISES, AND BLOOD'S
COMING OUT OF HER MOUTH,
2172
01:23:34,333 --> 01:23:37,133
SHE'S DYING.
SO I GRABBED MIGUEL'S GUN.
2173
01:23:37,133 --> 01:23:40,167
IT WAS A .380 WITH A SILENCER
AND I SHOT HER...
2174
01:23:40,167 --> 01:23:44,200
TWICE BEHIND THE HEAD,
PUT HER OUT OF HER MISERY.
2175
01:23:46,033 --> 01:23:47,933
I THOUGHT, "LET'S GET, YOU KNOW,
LET'S GET OUT OF HERE."
2176
01:23:47,933 --> 01:23:49,867
BUT MIGUEL TELLS ME,
"NO, GRISELDA TOLD ME
2177
01:23:49,867 --> 01:23:52,267
"TO KILL EVERYBODY
IN THE HOUSE."
2178
01:23:52,267 --> 01:23:53,500
I SAID, "WHAT ARE YOU
TALKING ABOUT?
2179
01:23:53,500 --> 01:23:57,500
"IT'S ONLY THE KIDS LEFT."
2180
01:23:57,500 --> 01:23:59,100
HE SAYS, "NO,
I'M GONNA KILL THE KIDS."
2181
01:23:59,100 --> 01:24:00,633
I SAID, "NO, YOU'RE NOT."
2182
01:24:00,633 --> 01:24:01,700
HE'S TELLING ME, "SHE TOLD ME
2183
01:24:01,700 --> 01:24:02,700
THAT SHE WOULD
PAY ME EXTRA FOR THEM,
2184
01:24:02,700 --> 01:24:03,967
"SO I'M GONNA MAKE THE MONEY."
2185
01:24:03,967 --> 01:24:05,933
I SAID, "YOU'RE NOT GONNA KILL
THOSE KIDS."
2186
01:24:05,933 --> 01:24:09,200
WELL, HE'S WALKING
TOWARDS THE KIDS.
2187
01:24:09,200 --> 01:24:10,400
SO I PULLED MY GUN OUT,
AND I TOLD HIM
2188
01:24:10,400 --> 01:24:11,867
TO LEAVE THE GODDAMN HOUSE.
2189
01:24:11,867 --> 01:24:13,933
SO MIGUEL GOT REAL MAD,
"WE GOTTA GET THAT LITTLE GIRL."
2190
01:24:13,933 --> 01:24:16,767
I SAID, "NO, NO. THIS IS IT.
2191
01:24:16,767 --> 01:24:18,833
"IT'S TIME TO GO,
GET OUT OF HERE."
2192
01:24:18,833 --> 01:24:22,667
I HAD TO GET THEM
OUT OF THERE AT GUNPOINT.
2193
01:24:22,667 --> 01:24:24,767
Man: ALFREDO AND GRISELDA
LORENZO
2194
01:24:24,767 --> 01:24:25,900
WERE FOUND SHOT AND KILLED
2195
01:24:25,900 --> 01:24:28,367
IN JUNE OF 1982
IN THEIR HOME.
2196
01:24:28,367 --> 01:24:31,067
IT WAS A MODEST HOME
IN THE RHODES SECTION OF MIAMI.
2197
01:24:31,067 --> 01:24:35,200
BACK IN 1982 I HAD JUST RECENTLY
GONE TO THE CENTAC SQUAD,
2198
01:24:35,200 --> 01:24:38,233
RECEIVED A CALL
FROM NELSON ANDREW,
2199
01:24:38,233 --> 01:24:41,033
WHO WAS A DETECTIVE--HOMICIDE
DETECTIVE IN THE CITY OF MIAMI.
2200
01:24:41,033 --> 01:24:42,700
THE BODIES WERE
IN SEPARATE ROOMS OF THE HOUSE
2201
01:24:42,700 --> 01:24:44,233
AND WHOEVER
COMMITTED THE HOMICIDE
2202
01:24:44,233 --> 01:24:46,300
LEFT THE CHILDREN
RIGHT INSIDE THE HOUSE
2203
01:24:46,300 --> 01:24:47,800
WITH THE DEAD PARENTS.
THEY ACTUALLY FOUND
2204
01:24:47,800 --> 01:24:49,733
THE TWO DAUGHTERS AND THE SON
2205
01:24:49,733 --> 01:24:53,433
PLAYING WITH THE BLOODY,
DEAD BODY OF THEIR MOTHER
2206
01:24:53,433 --> 01:24:55,933
INSIDE THE HOUSE.
2207
01:24:55,933 --> 01:24:58,867
Rivi: WE GOT PAID,
SO I EXPLAINED TO HER,
2208
01:24:58,867 --> 01:25:01,133
I TOLD HER, I SAID,
"WE DIDN'T DO THE KIDS."
2209
01:25:01,133 --> 01:25:03,733
SHE GOT PISSED, SHE SAYS, "THE
ORDER WAS TO KILL EVERYBODY."
2210
01:25:03,733 --> 01:25:05,500
I MEAN, WHEN SHE SAID EVERYBODY
IT MEANS EVERYBODY.
2211
01:25:05,500 --> 01:25:07,467
I SAID, "YOU KNOW,
I MADE THE DECISION
2212
01:25:07,467 --> 01:25:09,900
"TO LEAVE THE KIDS ALONE."
"WHY?"
2213
01:25:09,900 --> 01:25:13,167
I SAID, "THEY JUST BABIES."
2214
01:25:13,167 --> 01:25:14,533
BUT AFTER JOHNNIE CASTRO,
YOU KNOW,
2215
01:25:14,533 --> 01:25:15,833
WHEN THE BABY GOT KILLED,
2216
01:25:15,833 --> 01:25:17,800
I GUESS SHE GOT
USED TO IT AFTER THAT.
2217
01:25:17,800 --> 01:25:20,233
YOU KNOW, KILLING KIDS.
2218
01:25:20,233 --> 01:25:21,800
SHE LIKED TO BE AT WAR.
2219
01:25:21,800 --> 01:25:23,367
EVERY DAY SHE WAS
TALKING ABOUT IT,
2220
01:25:23,367 --> 01:25:25,133
WE GOTTA GET SO AND SO,
WE GOTTA GET SO AND SO,
2221
01:25:25,133 --> 01:25:26,933
WE GOTTA GET RID OF HIM.
2222
01:25:26,933 --> 01:25:30,000
IT WAS JUST...IT WAS
SOMETHING THAT SHE ENJOYED.
2223
01:25:30,000 --> 01:25:31,900
SHE WENT TO WAR WITH
PACO MEJIA, HE USED TO BE
2224
01:25:31,900 --> 01:25:33,767
AN ENFORCER FOR GRISELDA
YEARS BACK.
2225
01:25:33,767 --> 01:25:36,100
APPARENTLY, HE RIPPED HER OFF
AND HE WENT ON HIS OWN.
2226
01:25:36,100 --> 01:25:38,067
AND HE DECLARED WAR
ON GRISELDA.
2227
01:25:38,067 --> 01:25:40,500
Reporter: HOMICIDE INVESTIGATORS
LEARNED SEVERAL WEEKS AGO
2228
01:25:40,500 --> 01:25:43,733
THAT A BIG SHIPMENT OF COCAINE
WORTH SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS
2229
01:25:43,733 --> 01:25:46,333
FROM COLOMBIA
NEVER ARRIVED HERE.
2230
01:25:46,333 --> 01:25:48,733
POLICE SAY IT WAS HEADED
TO NEW YORK CITY.
2231
01:25:48,733 --> 01:25:52,200
AND THAT'S ONE THING THAT SHE
DIDN'T FORGET OR FORGIVE.
2232
01:25:54,000 --> 01:25:56,000
SO I GO TO NEW YORK
TO KILL EVERYBODY
2233
01:25:56,000 --> 01:25:58,733
THAT WAS WORKING FOR
PACO MEJIA, ALL HIS CREW.
2234
01:26:00,500 --> 01:26:01,900
BROKE ALL THEIR RULES THERE TOO.
2235
01:26:01,900 --> 01:26:04,167
THE WORDS THAT THE PERSON
THAT I SPOKE TO WAS
2236
01:26:04,167 --> 01:26:05,600
"THERE IS
GONNA BE A BLOODBATH."
2237
01:26:05,600 --> 01:26:11,233
FROM THE STASHERS TO THE HITMEN,
11 PEOPLE, THEY ALL GOT KILLED.
2238
01:26:11,233 --> 01:26:16,067
11 PEOPLE. HMPH.
IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS.
2239
01:26:16,067 --> 01:26:19,600
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE 12,
BUT I LET ONE GO.
2240
01:26:19,600 --> 01:26:22,433
Man: HOMICIDE DETECTIVES ARE
NOW CONTACTING NEW YORK POLICE
2241
01:26:22,433 --> 01:26:25,433
TO INVESTIGATE ANY SIMILARITIES
BETWEEN ANY DRUG HITS
2242
01:26:25,433 --> 01:26:28,700
IN THE NEW YORK AREA AND THE
RECENT DRUG ASSASSINATIONS
2243
01:26:28,700 --> 01:26:30,533
HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
2244
01:26:30,533 --> 01:26:32,267
THEY WENT TO WAR.
2245
01:26:33,867 --> 01:26:35,367
WELL, GRISELDA
TOOK THE FIRST STEP.
2246
01:26:35,367 --> 01:26:37,533
Al: WE ARE NOW
AT THE MALL OF THE AMERICAS
2247
01:26:37,533 --> 01:26:40,233
WHICH BACK IN 1981 WAS CALLED
THE PAN-AMERICAN MALL.
2248
01:26:40,233 --> 01:26:41,933
SO WHEN WE GET TO THE MALL,
I SET UP ALL THE CARS
2249
01:26:41,933 --> 01:26:43,133
WHERE WE WANTED THEM AT.
2250
01:26:43,133 --> 01:26:45,933
Al: THIS IS THE SCENE OF THE
OCTAVIO MEJIA HOMICIDE,
2251
01:26:45,933 --> 01:26:47,233
HE WAS PACO'S FATHER.
2252
01:26:47,233 --> 01:26:51,000
BASICALLY, WHEN MEJIA
LEFT THE SHOPPING MALL...
2253
01:26:51,000 --> 01:26:52,933
THEY AMBUSHED HIM.
2254
01:26:52,933 --> 01:26:56,100
AND HE WAS SHOT NUMEROUS TIMES
BY SEVERAL DIFFERENT GUNMEN.
2255
01:26:56,100 --> 01:26:57,867
Rivi: A LOT OF PEOPLE WAS PISSED
BECAUSE THEY CLAIMED THAT
2256
01:26:57,867 --> 01:27:00,600
HE WASN'T A PART OF THE WAR
BETWEEN PACO AND GRISELDA.
2257
01:27:00,600 --> 01:27:02,533
SO MOST PEOPLE
FLIPPED ON GRISELDA.
2258
01:27:02,533 --> 01:27:04,767
SHE CREATED MORE ENEMIES,
BUT SHE DIDN'T GIVE A SHIT.
2259
01:27:04,767 --> 01:27:06,100
SHE LIKED THAT.
2260
01:27:06,100 --> 01:27:09,100
WHAT I DIDN'T KNOW,
HIS SON WAS THERE, PACO.
2261
01:27:09,100 --> 01:27:12,000
HE WAS IN THE CAR WHEN
HIS FATHER WENT IN THE MALL.
2262
01:27:12,000 --> 01:27:13,900
I WAS PISSED OFF
'CAUSE I MISSED HIM.
2263
01:27:13,900 --> 01:27:15,300
I'M GONNA GET HIM
A DIFFERENT WAY.
2264
01:27:15,300 --> 01:27:17,133
SOMEBODY HAD TIPPED US OFF
HE HAD A NEW HOUSE
2265
01:27:17,133 --> 01:27:19,400
IN KILLIAN PARKWAY.
SO GRISELDA SAYS,
2266
01:27:19,400 --> 01:27:21,000
"YOU'RE NOT GONNA MISS
THIS TIME, ARE YOU?"
2267
01:27:21,000 --> 01:27:22,600
AND I SAID, "NO, I'M GONNA BLOW
THE WHOLE HOUSE UP."
2268
01:27:22,600 --> 01:27:23,933
SHE SAID,
"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?"
2269
01:27:23,933 --> 01:27:26,400
I SAID, "I'M GONNA PUT A BOMB,
KILL EVERYBODY."
2270
01:27:26,400 --> 01:27:29,067
AND I GOT ABOUT
200 STICKS OF DYNAMITE.
2271
01:27:29,067 --> 01:27:30,733
THAT GODDAMN EXPLOSION
WAS SO LOUD.
