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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:33,783 --> 00:00:35,368 [man] OK, we're rolling. We're rolling. 4 00:00:36,286 --> 00:00:39,831 [Ludwig] I had a friend of mine living in St. Petersburg, 5 00:00:40,081 --> 00:00:41,332 and I said, "Misha, 6 00:00:42,584 --> 00:00:45,462 tell me something. I know it's gonna be a strange question. 7 00:00:46,212 --> 00:00:50,091 Is this possible to buy a military submarine? Used one." 8 00:00:50,967 --> 00:00:52,427 And he said, "What a question! 9 00:00:53,052 --> 00:00:54,345 Let me check." 10 00:00:55,430 --> 00:00:57,223 He called me in two days... 11 00:00:59,809 --> 00:01:04,814 and he asked me, "Do we want the submarine with missiles, or without missiles?" 12 00:01:08,902 --> 00:01:10,361 [speedboat engine roaring] 13 00:01:10,904 --> 00:01:13,364 ["Wind of Change" by Scorpions playing] 14 00:01:56,783 --> 00:01:59,077 [music continues playing] 15 00:02:14,801 --> 00:02:16,469 [music fades] 16 00:02:30,108 --> 00:02:34,487 [Ludwig] When I first arrive in America, I loved it. I loved everything. 17 00:02:35,155 --> 00:02:37,407 America, it was the country of opportunity. 18 00:02:37,490 --> 00:02:38,408 America, you know, 19 00:02:38,491 --> 00:02:40,702 whatever comes to your head, you--you can do. 20 00:02:41,202 --> 00:02:46,332 Anything. You wake up in the morning and, "I want to be a... a movie star." 21 00:02:46,416 --> 00:02:47,458 It's possible. 22 00:02:47,750 --> 00:02:49,961 "I want to be a gangster." It's also possible. 23 00:02:58,094 --> 00:02:59,721 Basically, what we did, 24 00:03:00,430 --> 00:03:02,181 we were burning stores. 25 00:03:07,854 --> 00:03:12,901 He used to do arsons in Brooklyn. He called it Jewish lightning. 26 00:03:13,902 --> 00:03:14,903 [chuckles] 27 00:03:16,029 --> 00:03:19,115 [Ludwig] In the States, it's very easy to do the arson job, 28 00:03:19,282 --> 00:03:23,244 because you just need to put a little fire. The rest, the firemen do. 29 00:03:23,411 --> 00:03:24,871 They don't give a shit. 30 00:03:24,996 --> 00:03:28,625 They breaking everything, they putting, you know, foam everywhere. 31 00:03:28,708 --> 00:03:30,376 They putting water everywhere. 32 00:03:30,501 --> 00:03:32,712 No furniture is good for that anymore. 33 00:03:35,632 --> 00:03:38,509 We were a little bit rough, yeah. We were breaking houses, 34 00:03:38,593 --> 00:03:41,971 we were breaking furniture, TVs, you know, 35 00:03:42,055 --> 00:03:46,267 we were beating up people once in a while, you know, who didn't pay the-- 36 00:03:46,517 --> 00:03:48,728 Well, we were like collection agents. 37 00:03:49,229 --> 00:03:52,273 Kind of, illegal collection agents. 38 00:03:52,857 --> 00:03:54,943 I made very good money until-- 39 00:03:55,026 --> 00:03:55,902 [gunshots] 40 00:03:56,027 --> 00:03:59,405 My-- I had a partner, and they killed him. 41 00:03:59,530 --> 00:04:00,782 I don't know who. 42 00:04:01,366 --> 00:04:03,534 But, you know, he didn't show up to work one day, 43 00:04:03,618 --> 00:04:06,371 and I went to his house and they shot him. 44 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:10,500 When somebody like that getting killed, and the guy is a serious guy, 45 00:04:10,667 --> 00:04:12,085 to me, it was a message. 46 00:04:12,543 --> 00:04:13,628 [producer] So what do you decide? 47 00:04:13,711 --> 00:04:15,338 I decided to move to Miami. 48 00:04:20,426 --> 00:04:22,136 [upbeat Latin music] 49 00:04:35,733 --> 00:04:38,611 [Mike] Miami in the 1990s was still dealing 50 00:04:38,820 --> 00:04:41,406 with the remnants of the cocaine wars. 51 00:04:41,572 --> 00:04:42,448 [police siren wails] 52 00:04:42,532 --> 00:04:45,952 You'd have to be the worst agent in DEA history 53 00:04:46,035 --> 00:04:49,122 not to be able to make a case in Miami at that time. 54 00:04:49,664 --> 00:04:51,916 During that transition from the cocaine cowboys, 55 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:54,961 when there was bloodletting and gangs rivaling each other 56 00:04:55,044 --> 00:04:57,171 and Russians started coming to town. 57 00:04:59,632 --> 00:05:01,509 They love the sun. They love the ocean. 58 00:05:03,845 --> 00:05:06,848 But it's also because of the access to South America. 59 00:05:07,557 --> 00:05:11,019 [Dick] We have spies, we have killers, we have dope dealers. 60 00:05:11,102 --> 00:05:12,228 This is Casablanca. 61 00:05:12,812 --> 00:05:14,981 [upbeat Latin music continues playing] 62 00:05:21,738 --> 00:05:25,074 Tarzan migrated to Miami at the direction 63 00:05:25,158 --> 00:05:28,036 of some of his Italian organized crime buddies in New York, 64 00:05:28,161 --> 00:05:31,539 and he moved up by doing whatever needed to be done. 65 00:05:32,206 --> 00:05:34,667 [Ludwig] I don't know. Sometimes you falling in love. 66 00:05:34,751 --> 00:05:37,920 So many pretty women. Why do you only love specially with this one? 67 00:05:38,046 --> 00:05:40,506 'Cause she's close to you. You find something. 68 00:05:40,798 --> 00:05:44,594 The air was mine. The sun was mine. The sand was mine. 69 00:05:45,053 --> 00:05:47,388 Till today, Miami is a place that I would love 70 00:05:47,722 --> 00:05:50,016 to live and where I would love to die. 71 00:06:12,955 --> 00:06:15,166 I call Porky's because two reasons. 72 00:06:15,291 --> 00:06:19,378 First of all, if you remember, in that time was a very popular movie, Porky's. 73 00:06:19,545 --> 00:06:20,963 I really loved those movies. 74 00:06:21,089 --> 00:06:22,799 And number two, because, 75 00:06:22,965 --> 00:06:26,344 our regional movie Porky's was filmed in this location. 76 00:06:27,261 --> 00:06:30,264 If you're gonna take the movie Porky's, you gonna see my club. 77 00:06:31,682 --> 00:06:34,060 My buddies in New York the Paccione brothers, 78 00:06:34,268 --> 00:06:36,896 tell me about a guy in Miami that opened a strip club 79 00:06:37,021 --> 00:06:39,232 that their friends heard of from Brooklyn. 80 00:06:39,732 --> 00:06:42,026 Russian guy. Goes by the name of Tarzan. 81 00:06:43,236 --> 00:06:45,279 So they said, "Go down there and check it out. 82 00:06:45,404 --> 00:06:48,783 Uh, you know, mention our name and, uh, work with this guy. 83 00:06:48,866 --> 00:06:50,451 See if you can figure out something to do with his club." 84 00:06:51,744 --> 00:06:53,621 [Kristy] When we first got to Porky's, 85 00:06:53,871 --> 00:06:55,832 Tarzan had no idea what he was doing with it. 86 00:06:56,290 --> 00:07:00,962 He had really, like, dug a hole, and was basically putting the bar in it. 87 00:07:01,671 --> 00:07:04,298 So Tony came in and took it from 88 00:07:04,382 --> 00:07:06,592 the bottom and brought it all the way up. 89 00:07:07,343 --> 00:07:10,054 We were the first club in South Florida 90 00:07:10,221 --> 00:07:12,140 to have what they call these feature shows. 91 00:07:12,390 --> 00:07:16,269 Where we'd bring in a porno star and she laid on the edge of the stage. 92 00:07:16,477 --> 00:07:20,022 She opened the legs, naked, right, and she had a little remote control car, 93 00:07:20,273 --> 00:07:23,985 and she had fastened a dildo on the end of it, a big dildo. 94 00:07:24,110 --> 00:07:27,613 And what she'd do is she'd give the remote control to the patrons, 95 00:07:27,697 --> 00:07:30,950 they give her five dollars, she'd lay at the end of the stage with her legs open, 96 00:07:31,075 --> 00:07:33,953 and the guy would drive the car back and forth with the dildo. 97 00:07:37,498 --> 00:07:40,543 So there was, you know, people were like, what's going on over there? 98 00:07:41,544 --> 00:07:45,131 And the club went from that level to even another level. 99 00:07:45,715 --> 00:07:48,217 Everybody was coming to the club. It was packed. 100 00:07:48,342 --> 00:07:49,343 [producer] He classed the place up. 101 00:07:49,427 --> 00:07:50,261 He classed the place up. 102 00:07:53,848 --> 00:07:54,765 [indistinct] 103 00:07:58,019 --> 00:07:58,978 [gunshot] 104 00:08:00,188 --> 00:08:01,397 [indistinct chatter] 105 00:08:01,647 --> 00:08:03,024 -[gunshot] -[woman screams] 106 00:08:03,357 --> 00:08:05,526 [siren wails] 107 00:08:05,985 --> 00:08:08,404 It was the roughest club I was in, for sure, by far. 108 00:08:09,489 --> 00:08:11,866 [Kristy] Porky's was definitely a place that you could get killed. 109 00:08:12,241 --> 00:08:13,326 Very dangerous. 110 00:08:13,618 --> 00:08:15,119 I always had the two guns. 111 00:08:16,037 --> 00:08:18,498 I always had a Beretta 9 millimeter on me. 112 00:08:18,664 --> 00:08:21,501 And I had always here on my-- I had to have a Colt. 113 00:08:21,792 --> 00:08:24,045 I was a cowboy. We can put this way. 114 00:08:25,755 --> 00:08:27,423 [Tony] Russian money was starting to come in. 115 00:08:27,673 --> 00:08:29,467 You know, from Russia, from New York, 116 00:08:29,550 --> 00:08:32,136 and they found out a Russian guy owned a strip club, 117 00:08:32,553 --> 00:08:34,263 so this became their little hangout. 118 00:08:35,515 --> 00:08:40,061 [Kristy] I'm talking about hundreds of Russian guys that had connections. 119 00:08:40,186 --> 00:08:41,562 Russian gangsters. 120 00:08:42,980 --> 00:08:44,440 Heavy Russian gangsters. 121 00:08:44,732 --> 00:08:47,985 Tarzan became, sort of, a go-to guy, 122 00:08:48,069 --> 00:08:51,364 and people from New York to Moscow 123 00:08:51,572 --> 00:08:55,743 knew that if you wanted to come to South Florida, Tarzan could fix you up. 124 00:08:55,952 --> 00:08:58,704 You wanted a load of dope moved? He'd find a way to move it. 125 00:08:58,788 --> 00:09:00,790 You wanted somebody killed? Talk to him. 126 00:09:00,873 --> 00:09:03,209 You wanted prostitutes, he'd find 'em for you. 127 00:09:03,584 --> 00:09:05,962 All you needed to do was talk to Tarzan. 128 00:09:10,967 --> 00:09:13,678 They were once part of what we call the Red Scare. 129 00:09:13,761 --> 00:09:17,431 Now these Russians are threatening to turn our streets red. 130 00:09:17,515 --> 00:09:20,017 And the Russian mob, targeting South Florida. 131 00:09:20,142 --> 00:09:23,437 [reporter] They are here in South Florida getting away with their crime spree 132 00:09:23,521 --> 00:09:26,857 because they are crafty. Crafty and brutal. 133 00:09:27,608 --> 00:09:28,859 [siren wails] 134 00:09:29,235 --> 00:09:31,070 [indistinct chatter over PA] 135 00:09:31,737 --> 00:09:33,072 One of our initial concerns 136 00:09:33,155 --> 00:09:35,157 was that the Colombian traffickers 137 00:09:35,241 --> 00:09:37,660 would come together with the Russian organized criminals 138 00:09:37,743 --> 00:09:39,287 and put the dope money together 139 00:09:39,370 --> 00:09:41,872 with the military hardware that the Russians had 140 00:09:41,956 --> 00:09:45,668 and create a great threat to South Florida and the United States. 141 00:09:47,295 --> 00:09:48,337 So we formed a task force, 142 00:09:48,796 --> 00:09:51,882 to investigate Russian and Eastern European 143 00:09:51,966 --> 00:09:53,050 criminal activity. 144 00:09:53,384 --> 00:09:58,055 The FBI provided a squad and then there was a multi-agency side, 145 00:09:58,556 --> 00:10:01,142 which was the Marshals Service, DEA, 146 00:10:01,517 --> 00:10:04,645 US Customs, US Immigration, US Coast Guard, 147 00:10:05,062 --> 00:10:08,441 and then several local law enforcement agencies. 148 00:10:08,816 --> 00:10:10,318 Which became Operation Odessa. 149 00:10:13,487 --> 00:10:16,073 We had weekly meetings of multiple agencies 150 00:10:16,157 --> 00:10:20,745 who had an interest or who had information about Russian criminal activity 151 00:10:20,828 --> 00:10:21,912 in South Florida. 