2272
01:27:30,733 --> 01:27:32,933
[BOOM]
2273
01:27:32,933 --> 01:27:35,767
THAT FIRST THING THAT WENT WAS
THE ROOF COME OUT OF THE HOUSE.
2274
01:27:35,767 --> 01:27:37,700
THE HOUSE CAME APART.
2275
01:27:40,900 --> 01:27:42,167
THE NEIGHBORS ALWAYS WONDERED
2276
01:27:42,167 --> 01:27:44,700
WHAT BUSTED THE CARS
AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
2277
01:27:44,700 --> 01:27:48,133
ALL THE WINDOWS WERE BUSTED.
2278
01:27:48,133 --> 01:27:49,600
I JUST WANT TO GET
TO THE GOOD NEWS
2279
01:27:49,600 --> 01:27:51,367
THAT THEY FOUND SOMEBODY
IN THERE.
2280
01:27:51,367 --> 01:27:55,233
TURNS OUT, I MISSED AGAIN.
THE HOUSE WAS EMPTY.
2281
01:27:58,733 --> 01:28:00,933
Al: THIS IS JUST ONE MORE,
YOU KNOW, SKIRMISH
2282
01:28:00,933 --> 01:28:04,633
IN THE GRISELDA BLANCO-MEJIA,
YOU KNOW, CONFLICT.
2283
01:28:04,633 --> 01:28:06,500
Rivi: TWO WEEKS LATER,
THEY HAD JUST GOTTEN WORD
2284
01:28:06,500 --> 01:28:08,800
THAT PACO MEJIA WAS ON
THE NEXT FLIGHT TO MIAMI
2285
01:28:08,800 --> 01:28:12,100
AND HE WAS BY HIMSELF.
GRISELDA, SHE SAYS,
2286
01:28:12,100 --> 01:28:13,700
"WELL, WE'RE GONNA GET HIM
AT THE AIRPORT.
2287
01:28:13,700 --> 01:28:16,533
"YOU ARE." SHE REACHED UNDER
ONE OF THE TABLES AND STUFF
2288
01:28:16,533 --> 01:28:19,433
AND HANDS ME A BAYONET,
16-INCH BAYONET.
2289
01:28:19,433 --> 01:28:20,833
SHE SAID, "I WANT YOU
TO KILL HIM WITH THIS."
2290
01:28:20,833 --> 01:28:22,433
SHE WANTED HIM
STABBED TO DEATH.
2291
01:28:22,433 --> 01:28:25,633
I SAID, "WHAT'S THIS?
WE CHANGED STYLES OR SOMETHING?"
2292
01:28:25,633 --> 01:28:29,433
THEY CALLED HIM THE PIG AND SHE
WANTED HIM KILLED LIKE A PIG.
2293
01:28:29,433 --> 01:28:32,133
SHE OFFERED ME
A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS,
2294
01:28:32,133 --> 01:28:34,167
SHE SAYS, "YEAH, BUT YOU
HAVE TO GET HIM INSIDE."
2295
01:28:34,167 --> 01:28:36,433
I SAID, "NO, I WON'T GO
INSIDE THE AIRPORT."
2296
01:28:36,433 --> 01:28:38,100
SHE SAYS, "WHY NOT?" I SAID,
"NO, THAT'S A SUICIDE MISSION,
2297
01:28:38,100 --> 01:28:39,533
"I DON'T DO
SUICIDE MISSIONS."
2298
01:28:39,533 --> 01:28:41,600
Al: MAX MERMELSTEIN AND RIVERITA
2299
01:28:41,600 --> 01:28:44,367
BOTH STRONGLY ADVISED
AGAINST THIS BIZARRE HIT.
2300
01:28:44,367 --> 01:28:46,100
Rivi: I'M NOT GOING
INTO THE AIRPORT
2301
01:28:46,100 --> 01:28:48,600
TO STAB THIS GUY TO DEATH
'CAUSE I DON'T WANNA GO TO JAIL.
2302
01:28:48,600 --> 01:28:50,567
GOTTA GET SOMEONE ELSE, AND SHE
SAYS, "OH, I GOT SOMEBODY ELSE."
2303
01:28:50,567 --> 01:28:52,367
I SAID "WHO?"
AND SHE SAYS, "MIGUEL."
2304
01:28:52,367 --> 01:28:53,800
MIGUEL PEREZ, MIGUELITO.
2305
01:28:53,800 --> 01:28:56,333
Al: MIGUELITO WAS KIND OF LIKE
RIVI WITH NO CLASS.
2306
01:28:56,333 --> 01:28:58,800
I MEAN, MIGUEL TOLD ME
ONE DAY IF THE MONEY WAS RIGHT
2307
01:28:58,800 --> 01:29:00,133
HE WOULD WALK
UP TO THE WHITE HOUSE
2308
01:29:00,133 --> 01:29:01,133
AND KILL THE PRESIDENT.
2309
01:29:01,133 --> 01:29:03,000
THIS IS A PICTURE
THAT WAS TAKEN OF HIM
2310
01:29:03,000 --> 01:29:04,533
SHORTLY AFTER HE ARRIVED HERE
2311
01:29:04,533 --> 01:29:06,867
IN 1982 ON THE MARIEL BOATLIFT.
2312
01:29:06,867 --> 01:29:08,167
Al: HE WAS ONE OF
THE SCARIEST GUYS I'VE EVER
2313
01:29:08,167 --> 01:29:10,167
REALLY ENCOUNTERED
IN MY CAREER.
2314
01:29:10,167 --> 01:29:12,267
Rivi: THAT'S WHEN THEY GOT
THE REPUTATION OF MARIELITOS,
2315
01:29:12,267 --> 01:29:13,567
FEARLESS MARIELITOS.
2316
01:29:13,567 --> 01:29:14,933
Al: HE WAS
MORE PHYSICALLY INTIMIDATING,
2317
01:29:14,933 --> 01:29:18,033
HE WAS BIGGER THAN RIVI,
STRONGER PHYSICALLY THAN RIVI.
2318
01:29:18,033 --> 01:29:19,267
HE'S THE KIND OF GUY
THAT YOU'D LOOK AT
2319
01:29:19,267 --> 01:29:20,433
AND YOU'D THINK TO YOURSELF,
2320
01:29:20,433 --> 01:29:22,833
"THIS GUY COULD SNAP
AT ANY MOMENT AND GO OFF
2321
01:29:22,833 --> 01:29:24,733
"AND PROBABLY
JUST SNAP YOUR NECK."
2322
01:29:24,733 --> 01:29:26,367
Rivi: I TALKED TO MIGUEL
AND HE WAS ALL FOR IT,
2323
01:29:26,367 --> 01:29:28,033
HE SAID "YEAH, I'M GONNA DO IT,
THEY'RE GONNA GIVE ME
2324
01:29:28,033 --> 01:29:31,033
"$250,000 PLUS A HOUSE
TO GET HIM INSIDE THE AIRPORT."
2325
01:29:31,033 --> 01:29:32,833
I TOLD HIM,
"MIGUEL, IF YOU GO IN THERE
2326
01:29:32,833 --> 01:29:34,200
"I WILL BACK YOU UP."
2327
01:29:34,200 --> 01:29:37,167
BUT MIGUELITO JUST SAYS "SCREW
IT" AND HE WENT AND DID IT.
2328
01:29:37,167 --> 01:29:38,633
Rivi: "THE ONLY THING
I'M GONNA DO FOR YOU,
2329
01:29:38,633 --> 01:29:40,467
"I'M GONNA SHOW YOU PACO
WHEN I'M UP HERE."
2330
01:29:40,467 --> 01:29:42,467
Al: THEY KNEW WHAT FLIGHT
HE WAS ON, WHEN HE WAS ARRIVING,
2331
01:29:42,467 --> 01:29:44,700
AND THEY WERE
HERE WAITING FOR HIM.
2332
01:29:44,700 --> 01:29:46,900
Rivi: SO SURE ENOUGH,
HERE COMES PACO,
2333
01:29:46,900 --> 01:29:48,600
THE LAST THING
HE EXPECTED WAS A...
2334
01:29:48,600 --> 01:29:49,800
A NIGGER TO HIT HIM.
2335
01:29:49,800 --> 01:29:52,333
Edna: AND AS HE WALKED OUT
FROM CUSTOMS
2336
01:29:52,333 --> 01:29:54,233
A MAN CAME UP WITH A BAYONET.
2337
01:29:54,233 --> 01:29:56,200
MIGUEL'S COMING FROM BEHIND HIM,
2338
01:29:56,200 --> 01:29:57,633
PUTS HIM, CHOKE HOLD,
AND PICKS HIM UP
2339
01:29:57,633 --> 01:29:58,833
AND STARTS STABBING HIM.
2340
01:29:58,833 --> 01:30:01,233
WITH A BAYONET.
SEVERAL TIMES.
2341
01:30:01,233 --> 01:30:02,667
I COUNTED 6 OR 7.
2342
01:30:02,667 --> 01:30:04,333
I MEAN EVERYBODY
IN THE AIRPORT WAS LIKE,
2343
01:30:04,333 --> 01:30:06,167
WITH THEIR MOUTHS OPEN,
LIKE THIS.
2344
01:30:06,167 --> 01:30:08,567
EVERYBODY WAS IN SHOCK,
NOBODY WAS SAYING NOTHING.
2345
01:30:08,567 --> 01:30:11,033
DROPS IT ON THE FLOOR
AND HE TAKES OFF RUNNING.
2346
01:30:11,033 --> 01:30:12,700
THAT'S WHEN EVERYBODY
STARTED SCREAMING.
2347
01:30:12,700 --> 01:30:15,500
POLICE OF COURSE RAN TO THE AREA
WHERE THIS PERSON WAS STABBED,
2348
01:30:15,500 --> 01:30:18,100
THEY POINTED OUT THE DIRECTION
THAT MIGUEL HAD FLED IN
2349
01:30:18,100 --> 01:30:20,733
AND WITHIN MOMENTS, YOU KNOW,
CAUGHT UP WITH HIM.
2350
01:30:20,733 --> 01:30:22,500
ONE OF THE OFFICERS
TACKLES MIGUEL,
2351
01:30:22,500 --> 01:30:24,433
HE LANDS ABOUT 3 FEET
AWAY FROM ME
2352
01:30:24,433 --> 01:30:26,567
AND MIGUEL'S LOOKING AT ME
LIKE SAYING, HELP ME,
2353
01:30:26,567 --> 01:30:27,833
YOU KNOW, WITH HIS EYES.
2354
01:30:27,833 --> 01:30:29,767
THEN I JUST SHOOK MY HEAD
AND I SAID, "UH-UH."
2355
01:30:29,767 --> 01:30:31,133
THERE WAS NOTHING
I COULD DO.
2356
01:30:31,133 --> 01:30:33,733
THERE WAS POLICE OFFICERS
COMING FROM EVERY DIRECTION.
2357
01:30:33,733 --> 01:30:36,733
THEY TOOK HIM INTO CUSTODY
AND WE JUST LEFT.
2358
01:30:36,733 --> 01:30:38,667
Al: THIS WAS REALLY OVER
THE TOP BECAUSE THIS PLACE
2359
01:30:38,667 --> 01:30:41,067
EVEN BACK THEN PRETTY MUCH
CRAWLS WITH POLICE.
2360
01:30:41,067 --> 01:30:42,700
THERE ARE POLICE
ON EVERY CONCOURSE.
2361
01:30:42,700 --> 01:30:45,933
AND TO ATTEMPT
SOMETHING LIKE THAT,
2362
01:30:45,933 --> 01:30:48,133
IT'S INSANE REALLY,
AND OBVIOUSLY
2363
01:30:48,133 --> 01:30:49,700
IT TURNED OUT THAT WAY
BECAUSE HE WAS CAUGHT.
2364
01:30:49,700 --> 01:30:51,800
BUT THAT'S THE KIND OF PERSON
THAT MIGUELITO WAS,
2365
01:30:51,800 --> 01:30:53,700
HE DIDN'T CARE.
HE HAD A JOB TO DO,
2366
01:30:53,700 --> 01:30:55,333
WHATEVER IT TAKES--
YOU GAVE HIM A GUY TO KILL
2367
01:30:55,333 --> 01:30:57,200
AND THAT'S WHAT HE DID.
2368
01:30:57,200 --> 01:30:59,200
BUT PACO SURVIVED THE STABBINGS
2369
01:30:59,200 --> 01:31:02,867
AND MIGUEL, HE WAS EVENTUALLY
CONVICTED OF ATTEMPTED MURDER,
2370
01:31:02,867 --> 01:31:04,833
SENTENCED TO I BELIEVE 15 YEARS.
2371
01:31:04,833 --> 01:31:07,567
THAT'S THE LAST TIME
I SAW MIGUEL.
2372
01:31:07,567 --> 01:31:10,433
Al: THAT WAS THE LAST
OVERT ACT I KNOW OF
2373
01:31:10,433 --> 01:31:13,700
AS FAR AS THE
MEJIA-GRISELDA BLANCO WAR.
2374
01:31:18,367 --> 01:31:23,233
GRISELDA BLANCO WAS THE CATALYST
FOR THE RECOGNITION
2375
01:31:23,233 --> 01:31:25,100
BY THE UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT
2376
01:31:25,100 --> 01:31:27,333
THAT MIAMI
HAD A SERIOUS PROBLEM,
2377
01:31:27,333 --> 01:31:29,567
THAT WE WERE REALLY
A DODGE CITY.
2378
01:31:29,567 --> 01:31:31,067
IT WAS OUT OF FUCKING CONTROL.
2379
01:31:31,067 --> 01:31:33,800
Al: BELIEVE IT OR NOT,
WHEN PEOPLE START GETTING SHOT
2380
01:31:33,800 --> 01:31:35,833
OR GETTING KILLED,
A LOT OF HEAT COMES FROM IT.
2381
01:31:35,833 --> 01:31:37,567
YOU HAVE THIS GOOSE
THAT KEPT LAYING GOLDEN EGGS.
2382
01:31:37,567 --> 01:31:39,133
WHY MESS IT UP?
2383
01:31:39,133 --> 01:31:40,633
Jon: AND IT WAS ALL
BECAUSE OF THE VIOLENCE.
2384
01:31:40,633 --> 01:31:42,633
IT WASN'T BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
THERE WERE SO MANY DRUGS COMING,
2385
01:31:42,633 --> 01:31:44,833
THEY DIDN'T HAVE A CLUE AS TO
HOW MANY DRUGS WERE COMING.
2386
01:31:44,833 --> 01:31:46,500
THEY STARTED FORMING
SPECIAL GROUPS.
2387
01:31:46,500 --> 01:31:49,200
Reporter: A SPECIAL
ANTI-NARCOTICS DETECTIVE SQUAD
2388
01:31:49,200 --> 01:31:51,000
KNOWN AS CENTAC 26.
2389
01:31:51,000 --> 01:31:52,667
I MEAN, I HAD GUYS
CHASING ME I NEVER--
2390
01:31:52,667 --> 01:31:55,467
YOU KNOW, WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?
WHAT ARE YOU? I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW
2391
01:31:55,467 --> 01:31:57,067
WHO THESE PEOPLE WERE, YOU KNOW?
WHERE DID THEY COME FROM?
2392
01:31:57,067 --> 01:31:58,333
Reporter: PROSECUTORS EXPECT
2393
01:31:58,333 --> 01:32:01,600
MORE ARRESTS OF DRUG DEALERS
IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
2394
01:32:01,600 --> 01:32:02,833
REAGAN HAD BEEN ELECTED.
2395
01:32:02,833 --> 01:32:05,567
WE NEED TO GET THE PRESIDENT
TO COME TO DADE COUNTY
2396
01:32:05,567 --> 01:32:07,867
TO TALK TO THE WIDOW
OF A TAXICAB DRIVER
2397
01:32:07,867 --> 01:32:09,233
WHOSE HEAD HAS BEEN BLOWN AWAY.
2398
01:32:09,233 --> 01:32:11,100
Al: THE COCAINE WARS,
THE LEVEL OF VIOLENCE,
2399
01:32:11,100 --> 01:32:14,733
THE HOMICIDE RATE, THE COVER
OF TIME, PARADISE LOST?,
2400
01:32:14,733 --> 01:32:15,767
LED TO ACTION.
2401
01:32:15,767 --> 01:32:17,733
VICE PRESIDENT BUSH'S TASKFORCE
2402
01:32:17,733 --> 01:32:19,533
ON VIOLENT CRIME
IN SOUTH FLORIDA,
2403
01:32:19,533 --> 01:32:21,533
FLOODING MIAMI
WITH FEDERAL AGENTS.
2404
01:32:21,533 --> 01:32:24,533
Man: IT IS A JOINT OPERATION
WITH THE STATE PEOPLE,
2405
01:32:24,533 --> 01:32:27,367
LOCAL POLICE OFFICIALS,
COASTGUARD, CUSTOMS.
2406
01:32:27,367 --> 01:32:31,100
SOUTH FLORIDA CANNOT BE
A HAVEN FOR CRIMINALS,
2407
01:32:31,100 --> 01:32:34,500
FOR SOPHISTICATED
AND ORGANIZED DRUG TRAFFICKERS,
2408
01:32:34,500 --> 01:32:36,867
FOR HIRED ASSASSINS.
2409
01:32:36,867 --> 01:32:38,333
FINALLY THE REST OF
THE UNITED STATES
2410
01:32:38,333 --> 01:32:41,567
WAS WAKING UP TO IT, THAT
IT WAS NOT A MIAMI PROBLEM,
2411
01:32:41,567 --> 01:32:43,300
IT WAS A NATIONAL PROBLEM.
2412
01:32:43,300 --> 01:32:46,433
THIS INITIATIVE WILL BRING
TOGETHER ALL OUR RESOURCES
2413
01:32:46,433 --> 01:32:51,433
TO COMBAT THE MAJOR DRUG TRAFFIC
AND THE CRIME PROBLEMS IN MIAMI.
2414
01:32:51,433 --> 01:32:53,933
I HAVE TODAY SENT A TELEGRAM
TO THE PRESIDENT IMPLORING HIM
2415
01:32:53,933 --> 01:32:55,600
TO PUT HOMESTEAD AIR FORCE BASE
2416
01:32:55,600 --> 01:32:58,700
ON A WAR FOOTING
TO INTERCEPT, STOP
2417
01:32:58,700 --> 01:33:01,133
AND SHOOT DOWN, IF NECESSARY,
2418
01:33:01,133 --> 01:33:03,833
DRUG-LADEN CLANDESTINE AIRCRAFT
AND VESSELS
2419
01:33:03,833 --> 01:33:06,000
WHICH ARE TRYING TO SMUGGLE
NARCOTICS INTO FLORIDA.
2420
01:33:06,000 --> 01:33:07,400
Man on radio: WE HAVE
AN UNIDENTIFIED VESSEL
2421
01:33:07,400 --> 01:33:10,133
JUST WEST
OF WEST END, GRAND BAHAMA.
2422
01:33:10,133 --> 01:33:13,133
CAN YOU SEND AN AIRCRAFT OUT
TO VISUALLY ID HIM?
2423
01:33:13,133 --> 01:33:15,867
Man: I HAVE RECEIVED
AUTHORIZATION
2424
01:33:15,867 --> 01:33:18,533
FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF COLOMBIA
2425
01:33:18,533 --> 01:33:21,700
TO FIRE INTO YOUR VESSEL.
2426
01:33:21,700 --> 01:33:23,633
Man: ROGER, 1-6-0, ALL RIGHT.
2427
01:33:26,633 --> 01:33:27,933
[INDISTINCT SHOUTING ON RADIO]
2428
01:33:27,933 --> 01:33:29,600
2nd man: PLEASE, PLEASE,
STOP, STOP.
2429
01:33:29,600 --> 01:33:32,033
Man: TELL HIM TO STOP
AND I WILL STOP.
2430
01:33:32,033 --> 01:33:34,400
3rd man: BEEN HIT.
GOT SMOKE, GOT SMOKE!
2431
01:33:34,400 --> 01:33:36,900
Reporter: AND THE AGENTS SAY
THEIR DOCKSIDE TESTS CONFIRM
2432
01:33:36,900 --> 01:33:40,367
THEY GOT A TONNE OF COCAINE
WORTH $31 MILLION WHOLESALE,
2433
01:33:40,367 --> 01:33:41,967
A COOL BILLION ON THE STREET.
2434
01:33:41,967 --> 01:33:44,700
Man: THE AMOUNT OF DRUGS
THAT WAS SEIZED IN THIS AREA
2435
01:33:44,700 --> 01:33:47,167
HAS GONE UP 2500%.
2436
01:33:47,167 --> 01:33:48,367
2nd man: THE NET WEIGHT
APPEARS TO BE
2437
01:33:48,367 --> 01:33:50,933
SOMEWHERE AROUND 3700 POUNDS.
2438
01:33:50,933 --> 01:33:52,133
IT'S BY FAR
THE LARGEST SEIZURE
2439
01:33:52,133 --> 01:33:53,833
EVER MADE
BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
2440
01:33:53,833 --> 01:33:57,133
IN FACT I WOULD SAY IT'S 4 TIMES
THE LARGEST WE'VE EVER MADE.
2441
01:33:57,133 --> 01:33:58,800
Reporter: ARE YOU SAYING
IT WILL NO LONGER BE POSSIBLE
2442
01:33:58,800 --> 01:34:00,233
TO SMUGGLE DRUGS
INTO THE UNITED STATES?
2443
01:34:00,233 --> 01:34:02,333
NO, WE HAVEN'T SAID THAT.
2444
01:34:02,333 --> 01:34:03,433
Reporter: WHAT
ARE YOU SAYING?
2445
01:34:03,433 --> 01:34:04,633
WHAT CLAIMS
DO YOU MAKE?
2446
01:34:04,633 --> 01:34:06,867
IT'S BECOMING
PROGRESSIVELY MORE DIFFICULT.
2447
01:34:06,867 --> 01:34:09,467
THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT
MIAMI'S RUNAWAY CRIME RATE
2448
01:34:09,467 --> 01:34:11,533
HAS BEEN BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL,
2449
01:34:11,533 --> 01:34:13,867
BUT THERE IS NOW
A FULL-SCALE COMMITMENT
2450
01:34:13,867 --> 01:34:15,600
ON THE PART OF CITIZENS,
GOVERNMENT,
2451
01:34:15,600 --> 01:34:17,133
POLICE AND OUR COURTS
2452
01:34:17,133 --> 01:34:20,033
TO WAGE A BATTLE
AGAINST THE CRIMINAL ENEMY.
2453
01:34:20,033 --> 01:34:22,533
[MAN SHOUTING IN SPANISH]
2454
01:34:22,533 --> 01:34:24,233
SHUT UP! SHUT UP!
2455
01:34:24,233 --> 01:34:26,067
AND IT REALLY WAS
THE BEGINNING OF THE END
2456
01:34:26,067 --> 01:34:28,367
OF THE COCAINE COWBOYS ERA.
2457
01:34:28,367 --> 01:34:30,533
Man: THE MURDER RATE HAS
CERTAINLY COME DOWN SINCE 1980.
2458
01:34:30,533 --> 01:34:33,400
THERE'S BEEN LIKE A 50% DECREASE
IN THE INNER CITY
2459
01:34:33,400 --> 01:34:36,967
AND ABOUT A 30% DECREASE
IN THE SUBURBS.
2460
01:34:36,967 --> 01:34:38,667
Rivi: SO THERE WAS JUST
TOO MUCH POLICE
2461
01:34:38,667 --> 01:34:40,367
AND A LOT OF HEAT ON TV,
2462
01:34:40,367 --> 01:34:41,533
SO I TOLD GRISELDA
I SAID, "YOU KNOW,
2463
01:34:41,533 --> 01:34:43,233
"IT'S GETTING REAL HOT HERE,
2464
01:34:43,233 --> 01:34:44,633
"LET'S TAKE A VACATION
SOMEWHERE."
2465
01:34:44,633 --> 01:34:46,533
SHE SAID, "YEAH, YOU KNOW,
WE'RE THINKING ABOUT MOVING
2466
01:34:46,533 --> 01:34:49,733
"THE OPERATION TO CALIFORNIA.
RIVI, ARE YOU GOING WITH ME?"
2467
01:34:49,733 --> 01:34:51,867
I'M DONE WITH THE KILLING,
I GOT ENOUGH MONEY,
2468
01:34:51,867 --> 01:34:53,533
I'M GOING BACK TO CHICAGO.
2469
01:34:53,533 --> 01:34:55,933
NOW THAT WE KNOW, YOU KNOW,
IN HINDSIGHT,
2470
01:34:55,933 --> 01:34:58,867
THAT SHE LEFT THE AREA
BACK IN AROUND 1984,
2471
01:34:58,867 --> 01:35:02,000
CLEARLY THE HOMICIDE RATE
WENT DOWN IN THAT TIME PERIOD.
2472
01:35:02,000 --> 01:35:03,500
Rivi: I WAS HAPPY TO LEAVE MIAMI
2473
01:35:03,500 --> 01:35:06,800
'CAUSE I KNEW ALL THIS HEAT
THAT WAS AROUND ME, YOU KNOW,
2474
01:35:06,800 --> 01:35:08,767
AND SHE DIDN'T WANNA
UNDERSTAND THIS.