152 00:10:26,751 --> 00:10:27,960 [camera clicks] 153 00:10:39,597 --> 00:10:40,973 [dial tone] 154 00:10:41,766 --> 00:10:42,850 [over telephone] 155 00:10:51,108 --> 00:10:52,526 [producer] Juan Almeida, who is he? 156 00:10:52,693 --> 00:10:53,736 Juan Almeida. 157 00:10:55,071 --> 00:10:56,947 How do you describe a guy? 158 00:10:57,365 --> 00:11:00,451 He has so many angles. Juan Almeida have a lot of angles. 159 00:11:00,618 --> 00:11:04,372 I was first introduced to Juan Almeida through Tarzan at Porky's. 160 00:11:04,580 --> 00:11:06,207 I still love the guy. 161 00:11:06,624 --> 00:11:09,126 If he-- You know, no matter what. 162 00:11:09,752 --> 00:11:14,006 Tall guy, well-spoken, well-dressed. This guy had all the toys. 163 00:11:14,298 --> 00:11:18,302 [Ludwig] I would consider him very shrewd, very intelligent. 164 00:11:18,594 --> 00:11:20,179 A good businessman. 165 00:11:20,304 --> 00:11:22,473 He was good at taking assets 166 00:11:22,556 --> 00:11:26,268 from traffickers before they went to prison and hiding them mostly boats, 167 00:11:26,435 --> 00:11:29,438 and in many cases, though, it turned out the people would get out 168 00:11:30,022 --> 00:11:31,190 of jail or prison, 169 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:34,151 they'd find out that he'd sold their boats. 170 00:11:36,070 --> 00:11:38,989 And then he was so good 171 00:11:39,115 --> 00:11:40,991 at grifting people, 172 00:11:41,575 --> 00:11:45,287 that before they ended their conversation, he had just sold them another boat. 173 00:11:45,996 --> 00:11:46,914 [chuckles] 174 00:11:49,375 --> 00:11:50,626 [camera clicks] 175 00:11:51,752 --> 00:11:52,586 OK. 176 00:11:53,045 --> 00:11:56,715 So, it's no secret that, 177 00:11:57,341 --> 00:12:00,845 cocaine is cool. 178 00:12:10,187 --> 00:12:12,314 Tarzan was introduced to me by 179 00:12:12,773 --> 00:12:13,899 Vanilla Ice. 180 00:12:13,983 --> 00:12:18,779 I became friendly with some other people, you know, famous basketball players, 181 00:12:18,863 --> 00:12:22,324 because they were coming to my club, Sting were coming to my club. 182 00:12:23,075 --> 00:12:24,076 Uh, Vanilla Ice. 183 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:25,494 ♪ Ice, ice, baby ♪ 184 00:12:26,245 --> 00:12:30,124 One day, Vanilla, he introduced me to Juan. 185 00:12:30,916 --> 00:12:32,918 He asked me to take a boat. 186 00:12:33,377 --> 00:12:36,839 He had a 42 Tempest speedboat 187 00:12:37,214 --> 00:12:39,508 to repair, and I told him, "Where I gonna take it?" 188 00:12:39,842 --> 00:12:43,554 And he said he has friend of his owns a marina. 189 00:12:43,721 --> 00:12:45,890 When I went to there, I met Juan. 190 00:12:46,599 --> 00:12:48,142 Lovable person. 191 00:12:48,809 --> 00:12:50,352 Great talker. 192 00:12:50,686 --> 00:12:52,021 Good-looking guy. 193 00:12:52,104 --> 00:12:54,607 I loved that guy from the beginning from the fi-first minute, 194 00:12:54,732 --> 00:12:56,192 and--and we hit it off. 195 00:12:56,358 --> 00:13:00,446 First time I saw Tarzan, he struck me as a an oddball. 196 00:13:01,197 --> 00:13:03,365 He said, "My name is Tarzan," and I said, like, "Who? 197 00:13:03,449 --> 00:13:05,993 What are you? Tarzan? Where's Jane?" 198 00:13:07,244 --> 00:13:08,787 [Ludwig] He was selling cars. 199 00:13:09,038 --> 00:13:11,123 Uh, he was wheeling and dealing. 200 00:13:12,124 --> 00:13:16,587 [Juan] Fort Apache marina was an executive playpen for the rich and famous. 201 00:13:16,962 --> 00:13:19,924 Julio Iglesias was a permanent customer there. 202 00:13:20,299 --> 00:13:22,468 The whole of Miami Vice crew. 203 00:13:22,635 --> 00:13:25,095 Gloria Estefan was a customer there. 204 00:13:25,387 --> 00:13:26,680 It was a good hangout spot. 205 00:13:30,142 --> 00:13:34,813 It was also a place where drug runners often hung out, because, 206 00:13:34,939 --> 00:13:38,567 it was a marina, after all, and they could pull their boats out of the water 207 00:13:38,651 --> 00:13:41,070 once they did their dirty business, if you will. 208 00:13:45,115 --> 00:13:49,578 The way it works was, I don't really care what you do with the car, the boat, 209 00:13:49,662 --> 00:13:52,081 or the plane that I sell you. That's your business. 210 00:13:52,164 --> 00:13:55,584 If you want to load it up and transport whatever you want to do, that's fine. 211 00:13:55,668 --> 00:13:58,212 Just don't tell me that, because I'm not a cop. 212 00:13:59,630 --> 00:14:01,924 He would come together with almost any criminal 213 00:14:02,007 --> 00:14:05,553 and--and, uh, you know, he would sell his services to, 214 00:14:05,636 --> 00:14:08,472 uh, whoever, uh, would ever pay him for it. 215 00:14:08,806 --> 00:14:11,517 [Juan] One time, when the SL500 first came out, 216 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:14,937 the Cali Cartel asked me to bring them half a dozen of them. 217 00:14:15,062 --> 00:14:17,273 They ordered them like they would order donuts. 218 00:14:17,815 --> 00:14:19,108 I flew to Switzerland. 219 00:14:19,275 --> 00:14:23,404 And I bought 'em at a Mercedes dealership and I loaded 'em on a cargo aircraft 220 00:14:23,487 --> 00:14:24,738 and flew them to Cali, Colombia. 221 00:14:24,822 --> 00:14:28,659 These guys had the SL 500 before anybody else did. And I did things like that. 222 00:14:30,494 --> 00:14:33,956 [Tony] He was at the marina. He had, uh, all the boats, 223 00:14:34,206 --> 00:14:37,209 you know, Juan came in, he came in not with a stack of five-dollar bills, 224 00:14:37,293 --> 00:14:38,836 but he came in with a stack of hundreds. 225 00:14:38,961 --> 00:14:41,755 Juan had money on him. He looked the part. He acted the part. 226 00:14:42,089 --> 00:14:44,466 And people viewed him as a drug dealer. 227 00:14:44,592 --> 00:14:46,260 [reporter] Now, come on. This is pretty ridiculous. 228 00:14:46,343 --> 00:14:48,429 You spend a half a million dollars on a boat 229 00:14:48,512 --> 00:14:50,431 and you're not even racing it or using it professionally. 230 00:14:50,514 --> 00:14:52,975 Nah, just pleasure. It's just a fun boat. That's all it is. 231 00:14:53,058 --> 00:14:53,934 [reporter] Yeah? And does that-- 232 00:14:54,018 --> 00:14:55,644 Do people give you a hard time that you spend 233 00:14:55,728 --> 00:14:57,980 that kind of money on--on a pleasure boat? 234 00:14:58,063 --> 00:15:00,357 There'll be a buyer. There'll be a buyer. He's around the corner. 235 00:15:00,441 --> 00:15:03,235 [reporter] So I see. You're gonna use it and break it in for him. 236 00:15:03,319 --> 00:15:05,654 Naturally, naturally. We're gonna give him a nice, good boat. 237 00:15:05,738 --> 00:15:06,614 [reporter chuckles] 238 00:15:06,697 --> 00:15:10,367 He was using his involvement with the cocaine business, as I understood it, 239 00:15:10,451 --> 00:15:13,704 uh, to keep his exotic car business going. 240 00:15:13,954 --> 00:15:18,125 Juan Almeida comes off as a much more serious guy, and even to this day, 241 00:15:18,208 --> 00:15:20,544 I don't know how this guy wound up in bed with Tarzan. 242 00:15:23,672 --> 00:15:24,924 [dial tone] 243 00:15:25,215 --> 00:15:28,385 [over telephone] 244 00:15:45,945 --> 00:15:47,029 [line disconnecting beep] 245 00:15:48,322 --> 00:15:49,823 [music playing] 246 00:15:50,866 --> 00:15:53,327 [male voice-over] The anchorwoman announced the Soviet Union, 247 00:15:53,410 --> 00:15:56,872 as a subject of international and geopolitical reality, 248 00:15:56,956 --> 00:15:58,290 no longer exists. 249 00:16:05,881 --> 00:16:08,092 [crowds clamoring] 250 00:16:10,010 --> 00:16:11,804 [female reporter] Repeating, once again, our top story. 251 00:16:11,887 --> 00:16:15,808 Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev has been removed from power. 252 00:16:21,230 --> 00:16:26,276 There was a point in time where law and order was lost. 253 00:16:26,402 --> 00:16:29,363 No one knew who was in charge in Russia. 254 00:16:32,449 --> 00:16:37,579 And I distinctly remember arriving in Moscow and saying to myself, 255 00:16:38,539 --> 00:16:40,040 "Oh, my God. 256 00:16:40,165 --> 00:16:41,709 Everything is for sale? 257 00:16:42,459 --> 00:16:44,128 I mean, everything?" 258 00:16:52,136 --> 00:16:54,680 It was just a complete free-for-all. 259 00:16:58,017 --> 00:17:02,229 In some point, we came here to Moscow to buy motorcycles. 260 00:17:03,897 --> 00:17:07,985 We wanted to travel to a motorcycle factory about 100 miles 261 00:17:08,777 --> 00:17:10,154 to the east of Moscow. 262 00:17:10,654 --> 00:17:16,076 And I had this idea, uh, from owning my own aircraft in the States 263 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:18,787 that we should just charter a helicopter. 264 00:17:19,163 --> 00:17:23,125 And I called the airport and I said, "Excuse me, 265 00:17:23,667 --> 00:17:26,628 uh, my name is Tarzan, and we would like to rent the helicopter," 266 00:17:26,712 --> 00:17:28,839 and the lady said, "To rent?" 267 00:17:29,173 --> 00:17:30,883 She said, "We never rent the helicopter." 268 00:17:31,258 --> 00:17:33,093 I said, "Do you have helicopters?" 269 00:17:33,177 --> 00:17:35,929 She said, "Yeah, they... we have, like, 400 of them right here." 270 00:17:36,305 --> 00:17:40,225 Doing nothing, because in the time, Russia they didn't have even gas for them. 271 00:17:40,809 --> 00:17:43,979 And I said, "400 of them? How about you gonna rent one?" 272 00:17:44,897 --> 00:17:47,941 And, she said, "Let me call you back. We're gonna calculate." 273 00:17:48,233 --> 00:17:51,904 They calculated, calculated, they call me by the end of the day, and she said, 274 00:17:52,196 --> 00:17:54,990 "Well, I'm sorry, you, probably, guys not gonna rent it, 275 00:17:55,115 --> 00:17:56,992 'cause it's coming out very expensive. 276 00:17:57,367 --> 00:18:01,580 It's a helicopter, MI-17, with the three pilots. 277 00:18:01,914 --> 00:18:06,085 It will cost you, like, back and forth, like, $500. 278 00:18:07,002 --> 00:18:08,587 I said, "How much?" 279 00:18:08,962 --> 00:18:12,174 She said, "$500." I said, "Yeah, you know, this is really expensive, 280 00:18:12,341 --> 00:18:13,926 but we are ready to pay." 281 00:18:14,176 --> 00:18:17,930 And I told Juan, "They're giving us the helicopter for $500," 282 00:18:18,347 --> 00:18:20,766 and the guy said, "Listen, let's get ten of them! 283 00:18:20,849 --> 00:18:23,644 Let's fly, like, ten of them. Let's occupy that seat." 284 00:18:23,727 --> 00:18:25,479 You know Juan is like-- You know this guy. 285 00:18:25,562 --> 00:18:28,524 After a few drinks, he think he's Tony Montana. 286 00:18:31,527 --> 00:18:32,694 [helicopter blades whirring] 287 00:18:42,746 --> 00:18:48,293 We finally, got to an area that we knew was the city and the pilot says, 288 00:18:48,418 --> 00:18:50,671 "So where do you want to go?" We gave him the address. 289 00:18:50,754 --> 00:18:52,464 He goes, "Well, I don't know where that is." 290 00:18:52,589 --> 00:18:55,467 And I ask the pilot, "How are we gonna find out where's the factory?" 291 00:18:56,718 --> 00:18:59,596 And the guy said, "We're gonna land in the middle of the city 292 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:01,557 and we're gonna ask for the direction." 293 00:19:03,016 --> 00:19:04,393 [helicopter blades whirring] 294 00:19:07,521 --> 00:19:10,524 People were running to see the helicopters, 295 00:19:10,649 --> 00:19:13,819 because the last time they saw helicopters, never. 296 00:19:14,653 --> 00:19:16,155 They never saw the helicopters. 