2475
01:35:08,767 --> 01:35:10,400
FACED WITH THE FACT
THAT THE WHOLE ORGANIZATION
2476
01:35:10,400 --> 01:35:13,367
HAD RELOCATED TO CALIFORNIA,
2477
01:35:13,367 --> 01:35:14,900
AND I'M A MIAMI AGENT,
2478
01:35:14,900 --> 01:35:18,500
I HAD TO CONVINCE MY SUPERIORS
THAT IT WAS WORTHWHILE
2479
01:35:18,500 --> 01:35:20,900
FOR ME TO INVESTIGATE
A CASE IN CALIFORNIA.
2480
01:35:20,900 --> 01:35:22,500
I KNEW IT WAS JUST
A MATTER OF TIME
2481
01:35:22,500 --> 01:35:23,700
BEFORE THEY CAME AFTER US.
2482
01:35:23,700 --> 01:35:25,367
YOU KNOW, I SAID,
"IF I EVER GET HER,
2483
01:35:25,367 --> 01:35:27,933
"I'M GONNA GIVE HER A KISS
ON THE CHEEK."
2484
01:35:27,933 --> 01:35:29,667
SO SHE WENT TO CALIFORNIA
AND STARTED
2485
01:35:29,667 --> 01:35:31,167
HER BUSINESS OUT THERE.
2486
01:35:31,167 --> 01:35:34,167
RAFA DIDN'T WANNA REALLY SEND
PRODUCT OUT THERE
2487
01:35:34,167 --> 01:35:36,500
SO SHE DECIDED TO BECOME
FRIENDLY WITH MARTA
2488
01:35:36,500 --> 01:35:38,000
TO GET THE COCAINE.
2489
01:35:38,000 --> 01:35:39,700
Al: SHE WAS A RELATIVE
OF THE OCHOAS.
2490
01:35:39,700 --> 01:35:41,733
Jon: "WELL, I DON'T NEED RAFA,
I CAN GET EVERYTHING I WANT
2491
01:35:41,733 --> 01:35:44,167
"THIS WAY," AND SHE DID.
2492
01:35:44,167 --> 01:35:46,400
AND MAX SAYS TO ME
"THERE ISN'T GONNA BE
2493
01:35:46,400 --> 01:35:49,333
"ANY COKE FOR A WHILE BECAUSE
THERE'S A BIG PROBLEM HERE.
2494
01:35:49,333 --> 01:35:51,300
"GRISELDA'S DECIDED
SHE DOESN'T WANNA PAY
2495
01:35:51,300 --> 01:35:54,067
"FOR LIKE 1500 KILOS
OR SOMETHING."
2496
01:35:54,067 --> 01:35:56,633
AND I SAY, "WELL, WHAT DOES
THAT HAVE TO DO WITH US?"
2497
01:35:56,633 --> 01:35:59,267
"WELL, THE OCHOAS
DON'T WANNA SEND ANYTHING
2498
01:35:59,267 --> 01:36:01,433
"UNTIL EVERYTHING
IS STRAIGHTENED OUT."
2499
01:36:01,433 --> 01:36:04,200
SO GRISELDA SAYS,
"I WANNA KILL THIS BITCH."
2500
01:36:04,200 --> 01:36:06,700
I SAID, "WHO WOULD THAT BE?"
SHE SAYS, "THIS BITCH."
2501
01:36:06,700 --> 01:36:08,667
Jon: GRISELDA'S ANSWER WAS
IF SHE KILLED MARTA
2502
01:36:08,667 --> 01:36:10,000
THERE WOULD NEVER BE
ANY PROOF
2503
01:36:10,000 --> 01:36:11,967
WHETHER SHE GAVE
THE MONEY TO MARTA
2504
01:36:11,967 --> 01:36:14,300
AND MARTA DIDN'T SEND
THE MONEY TO HER FAMILY.
2505
01:36:14,300 --> 01:36:15,733
Rivi: I START TELLING GRISELDA,
2506
01:36:15,733 --> 01:36:19,133
I SAID "THIS IS DONE, YOUR
BUSINESS GOES DOWN THE DRAIN.
2507
01:36:19,133 --> 01:36:21,100
"AIN'T NO PLACE FOR US TO
HIDE, NOWHERE IN THE WORLD,
2508
01:36:21,100 --> 01:36:22,400
"THEY ARE GOING TO CHASE YOU
FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE."
2509
01:36:22,400 --> 01:36:23,800
"NO, IT NEEDS TO BE DONE."
AND I SAID,
2510
01:36:23,800 --> 01:36:25,333
"THIS DON'T NEED TO BE DONE."
2511
01:36:25,333 --> 01:36:27,800
THAT WAS HER OUT--
"I'M JUST GONNA KILL MARTA
2512
01:36:27,800 --> 01:36:29,867
"AND THEN I'M GONNA SAY
I GAVE HER THE MONEY
2513
01:36:29,867 --> 01:36:31,467
"AND THIS WAY
THEY CAN COME TO ME,
2514
01:36:31,467 --> 01:36:33,567
"'I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE
MONEY IS, I GAVE IT TO HER.'"
2515
01:36:33,567 --> 01:36:35,600
I TOLD HER, "GRISELDA," I SAID,
"WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO?"
2516
01:36:35,600 --> 01:36:37,300
SHE SAID, "JUST KILL HER."
2517
01:36:37,300 --> 01:36:38,667
AS SOON AS SHE WALKED IN
AND SHE SAW GRISELDA,
2518
01:36:38,667 --> 01:36:40,200
SHE SHIT ON HERSELF.
2519
01:36:40,200 --> 01:36:43,233
SHE SAID, "MADRINA, GODMOTHER,
WHAT HAVE I DONE TO YOU?"
2520
01:36:43,233 --> 01:36:44,867
GRISELDA SAYS, "NOTHING."
2521
01:36:44,867 --> 01:36:46,900
SHE WAS KIDNAPPED
AND THEN MURDERED AND FOUND...
2522
01:36:46,900 --> 01:36:48,300
ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.
2523
01:36:54,433 --> 01:36:57,767
OBVIOUSLY SHE WAS BLOOD MARKED,
YOU COULDN'T KILL MARTA.
2524
01:36:57,767 --> 01:36:59,733
THAT'S WHEN
ANOTHER WAR STARTED.
2525
01:36:59,733 --> 01:37:01,733
AND THIS IS WHAT
ALL BLEW UP IN HER FACE.
2526
01:37:01,733 --> 01:37:03,100
Rivi: EVERYBODY TURNED ON HER.
2527
01:37:03,100 --> 01:37:04,867
RAFA, WHO WAS HER BEST FRIEND,
FLIPPED ON HER.
2528
01:37:04,867 --> 01:37:06,467
Jon: AND I REMEMBER
RAFA AND EVERYBODY...
2529
01:37:06,467 --> 01:37:07,900
EVERYBODY FROM THE CARTEL,
2530
01:37:07,900 --> 01:37:09,933
DECIDING, "WELL, I THINK WE'RE
GONNA HAVE TO KILL THIS WOMAN."
2531
01:37:09,933 --> 01:37:12,500
THERE WAS A PRICE
ON GRISELDA'S HEAD.
2532
01:37:12,500 --> 01:37:14,067
THEY TOLD HER,
"WHENEVER WE SEE YOU,
2533
01:37:14,067 --> 01:37:15,967
"WE'RE GOING AFTER YOU."
2534
01:37:18,533 --> 01:37:20,033
MAX GETTING IN TROUBLE,
2535
01:37:20,033 --> 01:37:21,667
THAT WAS THE BEGINNING
OF THE END.
2536
01:37:21,667 --> 01:37:23,633
HE KNEW HE A HAD A PROBLEM.
2537
01:37:23,633 --> 01:37:26,467
HE SHOULDN'T HAVE SMOKED IT,
BUT HE DID.
2538
01:37:26,467 --> 01:37:28,167
HE DIDN'T THINK
IT WAS COMING TO HIM.
2539
01:37:28,167 --> 01:37:31,233
MAX CALLS ME UP, HE SAYS,
"I THINK I GOT SOME HEAT,
2540
01:37:31,233 --> 01:37:34,400
"I'M GETTING IN MY CAR
AND I'M GOING FOR A RIDE,
2541
01:37:34,400 --> 01:37:36,933
"YOU STAY
ON THE CELL PHONE WITH ME."
2542
01:37:36,933 --> 01:37:39,467
"OKAY, MAX, I'LL STAY
ON THE PHONE WITH YOU."
2543
01:37:39,467 --> 01:37:41,333
SO MAX GETS IN HIS CAR
AND DRIVES OUT.
2544
01:37:41,333 --> 01:37:42,667
HE GETS OUT OF HIS DRIVEWAY,
HE SAYS,
2545
01:37:42,667 --> 01:37:45,500
"UH-OH, THEY'RE COMING
FROM EVERY DIRECTION."
2546
01:37:45,500 --> 01:37:47,067
I KNEW
I WAS UNDER SURVEILLANCE.
2547
01:37:47,067 --> 01:37:49,267
THE MARKED CARS
BLOCKED OFF MY PATH
2548
01:37:49,267 --> 01:37:52,067
AND THE NEXT THING I KNOW,
I HAD 40 GUNS POINTING AT ME.
2549
01:37:52,067 --> 01:37:53,500
Jon: END OF THE CONVERSATION.
2550
01:37:53,500 --> 01:37:56,333
Mickey: AND THEY ARRESTED HIM,
THAT WAS THE LAST WE SAW OF MAX.
2551
01:37:56,333 --> 01:37:57,800
Jon: I GOT LIKE MILLIONS
OF DOLLARS
2552
01:37:57,800 --> 01:37:59,700
BURIED IN GARBAGE BAGS
IN MY LAWN.
2553
01:37:59,700 --> 01:38:01,367
THAT NIGHT, I'M OUT THERE
WITH A FLASHLIGHT
2554
01:38:01,367 --> 01:38:04,200
DIGGING UP BAGS OF MONEY 'CAUSE
I'M AFRAID THEY'RE COMING.
2555
01:38:04,200 --> 01:38:05,800
AND I LIVED ON THE EVERGLADES--
2556
01:38:05,800 --> 01:38:07,867
I JUMPED INTO A CANOE
I HAD WITH LIKE--
2557
01:38:07,867 --> 01:38:09,600
I'M NOT EXACTLY--
$6 MILLION TO $8 MILLION,
2558
01:38:09,600 --> 01:38:11,200
THREW IT IN THE CANOE,
PADDLED TO THE OTHER SIDE
2559
01:38:11,200 --> 01:38:13,167
AND BURIED
IN THE EVERGLADES
2560
01:38:13,167 --> 01:38:14,767
THINKING THEY'RE COMING
TO MY HOUSE.
2561
01:38:14,767 --> 01:38:16,700
NOBODY CAME, NOTHING HAPPENED.
2562
01:38:16,700 --> 01:38:18,500
NOBODY THOUGHT THERE WAS
GONNA BE ANY PROBLEM.
2563
01:38:18,500 --> 01:38:19,900
MICKEY AND EVERYBODY SAID,
2564
01:38:19,900 --> 01:38:21,433
"WELL, I HAVEN'T SEEN
ANY PROBLEMS WITH
2565
01:38:21,433 --> 01:38:22,800
"THE LAST PLANE THAT LANDED,
2566
01:38:22,800 --> 01:38:24,200
"YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING
SEEMED TO BE FINE."
2567
01:38:24,200 --> 01:38:26,133
I SAID, "OKAY, WELL,
THEN LET'S JUST KEEP GOING
2568
01:38:26,133 --> 01:38:28,200
"UNTIL WE FIND OUT."
2569
01:38:28,200 --> 01:38:31,300
JON SAID THERE WAS
NO REASON TO BE WORRIED.
2570
01:38:31,300 --> 01:38:33,200
WE THOUGHT JON WAS SO SMART.
2571
01:38:39,467 --> 01:38:41,167
Jon: I REMEMBER SEPTEMBER 20TH,
2572
01:38:41,167 --> 01:38:43,367
FOR THE SIMPLE REASON
THAT I COULDN'T SLEEP.
2573
01:38:43,367 --> 01:38:45,100
AT THAT PARTICULAR NIGHT
I WAS WORKING
2574
01:38:45,100 --> 01:38:46,933
WITH MICKEY AND HIS CREW.
2575
01:38:46,933 --> 01:38:49,700
AND BECAUSE I COULDN'T SLEEP,
I DECIDED THAT I WOULD GO
2576
01:38:49,700 --> 01:38:52,067
TO A RADIO ROOM
THAT WE HAD SET UP
2577
01:38:52,067 --> 01:38:54,867
HERE IN MIAMI TO MONITOR
THE INCOMING PLANES.
2578
01:38:54,867 --> 01:38:57,333
IT WAS THE REGULAR TRIPS,
THE ONLY THING THAT WAS UNUSUAL,
2579
01:38:57,333 --> 01:38:58,733
AND IT SHOULD HAVE
GIVEN IT AWAY,
2580
01:38:58,733 --> 01:39:00,167
IT WAS REAL QUIET ON THE RADIO,
2581
01:39:00,167 --> 01:39:02,700
'CAUSE THEY KNOW THAT
WE LISTENED TO EVERYTHING.
2582
01:39:02,700 --> 01:39:04,633
TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH,
I LOOKED AROUND WHEN I DROVE OFF
2583
01:39:04,633 --> 01:39:06,533
BECAUSE I WAS STILL PARANOID
FROM MAX
2584
01:39:06,533 --> 01:39:09,433
AND I SAW NOTHING,
NOTHING AT ALL.
2585
01:39:09,433 --> 01:39:12,433
UM...EVERYTHING WENT AS USUAL.
2586
01:39:12,433 --> 01:39:15,033
Jon: THE PLANE LANDED, I SAID,
"OH, MAN, ANOTHER GOOD TRIP.
2587
01:39:15,033 --> 01:39:17,000
"I'M GOING HOME, I FEEL GREAT."
2588
01:39:17,000 --> 01:39:18,267
Mickey: AND AS SOON AS THE
AIRPLANE LANDED
2589
01:39:18,267 --> 01:39:19,767
AND WENT IN THE BARN,
2590
01:39:19,767 --> 01:39:22,033
THEY SHOWED UP IN HELICOPTERS
AND ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE
2591
01:39:22,033 --> 01:39:23,900
JUMPED OUT
WITH GUNS EVERYWHERE.
2592
01:39:23,900 --> 01:39:25,867
Man: STEP DOWN SLOWLY,
KEEP YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR!
2593
01:39:25,867 --> 01:39:27,100
HANDS WHERE I CAN SEE THEM!
2594
01:39:27,100 --> 01:39:28,567
Jon: I HEARD A NOISE,
2595
01:39:28,567 --> 01:39:31,800
IT WAS LIKE THE PLACE WAS HIT
WITH LIGHTNING OR THUNDER.
2596
01:39:31,800 --> 01:39:35,067
AND THE GUYS THAT WERE
IN THE AIRPLANE, THEY ALL RAN.
2597
01:39:35,067 --> 01:39:36,800
Jon: AND THEY JUST
DROVE THIS TRUCK
2598
01:39:36,800 --> 01:39:39,100
PROBABLY 60 MILES AN HOUR
THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR.
2599
01:39:39,100 --> 01:39:42,233
IT WAS A SIMULTANEOUS BUST,
TAMPA WITH MIAMI.
2600
01:39:42,233 --> 01:39:44,000
THEY CAME IN THERE ALL IN BLACK
2601
01:39:44,000 --> 01:39:46,333
AND WITH THESE
NIGHT GOGGLES AND MASKS
2602
01:39:46,333 --> 01:39:48,667
AND IT WAS LIKE, I SAID,
"WHAT AM I, BACK IN VIETNAM?
2603
01:39:48,667 --> 01:39:50,267
"YOU KNOW, THIS IS NUTS."
2604
01:39:50,267 --> 01:39:51,633
I WENT OUT THE BACK DOOR.
2605
01:39:51,633 --> 01:39:53,500
"WHAT, AM I GONNA
SHOOT IT OUT WITH YOU GUYS?"
2606
01:39:53,500 --> 01:39:55,533
HAD A SMALL CONFRONTATION
WITH ONE OF THE GUYS...
2607
01:39:55,533 --> 01:39:57,700
"GET ON THE FLOOR AND SHUT UP!"
"YEAH, ALL RIGHT."
2608
01:39:57,700 --> 01:39:59,067
AND THEY LOOKED AT ME AT FIRST,
2609
01:39:59,067 --> 01:40:03,567
AND I'LL NEVER FORGET, "ROBERTS!
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?"
2610
01:40:03,567 --> 01:40:05,367
AND I SAID "I GUESS
I FUCKED UP, HUH?"
2611
01:40:05,367 --> 01:40:06,867
AND HE SAID,
"YOU FUCKED UP, MAN.
2612
01:40:06,867 --> 01:40:08,300
"WE WOULD HAVE COME
TO YOUR HOUSE LATER,
2613
01:40:08,300 --> 01:40:10,433
"BUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING
YOU MADE IT EASY FOR US."
2614
01:40:10,433 --> 01:40:14,933
"I COULDN'T SLEEP, MAN."
HE SAID, "WELL, IT'S TOO BAD."
2615
01:40:14,933 --> 01:40:17,800
AND WHEN I GOT DOWNTOWN,
I HEARD ON THE RADIO,
2616
01:40:17,800 --> 01:40:19,900
"THERE'S SHOOTING!
THERE'S GUNFIRE! BANG!
2617
01:40:19,900 --> 01:40:21,600
"THERE'S ALL KINDS OF WAR!"
I SAID,
2618
01:40:21,600 --> 01:40:23,800
"WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
IS THIS INVOLVING ME?"
2619
01:40:23,800 --> 01:40:25,767
"THAT'S YOUR PLANE,
THAT'S YOUR FARM UP THERE."
2620
01:40:25,767 --> 01:40:27,833
THERE'S GUNFIRE,
THERE'S SHOOTING.
2621
01:40:27,833 --> 01:40:29,933
THEY WERE RUNNING ALL OVER,
THEY WERE SHOOTING GUNS.
2622
01:40:29,933 --> 01:40:33,533
"YOUR FRIEND IS SHOOTING AT US."
MY FRIEND, MICKEY.
2623
01:40:33,533 --> 01:40:36,067
Mickey: I TRIED TO RUN
IN THE AIRPLANE.
2624
01:40:36,067 --> 01:40:38,700
MICKEY HAD A FLARE GUN,
AND AROUND THE PLANE
2625
01:40:38,700 --> 01:40:40,633
THERE WERE GASOLINE
TANKS WHICH WERE USED
2626
01:40:40,633 --> 01:40:42,733
TO REFUEL THE PLANE
TO GET OUT OF THERE.
2627
01:40:42,733 --> 01:40:43,767
I PUSHED ONE OVER.
2628
01:40:43,767 --> 01:40:45,133
MICKEY WANTED TO ESCAPE,
2629
01:40:45,133 --> 01:40:46,600
SO HE SHOT THE FLARE GUN...
2630
01:40:49,400 --> 01:40:54,267
Mickey: SO I HIT THE SWAMP.
I WATCHED THE SHOW ALL DAY LONG.
2631
01:40:54,267 --> 01:40:55,867
Jon: THEY COULDN'T FIND HIM,
AND THEY WERE CHASING HIM
2632
01:40:55,867 --> 01:40:57,600
THROUGH THE WOODS ALL NIGHT.
2633
01:40:57,600 --> 01:40:59,367
THESE PEOPLE WENT NUTS.
2634
01:40:59,367 --> 01:41:01,533
Reporter: EARLY THIS MORNING,
CUSTOMS AND FBI AGENTS
2635
01:41:01,533 --> 01:41:03,967
BEGAN A ROUND-UP OF 12 PEOPLE
AUTHORITIES SAY
2636
01:41:03,967 --> 01:41:07,067
HELPED TRANSPORT NEARLY
20,000 POUNDS OF COCAINE
2637
01:41:07,067 --> 01:41:10,400
INTO THIS COUNTRY
BY SEA AND BY AIR FROM COLOMBIA.
2638
01:41:10,400 --> 01:41:13,733
ONE OF THE MEN BEHIND THE SCHEME
WAS FUGITIVE MICHAEL MUNDAY.
2639
01:41:13,733 --> 01:41:15,700
Man: THE MUNDAY ORGANIZATION
TRANSPORTED COCAINE
2640
01:41:15,700 --> 01:41:17,067
FROM COLOMBIA
2641
01:41:17,067 --> 01:41:19,067
USING AIRCRAFT
MAKING DIRECT FLIGHTS.
2642
01:41:19,067 --> 01:41:21,433
AN AIRCRAFT IN COMBINATION
WITH SMALL BOATS.
2643
01:41:21,433 --> 01:41:25,200
THE AIRCRAFT
DROPPED LOADS IN THE BAHAMAS.
2644
01:41:25,200 --> 01:41:26,933
IT WASN'T THEIR COCAINE
AND THEY DIDN'T SELL
2645
01:41:26,933 --> 01:41:29,600
COCAINE ON THE STREETS,
ALL THEY DID WAS TRANSPORT
2646
01:41:29,600 --> 01:41:33,000
FOR OTHER PEOPLE AND CHARGE
A FEE FOR THE TRANSPORTATION.
2647
01:41:33,000 --> 01:41:34,500
BASICALLY, A CONTRACT SERVICE.
2648
01:41:34,500 --> 01:41:36,600
Man: MANY OF THOSE SHIPMENTS
WERE ATTACHED TO A HIGHLY
2649
01:41:36,600 --> 01:41:37,800
SOPHISTICATED HOMING BEACON
2650
01:41:37,800 --> 01:41:40,467
THAT ALLOWED
THE BAD GUYS TO FIND THEIR DRUGS
2651
01:41:40,467 --> 01:41:42,433
WHEN AUTHORITIES
WERE NOT AROUND.
2652
01:41:42,433 --> 01:41:45,633
THIS TRANSMITS A RADIO SIGNAL
2653
01:41:45,633 --> 01:41:47,333
AS WELL AS HAVING INFRARED LIGHT
2654
01:41:47,333 --> 01:41:50,900
SO THEY CAN SEE IT AT NIGHT
WITH GOGGLES.
2655
01:41:50,900 --> 01:41:53,867
SO THIS JUST SHOWS
HOW SOPHISTICATED THEY WERE.
2656
01:41:53,867 --> 01:41:55,900
MAX MERMELSTEIN
BECAME THE WITNESS
2657
01:41:55,900 --> 01:41:57,600
WHO WANTS TO TALK ABOUT,
AMONG OTHER THINGS,
2658
01:41:57,600 --> 01:41:58,733
MURDERS IN MIAMI.
2659
01:41:58,733 --> 01:42:00,633
WE'RE GOING
TO DEBRIEF THIS GUY...
2660
01:42:00,633 --> 01:42:03,900
AND QUITE FRANKLY,
AT FIRST I DIDN'T BELIEVE
2661
01:42:03,900 --> 01:42:08,267
75% OF WHAT HE SAID,
IT WAS JUST TOO OUTLANDISH.
2662
01:42:08,267 --> 01:42:09,267
MAX ROLLED.
2663
01:42:09,267 --> 01:42:11,600
HE ROLLED OVER ON ALL OF US.
2664
01:42:11,600 --> 01:42:13,500
AND STARTED COOPERATING
WITH THEM IN JAIL.
2665
01:42:13,500 --> 01:42:16,167
I TOLD JON, HE DIDN'T BELIEVE,
HE DIDN'T LISTEN TO ME.
2666
01:42:16,167 --> 01:42:18,367
I TOLD THEM FROM DAY ONE
THAT MAX WAS WEAK
2667
01:42:18,367 --> 01:42:20,767
THAT HE WOULD SNITCH ON US
LATER DOWN THE ROAD
2668
01:42:20,767 --> 01:42:22,333
AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY
I WANNA KILL HIM SO BAD
2669
01:42:22,333 --> 01:42:23,467
BUT THEY WOULDN'T LET ME,
YOU KNOW.
2670
01:42:23,467 --> 01:42:24,933
THE GOVERNMENT HAD NO IDEA,
2671
01:42:24,933 --> 01:42:27,900
AND, HONEST TO GOD, IF IT WASN'T
FOR MAX MERMELSTEIN...
2672
01:42:27,900 --> 01:42:30,033
I DON'T THINK THEY WOULD
HAVE EVER CAUGHT US.
2673
01:42:30,033 --> 01:42:32,100
AND FILLED IN THE GAPS.
2674
01:42:32,100 --> 01:42:34,633
THEY KNEW NOTHING OF
WHERE THE FARM WAS,
2675
01:42:34,633 --> 01:42:36,967
THEY KNEW NOTHING OF OUR TRIPS,
2676
01:42:36,967 --> 01:42:40,967
THEY KNEW NOTHING. WE HAD BEEN
WORKING FOR LIKE FIVE YEARS.
2677
01:42:40,967 --> 01:42:43,200
MAX WAS LIKE FAMILY.