297 00:19:16,238 --> 00:19:18,907 They were thinking that, I don't know, somebody came from the Moon. 298 00:19:19,074 --> 00:19:22,161 And he just pulled over this helicopter and he made his approach 299 00:19:22,244 --> 00:19:26,039 right into... the kids had to move. [chuckles] Had to move. 300 00:19:26,165 --> 00:19:28,333 This guy just lands this monster 301 00:19:28,417 --> 00:19:29,710 -right there. -[helicopter blades whirring] 302 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:32,129 [Ludwig] And the guy, you know, pilot, jumped out. 303 00:19:32,254 --> 00:19:35,382 I jump with him, and he see the lady, you know, with the shopping bags, going, 304 00:19:35,465 --> 00:19:38,927 and he said, "Excuse me, [stutters] where's that factory?" 305 00:19:39,052 --> 00:19:41,722 and she said, "Son, you need to fly this way." 306 00:19:43,849 --> 00:19:46,602 I said, "My God, you know, I love this place!" 307 00:19:48,187 --> 00:19:49,521 [helicopter blades whirring] 308 00:19:59,948 --> 00:20:02,075 And then, the policeman come. 309 00:20:02,659 --> 00:20:05,495 He come with the motorcycle and with a little stick, 310 00:20:05,579 --> 00:20:07,372 you know, that white and black stick. 311 00:20:07,497 --> 00:20:09,666 He didn't have nothing else. He had a whistle. 312 00:20:10,500 --> 00:20:12,002 He had a stick and a whistle. 313 00:20:13,420 --> 00:20:18,342 And he was, like, looking at us like we are aliens, and he said, "Who are you?" 314 00:20:18,425 --> 00:20:21,929 I said, "We are from Moscow." And that was it. 315 00:20:22,387 --> 00:20:24,181 "From Moscow." That was the password. 316 00:20:24,556 --> 00:20:27,392 And he said, "Uh, OK, what do you want me to do?" 317 00:20:27,517 --> 00:20:29,394 I said, "I want you to stay 318 00:20:29,478 --> 00:20:31,104 and watch the helicopter." 319 00:20:32,022 --> 00:20:37,361 We purchase, like, 250,000 of motorcycle by the name Izh. 320 00:20:37,986 --> 00:20:41,823 We--we got those motorcycle for $200. 321 00:20:42,908 --> 00:20:44,117 It was like nothing. 322 00:20:44,326 --> 00:20:47,704 So these are the kinds of things that you can do in Russia at the time, 323 00:20:48,205 --> 00:20:51,416 which, you know, is unheard-of. It's unheard-of. 324 00:20:51,583 --> 00:20:54,211 And we had a great time. We enjoyed ourselves. 325 00:20:54,294 --> 00:20:57,422 We flew back and then me and Juan and all the people 326 00:20:57,506 --> 00:20:59,675 we were all so happy about everything. 327 00:20:59,758 --> 00:21:00,926 It was fun. 328 00:21:18,235 --> 00:21:20,279 We had a pretty wild and crazy lifestyle. 329 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:24,866 I personally flew a Gulfstream, a Gulfstream II. 330 00:21:24,950 --> 00:21:27,536 Sometimes we'd go to Zurich for dinner. 331 00:21:27,786 --> 00:21:33,166 You know, me and Juan would go flying in his helicopter to buy cars in Orlando. 332 00:21:33,917 --> 00:21:37,963 We're just flying with a helicopter just to buy a car. [chuckles] 333 00:21:38,338 --> 00:21:41,258 We were landing in Orlando, buying ten cars, 334 00:21:41,341 --> 00:21:47,389 He was saying, "Give me five Ferrari, five Maserati, five Lamborghini. Ciao." 335 00:21:48,765 --> 00:21:50,475 We lived really nice life. 336 00:21:54,521 --> 00:21:58,150 Things worked out so well for Tarzan that he actually opened up... 337 00:21:58,942 --> 00:22:03,363 a restaurant in the North Miami Beach area and that was called Babushka. 338 00:22:04,281 --> 00:22:05,574 [camera clicking] 339 00:22:10,537 --> 00:22:12,831 So between his restaurant and his strip club, 340 00:22:13,373 --> 00:22:17,002 you know, he was getting the bulk of the Russians coming to South Florida. 341 00:22:24,426 --> 00:22:25,761 [producer] Grisha Roizis... 342 00:22:26,344 --> 00:22:27,179 Yeah. 343 00:22:29,723 --> 00:22:31,433 You're asking about Grisha Roizis? 344 00:22:37,856 --> 00:22:42,486 You know, I'm always getting touchy when you mention this guy. Really. 345 00:22:43,111 --> 00:22:46,239 A good story of betrayal of a friend. 346 00:22:58,210 --> 00:23:01,880 Grisha Roizis is, probably, the worst kind of thug that you could find 347 00:23:01,963 --> 00:23:04,257 in, uh, Russian organized crime. 348 00:23:05,675 --> 00:23:09,304 He could kill you with his bare hands, and he used to tell me how to do it. 349 00:23:09,721 --> 00:23:12,808 And, uh, I don't know how many people he'd killed, but, 350 00:23:13,683 --> 00:23:15,560 I'm sure that it's more than one. 351 00:23:16,812 --> 00:23:18,438 You know, I really loved that guy. 352 00:23:18,522 --> 00:23:22,943 Really, the guy was like my older brother, like my father. 353 00:23:23,235 --> 00:23:24,903 He knew me from the childhood. 354 00:23:25,529 --> 00:23:29,032 He were friend of my parents. 355 00:23:29,574 --> 00:23:31,576 His nickname is Cannibal. 356 00:23:31,785 --> 00:23:34,830 He was arrested once in New York, and what he did, 357 00:23:34,913 --> 00:23:37,040 he was so angry that he got arrested 358 00:23:37,415 --> 00:23:40,877 and the officer who arrest him, he was putting the handcuffs, 359 00:23:40,961 --> 00:23:43,505 and Gregory bite off his--his nose. 360 00:23:44,506 --> 00:23:46,842 He bite, actually bite, part of his nose. 361 00:23:46,967 --> 00:23:49,261 After that, he received the nickname Cannibal. 362 00:23:57,435 --> 00:24:01,022 [Brent] Grisha Roizis became a major heroin trafficker. 363 00:24:01,606 --> 00:24:06,695 And, the Feds, DEA, and New York finally nailed him, 364 00:24:07,445 --> 00:24:10,699 and he was facing, probably, near life in prison. 365 00:24:12,033 --> 00:24:14,870 And so he got out on bail and fled, 366 00:24:15,495 --> 00:24:18,039 and through INTERPOL lookouts and so forth, 367 00:24:18,373 --> 00:24:22,377 he was found in Bulgaria and arrested and thrown in jail. 368 00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:26,798 DEA heard about it, eventually, 369 00:24:26,965 --> 00:24:30,760 and sent a nice young agent from Vienna, Austria, 370 00:24:30,969 --> 00:24:35,515 to see Grisha in jail, and Grisha had no teeth because he said 371 00:24:35,599 --> 00:24:39,394 when he was arrested, the cops had kicked all of his teeth out with their boots. 372 00:24:42,647 --> 00:24:44,482 Well, the agent from Vienna he said, 373 00:24:44,566 --> 00:24:46,610 "We know you're associated with some major, 374 00:24:46,693 --> 00:24:51,198 major heroin traffickers, not only in New York, but internationally. 375 00:24:51,656 --> 00:24:53,617 And if you want to help us, 376 00:24:53,909 --> 00:24:55,660 we'll get you out of here." 377 00:24:56,203 --> 00:24:59,331 And he said, "I'll do anything to get the hell out of here." 378 00:25:02,417 --> 00:25:06,838 At that time, Tarzan was in debt with Babushka. 379 00:25:07,130 --> 00:25:11,218 I mean, it was a fun club, but it wasn't turning a profit. 380 00:25:12,135 --> 00:25:15,180 [Ludwig] Somehow, he just got there on vacation. 381 00:25:15,513 --> 00:25:20,977 And, of course, he saw my operation in Miami and he really like it. 382 00:25:21,853 --> 00:25:23,897 [Brent] Tarzan, he said, "I need somebody to run this place, 383 00:25:24,814 --> 00:25:27,442 but also, I'm short of cash." 384 00:25:27,984 --> 00:25:29,903 [Ludwig] I didn't want him as a partner in the restaurant, 385 00:25:29,986 --> 00:25:31,696 but I needed a little money, 386 00:25:31,780 --> 00:25:33,573 extra money, and I thought, you know, 387 00:25:33,657 --> 00:25:35,825 he was gonna do-- He--he knew how to run a restaurant. 388 00:25:36,868 --> 00:25:41,581 [Brent] So Grisha came to us, and we were able to get him 70 grand. 389 00:25:41,706 --> 00:25:46,586 and he... he gave that to, uh, Tarzan, and, Tarzan was in love with him then. 390 00:25:47,671 --> 00:25:50,131 Grisha was the maître d' and manager 391 00:25:50,257 --> 00:25:52,550 and walking around in a tuxedo, and then started walking around 392 00:25:53,260 --> 00:25:56,388 with a camera, taking photos of everyone 393 00:25:56,471 --> 00:25:59,140 -and having fun in the club. -[camera clicking] 394 00:25:59,224 --> 00:26:01,059 He was putting pictures on the wall. 395 00:26:01,393 --> 00:26:04,271 But he was also giving copies of those pictures to us 396 00:26:04,396 --> 00:26:06,815 and going through those photos, saying, 397 00:26:07,190 --> 00:26:09,609 "This is Joe Blow. He does this. 398 00:26:09,693 --> 00:26:13,989 This is John Doe. He does this, and he's important in this area." 399 00:26:14,864 --> 00:26:17,200 So one night, at midnight, 400 00:26:17,450 --> 00:26:20,412 a bunch of us went in, DEA and the FBI, 401 00:26:20,704 --> 00:26:24,207 and wired some of the booths in Babushka for sounds. 402 00:26:24,374 --> 00:26:26,418 We gained a lot of intelligence that way. 403 00:26:26,835 --> 00:26:27,836 [dial tone] 404 00:26:28,753 --> 00:26:30,505 [over telephone] 405 00:27:02,537 --> 00:27:04,706 [Brent] And Nelson Yester, who was a fugitive at that time, 406 00:27:04,998 --> 00:27:08,960 and--and living in, uh, in South America, 407 00:27:09,711 --> 00:27:11,838 moving from location to location, 408 00:27:12,380 --> 00:27:15,300 was the closest conduit to the Colombians, 409 00:27:16,384 --> 00:27:21,514 and he was close to Almeida and then Almeida was close to Tarzan. 410 00:27:22,098 --> 00:27:25,101 Nelson Yester, Magnum, 411 00:27:26,227 --> 00:27:28,480 he got caught with 41 passports. 412 00:27:29,189 --> 00:27:30,857 [clicking] 413 00:27:31,483 --> 00:27:32,525 He had 41 names. 414 00:27:33,276 --> 00:27:36,112 He was a Cuban secret service agent. 415 00:27:36,488 --> 00:27:38,823 He was a pilot in Miami, 416 00:27:39,616 --> 00:27:43,495 who was, uh, flying the drug money. 417 00:27:44,245 --> 00:27:45,955 And he... 418 00:27:46,706 --> 00:27:49,834 is a fugitive from the United States for many years. 419 00:27:50,001 --> 00:27:52,379 [man] Tonight, on America's Most Wanted. 420 00:27:52,587 --> 00:27:55,965 [John] Marshals recently received this picture of Nelson Yester. 421 00:27:56,174 --> 00:27:59,302 Investigators believe Yester has a British passport 422 00:27:59,427 --> 00:28:01,471 bearing the name Hector Santana. 423 00:28:01,596 --> 00:28:03,431 He speaks Spanish, German, and English. 424 00:28:04,099 --> 00:28:07,727 If you've seen Nelson Yester, call 1-800-CRIME-TV. 425 00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:14,859 [Ludwig] He's a brain. 426 00:28:14,943 --> 00:28:17,612 If we did any kind of operation, 427 00:28:18,363 --> 00:28:20,365 he was the brain of those operations. 428 00:28:21,032 --> 00:28:23,368 I worked the case of Nelson Yester for nine years. 429 00:28:23,743 --> 00:28:25,453 I started in '94. 430 00:28:26,371 --> 00:28:31,251 And we discovered that this guy was an--an international smuggler. 431 00:28:31,793 --> 00:28:37,882 And was a huge part of helping the cartels traffic in narcotics. 432 00:28:38,633 --> 00:28:40,719 He had contacts all over the world. 433 00:28:41,761 --> 00:28:46,599 South Africa, Russia, Amsterdam, Venezuela, and in Colombia. 434 00:28:46,933 --> 00:28:48,268 He was a major player. 435 00:28:48,601 --> 00:28:50,729 He's very connected worldwide. 436 00:28:51,104 --> 00:28:52,397 He knows who to call. 437 00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:56,109 He knows exactly how to maneuver in that arena. 438 00:29:05,493 --> 00:29:07,328 Tony had a relationship with Pablo. 439 00:29:07,871 --> 00:29:11,666 And they worked together for many years. 440 00:29:12,208 --> 00:29:17,046 Pablo had a large network of dealers, if you will. 441 00:29:17,756 --> 00:29:19,841 And Tony was within that network. 