2678
01:42:43,200 --> 01:42:45,600
Mickey: I NEVER FIGURED
HE'D DO WHAT HE DID.
2679
01:42:45,600 --> 01:42:47,200
THEY CAME THE NEXT DAY
2680
01:42:47,200 --> 01:42:49,933
AND THEY BUSTED OUR GATE,
AND SEIZED THE HOUSE.
2681
01:42:49,933 --> 01:42:54,100
WE WERE ABLE TO SEIZE PROPERTY
IN THE VALUE OF $130,000,000
2682
01:42:54,100 --> 01:42:55,800
IN THE FLORIDA AREA.
2683
01:42:55,800 --> 01:42:58,300
Reporter: 35 PASO FINO
BREEDING HORSES
2684
01:42:58,300 --> 01:43:01,400
AND 35 ACRES OF RANCHLAND
IN MARION COUNTY, FLORIDA,
2685
01:43:01,400 --> 01:43:02,967
WAS ALSO CONFISCATED.
2686
01:43:02,967 --> 01:43:04,967
Toni: THIS IS FRONT-PAGE
NEWSPAPER THE NEXT DAY,
2687
01:43:04,967 --> 01:43:06,600
AND EVERYBODY WAS ALL OVER ME.
2688
01:43:06,600 --> 01:43:08,533
I MEAN, PEOPLE
WANTING TO KILL ME
2689
01:43:08,533 --> 01:43:10,500
BECAUSE THEY SAID
JON OWED THEM MONEY,
2690
01:43:10,500 --> 01:43:12,200
PEOPLE THAT HAD HIS MONEY
2691
01:43:12,200 --> 01:43:13,933
CERTAINLY WEREN'T GIVING IT
TO ME.
2692
01:43:13,933 --> 01:43:17,800
AND MAX MADE THE INDICTMENT
AGAINST MICKEY AND ME.
2693
01:43:17,800 --> 01:43:21,367
WHEN I'M READING THE INDICTMENTS
I'M ALSO JUST LIKE, HOLY SHIT.
2694
01:43:21,367 --> 01:43:22,800
I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT HE WAS
2695
01:43:22,800 --> 01:43:25,167
ACTUALLY WORKING
WITH THE CARTEL.
2696
01:43:25,167 --> 01:43:26,467
I DIDN'T KNOW
RAFA WAS IN THE CAR--
2697
01:43:26,467 --> 01:43:27,900
I DIDN'T KNOW ANY OF THIS.
I MEAN, I'M NOT SAYING
2698
01:43:27,900 --> 01:43:30,367
I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING.
I'M JUST SAYING NOBODY REALIZED
2699
01:43:30,367 --> 01:43:33,500
THE MAGNITUDE OF WHAT JON
WAS INVOLVED IN.
2700
01:43:33,500 --> 01:43:36,400
YOU GET ON THE TRIP WHERE
YOU ARE MAKING SO MUCH MONEY
2701
01:43:36,400 --> 01:43:37,600
THAT YOU ARE JUST SO POWERFUL
2702
01:43:37,600 --> 01:43:39,633
THAT NOTHING WAS GONNA--
IT WASN'T GONNA HAPPEN.
2703
01:43:39,633 --> 01:43:43,867
AND I REMEMBER THE DAY HE WAS,
YOU KNOW, SITTING IN THE CHAIR
2704
01:43:43,867 --> 01:43:45,267
CRYING LIKE A BABY
THAT HE HAD TO LEAVE
2705
01:43:45,267 --> 01:43:47,400
EVERYTHING HE LOVED AND...
2706
01:43:47,400 --> 01:43:51,267
I...I HAVE NOBODY TO BLAME
BUT MYSELF, NOBODY.
2707
01:43:51,267 --> 01:43:53,000
TIME TO GO, YOU GOTTA GO.
2708
01:43:55,200 --> 01:43:57,133
Rivi: EVERY DAY I TALKED TO HER,
AND SHE SAID, "NO,
2709
01:43:57,133 --> 01:43:58,767
"YOU KNOW, HE'S NOT A RAT."
2710
01:43:58,767 --> 01:44:00,333
I SAID, "HE'S WORKING
FOR THE POLICE, THAT'S WHY
2711
01:44:00,333 --> 01:44:01,867
"I'M NOT NEAR YOU
'CAUSE YOU'RE GONNA GO TO JAIL
2712
01:44:01,867 --> 01:44:03,700
"BUT I AIN'T GOING WITH YOU."
"OH, COME TO LOS ANGELES."
2713
01:44:03,700 --> 01:44:06,233
I SAID "NO, NO,
I AM ALL RIGHT OVER HERE."
2714
01:44:06,233 --> 01:44:10,300
WE LOCATED A SMALL HOUSE
THAT THEY HAD RENTED.
2715
01:44:10,300 --> 01:44:12,500
WE KNEW THAT
SHE WAS IN THE RESIDENCE
2716
01:44:12,500 --> 01:44:15,667
SO WE FOUND HER,
AND IN WE WENT.
2717
01:44:15,667 --> 01:44:17,800
I WENT UPSTAIRS AND FOUND HER
SITTING IN BED
2718
01:44:17,800 --> 01:44:20,333
READING THE BIBLE,
AND I JUST WALKED UP TO HER,
2719
01:44:20,333 --> 01:44:22,233
I OBVIOUSLY HAD MY WEAPON DRAWN.
2720
01:44:22,233 --> 01:44:23,600
SHE WAS PRETTY STARTLED.
2721
01:44:23,600 --> 01:44:27,300
YOU WOULD NEVER THINK THAT SHE
WAS A VIOLENT, HOMICIDAL MANIAC.
2722
01:44:27,300 --> 01:44:28,833
Rivi: THEY ARRESTED
HER AT HOME.
2723
01:44:28,833 --> 01:44:31,500
AND THEN I GAVE HER
A LITTLE KISS ON HER CHEEK
2724
01:44:31,500 --> 01:44:34,667
AS I PROMISED I WOULD
TO THE AGENTS
2725
01:44:34,667 --> 01:44:37,367
MANY, MANY MONTHS EARLIER.
2726
01:44:37,367 --> 01:44:40,200
Reporter: POLICE ARE SAYING
SHE MAY BE RESPONSIBLE
2727
01:44:40,200 --> 01:44:43,067
FOR AS MANY AS 200 MURDERS--
2728
01:44:43,067 --> 01:44:46,567
THAT OVER A PERIOD OF MORE THAN
A DECADE OF DRUG WARS.
2729
01:44:46,567 --> 01:44:49,067
TONIGHT, AN ARREST
THAT COULD BRING DOWN
2730
01:44:49,067 --> 01:44:51,933
ONE OF SOUTH FLORIDA'S
MOST INFAMOUS CRIME FIGURES.
2731
01:44:51,933 --> 01:44:53,767
Rivi: LATER THEY ARRESTED
HER KIDS.
2732
01:44:53,767 --> 01:44:55,567
EVERYTHING CRUMBLED
FOR REAL, YOU KNOW?
2733
01:44:55,567 --> 01:44:57,667
I'M JUST LOOKING NOW FOR MYSELF.
2734
01:44:57,667 --> 01:44:58,833
EVERYBODY IS IN PRISON
EXCEPT ME
2735
01:44:58,833 --> 01:45:00,433
AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR ME NOW.
2736
01:45:00,433 --> 01:45:02,567
Al: ABOUT THE SAME TIME,
HE AND HIS BROTHERS
2737
01:45:02,567 --> 01:45:05,167
ARE AT THE AIRPORT
IN A STOLEN VEHICLE.
2738
01:45:05,167 --> 01:45:07,400
AND THEY GET STOPPED
BY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE,
2739
01:45:07,400 --> 01:45:09,933
RESIST ARREST,
THEY GOT COCAINE ON THEM,
2740
01:45:09,933 --> 01:45:12,933
SO THEY ARE IN CUSTODY.
2741
01:45:12,933 --> 01:45:15,033
EVER SINCE THEN
I'VE BEEN IN CUSTODY.
2742
01:45:17,867 --> 01:45:20,800
Burstyn: EVENTUALLY, THE
DRUG MARKET WAS SERIOUSLY
2743
01:45:20,800 --> 01:45:23,500
DISMEMBERED
BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
2744
01:45:23,500 --> 01:45:26,500
A LOT OF THAT MONEY
KIND OF DISAPPEARED,
2745
01:45:26,500 --> 01:45:29,867
AND AS DRUG MERCHANTS
WERE BEING PROSECUTED,
2746
01:45:29,867 --> 01:45:33,433
CONVICTED AND IMPRISONED,
A REMARKABLE THING HAPPENED.
2747
01:45:33,433 --> 01:45:36,633
THE BUSINESSES THAT
THEY FREQUENTED AND SUPPORTED
2748
01:45:36,633 --> 01:45:38,667
STARTED DRYING UP
AND CLOSING DOWN.
2749
01:45:38,667 --> 01:45:40,900
Reporter: THE SUNSHINE STATE
BANK IS OUT OF BUSINESS.
2750
01:45:40,900 --> 01:45:42,200
SUNSHINE STATE ALLEGEDLY
2751
01:45:42,200 --> 01:45:44,400
WAS BOUGHT
WITH LAUNDERED DRUG MONEY.
2752
01:45:44,400 --> 01:45:46,933
Burstyn: ALL THE NIGHTCLUBS
DRIED UP,
2753
01:45:46,933 --> 01:45:49,800
CAR DEALERSHIPS
STARTED TO GO BROKE,
2754
01:45:49,800 --> 01:45:51,433
UH...JEWELRY SHOPS.
2755
01:45:51,433 --> 01:45:54,300
THE REAL ESTATE BUYERS
ARE DETERIORATING TREMENDOUSLY.
2756
01:45:54,300 --> 01:45:55,700
THEIR BUSINESSES AS SUCH
2757
01:45:55,700 --> 01:45:57,900
HAVE BEEN SUFFERING
TREMENDOUSLY.
2758
01:45:57,900 --> 01:46:01,833
AND THAT COLLAPSE
CREATED NEW OPPORTUNITY.
2759
01:46:01,833 --> 01:46:03,900
THE ECONOMY OF MIAMI
WAS KEPT TOGETHER
2760
01:46:03,900 --> 01:46:08,500
BY SPECULATORS WHO HAD MADE A
LOT OF MONEY IN THE DRUG TRADES.
2761
01:46:08,500 --> 01:46:11,000
IF YOU WERE A CAR DEALER
WHOSE SALES WENT FROM
2762
01:46:11,000 --> 01:46:13,200
20 MILLION A YEAR
TO 60 MILLION A YEAR
2763
01:46:13,200 --> 01:46:15,767
FOR TEN YEARS,
YOU'VE GOT AN EXTRA
2764
01:46:15,767 --> 01:46:18,133
HALF A BILLION DOLLARS
KICKING AROUND.
2765
01:46:18,133 --> 01:46:20,933
IT MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN THERE
2766
01:46:20,933 --> 01:46:22,333
IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE HORRORS
2767
01:46:22,333 --> 01:46:24,967
OF THE COCAINE COWBOYS,
ABSOLUTELY.
2768
01:46:24,967 --> 01:46:26,733
DRUGS DESTROY A COMMUNITY,
2769
01:46:26,733 --> 01:46:28,867
WHEN YOU ARE DEALING WITH
STREET-LEVEL.
2770
01:46:28,867 --> 01:46:31,700
WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
DRUG DEALING ON A LEVEL
2771
01:46:31,700 --> 01:46:33,533
WHERE MAJOR DRUG DEALERS
2772
01:46:33,533 --> 01:46:36,800
ARE LIVING HERE,
VACATIONING HERE, BUYING HOMES,
2773
01:46:36,800 --> 01:46:38,567
LAUNDERING THEIR MONEY
AND SO FORTH,
2774
01:46:38,567 --> 01:46:41,700
THAT PICKS UP THE ECONOMY
OF A CITY OR A COMMUNITY.
2775
01:46:41,700 --> 01:46:46,233
AND A LOT OF THE MONEY SECRETLY
DID GO INTO INFRASTRUCTURE.
2776
01:46:46,233 --> 01:46:48,733
Reporter: $2.3 BILLION WORTH
OF CONSTRUCTION
2777
01:46:48,733 --> 01:46:51,133
IS CURRENTLY UNDER WAY
IN DOWNTOWN MIAMI.
2778
01:46:51,133 --> 01:46:53,033
Burstyn: THE GENERAL
CONSTRUCTION AND EVERYTHING
2779
01:46:53,033 --> 01:46:54,600
IN DOWNTOWN
AND ON BRICKELL.