442 00:29:21,176 --> 00:29:22,969 [producer] How dangerous of a guy is he? 443 00:29:23,553 --> 00:29:25,180 [Mike] His reputation is, 444 00:29:25,722 --> 00:29:27,766 that he can be extremely violent. 445 00:29:28,767 --> 00:29:30,727 He deals with cocaine dealers. 446 00:29:30,894 --> 00:29:34,063 Uh, he deals with weapons traffickers. 447 00:29:35,023 --> 00:29:36,357 He's really a bad guy. 448 00:29:39,402 --> 00:29:41,029 [Juan] Tony can be extremely... 449 00:29:43,031 --> 00:29:45,074 dangerous, if he needs to be. 450 00:29:45,283 --> 00:29:49,120 If you cross him, he will deal with you, and he is very unforgiving. 451 00:29:55,293 --> 00:29:57,670 [Tony] Me, I never have enjoyed killing anybody. 452 00:29:57,754 --> 00:29:59,297 I just want a few dollars. 453 00:30:00,298 --> 00:30:03,176 But when somebody has to go... somebody has to go. 454 00:30:03,259 --> 00:30:05,887 You know that's... That's how it works. 455 00:30:07,138 --> 00:30:09,974 [man] Time - 11:00 a.m. 456 00:30:10,225 --> 00:30:16,272 Case number G1940158. 457 00:30:16,606 --> 00:30:17,440 Out. 458 00:30:17,649 --> 00:30:20,944 He was a fugitive from, uh, the FBI. 459 00:30:21,027 --> 00:30:23,696 And he still is. He's still a fugitive. 460 00:30:24,322 --> 00:30:26,658 [producer] Do you think it would be possible to get him to talk? 461 00:30:26,783 --> 00:30:29,285 No. [chuckles] I don't think so. 462 00:30:30,119 --> 00:30:31,871 [producer] Will Tony talk to us? 463 00:30:31,996 --> 00:30:34,457 I'm pretty sure Tony will not talk to you. 464 00:30:34,624 --> 00:30:39,754 Tony will not talk because Tony is very serious guy. 465 00:30:40,129 --> 00:30:43,132 He is very... secretive. 466 00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:45,385 He is very cautious. 467 00:30:45,552 --> 00:30:48,054 Never. Never in a million years. 468 00:30:59,816 --> 00:31:05,280 [man] AO55, Tony interview, take one. Mark. Quiet, please! 469 00:31:05,530 --> 00:31:06,489 [indistinct] 470 00:31:10,243 --> 00:31:11,619 [producer] So for me to understand, 471 00:31:11,703 --> 00:31:13,413 in the power structure of Medellin, 472 00:31:13,872 --> 00:31:15,790 where do you fit in the power structure? 473 00:31:26,968 --> 00:31:29,721 Jeez, you're fucking curious man, eh? 474 00:31:30,555 --> 00:31:31,723 Just leave it like that. 475 00:31:31,806 --> 00:31:34,434 [stutters] Let's not talk about those things. 476 00:31:41,357 --> 00:31:42,358 [slurps] 477 00:31:49,949 --> 00:31:52,911 You know, for me, being a player was in my destiny. 478 00:31:52,994 --> 00:31:54,162 It didn't took me too long. 479 00:31:54,329 --> 00:31:55,997 Thanks to Jimmy Carter, 480 00:31:56,080 --> 00:31:59,000 when he eventually opened the Mariel boatlift. 481 00:31:59,083 --> 00:32:01,586 I arrived there in United States in May 482 00:32:01,669 --> 00:32:02,962 of 1980. 483 00:32:03,046 --> 00:32:04,422 And guess what? 484 00:32:04,589 --> 00:32:07,300 As soon as I saw that place, Key West... 485 00:32:08,009 --> 00:32:10,929 As soon as I got there, out of that boat... 486 00:32:11,596 --> 00:32:13,139 Man, fuck. You know, I say, 487 00:32:13,556 --> 00:32:15,058 "This is paradise." 488 00:32:15,183 --> 00:32:16,976 You see everybody there, 489 00:32:17,060 --> 00:32:19,103 you know, to the beautiful cars, 490 00:32:19,312 --> 00:32:20,813 beautiful clothes. 491 00:32:21,856 --> 00:32:23,983 You arrive there and you look at yourself 492 00:32:24,067 --> 00:32:25,693 and you go, you say, "Shit, man. 493 00:32:26,069 --> 00:32:28,988 Which one is the easiest way that I can 494 00:32:29,155 --> 00:32:31,366 be like that guy with that Ferrari?" 495 00:32:31,991 --> 00:32:34,619 You know me, I don't want to be with that fucking Chevette. 496 00:32:35,119 --> 00:32:36,996 So I just find out myself 497 00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:40,291 like I was in a movie and I didn't like the script. 498 00:32:41,834 --> 00:32:44,837 So I wanted to be the director of my own movie. 499 00:32:45,672 --> 00:32:49,008 So... my next step was going to the gun shop 500 00:32:49,258 --> 00:32:51,636 and buying myself a .357 magnum. 501 00:32:58,977 --> 00:33:01,396 [producer] Juan Almedia. Who is he? How do you first meet him? 502 00:33:01,479 --> 00:33:02,855 [Nelson] You know, Juan... 503 00:33:03,022 --> 00:33:05,858 He knew about cars more than anybody in Miami. 504 00:33:06,275 --> 00:33:08,319 So he can import... 505 00:33:08,736 --> 00:33:10,905 black market car from Europe. 506 00:33:11,114 --> 00:33:14,867 He knew how to bring his Ferraris and Lamborghinis from Italy 507 00:33:15,076 --> 00:33:17,620 before anybody was doing it in Miami. 508 00:33:17,704 --> 00:33:20,373 So one day I wanted to buy a Ferrari 509 00:33:20,915 --> 00:33:22,625 and somebody told me, "Just go there." 510 00:33:23,001 --> 00:33:28,089 And... there was a big warehouse full of all kind of cars. 511 00:33:28,506 --> 00:33:31,009 I went up there to try to make the deal. 512 00:33:31,342 --> 00:33:34,095 You know, there was Juan there, sitting at his desk. 513 00:33:34,595 --> 00:33:38,016 He starts to... show me all these kinda car 514 00:33:38,099 --> 00:33:39,809 and tell me, "No, that one is sold." 515 00:33:39,892 --> 00:33:42,603 "I sold it to so-and-so," and this and that. 516 00:33:42,812 --> 00:33:44,439 He was a great salesman. 517 00:33:45,606 --> 00:33:48,526 As you are running the motor in this room, 518 00:33:48,609 --> 00:33:51,029 you're watching your oil and your fuel and everything, just like a boat. 519 00:33:51,112 --> 00:33:51,946 Right. 520 00:33:52,030 --> 00:33:53,197 And then you're throttling it here on the computer. 521 00:33:53,281 --> 00:33:55,199 It gives you a print-off of the horsepower and the foot-pounds, 522 00:33:55,283 --> 00:33:57,869 torque and temperature, and that's how they actually test a motor 523 00:33:57,952 --> 00:33:59,746 before the motor's actually released. 524 00:33:59,829 --> 00:34:02,832 We went up to the office. We start to talk. 525 00:34:04,125 --> 00:34:06,335 You know, actually, I stayed there sitting down 526 00:34:06,419 --> 00:34:08,421 talking shit for the next four hours. [chuckles] 527 00:34:09,047 --> 00:34:11,049 And, uh... 528 00:34:11,132 --> 00:34:12,258 you know... 529 00:34:12,341 --> 00:34:14,093 I just saw that guy, you know. 530 00:34:14,177 --> 00:34:16,596 I just... You know, I really want to be his friend. 531 00:34:29,442 --> 00:34:33,738 I've been on the run for a fucking long time, [chuckles] man. I'm... 532 00:34:33,821 --> 00:34:36,574 You know I've been on the run since 1990. 533 00:34:36,866 --> 00:34:38,034 I'm still running. 534 00:34:38,367 --> 00:34:40,328 [producer] How many different identities did you have? 535 00:34:40,912 --> 00:34:42,830 [Nelson] I cannot count that high, man. 536 00:34:43,790 --> 00:34:45,374 [Mike] He knew how to vanish. 537 00:34:45,833 --> 00:34:48,044 He used to travel extensively 538 00:34:48,169 --> 00:34:50,880 and just when you were getting that information, 539 00:34:50,963 --> 00:34:52,882 you were already three steps behind him. 540 00:34:53,299 --> 00:34:55,885 It was a lot of fun for me when I used to go there 541 00:34:55,968 --> 00:34:58,346 illegally to Cuba, and I used to send a postcard 542 00:34:58,429 --> 00:35:00,932 to the guys there in the U.S. Marshall office in Miami. 543 00:35:01,516 --> 00:35:04,477 I used to tell them, "Hey, guys, you know, I'm... What's happening? 544 00:35:04,560 --> 00:35:06,562 I'm here on the beach, sipping a... 545 00:35:06,646 --> 00:35:08,231 you know, sipping a fucking mojito. 546 00:35:08,314 --> 00:35:09,690 I don't see you guys around here. 547 00:35:09,774 --> 00:35:11,526 When are you gonna come down to pick me up?" 548 00:35:17,198 --> 00:35:19,158 [Juan] One day, I'm at the fort, 549 00:35:19,408 --> 00:35:23,162 and, I see these very interesting characters 550 00:35:23,246 --> 00:35:26,290 pull up in a Lamborghini at the front gate. 551 00:35:27,458 --> 00:35:32,130 They wanted two very, very special, highly specialized cigarette boats. 552 00:35:32,213 --> 00:35:36,509 And the requirements were A, the speed, and B, the distance. 553 00:35:36,634 --> 00:35:37,593 And... 554 00:35:37,677 --> 00:35:41,848 they were, probably, going to be used to smuggle large amounts of coke. 555 00:35:45,143 --> 00:35:51,023 So I made the sale, and from there on, uh, I started to build the boats for them. 556 00:35:51,107 --> 00:35:52,400 It was a total custom job. 557 00:35:52,483 --> 00:35:56,821 And I discussed with them the possibility of putting turbines in the cigarettes. 558 00:35:58,030 --> 00:36:00,825 It's like an aircraft on a boat. In fact, the sound of it, 559 00:36:01,159 --> 00:36:04,829 when it's approaching, you have-- You look up to the skies 'cause you think 560 00:36:04,996 --> 00:36:08,166 something's landing somewhere, and you don't realize it's the boat. 561 00:36:09,208 --> 00:36:11,919 And so that elevated the price of the boats 562 00:36:12,003 --> 00:36:15,506 to a couple million dollars apiece, which was just outrageous. 563 00:36:15,840 --> 00:36:17,508 Completely outrageous, at the time. 564 00:36:18,217 --> 00:36:22,555 And so, um, once I succeeded at selling them the turbines, 565 00:36:22,763 --> 00:36:25,141 uh, I had some brochures on my desk 566 00:36:25,266 --> 00:36:29,061 about some helicopters that I'd been negotiating turbines for, 567 00:36:29,145 --> 00:36:31,397 and they inquired about the helicopters. 568 00:36:32,106 --> 00:36:35,359 And that began the, uh, 569 00:36:35,526 --> 00:36:41,866 sort of, trajectory to acquiring specialized helicopters for Colombia. 570 00:36:42,950 --> 00:36:43,993 [Nelson] In Cali... 571 00:36:44,076 --> 00:36:45,286 since they knew that... 572 00:36:45,494 --> 00:36:47,580 I knew all the players involved, 573 00:36:48,372 --> 00:36:51,083 they told me, "Please, you know, just keep an eye on it. 574 00:36:51,250 --> 00:36:53,419 You know, make sure nobody get outta line." 575 00:36:58,925 --> 00:37:00,968 [aeroplane engine roaring] 576 00:37:01,052 --> 00:37:02,470 [tires screech] 577 00:37:06,432 --> 00:37:08,309 Two days later, he went there to... 578 00:37:08,392 --> 00:37:10,394 have a meeting with me in Caracas. 579 00:37:11,562 --> 00:37:13,940 So, I'm there waiting for Juan in the Caracas Hilton. 580 00:37:14,023 --> 00:37:15,399 And there Juan comes, 581 00:37:16,442 --> 00:37:18,027 just walking towards me. 582 00:37:18,236 --> 00:37:21,280 As soon they got there, Juan told me, "Hey, man, 583 00:37:21,364 --> 00:37:22,907 give me a hug," and this and that. 584 00:37:22,990 --> 00:37:24,784 He saw me, "Man, here's the guy." 585 00:37:25,368 --> 00:37:26,535 This is Tarzan. 586 00:37:26,786 --> 00:37:29,247 I said, "Fuck." I look at that guy. 587 00:37:30,456 --> 00:37:32,750 He looked like a fucking Russian bear. 588 00:37:33,334 --> 00:37:34,293 Big! I mean... 589 00:37:34,752 --> 00:37:37,338 I say this fucking guy is trouble. 590 00:37:38,506 --> 00:37:39,632 But, man, I have to tell you 591 00:37:39,715 --> 00:37:42,218 two minutes later, I just loved that trouble. 592 00:37:42,718 --> 00:37:43,761 Cannot tell you, 593 00:37:43,844 --> 00:37:47,306 thirty minutes later, I was fucking laughing. 594 00:37:47,640 --> 00:37:51,185 One hour later, I just didn't want him to leave Caracas. 595 00:37:51,269 --> 00:37:53,020 I just want him to stay with me. 596 00:37:53,354 --> 00:37:54,438 I loved him right away. 597 00:37:54,605 --> 00:37:57,024 -He definitely looked like a movie star. -[camera clicks] 598 00:37:57,692 --> 00:37:59,443 I hated to go with him anywhere, 599 00:37:59,568 --> 00:38:01,237 because all the girls were looking at him. 600 00:38:01,362 --> 00:38:04,198 And from there on, it was like, 601 00:38:05,116 --> 00:38:07,952 such a great time, every time that we hook up. 602 00:38:08,286 --> 00:38:11,038 [Ludwig] I remember a story when we went to St. Petersburg, 603 00:38:11,372 --> 00:38:14,000 and he, uh, hired some prostitute 604 00:38:14,166 --> 00:38:15,626 and he fall in love with her. 605 00:38:16,210 --> 00:38:18,713 And he bought her some very expensive perfume. 606 00:38:19,422 --> 00:38:21,882 And then when he left, the girl approached me 607 00:38:21,966 --> 00:38:23,634 and she said she liked me more than him. 608 00:38:23,801 --> 00:38:26,012 And I was very happy that he didn't hear that, 609 00:38:26,095 --> 00:38:27,513 but as a friend, I told him that, 610 00:38:27,638 --> 00:38:29,348 "All right, I'm dating your prostitute." 611 00:38:29,557 --> 00:38:32,935 And he told me the first thing, "You owe me the perfume." 612 00:38:37,732 --> 00:38:39,400 He was serious about it. 613 00:38:46,657 --> 00:38:48,784 [energetic rapping in Russian] 614 00:39:01,630 --> 00:39:05,801 The helicopters were known as, Kamov Ka-32s. 615 00:39:05,968 --> 00:39:08,929 The Kamov is a very unique helicopter. 616 00:39:09,889 --> 00:39:11,599 You know it have two rotors. 617 00:39:11,682 --> 00:39:13,476 It carry a big payload. 618 00:39:13,601 --> 00:39:16,854 [Juan] Imagine it picking up a container and taking it for 200 or 300 miles. 619 00:39:17,104 --> 00:39:20,858 It could pick up 5,000 kilos of cocaine on a hook. 620 00:39:21,317 --> 00:39:24,570 Uh, these helicopters were very capable of that. 621 00:39:25,321 --> 00:39:30,618 So we contracted to purchase, uh, two of those for Colombia, 622 00:39:30,910 --> 00:39:33,579 and I told him that I could buy those helicopters 623 00:39:33,704 --> 00:39:35,039 for a million dollars. 624 00:39:35,164 --> 00:39:37,917 And they said, "Well, if you can buy them for a million, 625 00:39:38,542 --> 00:39:40,920 we'll give you a million five." 626 00:39:42,630 --> 00:39:44,590 So, that was a no-brainer. 627 00:39:45,341 --> 00:39:46,926 [Ludwig] We came to Moscow, 628 00:39:47,051 --> 00:39:50,721 and, uh, I said that, "Well, we would like to buy helicopters," 629 00:39:50,805 --> 00:39:52,306 and I said, "How many do you have?" 630 00:39:52,390 --> 00:39:55,142 And they told me, "Well, we have, like, 600 helicopters. 631 00:39:55,267 --> 00:39:56,352 Go take any one you want." 632 00:39:59,897 --> 00:40:03,234 So, I succeeded in negotiating the aircraft from a million 633 00:40:03,317 --> 00:40:05,111 down to 650,000. 634 00:40:05,319 --> 00:40:08,030 The same helicopter in the United States 635 00:40:08,114 --> 00:40:10,741 were costing approximately ten million dollars. 636 00:40:11,283 --> 00:40:14,161 So here, you're getting top technology... 637 00:40:15,037 --> 00:40:17,790 helicopters for a fraction of the price. 638 00:40:21,836 --> 00:40:23,295 I chartered... 639 00:40:23,504 --> 00:40:26,424 uh, an Antonov 124. 640 00:40:26,757 --> 00:40:30,469 It's bigger than a 747 and larger than a C-5 Galaxy. 641 00:40:30,928 --> 00:40:32,179 It's a military aircraft. 642 00:40:32,346 --> 00:40:34,723 This thing is just humongous. 643 00:40:35,516 --> 00:40:38,102 I chartered that airplane for 250 grand. 644 00:40:38,185 --> 00:40:42,440 I understand today you could not charter it for under a million dollars. 645 00:40:42,565 --> 00:40:46,986 And inside that bell mouth, I just stuck these birds in there. 646 00:40:47,319 --> 00:40:49,822 Together with motorcycles and all kinds of other stuff. 647 00:40:59,290 --> 00:41:02,710 So the Antonov 124 is leaving Moscow 648 00:41:03,419 --> 00:41:07,798 from a military air base loaded with the helicopters and spare parts. 649 00:41:08,549 --> 00:41:10,926 And as the plane pulls away from the tarmac, 650 00:41:11,010 --> 00:41:11,969 and it's headed down the runway, 651 00:41:12,428 --> 00:41:15,473 it's snowing, it's, you know, blizzard conditions. 652 00:41:15,598 --> 00:41:17,391 And suddenly, some 653 00:41:17,516 --> 00:41:21,604 group of guys show up with machine guns drawn 654 00:41:21,687 --> 00:41:23,439 and they're pointing it at the airplane, 655 00:41:23,647 --> 00:41:25,816 and they're not allowing the plane to take off. 656 00:41:26,108 --> 00:41:28,235 They point the guns at the plane, and they say, "You're not-- 657 00:41:28,360 --> 00:41:29,612 You're not going anywhere." 658 00:41:30,112 --> 00:41:33,741 [men shouting in Russian] 659 00:41:33,949 --> 00:41:35,159 [Juan] And these guys are the mob, 660 00:41:35,409 --> 00:41:36,619 the Mafia. 661 00:41:36,911 --> 00:41:40,956 "Wait a minute. And what are these aircraft doing inside this plane 662 00:41:41,040 --> 00:41:43,459 leaving this country without our permission? 663 00:41:44,877 --> 00:41:47,046 No way! Not happening." 664 00:41:48,339 --> 00:41:53,219 And then I saw two humongous guys, 665 00:41:53,302 --> 00:41:55,596 like humongous monsters. 666 00:41:56,055 --> 00:41:58,224 You know, with the necks like that? 667 00:41:58,307 --> 00:42:01,227 You know, with the gold chain like that, here and here? 668 00:42:01,727 --> 00:42:02,770 Huge. 669 00:42:02,853 --> 00:42:03,854 [gun cocking] 670 00:42:05,356 --> 00:42:07,191 And those guys are leaders 671 00:42:07,274 --> 00:42:11,779 of the gang who is looking to collect money from us, 672 00:42:12,530 --> 00:42:15,241 for the helicopters that we took without their permission. 673 00:42:15,950 --> 00:42:17,117 [Juan] These guys are 674 00:42:17,201 --> 00:42:18,744 -gun-wielding fucks. -[gun cocking] 675 00:42:18,869 --> 00:42:20,746 They heard that there's some helicopters leaving, 676 00:42:20,829 --> 00:42:22,623 and nobody got paid any money, and what the fuck? 677 00:42:22,748 --> 00:42:24,583 We're not gonna allow them to do that. 678 00:42:24,667 --> 00:42:26,585 So they pull the plane back. 679 00:42:26,752 --> 00:42:30,256 I see five, six, jeeps are standing there, 680 00:42:30,506 --> 00:42:33,092 and the guys are start coming out of the jeep. 681 00:42:33,175 --> 00:42:35,261 Each jeep has five, six people. 682 00:42:35,427 --> 00:42:37,596 And each one of them with the machine guns. 683 00:42:38,138 --> 00:42:41,267 You know, with the Kalashnikov, with the gun, with the pommel. 684 00:42:41,350 --> 00:42:44,937 And the guys were rough, they were loud, they were screaming that, 685 00:42:45,020 --> 00:42:46,397 "You go-gonna pay." 686 00:42:46,855 --> 00:42:48,732 I say, "What the fuck?" 687 00:42:49,233 --> 00:42:50,734 Those guys came to war. 688 00:42:50,859 --> 00:42:51,777 [gun cocking] 689 00:42:52,069 --> 00:42:53,529 [Ludwig] And he tell me, "We want money." 690 00:42:53,946 --> 00:42:56,532 I said, "You know, I'm not gonna give you money. 691 00:42:57,283 --> 00:42:59,326 But you know what, I can give you cocaine." 692 00:43:00,703 --> 00:43:04,498 I just came out of nowhere. I was playing a game. 693 00:43:04,582 --> 00:43:06,292 I didn't have no connection to cocaine. 694 00:43:06,417 --> 00:43:09,378 I didn't have nothing, but I just needed to talk. 695 00:43:09,628 --> 00:43:12,840 And he said, "What? You can get us cocaine?" 696 00:43:13,299 --> 00:43:14,675 I said, "Yeah." 697 00:43:14,758 --> 00:43:17,595 And I told him, "Listen, you know who is Pablo Escobar?" 698 00:43:17,970 --> 00:43:21,599 And they said, "Whoa, don't tell us that you know Pablo Escobar." 699 00:43:21,682 --> 00:43:24,518 I said, "Pablo Escobar?" I said, "I'm working with him. 700 00:43:24,810 --> 00:43:28,063 He's my partner. I'm gonna make a phone call right now 701 00:43:28,188 --> 00:43:31,233 and the Pablo-- I can put him on the phone and you're gonna talk to Pablo." 702 00:43:31,442 --> 00:43:34,278 I'm in Cali, Colombia waiting for that airplane 703 00:43:34,361 --> 00:43:36,905 -and I get a phone call from Tarzan. -[phone rings] 704 00:43:37,156 --> 00:43:39,074 And Tarzan says, "Pablo, 705 00:43:40,743 --> 00:43:41,702 we need to talk." 706 00:43:41,869 --> 00:43:47,166 I said, "Pablo, you get... you get... you need to get here to Russia. 707 00:43:47,374 --> 00:43:50,294 We do have a little problem, and we need to solve this. 708 00:43:50,377 --> 00:43:53,589 You get here in Russia and get here please tomorrow. 709 00:43:54,214 --> 00:43:55,674 Otherwise, I'm a dead man. 710 00:43:55,883 --> 00:43:59,094 And I was like, "OK. All right. 711 00:43:59,762 --> 00:44:01,597 What does that mean, exactly?" 712 00:44:02,097 --> 00:44:03,307 [gun cocking] 713 00:44:04,725 --> 00:44:08,520 You know, I didn't want to intervene, uh, that much 714 00:44:09,563 --> 00:44:10,397 because... 715 00:44:10,481 --> 00:44:13,233 those fucking helos, they was so hot. 716 00:44:13,317 --> 00:44:14,735 Everybody's gonna be... 717 00:44:15,235 --> 00:44:16,070 here looking. 718 00:44:16,195 --> 00:44:18,197 KGB... CIA... 719 00:44:18,572 --> 00:44:20,491 You know, I didn't even want to be around. 720 00:44:20,574 --> 00:44:22,868 So I was there in the Swiss Alps 721 00:44:22,951 --> 00:44:24,328 in a Chateau. 722 00:44:24,453 --> 00:44:28,248 And I was just naive, I was stupid... Call me what you want, 723 00:44:28,916 --> 00:44:30,834 but I actually boarded a flight, 724 00:44:31,794 --> 00:44:33,170 as if I was Pablo, 725 00:44:34,213 --> 00:44:37,174 and I showed up at Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport. 726 00:44:38,425 --> 00:44:42,429 And these goons all pick me up in--in a Lamborghini jeep 727 00:44:42,805 --> 00:44:44,014 as Pablo Escobar. 728 00:44:44,390 --> 00:44:46,392 And you know, Juan looked like Pablo. 729 00:44:46,475 --> 00:44:48,560 I swear to God, if you go to look picture, 730 00:44:48,644 --> 00:44:49,978 -if you gonna take picture of Pablo... -[camera clicks] 731 00:44:50,312 --> 00:44:52,022 ...and you gonna take picture of Juan... 732 00:44:52,147 --> 00:44:53,982 -[camera clicks] -...they like twin brothers. 733 00:44:54,233 --> 00:44:55,067 [car engine roaring] 734 00:44:55,150 --> 00:44:56,693 [Juan] They drove down that main boulevard, 735 00:44:56,777 --> 00:44:57,611 when you leave the airport, 736 00:44:58,320 --> 00:45:02,074 hundred miles an hour. There was no law, there was no order, there was nothing. 737 00:45:02,157 --> 00:45:03,867 These guys were actually holding guns. 738 00:45:04,076 --> 00:45:06,370 They were impressing me, is what they were doing. 739 00:45:06,453 --> 00:45:08,914 And when we got there, we stepped into this building 740 00:45:08,997 --> 00:45:13,710 and we went into their offices and when we got up there was a big boardroom, 741 00:45:14,086 --> 00:45:19,425 a long table, maybe, I don't know 14, 16 chairs. 742 00:45:19,508 --> 00:45:21,218 And there was maybe ten guys there. 743 00:45:21,969 --> 00:45:25,806 And Tarzan, with the very little corner. He did not look like the Tarzan I knew. 744 00:45:26,098 --> 00:45:28,851 He looked like a deflated balloon. 745 00:45:29,309 --> 00:45:33,188 When he comes to grab me and hug me, "Pablo," he whispers in my ear, 746 00:45:33,272 --> 00:45:35,941 "Act tough. Act tough. Be mean." 747 00:45:37,192 --> 00:45:41,697 And I was like, "Man, this is the real deal. Holy fuck. 748 00:45:41,947 --> 00:45:43,490 What am I gonna do here?" 749 00:45:45,993 --> 00:45:50,456 Well, I present myself the way Pablo Escobar would, you know? 750 00:45:50,831 --> 00:45:52,624 Just, mean fuck. 751 00:45:53,500 --> 00:45:57,713 Don't talk, and whenever you talk, just talk like you're fucking drug dealer. 752 00:45:58,380 --> 00:46:01,550 We sit down and we start to talk about this. 753 00:46:01,717 --> 00:46:03,302 "Pablo, listen. 