2780
01:46:54,600 --> 01:46:56,433
Reporter: DOWNTOWN
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OFFICIALS
2781
01:46:56,433 --> 01:46:59,000
SAY ANOTHER BILLION DOLLARS'
WORTH OF CONSTRUCTION
2782
01:46:59,000 --> 01:47:02,000
WILL BE IN PROGRESS
WITHIN THE NEXT 6 TO 8 MONTHS.
2783
01:47:02,000 --> 01:47:04,567
PHEW.
IT BUILT HALF THE CITY.
2784
01:47:04,567 --> 01:47:06,800
IT BUILT THE HIGH-RISES,
IT BUILT THE SCRAPES.
2785
01:47:06,800 --> 01:47:08,233
Reporter: THIS BUILDING BOOM
THEY SAY
2786
01:47:08,233 --> 01:47:10,533
WILL LAST
FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
2787
01:47:10,533 --> 01:47:12,667
THE DRUG TRADE SAVED MIAMI
IN A LOT OF WAYS.
2788
01:47:12,667 --> 01:47:15,467
IF YOU LOOK AT THIS SKYLINE,
A LOT OF THIS REAL ESTATE
2789
01:47:15,467 --> 01:47:19,200
WAS BUILT OR BOUGHT
OR PAID FOR WITH DRUG MONEY.
2790
01:47:19,200 --> 01:47:20,900
Reporter: THIS NEW CONSTRUCTION
MEANS AT LEAST
2791
01:47:20,900 --> 01:47:25,067
25,000 ADDITIONAL JOBS AND AN
ANNUAL PAYROLL IN THE MILLIONS.
2792
01:47:25,067 --> 01:47:27,467
THE NEW CONDOMINIUMS,
OFFICE BUILDINGS, AND BANKS,
2793
01:47:27,467 --> 01:47:29,700
WILL ADD AN ADDITIONAL
$20 MILLION
2794
01:47:29,700 --> 01:47:32,033
TO THE CITY OF MIAMI'S
TAX BASE.
2795
01:47:32,033 --> 01:47:35,333
AS YOU HAD THE COCAINE
COMING INTO MIAMI
2796
01:47:35,333 --> 01:47:38,067
AND AS YOU HAD
THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
2797
01:47:38,067 --> 01:47:40,833
GOING INTO LATIN AMERICA,
LEGITIMATE MIAMI
2798
01:47:40,833 --> 01:47:44,000
ALSO REALIZED WE'RE
THE GATEWAY TO THE AMERICAS.
2799
01:47:44,000 --> 01:47:47,667
Burstyn: THE DRUG TRADE
CERTAINLY PUT MIAMI ON THE MAP.
2800
01:47:47,667 --> 01:47:51,600
Reporter: NEWSWEEK HAS CALLED
MIAMI AMERICA'S CASABLANCA.
2801
01:47:51,600 --> 01:47:54,033
WHAT A CONTRAST
FROM 7 YEARS AGO.
2802
01:47:54,033 --> 01:47:56,133
ONE THING ABOUT
THE HORRIBLE PUBLICITY,
2803
01:47:56,133 --> 01:47:59,100
THERE WAS A LOT OF IT.
MIAMI WAS ON EVERYONE'S LIPS.
2804
01:47:59,100 --> 01:48:00,267
MIAMI.
MIAMI.
2805
01:48:00,267 --> 01:48:01,800
MIAMI.
TO MIAMI BEACH.
2806
01:48:01,800 --> 01:48:03,100
EVERYONE IN THE WORLD.
PEOPLE SAID,
2807
01:48:03,100 --> 01:48:04,700
"YOU KNOW, I'VE ALWAYS
WANTED TO GO TO MIAMI,
2808
01:48:04,700 --> 01:48:06,633
"IS IT REALLY LIKE THIS?
THE BEACHES I SEE
2809
01:48:06,633 --> 01:48:08,900
"AND THE BEAUTIFUL WOMEN
AND THE NIGHTCLUBS."
2810
01:48:08,900 --> 01:48:12,000
Woman: IT'S CALLED CLUB 1235.
IT'S THE PLACE WHERE
2811
01:48:12,000 --> 01:48:14,667
THAT BIG MIAMI VICE BASH
WAS HELD SATURDAY NIGHT.
2812
01:48:14,667 --> 01:48:17,733
Burstyn: WE WERE ON TV
EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT PRIMETIME
2813
01:48:17,733 --> 01:48:19,167
WITH MIAMI VICE.
2814
01:48:19,167 --> 01:48:24,333
THE STORYLINES WERE BASED
ENTIRELY ON DRUG TRAFFICKING.
2815
01:48:24,333 --> 01:48:26,867
Reporter: MIAMI VICE MAY NOT
ENHANCE THE CITY'S IMAGE
2816
01:48:26,867 --> 01:48:29,833
BUT IT'S DOING GREAT THINGS
FOR THE LOCAL ECONOMY.
2817
01:48:29,833 --> 01:48:34,733
Man: DON JOHNSON AND MIAMI VICE
AND AL PACINO IN SCARFACE,
2818
01:48:34,733 --> 01:48:36,233
IT WAS ALLURING.
2819
01:48:36,233 --> 01:48:38,933
THIS IS MIAMI,
THINGS ARE MORE RELAXED.
2820
01:48:38,933 --> 01:48:41,367
Edna: IT WAS INTERESTING
BECAUSE WHEN MIAMI VICE CAME OUT
2821
01:48:41,367 --> 01:48:44,733
THEY WOULD FIND AN OLD
DILAPIDATED OR ABANDONED HOTEL
2822
01:48:44,733 --> 01:48:46,600
OR A GAS STATION
ON MIAMI BEACH,
2823
01:48:46,600 --> 01:48:48,067
THEY'D PUT IN NEON,
THEY'D PAINT IT,
2824
01:48:48,067 --> 01:48:49,600
THEY'D FIX IT UP,
THEY'D REHAB IT,
2825
01:48:49,600 --> 01:48:50,967
AND SHOOT THEIR SCENES THERE
2826
01:48:50,967 --> 01:48:54,033
AND LEAVE
A REHABILITATED SITE BEHIND.
2827
01:48:54,033 --> 01:48:55,633
AND I THINK THEY MADE
A LOT OF PEOPLE
2828
01:48:55,633 --> 01:48:58,533
SEE WHAT
THE POSSIBILITIES WERE.
2829
01:49:20,267 --> 01:49:22,033
Burstyn: IN THE LATE '80S
AND EARLY '90S
2830
01:49:22,033 --> 01:49:27,267
THE EUROPEAN MODELING
INDUSTRY DISCOVERED SOUTH BEACH
2831
01:49:27,267 --> 01:49:28,833
AND OF COURSE
AFTER THE MODELS
2832
01:49:28,833 --> 01:49:30,933
COME THE WEALTHY
EUROPEAN VISITORS
2833
01:49:30,933 --> 01:49:32,533
WHO WERE CHASING THE MODELS.
2834
01:49:32,533 --> 01:49:35,100
AND WE ENDED UP GETTING
THE GLITTERATI.
2835
01:49:35,100 --> 01:49:37,833
IT REMINDS ME
OF GREENWICH VILLAGE 1965
2836
01:49:37,833 --> 01:49:40,500
BECAUSE IT'S HAPPENING
AND IT'S NEW.
2837
01:49:40,500 --> 01:49:42,500
THEN THE PAPARAZZI
TOOK IT FROM THERE
2838
01:49:42,500 --> 01:49:44,200
AND CREATED A PHENOMENON.
2839
01:49:44,200 --> 01:49:48,267
TOOK IT FROM THE PREDOMINANTLY
SLEEPY VACATION SPOT
2840
01:49:48,267 --> 01:49:53,533
TO A THRIVING INTERNATIONAL
CAPITAL OF THE AMERICAS.
2841
01:49:53,533 --> 01:49:58,167
AND THE WORLD AGAIN STARTED TO
FLOCK TO MIAMI AND WE MADE IT.
2842
01:49:58,167 --> 01:49:59,633
Edna: I THINK WE COULD HAVE
HAD A RENAISSANCE
2843
01:49:59,633 --> 01:50:01,633
WITHOUT SO MANY PEOPLE
HAVING TO DIE FOR IT.
2844
01:50:01,633 --> 01:50:03,600
I COULD HAVE LIVED WITHOUT IT.
AND SO COULD
2845
01:50:03,600 --> 01:50:05,000
A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE
LIVED WITHOUT
2846
01:50:05,000 --> 01:50:08,500
THE ENORMOUS CONTRIBUTION
OF MONEY TO THIS COMMUNITY.
2847
01:50:08,500 --> 01:50:10,533
THERE WAS TOO MUCH
COLLATERAL DAMAGE.
2848
01:50:10,533 --> 01:50:13,467
I DON'T THINK
THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS
2849
01:50:13,467 --> 01:50:17,133
WERE WORTH THE COST ON SOCIETY.
2850
01:50:17,133 --> 01:50:20,500
Edna: I STILL LOVE MIAMI,
BUT I THINK I LOVE IT MORE
2851
01:50:20,500 --> 01:50:23,233
FOR WHAT IT WAS
BEFORE THE COCAINE WARS,
2852
01:50:23,233 --> 01:50:25,567
I MEAN, AT WHAT PRICE
A SKYLINE?
2853
01:50:25,567 --> 01:50:30,200
HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO DIE
FOR A SHINY SKYLINE?
2854
01:50:30,200 --> 01:50:33,333
IT WASN'T WORTH IT,
TOO MANY PEOPLE DIED FOR IT.
2855
01:50:33,333 --> 01:50:37,467
Bob: BUT MIAMI HONESTLY
COULDN'T BE WHERE IT IS NOW
2856
01:50:37,467 --> 01:50:38,833
WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH
THE HORRORS
2857
01:50:38,833 --> 01:50:40,833
AND TRAGEDIES
OF THE '70S AND '80S.
2858
01:50:40,833 --> 01:50:44,333
TODAY, PEOPLE KINDA GET A KICK
OUT OF TALKING ABOUT
2859
01:50:44,333 --> 01:50:48,300
HOW THEY SURVIVED
THE '70S AND '80S IN MIAMI.
2860
01:50:50,400 --> 01:50:52,100
Jon: I CAME BACK HERE
'CAUSE I HAD TO COME BACK HERE.
2861
01:50:52,100 --> 01:50:53,733
I HAD NO CHOICE.
2862
01:50:59,867 --> 01:51:01,633
AND WHEN I FIRST GOT OUT,
I'LL NEVER FORGET,
2863
01:51:01,633 --> 01:51:03,433
I WENT TO THE HOTEL
ON SOUTH BEACH,
2864
01:51:03,433 --> 01:51:05,433
IT WAS CALLED THE SURFCOMBER,
AND THE FIRST MORNING
2865
01:51:05,433 --> 01:51:07,433
I WOKE UP, I REMEMBER
GOING TO THE BEACH.
2866
01:51:07,433 --> 01:51:10,067
I WAS LAYING HERE AND HERE COMES
THIS GIRL OUT OF THE WATER,
2867
01:51:10,067 --> 01:51:11,200
AND AS SHE'S WALKING
OUT OF THE WATER,
2868
01:51:11,200 --> 01:51:12,967
I SEE SHE'S GOT NO TOP ON.
2869
01:51:12,967 --> 01:51:14,133
AND YOU GOTTA REALIZE,
2870
01:51:14,133 --> 01:51:16,000
I'M IN JAIL NOW
11 YEARS OR SOMETHING
2871
01:51:16,000 --> 01:51:17,500
AND I'M LOOKING AT THIS GIRL
WITH NO TOP ON,
2872
01:51:17,500 --> 01:51:19,233
I'M SAYING, "MY GOD."
I GOT SCARED.
2873
01:51:19,233 --> 01:51:21,767
I RAN BACK TO THE ROOM
AND I WOULDN'T EVEN COME OUT
2874
01:51:21,767 --> 01:51:24,567
OF THE ROOM FOR LIKE A DAY,
I WAS SO LIKE, "WHAT HAPPENED?
2875
01:51:24,567 --> 01:51:26,933
"THE WORLD HAS CHANGED HERE,
YOU KNOW."
2876
01:51:26,933 --> 01:51:31,500
THIS CITY HAD GROWN SO MUCH
IN THE 12 YEARS THAT I WAS GONE.
2877
01:51:39,800 --> 01:51:41,667
I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW,
TIMES CHANGE.
2878
01:51:41,667 --> 01:51:44,967
BACK THEN,
WE JUST DIDN'T GIVE A SHIT.