754 00:46:03,677 --> 00:46:08,348 So we know that those helicopters are yours. 755 00:46:08,891 --> 00:46:10,184 And we know 756 00:46:10,601 --> 00:46:15,564 that you need those helicopters to aid your shipments, 757 00:46:15,647 --> 00:46:17,858 and all your... Great. 758 00:46:18,192 --> 00:46:21,737 And so we just want you to know that we're not kidnapping. 759 00:46:21,820 --> 00:46:24,573 We're not holding them against their will. 760 00:46:25,324 --> 00:46:27,534 We want to partner up with you. 761 00:46:27,826 --> 00:46:30,746 We want to be your reps in Russia." 762 00:46:32,873 --> 00:46:38,086 OK. "Yeah, we want to handle your cocaine distribution here in Russia." 763 00:46:38,337 --> 00:46:42,591 And I was like, "OK, what are your capabilities?" 764 00:46:42,758 --> 00:46:47,596 He goes, "Well, we'll take something like 50 kilos." 765 00:46:50,766 --> 00:46:52,434 And he's telling me, "You're joking." 766 00:46:53,852 --> 00:46:56,438 I looked at them, I said, "Are you kidding me? 767 00:46:56,730 --> 00:47:01,443 You--you brought me to Moscow to talk about 50 kilos of cocaine? 768 00:47:01,527 --> 00:47:02,861 Are you serious?" 769 00:47:02,945 --> 00:47:04,613 And I go, "Come on. 770 00:47:04,988 --> 00:47:08,283 It takes me the same time it takes me to pack 50 771 00:47:08,784 --> 00:47:11,119 to pack 2,500 or 5,000. 772 00:47:12,037 --> 00:47:15,707 Fifty is a joke. Please, don't tell me you brought me here for this. 773 00:47:15,916 --> 00:47:18,418 Don't tell me I came to Russia to talk about 50 kilos." 774 00:47:18,669 --> 00:47:21,713 [Ludwig] And Juan is telling them, "You are stupid, 775 00:47:22,256 --> 00:47:25,425 crazy, or you have a big cojones." 776 00:47:25,884 --> 00:47:29,680 "Tell you what we can do. Get me a safe house. 777 00:47:30,347 --> 00:47:31,890 I'll bring some Colombians. 778 00:47:32,140 --> 00:47:33,684 We'll put them in the house. 779 00:47:34,434 --> 00:47:37,646 And as you need, as you get. You pay, you get. 780 00:47:39,523 --> 00:47:42,150 So you don't need to order that mu-- that--that much, 781 00:47:42,234 --> 00:47:44,194 but, you need to move the stuff. 782 00:47:44,319 --> 00:47:46,238 I can't keep it around forever." 783 00:47:47,447 --> 00:47:49,825 And they all looked at each other, and they were like, 784 00:47:50,158 --> 00:47:52,744 "Khorosho! Khorosho! Good idea. 785 00:47:53,036 --> 00:47:54,746 Good! We can do that. 786 00:47:55,581 --> 00:47:59,835 Na Zdrovie! Pablo Escobar is here!" 787 00:48:00,168 --> 00:48:03,046 And I fucking grab this guy, he stood up and he hugged me 788 00:48:03,130 --> 00:48:04,506 and we got a deal. 789 00:48:05,382 --> 00:48:07,884 -[indistinct chatter] -[men laughing] 790 00:48:11,638 --> 00:48:13,765 [Juan] I delivered the helicopters in Cali, 791 00:48:14,016 --> 00:48:17,561 Colombia, on or about April of 1994. 792 00:48:18,353 --> 00:48:22,524 And I remember being there when the aircraft arrived, 793 00:48:22,774 --> 00:48:23,900 and, it parked on the tarmac, 794 00:48:23,984 --> 00:48:27,738 [stutters] and it lowered it was, like, on hydraulics 795 00:48:27,821 --> 00:48:30,616 and the whole front end started to lower like this, 796 00:48:30,907 --> 00:48:35,579 and then the whole nose gear just opened up, like, beautifully. 797 00:48:38,582 --> 00:48:40,542 [Nelson] They landed there in Cali... 798 00:48:41,293 --> 00:48:43,962 and... that was the talk of the... 799 00:48:44,171 --> 00:48:46,548 not just the town, that was the talk... 800 00:48:46,632 --> 00:48:48,008 of Colombia. 801 00:48:48,091 --> 00:48:51,094 It was just perfect. The whole thing was perfect. 802 00:48:51,178 --> 00:48:52,054 ♪ Come on! ♪ 803 00:48:55,140 --> 00:48:56,683 [Nelson] When those guys, they saw that 804 00:48:56,892 --> 00:48:59,770 we was able to take those fucking helicopters out of Russia, 805 00:48:59,978 --> 00:49:02,230 they say, "These people, they can take anything." 806 00:49:04,232 --> 00:49:07,027 Being able to deliver on that deal like that, 807 00:49:08,236 --> 00:49:09,988 you sort of create a name for yourself. 808 00:49:10,280 --> 00:49:12,908 Doors were opening. Things were taking place 809 00:49:13,825 --> 00:49:16,328 and we got caught up in that. 810 00:49:16,662 --> 00:49:19,665 I became wealthy, rich, known. 811 00:49:20,165 --> 00:49:22,709 I could do anything and everything. 812 00:49:24,294 --> 00:49:26,088 I wanted a yacht, I got a yacht. 813 00:49:26,213 --> 00:49:27,881 I want a Ferrari, I got a Ferrari. 814 00:49:28,173 --> 00:49:29,633 Want a Mercedes, got Mercedes. 815 00:49:29,716 --> 00:49:31,426 I want the girls, I was getting the girls. 816 00:49:31,635 --> 00:49:33,261 And I bought a limo. 817 00:49:33,428 --> 00:49:36,890 You know, I had the driver was taking my little girl to kindergarten. 818 00:49:37,307 --> 00:49:40,936 It was very nice feeling to live like that, you know? 819 00:49:41,103 --> 00:49:42,312 Kind of, like, untouchable. 820 00:49:43,313 --> 00:49:44,648 [camera clicking] 821 00:49:49,152 --> 00:49:51,780 I said, "Look, you're bringing a lot of heat here, man. 822 00:49:51,863 --> 00:49:54,408 I said, "You're fucking driving a Mercedes, 823 00:49:54,491 --> 00:49:56,159 you've got a limo picking your daughter up." 824 00:49:56,326 --> 00:49:59,538 I'm driving a Honda Accord because I was schooled 825 00:50:00,038 --> 00:50:01,748 from the old guys back in New York. 826 00:50:01,832 --> 00:50:03,834 This is not [stuttering] how you act. You know? 827 00:50:03,917 --> 00:50:07,713 You walking around with fucking, $2,000 leather jacket on, a Versace. 828 00:50:07,879 --> 00:50:10,340 You gotta look like a regular guy. I mean, this is-- 829 00:50:10,424 --> 00:50:12,801 We're making money here doing things we shouldn't be doing. 830 00:50:12,968 --> 00:50:15,470 There were all kinds of stories and allegations 831 00:50:15,554 --> 00:50:17,806 about what he was really up to, so, 832 00:50:18,181 --> 00:50:22,436 we all decided to get a undercover in to see what he was really doing. 833 00:50:22,519 --> 00:50:23,520 [camera clicking] 834 00:50:24,438 --> 00:50:27,149 He was a DEA special agent in Washington, DC, 835 00:50:27,232 --> 00:50:28,984 who grew up in Brighton Beach, 836 00:50:29,192 --> 00:50:32,612 where both Grisha Roizis and Tarzan also grew up. 837 00:50:32,779 --> 00:50:34,573 His name was Alex Yasevich. 838 00:50:50,422 --> 00:50:52,090 [Alex] Growing up in Brighton Beach area, 839 00:50:52,174 --> 00:50:54,384 I knew Grisha Roizis very, very well. 840 00:50:55,135 --> 00:50:57,804 But I was never friends with Ludwig Fainberg. 841 00:50:57,929 --> 00:50:59,473 I seen him in the neighborhood. 842 00:50:59,556 --> 00:51:01,892 He saw me in the neighborhood, [chuckles] as I discovered later on. 843 00:51:02,142 --> 00:51:06,772 Both Alex and Tarzan thought the same way, spoke the same way. 844 00:51:07,481 --> 00:51:10,901 They had the same ethnic values and ethnic backgrounds. 845 00:51:11,067 --> 00:51:13,862 And, uh, it was just perfect. 846 00:51:16,573 --> 00:51:20,911 Alex and I sat down with Grisha before first introduction. 847 00:51:21,745 --> 00:51:24,247 And Grisha said, "I know you from a kid, you know?" 848 00:51:24,623 --> 00:51:27,250 [people speaking in Russian] 849 00:51:27,709 --> 00:51:28,543 [camera clicks] 850 00:51:29,169 --> 00:51:32,088 [Ludwig] Roizis said, "Hey, Tarzan, do you remember? This is Alex. 851 00:51:32,255 --> 00:51:33,924 You remember him from Brighton Beach? 852 00:51:34,007 --> 00:51:35,842 You remember him when he was young? You remember?" 853 00:51:35,926 --> 00:51:36,760 [camera clicks] 854 00:51:38,053 --> 00:51:42,516 Roizis introduced me, to Tarzan as, "This is our trusted man from New York." 855 00:51:45,519 --> 00:51:48,063 And that's when we figured out we knew each other from the old neighborhood, 856 00:51:48,146 --> 00:51:50,398 kind of saw each other all. So that kind of helped a lot. 857 00:51:50,565 --> 00:51:52,150 For me, it was irrelevant, 858 00:51:52,651 --> 00:51:55,821 uh, if I know him a lot, or long time, not long time, 859 00:51:55,946 --> 00:52:00,283 because he was friend of Gregory, and to me, Gregory was as a family. 860 00:52:00,617 --> 00:52:03,870 In Russian, we're saying, "Your friend is my friend." 861 00:52:04,371 --> 00:52:07,457 So, yes, we should automatically become a friend. 862 00:52:09,793 --> 00:52:11,837 So, originally, it was more, "Let's get to know each other. 863 00:52:11,920 --> 00:52:13,588 Then I'll tell you what I can do, what I need. 864 00:52:13,672 --> 00:52:16,424 And then we met in Babushka and Porky's, back and forth. 865 00:52:16,925 --> 00:52:20,971 Until one time we walked outside Babushka, and that's when the decision was made, 866 00:52:21,054 --> 00:52:22,556 "Let's tell him exactly what I am." 867 00:52:23,682 --> 00:52:27,686 Said, "Look, let me tell you what I do. I'm into heroin and weapons trafficking. 868 00:52:27,936 --> 00:52:30,897 But I want to expand my operations to cocaine. 869 00:52:31,273 --> 00:52:32,774 And that's why I'm in Florida." 870 00:52:32,858 --> 00:52:35,151 "OK." He goes, "Let me see what I can do." 871 00:52:45,370 --> 00:52:46,746 [static] 872 00:52:47,789 --> 00:52:50,041 [Ludwig] Jeez, don't tell me they have nintendo here! 873 00:52:51,543 --> 00:52:53,503 [Alex] You almost hungry? Should we eat? 874 00:52:53,628 --> 00:52:55,797 -[static] -[Ludwig] Help yourself. 875 00:52:56,673 --> 00:52:59,217 With Yasevich, he invited me to hotel. 876 00:52:59,301 --> 00:53:00,802 I think it was Fontainebleau. 877 00:53:01,303 --> 00:53:02,345 [indistinct mumbling] 878 00:53:02,429 --> 00:53:05,307 [Ludwig] And he was telling me, "Tarzan, 879 00:53:05,849 --> 00:53:09,519 why did you sit in this chair? You better sit in this chair. 880 00:53:10,687 --> 00:53:14,149 And I said, "Why do you want me to switch the places? 881 00:53:14,316 --> 00:53:17,986 Why is it's not comfortable for you to see me this way?" 882 00:53:18,320 --> 00:53:21,489 [Brent] Alex couldn't have been in a more precarious, 883 00:53:21,615 --> 00:53:23,241 dangerous situation. 884 00:53:23,533 --> 00:53:26,536 'Cause Tarzan was sitting there in a armchair with his legs crossed, 885 00:53:26,661 --> 00:53:30,373 and he had a .38 Special in his ankle holster, pointing right at me. 886 00:53:30,540 --> 00:53:32,626 -[speaking indistinctly] -[static] 887 00:53:32,792 --> 00:53:35,670 [Ludwig] He is the commanding officer of the whole Western fleet. 888 00:53:35,754 --> 00:53:37,172 And he says, 889 00:53:37,255 --> 00:53:39,090 "Hey, guys, let's make some money." 890 00:53:39,466 --> 00:53:42,344 The camera was disguised as a device in the hotel room. 891 00:53:42,677 --> 00:53:45,722 [Ludwig] It was a radio, which was connected to the wall, 892 00:53:45,805 --> 00:53:49,142 and, I was sure it was a camera. 893 00:53:49,643 --> 00:53:51,770 He looked right at it and he pointed at it and said, 894 00:53:51,853 --> 00:53:53,563 "There is a camera inside this object. 895 00:53:53,855 --> 00:53:55,440 [indistinct chatter] 896 00:53:55,690 --> 00:53:57,108 [Ludwig] Because me and Juan 897 00:53:58,026 --> 00:54:01,655 in that time, we were playing, spy games. 898 00:54:01,905 --> 00:54:04,574 In downtown Miami, we had a spy store. 899 00:54:04,741 --> 00:54:09,204 And I saw exactly the same camera in the spy store. 900 00:54:09,371 --> 00:54:10,330 [indistinct chatter] 901 00:54:10,580 --> 00:54:13,959 And he said, "No, it cannot be. No, no, it's not a camera." 902 00:54:14,084 --> 00:54:16,336 I said, "Alex, I swear, this is a camera." 