2879
01:51:44,967 --> 01:51:46,300
MIAMI BACK THEN
WAS AN OPEN TOWN,
2880
01:51:46,300 --> 01:51:47,567
IT WAS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
2881
01:51:47,567 --> 01:51:50,567
I MEAN, IF YOU TOLD ME
YOU WANNA KILL SO AND SO,
2882
01:51:50,567 --> 01:51:52,500
ALL I ASK YOU IS
JUST POINT HIM OUT TO ME
2883
01:51:52,500 --> 01:51:53,833
AND I WENT AND SHOT HIM.
2884
01:51:53,833 --> 01:51:55,400
NOW IT'S NOT OPEN ANYMORE,
2885
01:51:55,400 --> 01:51:56,433
YOU KNOW, IT'S A DIFFERENT TOWN.
2886
01:51:56,433 --> 01:51:57,867
THESE DAYS, I WOULDN'T DO IT.
2887
01:51:57,867 --> 01:52:00,200
I'D DO IT DIFFERENTLY,
TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
2888
01:52:00,200 --> 01:52:02,833
IT'S A MUCH DIFFERENT CITY
THAN I REMEMBER IT.
2889
01:52:17,633 --> 01:52:19,600
Jon: AND A LOT OF PEOPLE
I KNOW, YOU KNOW,
2890
01:52:19,600 --> 01:52:20,900
THEY'RE NOT AROUND ANYMORE.
2891
01:52:20,900 --> 01:52:22,433
Rivi: MY FRIENDS,
THAT WE GREW UP TOGETHER,
2892
01:52:22,433 --> 01:52:24,833
THEY'RE ALL DEAD.
THEY GOT KILLED.
2893
01:52:58,000 --> 01:53:00,833
I WENT TO MIAMI, I PLEADED
GUILTY TO THE TWO MURDERS.
2894
01:53:00,833 --> 01:53:03,833
A LIFE SENTENCE IN HIS CASE
TO BE SERVED CONCURRENTLY.
2895
01:53:03,833 --> 01:53:05,900
I'VE BEEN HERE EVER SINCE.
2896
01:53:05,900 --> 01:53:09,333
Al: AS A RESULT OF THE
INFORMATION GIVEN TO US BY RIVI
2897
01:53:09,333 --> 01:53:10,500
THERE WERE 14 DIFFERENT
HOMICIDES
2898
01:53:10,500 --> 01:53:12,167
CLOSED ON
GRISELDA BLANCO'S ORGANIZATION.
2899
01:53:12,167 --> 01:53:14,467
WHEN HE FLIPPED AND TOLD US
CHAPTER AND VERSE
2900
01:53:14,467 --> 01:53:16,033
ABOUT ALL THESE
DIFFERENT HOMICIDES
2901
01:53:16,033 --> 01:53:18,533
AND HOW SHE ORDERED THEM,
THEN SHE WAS DONE.
2902
01:53:18,533 --> 01:53:20,600
SHE WAS ESSENTIALLY
OUR JOHN GOTTI
2903
01:53:20,600 --> 01:53:23,833
AND RIVI WAS HER
"SAMMY THE BULL" GRAVANO.
2904
01:53:25,833 --> 01:53:28,133
THE CASE AGAINST
GRISELDA BLANCO
2905
01:53:28,133 --> 01:53:30,500
TURNED OUT TO BE
LIKE A TOTAL DUD.
2906
01:53:30,500 --> 01:53:32,367
INCREDIBLY DISAPPOINTING
AND FRUSTRATING.
2907
01:53:32,367 --> 01:53:36,133
SHE ENDED UP PLEADING TO LIKE
BASICALLY A WALK IN THE PARK.
2908
01:53:36,133 --> 01:53:38,967
THROUGH THE CRACKS, YEAH.
I THOUGHT WE HAD HER.
2909
01:53:38,967 --> 01:53:41,367
I MEAN IT WAS SHAMEFUL,
WHAT HAPPENED.
2910
01:53:50,500 --> 01:53:52,833
SO ONCE WE LOST RIVI,
WE LOST THE CONNECTION
2911
01:53:52,833 --> 01:53:55,267
BETWEEN THE HIT GUYS
AND GRISELDA.
2912
01:53:55,267 --> 01:53:58,600
RIVERITA CREATED THE CASE
AND DESTROYED THE CASE.
2913
01:53:58,600 --> 01:54:01,667
BASICALLY TORPEDOED
ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT
2914
01:54:01,667 --> 01:54:05,233
HOMICIDE INVESTIGATIONS THAT
I CAN EVEN IMAGINE BEING DONE.
2915
01:54:05,233 --> 01:54:07,733
Bob: DURING THE COURSE OF HER
REIGN OF TERROR, IF YOU WILL,
2916
01:54:07,733 --> 01:54:12,667
SHE MADE A LOT OF ENEMIES
BOTH HERE AND IN COLOMBIA
2917
01:54:12,667 --> 01:54:14,367
AND THEY HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN,
2918
01:54:14,367 --> 01:54:16,733
AND THEY CERTAINLY HAVEN'T
FORGOTTEN WITH RESPECT TO
2919
01:54:16,733 --> 01:54:19,100
UBER AND OSVALDO.
2920
01:54:23,767 --> 01:54:25,133
THE SAYING THAT
LIVE BY THE SWORD
2921
01:54:25,133 --> 01:54:27,233
AND DIE BY THE SWORD
IS VERY TRUE
2922
01:54:27,233 --> 01:54:29,333
IN THE BUSINESS
THEY WERE IN.
2923
01:54:29,333 --> 01:54:33,000
AND IT'S LIKELY THAT IF SHE'S
EVER RETURNED TO COLOMBIA,
2924
01:54:33,000 --> 01:54:35,567
THAT SHE'LL MEET
THE SAME FATE.
2925
01:54:35,567 --> 01:54:36,967
Al: THERE IS CERTAINLY NOBODY
MORE DESERVING OF
2926
01:54:36,967 --> 01:54:38,133
THE DEATH PENALTY THAN SHE IS.
2927
01:54:38,133 --> 01:54:39,600
SHE SHOULD BE ON DEATH ROW.
2928
01:54:39,600 --> 01:54:42,500
BUT, I TAKE A LITTLE BIT
OF COMFORT IN THE FACT THAT
2929
01:54:42,500 --> 01:54:45,600
AT LEAST UNTIL I RETIRE,
SHE'LL STILL BE IN PRISON.
2930
01:54:45,600 --> 01:54:46,633
I CAN'T SAY FOR HOW MUCH LONGER,
2931
01:54:46,633 --> 01:54:48,867
BUT SHE WILL BE...
STILL BE IN PRISON
2932
01:54:48,867 --> 01:54:50,367
AS LONG AS I'M A COP.
2933
01:55:38,733 --> 01:55:40,833
Rivi: WHEN I MOVED TO FLORIDA
I WAS IN ORLANDO
2934
01:55:40,833 --> 01:55:42,533
IN DISNEY WORLD
WITH MY KIDS, YOU KNOW,
2935
01:55:42,533 --> 01:55:43,833
I WAS TALKING TO
THESE PEOPLE FROM GERMANY.
2936
01:55:43,833 --> 01:55:46,233
"OH, YOU'RE FROM MIAMI,
OH, MY GOD."
2937
01:55:46,233 --> 01:55:47,600
"WHAT'S WRONG WITH MIAMI?"
2938
01:55:47,600 --> 01:55:49,533
"OH, MY GOD, THEY KILL
PEOPLE THERE EVERY DAY.
2939
01:55:49,533 --> 01:55:50,967
"WE'RE WATCHING
THE NEWS IN EUROPE."
2940
01:55:50,967 --> 01:55:53,200
AND I SAID, "YEAH, MAN,
THEY DO, VERY DANGEROUS TOWN."
2941
01:55:53,200 --> 01:55:55,300
"OH, I'M NOT GOING THERE
ON VACATION."
2942
01:55:55,300 --> 01:55:57,033
MY WIFE WAS JUST
LOOKING AT ME LIKE...
2943
01:55:57,033 --> 01:55:59,267
IF YOU ONLY KNEW.
2944
01:55:59,267 --> 01:56:00,967
BUT THE THING
I WANTED TO KNOW WAS
2945
01:56:00,967 --> 01:56:02,667
WHAT HAPPENED
TO ALL THE MONEY.
2946
01:56:06,400 --> 01:56:08,067
Reporter: THE INVASION
CAME BEFORE DAWN
2947
01:56:08,067 --> 01:56:09,300
WHEN US FIGHTER JETS
2948
01:56:09,300 --> 01:56:11,667
BOMBED GENERAL NORIEGA'S
MILITARY HEADQUARTERS.
2949
01:56:11,667 --> 01:56:13,067
Man: HE UTILIZED HIS POSITION
2950
01:56:13,067 --> 01:56:16,133
TO SELL THE COUNTRY OF PANAMA
TO THE TRAFFICKERS.
2951
01:56:16,133 --> 01:56:17,400
WHEN NORIEGA WENT DOWN
2952
01:56:17,400 --> 01:56:18,967
THROUGH THAT BANK
IN PANAMA, WE LOST
2953
01:56:18,967 --> 01:56:22,267
ABOUT $140 MILLION
BETWEEN MAX, MYSELF,
2954
01:56:22,267 --> 01:56:25,767
RAFA, OCHOAS, ESCOBAR,
EVERYBODY TOOK A BIG CHUNK.
2955
01:56:25,767 --> 01:56:27,767
THAT'S HOW COME
WE LOST SO MUCH.
2956
01:56:27,767 --> 01:56:29,100
'CAUSE I WAS IN JAIL
AT THE TIME
2957
01:56:29,100 --> 01:56:31,467
AND THERE WAS NO WAY
TO GET YOUR MONEY OUT.
2958
01:56:31,467 --> 01:56:33,467
AND THE GOVERNMENT SEIZED
ALL THE MONEY IN THAT BANK.
2959
01:56:33,467 --> 01:56:34,800
THEY TOOK ALL MONEY.
2960
01:56:35,800 --> 01:56:37,167
WE WENT TO
A MOVIE THEATER,
2961
01:56:37,167 --> 01:56:38,933
AND GOT IN LINE FOR ABOUT
TWO HOURS TO GO AND SEE
2962
01:56:38,933 --> 01:56:41,133
SCARFACE, THE FAMOUS
MOVIE SCARFACE,
2963
01:56:41,133 --> 01:56:44,733
MYSELF AND NINE OTHER GUYS,
ALL TEN KILLERS.
2964
01:56:44,733 --> 01:56:46,167
MOVIE STARTED, YOU KNOW,
2965
01:56:46,167 --> 01:56:47,533
AND ALL THESE ATTEMPTS ON HIM,
2966
01:56:47,533 --> 01:56:49,667
THEY CAME, THEY BROUGHT TWO
COLOMBIANS TO KILL HIM,
2967
01:56:49,667 --> 01:56:51,500
AND WE WERE JUST LAUGHING.
2968
01:56:51,500 --> 01:56:53,800
[LAUGHS]
WE WOULD HAVE HAD HIM.
2969
01:56:53,800 --> 01:56:56,433
IF IT WAS TAKING
PLACE IN REAL LIFE,
2970
01:56:56,433 --> 01:56:57,767
WE WOULD HAVE GOT HIM.
2971
01:56:59,833 --> 01:57:02,000
Reporter: ON FEBRUARY 3RD, 2006,
2972
01:57:02,000 --> 01:57:03,667
MIAMI ATTORNEY
SAMUEL I. BURSTYN
2973
01:57:03,667 --> 01:57:05,800
PLED GUILTY TO OBSTRUCTION
OF JUSTICE CHARGES
2974
01:57:05,800 --> 01:57:06,833
AFTER BEING
ARRESTED AT HIS
2975
01:57:06,833 --> 01:57:09,500
$4.8 MILLION HOME
ON SUNSET ISLAND.
2976
01:57:09,500 --> 01:57:11,333
PROSECUTORS SAY
HE ACTED AS HOUSE COUNSEL
2977
01:57:11,333 --> 01:57:12,500
FOR A CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION
2978
01:57:12,500 --> 01:57:13,867
THAT IMPORTED AND DISTRIBUTED
2979
01:57:13,867 --> 01:57:15,233
COCAINE AND MARIJUANA.
2980
01:57:15,233 --> 01:57:17,133
BURSTYN, WHO IS FACING
20 YEARS IN PRISON
2981
01:57:17,133 --> 01:57:20,067
IF CONVICTED OF ALL CHARGES,
WILL SERVE 42 MONTHS,
2982
01:57:20,067 --> 01:57:21,800
FORFEIT HIS LAW LICENSE
AND GIVE UP NEARLY
2983
01:57:21,800 --> 01:57:24,667
$400,000 IN CASH AND ASSETS.
2984
01:57:26,067 --> 01:57:29,067
CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY
MAGNOLIA HOME ENTERTAINMENT
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