903 00:54:18,129 --> 00:54:22,676 [indistinct chatter] 904 00:54:24,761 --> 00:54:26,179 [static] 905 00:54:28,431 --> 00:54:30,725 Of course, he was 100% right. 906 00:54:31,309 --> 00:54:33,436 It happened to be a camera. I was right. 907 00:54:33,561 --> 00:54:35,188 I said, "Look, if you-- You're full of shit. 908 00:54:35,271 --> 00:54:36,731 If you think there's a camera in there, 909 00:54:36,815 --> 00:54:38,900 go take the freaking thing apart. 910 00:54:39,234 --> 00:54:41,236 You know? Don't freaking insult me." 911 00:54:41,486 --> 00:54:43,321 And he looked at it, he thought about it. 912 00:54:45,198 --> 00:54:47,033 And then he said, "I guess I'm wrong." 913 00:54:48,284 --> 00:54:50,704 That cost me about five years of my life in stress. 914 00:54:51,871 --> 00:54:54,290 [indistinct chatter] 915 00:54:56,751 --> 00:55:00,547 [Brent] After the meeting, we met, as usual, and I crawled into his car 916 00:55:00,672 --> 00:55:02,048 and we're talking about it, 917 00:55:02,173 --> 00:55:04,718 and he said, "You won't fucking believe this." 918 00:55:04,843 --> 00:55:08,346 He said, "They're getting ready to purchase a Russian sub 919 00:55:08,471 --> 00:55:11,975 and broker it to the Colombian traffickers so they can run dope 920 00:55:12,058 --> 00:55:13,184 to the United States." 921 00:55:13,685 --> 00:55:15,437 I mean, it just blew his mind. 922 00:55:23,570 --> 00:55:24,487 Nelson Yester. 923 00:55:25,530 --> 00:55:30,326 He was the man that, he was the conduit to the money that was financing this deal. 924 00:55:31,202 --> 00:55:33,705 [Nelson] I was approached somewhere down there 925 00:55:33,788 --> 00:55:35,498 by very important people. 926 00:55:36,374 --> 00:55:38,626 So they told me, "Listen, this is the deal... 927 00:55:40,712 --> 00:55:43,757 We want to get this, uh, submarine." 928 00:55:44,674 --> 00:55:46,217 And... 929 00:55:47,594 --> 00:55:48,845 I say, "We can get it." 930 00:55:48,928 --> 00:55:51,723 I say, "But what exactly you want to do with it? 931 00:55:51,806 --> 00:55:53,308 Because if we gonna use it, 932 00:55:53,391 --> 00:55:55,351 it have to be a big job." 933 00:55:55,435 --> 00:55:58,605 He says, "I think 40 ton will be appropriate." 934 00:55:59,230 --> 00:56:01,524 Shit, when he say that thing, 935 00:56:01,608 --> 00:56:02,859 I say, "Fuck." 936 00:56:02,942 --> 00:56:05,487 If I get [chuckles] hold of that blow, 937 00:56:05,570 --> 00:56:07,447 you know, I'm gonna have the biggest reserve 938 00:56:07,530 --> 00:56:09,240 of fucking blow in the world. 939 00:56:12,035 --> 00:56:12,911 He told me, 940 00:56:12,994 --> 00:56:15,455 "How much do you think is this thing is gonna cost?" 941 00:56:17,207 --> 00:56:18,041 So... 942 00:56:18,124 --> 00:56:19,959 Right there, I thought of Juan. 943 00:56:20,668 --> 00:56:23,171 You know, Juan, you know, long time ago... 944 00:56:23,254 --> 00:56:24,964 He had told me, "Tony, 945 00:56:25,048 --> 00:56:27,383 every time that you're going to these suckers, 946 00:56:28,301 --> 00:56:29,636 just go high. 947 00:56:29,719 --> 00:56:32,055 you always can come down, go high." 948 00:56:32,847 --> 00:56:36,142 So, I say to him, "Look, you know, I think that with fifty, 949 00:56:36,226 --> 00:56:39,104 we can have a top-notch equipment." 950 00:56:39,604 --> 00:56:42,607 "He said, fifty? Fifty what?" 951 00:56:43,608 --> 00:56:45,276 I said, "Fifty million." 952 00:56:46,402 --> 00:56:48,279 He says, "Are you out of your mind?" 953 00:56:49,280 --> 00:56:51,825 I say, "Hey, but you're not putting the numbers together? 954 00:56:51,908 --> 00:56:53,785 You want to take fucking forty tons? 955 00:56:53,868 --> 00:56:55,370 You know how much is forty tons? 956 00:56:55,453 --> 00:56:57,580 You're talking about one thousand... 957 00:56:57,747 --> 00:57:01,084 uh, dollars a unit? $1,000 a kilo? 958 00:57:01,167 --> 00:57:05,130 You have $40 million in the first trip, you have paid the fucking whole thing." 959 00:57:05,839 --> 00:57:08,216 He says, "No, no. Hey, hey, that's good." 960 00:57:10,677 --> 00:57:12,804 [producer] What's the price that you end up settling on? 961 00:57:15,098 --> 00:57:16,933 Well, you know, what can I tell you? 962 00:57:17,725 --> 00:57:19,936 You know, I'm sure Tarzan tell you one price. 963 00:57:20,019 --> 00:57:22,647 I'm sure Juan will gonna tell you one price. 964 00:57:22,730 --> 00:57:24,983 But me, I'm the only one that had the price. 965 00:57:25,442 --> 00:57:26,776 Because they didn't knew. 966 00:57:26,860 --> 00:57:29,612 They just... didn't knew these kind of people. 967 00:57:29,696 --> 00:57:31,114 They're nice guys. 968 00:57:31,865 --> 00:57:34,284 You know, Tarzan and Juan, they're nice guys. 969 00:57:34,951 --> 00:57:37,120 You know, they going to meet one of these people, 970 00:57:37,203 --> 00:57:40,290 they better bring a fucking box of toilet paper, brother. 971 00:57:41,541 --> 00:57:43,334 Eventually I make a deal with them. 972 00:57:43,418 --> 00:57:44,711 And they told me, "Tony, 973 00:57:45,253 --> 00:57:46,254 mijo, 974 00:57:46,379 --> 00:57:48,715 [chuckles] be straight with us. 975 00:57:49,090 --> 00:57:51,801 I say, "I think that we can get it for $30 million 976 00:57:51,885 --> 00:57:54,637 and you just put $5 million expenses." 977 00:57:55,138 --> 00:57:57,056 So we settled for $35,000,000. 978 00:57:57,182 --> 00:57:59,601 [aeroplane engine whirring at a distance] 979 00:58:06,274 --> 00:58:09,694 I told them that I was looking for a fucking submarine, man. 980 00:58:09,819 --> 00:58:12,071 Fuck, when I told them that, they say, 981 00:58:12,155 --> 00:58:13,698 "A submarine?" 982 00:58:14,532 --> 00:58:15,950 I say, "Yeah." 983 00:58:16,701 --> 00:58:19,662 Yeah, fucking Tarzan, he got out of the seat and says, 984 00:58:19,746 --> 00:58:21,498 "What do you mean, a Russian submarine?" 985 00:58:21,581 --> 00:58:25,001 I say, "Yeah, I want one of those big fucking things." 986 00:58:25,919 --> 00:58:27,629 He told me, "You got it, man! 987 00:58:27,712 --> 00:58:29,339 You got it. We on it." 988 00:58:29,506 --> 00:58:33,092 I had a friend of mine living in St. Petersburg. 989 00:58:33,593 --> 00:58:36,262 He was a general director of a factory. 990 00:58:37,597 --> 00:58:39,015 And I said, "Misha, 991 00:58:40,016 --> 00:58:42,810 tell me something. I know it's gonna be a strange question. 992 00:58:43,561 --> 00:58:46,314 Is this possible, to buy a military submarine?" 993 00:58:48,149 --> 00:58:49,734 He called me in two days, 994 00:58:49,817 --> 00:58:52,237 and he said, "The answer is yes." 995 00:58:52,862 --> 00:58:53,738 [electronic beeps] 996 00:58:53,821 --> 00:58:56,950 [over telephone] 997 00:59:12,799 --> 00:59:14,592 -[Ludwig] I called immediately Juan. -[phone disconnecting beep] 998 00:59:14,968 --> 00:59:17,720 And I said, "Juan, we can get a submarine. 999 00:59:18,096 --> 00:59:19,764 Prepare yourself for trouble. 1000 00:59:20,431 --> 00:59:21,516 We going to Russia." 1001 00:59:30,066 --> 00:59:31,067 Tarzan... 1002 00:59:31,276 --> 00:59:32,860 he told me, we're having... 1003 00:59:33,236 --> 00:59:35,655 a very important meeting this afternoon. 1004 00:59:35,780 --> 00:59:40,577 We did meet, uh, with the captain of the submarine. 1005 00:59:41,035 --> 00:59:44,455 He did bring some Navy admirals. 1006 00:59:44,831 --> 00:59:47,500 Fuck, you know when I went there and met these guys, 1007 00:59:47,917 --> 00:59:50,211 there was so many fucking stars there. 1008 00:59:50,503 --> 00:59:52,505 I thought I was looking at the sky. 1009 00:59:53,965 --> 00:59:55,758 We had a talk in a restaurant, 1010 00:59:55,925 --> 00:59:59,012 and all of them said, "Yes, no problem. You can get a submarine." 1011 00:59:59,721 --> 01:00:01,556 After, I don't know how many 1012 01:00:01,639 --> 01:00:02,974 bottle of vodka, 1013 01:00:03,766 --> 01:00:06,269 we go there to the sauna. 1014 01:00:07,937 --> 01:00:08,938 So you know Tarzan... 1015 01:00:09,022 --> 01:00:11,566 He's the first one to take the fucking clothes off... 1016 01:00:11,649 --> 01:00:13,776 and that big belly showing everywhere. 1017 01:00:14,736 --> 01:00:17,238 You know, and everybody take their clothes off... 1018 01:00:17,405 --> 01:00:18,656 He come to me. 1019 01:00:18,740 --> 01:00:20,575 He says, "Listen, Tony, let me explain you something 1020 01:00:20,783 --> 01:00:21,951 about fucking Russia 1021 01:00:22,035 --> 01:00:23,995 because you don't know anything about Russia." 1022 01:00:24,370 --> 01:00:25,913 I say, "OK, explain me." 1023 01:00:26,956 --> 01:00:28,875 He says, "You see these guys here? 1024 01:00:29,167 --> 01:00:31,419 You know, when you want to tell somebody 1025 01:00:31,502 --> 01:00:32,420 in this culture 1026 01:00:32,503 --> 01:00:33,338 that you trust them 1027 01:00:33,713 --> 01:00:35,340 you have to go to the sauna 1028 01:00:35,423 --> 01:00:36,257 with them. 1029 01:00:36,424 --> 01:00:37,675 You know what that mean? 1030 01:00:37,759 --> 01:00:39,093 What that mean is that? 1031 01:00:39,177 --> 01:00:40,928 You have seen me the way I am. 1032 01:00:41,512 --> 01:00:44,557 I don't have nothing to hide for you. 1033 01:00:44,807 --> 01:00:47,268 So, please do me a favor 1034 01:00:47,352 --> 01:00:49,228 and go there and take your clothes off." 1035 01:00:49,312 --> 01:00:50,438 [chuckles] I told him, "Son." 1036 01:00:51,356 --> 01:00:53,149 "Listen... Tarzan... 1037 01:00:53,232 --> 01:00:55,818 "Yeah... you know I understand all that crap, 1038 01:00:55,943 --> 01:00:58,279 but there's something that you have to fucking understand. 1039 01:00:58,363 --> 01:01:00,657 I'm from fucking Cuba, man. 1040 01:01:00,740 --> 01:01:03,826 There's... I have never seen a fucking sauna in Cuba. 1041 01:01:03,993 --> 01:01:06,037 And you want me to come here to Moscow 1042 01:01:06,120 --> 01:01:08,706 to take my clothes off with all these guys?" 1043 01:01:08,790 --> 01:01:10,416 I said, "No fucking way." 1044 01:01:10,875 --> 01:01:12,251 He told me, "Man! 1045 01:01:12,335 --> 01:01:14,295 Fucking deal is gonna be off 1046 01:01:14,379 --> 01:01:16,631 if you don't go into this sauna." 1047 01:01:17,256 --> 01:01:19,384 I say, "Listen, Tarzan, 1048 01:01:19,550 --> 01:01:21,219 Please go inside there. 1049 01:01:21,678 --> 01:01:24,597 You know, let me digest this a little bit, and... 1050 01:01:24,764 --> 01:01:26,265 I will go a little bit later." 1051 01:01:28,351 --> 01:01:30,812 He just go in there and start to talk to those people, 1052 01:01:30,895 --> 01:01:32,146 and this and that. 1053 01:01:32,230 --> 01:01:33,690 And he's coming out... 1054 01:01:33,940 --> 01:01:35,942 He says, "You know what's happening? 1055 01:01:36,025 --> 01:01:37,902 You cannot fucking believe. 1056 01:01:37,985 --> 01:01:40,363 They offering me fucking nuclear weapon! 1057 01:01:40,530 --> 01:01:41,948 Can you sell nuclear weapon? 1058 01:01:42,115 --> 01:01:43,700 [chuckles] I said, "Fuck you!" 1059 01:01:43,783 --> 01:01:45,535 I say, "Outta your mind!" 1060 01:01:45,785 --> 01:01:47,787 "I said, "Man, you know, keep your fucking... 1061 01:01:48,705 --> 01:01:50,081 keep yourself together. 1062 01:01:50,164 --> 01:01:52,041 We looking for a fucking submarine! 1063 01:01:52,291 --> 01:01:54,293 We don't want no fucking bombs! 1064 01:01:54,752 --> 01:01:56,003 He turned around and said, 1065 01:01:56,087 --> 01:01:57,296 "Think about it! 1066 01:01:57,630 --> 01:01:59,632 Fucking went back into the sauna. 1067 01:01:59,716 --> 01:02:02,009 I just wanted to run away from there. 1068 01:02:02,301 --> 01:02:03,886 I say, "Shit, man!" 1069 01:02:03,970 --> 01:02:06,973 You know, I mean, what the fuck I'm involved with? 1070 01:02:07,515 --> 01:02:10,810 I said, "I'm gonna fucking get the electric chair outta this shit." 1071 01:02:13,938 --> 01:02:16,482 So he keep calling me and calling me. 1072 01:02:16,566 --> 01:02:19,068 Eventually, I went there and took all my clothes off 1073 01:02:19,152 --> 01:02:21,612 and I join all these guys there in the... 1074 01:02:22,447 --> 01:02:24,824 in the sauna and I stay there for a while. 1075 01:02:26,117 --> 01:02:27,243 It was crazy. 1076 01:02:27,952 --> 01:02:29,120 Tony said, "Listen, 1077 01:02:29,454 --> 01:02:33,875 we're gonna be able to get money to finance this deal only 1078 01:02:34,709 --> 01:02:37,503 if we can get on a submarine. 1079 01:02:37,587 --> 01:02:41,299 [Alex] Almost any country who has the submarine assets, 1080 01:02:41,716 --> 01:02:45,261 the submarine bases are the most closely guarded facilities. 1081 01:02:45,386 --> 01:02:48,181 Without permission, you can't enter those bases, 1082 01:02:48,264 --> 01:02:50,516 even if you're a member of the armed forces of that country. 1083 01:02:50,683 --> 01:02:53,478 And, of course, they said, "You guys are welcome. 1084 01:02:53,728 --> 01:02:55,438 Let's get into the submarine." 1085 01:02:59,025 --> 01:03:01,027 [Nelson] I feel like fucking double-o seven. 1086 01:03:01,778 --> 01:03:03,029 You know, I mean, I go there 1087 01:03:03,112 --> 01:03:04,781 and I walk inside of... 1088 01:03:05,239 --> 01:03:06,991 Of a Russian submarine 1089 01:03:07,074 --> 01:03:09,118 and I think that we going to buy these things. 1090 01:03:09,202 --> 01:03:10,578 I couldn't believe it. 1091 01:03:10,745 --> 01:03:16,459 He could not believe that we in the submarine in the secret Navy base. 1092 01:03:17,126 --> 01:03:19,420 I mean, they start to guide us... 1093 01:03:19,712 --> 01:03:20,755 everywhere. 1094 01:03:20,838 --> 01:03:23,007 They show us the weapons system. 1095 01:03:23,090 --> 01:03:24,550 They show us the... 1096 01:03:24,842 --> 01:03:26,469 electronic deterrence. 1097 01:03:26,552 --> 01:03:29,138 They show us the communication department. 1098 01:03:31,349 --> 01:03:33,476 When I was getting out of the sub, 1099 01:03:33,893 --> 01:03:38,856 Tony told me, "Tarzan, we have to get a picture." 1100 01:03:40,066 --> 01:03:41,818 I said, "Tony, a picture of what?" 1101 01:03:42,360 --> 01:03:44,403 He said, "Picture of the submarine." 1102 01:03:45,488 --> 01:03:46,697 I had a camera 1103 01:03:46,781 --> 01:03:49,200 and I gave my camera to Tarzan. 1104 01:03:49,283 --> 01:03:51,702 I said, "Tarzan, just take few pictures." 1105 01:03:52,203 --> 01:03:55,623 I said, "Tony, you crazy. They're gonna kill us." 1106 01:03:55,873 --> 01:03:59,418 And Tony said, "I don't care. You take the picture. 1107 01:04:00,253 --> 01:04:03,256 We're not gonna get the money. We need the proof." 1108 01:04:03,548 --> 01:04:05,383 I needed picture... 1109 01:04:05,466 --> 01:04:07,301 to convince those guys in Cali, 1110 01:04:07,677 --> 01:04:08,886 that I have been there. 1111 01:04:08,970 --> 01:04:10,763 That this thing was not downloaded 1112 01:04:10,847 --> 01:04:13,349 from fucking internet or anything like that. 1113 01:04:14,433 --> 01:04:17,061 I came to the captain, I said, "Captain, I'm sorry, 1114 01:04:17,562 --> 01:04:20,815 but I want to ask you another stupid question. 1115 01:04:21,274 --> 01:04:22,733 Can I take the picture?" 1116 01:04:23,150 --> 01:04:27,196 And the captain said, "The question is really stupid. The answer is no." 1117 01:04:27,321 --> 01:04:30,950 Said, "You cannot. It's a military base. You cannot take the pictures here." 1118 01:04:31,158 --> 01:04:32,743 I said, "We really need it." 1119 01:04:33,202 --> 01:04:35,162 I said, "How about $200?" 1120 01:04:36,080 --> 01:04:39,166 Two hundred dollars was a lot. 1121 01:04:39,750 --> 01:04:44,130 A lot. They were making, probably, a month, $20, $30. 1122 01:04:45,089 --> 01:04:48,175 I offer him, right there on a pier, $200. 1123 01:04:50,803 --> 01:04:53,139 And what do you think? The guy agree. 1124 01:04:55,725 --> 01:04:57,518 I took the picture of Tony of the submarine. 1125 01:04:57,685 --> 01:05:00,062 Then I took the picture of the captain of the submarine, 1126 01:05:00,229 --> 01:05:03,900 then somebody took the picture of me with the captain of the submarine. 1127 01:05:03,983 --> 01:05:07,153 It was like [stutters] we're buying a car, like we're buying a used car, 1128 01:05:07,278 --> 01:05:08,946 we're buying the submarine. 1129 01:05:09,280 --> 01:05:11,032 [camera clicking] 1130 01:05:12,199 --> 01:05:15,578 Everything was smooth, beautiful. 1131 01:05:15,870 --> 01:05:19,415 Mission is accomplished. Nice. 1132 01:05:21,584 --> 01:05:23,502 [Alex] So for these three individuals, 1133 01:05:23,711 --> 01:05:26,631 one with the Israeli passport, one was, I believe, a Cuban, 1134 01:05:26,714 --> 01:05:28,090 and a Venezuelan passport. 1135 01:05:28,299 --> 01:05:31,010 They just walked into the base and not only walked in the base, 1136 01:05:31,135 --> 01:05:32,219 -were given a tour of the base. -[camera clicking] 1137 01:05:32,303 --> 01:05:34,597 This is drug traffickers, criminals, 1138 01:05:35,389 --> 01:05:37,725 getting access to a submarine base 1139 01:05:38,267 --> 01:05:43,522 [stutters] to look and see and shop for a boat in the Russian base. 1140 01:05:43,606 --> 01:05:44,857 That's just unheard-of. 1141 01:05:45,399 --> 01:05:49,946 So, as Tarzan returns from our trips to Russia, 1142 01:05:50,696 --> 01:05:52,907 he and Tony were taking pictures, 1143 01:05:52,990 --> 01:05:55,910 just like tourists take pictures of anything, right? 1144 01:05:56,160 --> 01:05:59,038 And they would come back-- Tarzan would come back with his camera, 1145 01:05:59,246 --> 01:06:01,832 and Tarzan was leaving these pictures on his desk. 1146 01:06:01,999 --> 01:06:06,003 And I start looking at them, and it was pretty, uh, pretty shocking. 1147 01:06:06,379 --> 01:06:10,716 [Juan] Little did Tarzan know that his buddy Yasevich, Agent Yasevich, 1148 01:06:10,800 --> 01:06:13,552 he, of course, helped himself to all these pictures. 1149 01:06:20,726 --> 01:06:24,855 So that's when we reached out to the--the Navy, US Navy, 1150 01:06:24,981 --> 01:06:28,067 and [stutters] we had meetings with some of their experts. 1151 01:06:28,150 --> 01:06:32,446 We had the Department of Defense involved. We had NATO involved. 1152 01:06:32,738 --> 01:06:36,325 We showed them the photos and ask them, "Can you please tell us 1153 01:06:36,409 --> 01:06:39,161 if these photos were, in fact, taken on the Russian submarine base?" 1154 01:06:42,790 --> 01:06:44,792 They told us, "Yeah, they were." 1155 01:06:47,253 --> 01:06:48,671 [Brent] NATO's concern was, 1156 01:06:48,838 --> 01:06:50,881 even though it was a noisy, 1157 01:06:51,590 --> 01:06:53,634 old-fashioned diesel sub, 1158 01:06:53,801 --> 01:06:56,345 but all diesel subs can go electric, 1159 01:06:56,429 --> 01:07:00,182 because the diesel motors charge up the batteries for the electric motors. 1160 01:07:00,725 --> 01:07:05,563 And once it goes silent and goes underwater, it could disappear. 1161 01:07:09,108 --> 01:07:11,902 It can't be impossible, because Tarzan's doing it. 1162 01:07:11,986 --> 01:07:14,113 He is crazy enough to try something like this. 1163 01:07:20,119 --> 01:07:21,746 I quickly went down there 1164 01:07:21,829 --> 01:07:24,331 back to... to Colombia. 1165 01:07:24,540 --> 01:07:26,500 I went there and talked to those guys. 1166 01:07:26,584 --> 01:07:28,252 Showed those fucking pictures. 1167 01:07:28,335 --> 01:07:29,962 They say, "Wow!" 1168 01:07:30,337 --> 01:07:32,298 "Fuck! This is what we getting?" 1169 01:07:32,381 --> 01:07:35,009 I say, "No, not exactly this one, but something similar." 1170 01:07:36,552 --> 01:07:38,179 I say, "Hey, listen guys," 1171 01:07:38,262 --> 01:07:41,474 If we serious about this, you guys have to pull the trigger. 1172 01:07:42,349 --> 01:07:43,684 You know, there's no more delay. 1173 01:07:43,768 --> 01:07:45,352 Those guys, they asking for the money. 1174 01:07:45,436 --> 01:07:47,396 They want their money now. We gonna do this, 1175 01:07:47,480 --> 01:07:49,732 we need to move that sub out of there quickly. 1176 01:07:53,903 --> 01:07:55,404 [Mike] Detective Joe McMahon and I 1177 01:07:55,613 --> 01:07:57,448 went over to Almeida's house in Doral, 1178 01:07:57,615 --> 01:08:01,368 and, when we arrived, the maid answered the door, 1179 01:08:01,535 --> 01:08:05,164 and we told her that we wanted to talk to Mr. Almeida. 1180 01:08:05,247 --> 01:08:06,082 [Juan] They were all over me. 1181 01:08:06,332 --> 01:08:10,127 Michael McShane, a US Marshal. 1182 01:08:10,544 --> 01:08:11,962 He was a real prick. 1183 01:08:13,005 --> 01:08:14,924 They banged in the doors at my home 1184 01:08:15,091 --> 01:08:17,051 while my family was there with my children, 1185 01:08:17,259 --> 01:08:19,553 and they scared the living daylights out of them. 1186 01:08:19,678 --> 01:08:22,765 The main topic of the questioning 1187 01:08:22,848 --> 01:08:27,353 was his association with Nelson Yester, Tony Yester. 1188 01:08:27,686 --> 01:08:30,356 We obviously wanted to know what he knew about him, 1189 01:08:30,481 --> 01:08:32,608 but more so, where we could find him. 1190 01:08:32,858 --> 01:08:34,401 [Ludwig] We never knew where Tony live. 1191 01:08:34,693 --> 01:08:37,321 One day, he lived in Panama, one day, he lived in Ecuador, 1192 01:08:38,030 --> 01:08:41,826 one day, it was in Peru, one, you know, we never knew where's Tony. 1193 01:08:42,118 --> 01:08:46,372 We went to extraordinary lengths to try to lure him to the United States. 1194 01:08:46,747 --> 01:08:51,085 So, I mention to Tarzan that I can have access to clone phones. He wanted one. 1195 01:08:51,168 --> 01:08:54,421 The clone phones would have the capability to make calls overseas, no problem. 1196 01:08:54,505 --> 01:08:55,631 He said, "I want that." 1197 01:08:55,714 --> 01:08:58,634 So we went to the Secret Service, and they provided us with a clone phone, 1198 01:08:58,717 --> 01:09:00,928 which the FBI was tapping. 1199 01:09:01,345 --> 01:09:03,848 So when he was calling overseas, or anywhere else, for that matter, 1200 01:09:03,931 --> 01:09:05,850 he was using the crap out of it. The bills were pretty high. 1201 01:09:05,933 --> 01:09:07,768 We're recording all the conversations. 1202 01:09:09,061 --> 01:09:11,647 [Brent] Alex, in one of his meetings with Tarzan, said, 1203 01:09:11,814 --> 01:09:14,900 "I've got a present for you," and he gave him a cell phone. 1204 01:09:14,984 --> 01:09:18,154 They said, "Here's a phone. Use it, it calls international. 1205 01:09:18,612 --> 01:09:19,697 You know, free." 1206 01:09:20,072 --> 01:09:21,407 He takes it. It's bugged. 1207 01:09:21,740 --> 01:09:25,452 We had a big wiretap room at FBI headquarters in Miami 1208 01:09:25,661 --> 01:09:26,871 with Russian translators. 1209 01:09:28,289 --> 01:09:32,126 And, that's how the DEA and FBI had, 1210 01:09:32,293 --> 01:09:34,920 fifteen thousand hours of wiretaps. 1211 01:09:35,588 --> 01:09:38,507 Believe me, 15,000 hours of wiretaps is a lot. 1212 01:09:39,049 --> 01:09:40,009 [dial tone] 1213 01:09:41,510 --> 01:09:42,636 [over telephone] 1214 01:10:06,327 --> 01:10:07,286 [man over walkie-talkie ] Previous conversation 1215 01:10:07,369 --> 01:10:08,913 was in response to a page. 1216 01:10:08,996 --> 01:10:11,749 The page came in at 7:34 pm. 1217 01:10:11,832 --> 01:10:14,668 February 10th, 1995. 1218 01:10:14,752 --> 01:10:19,298 Case G1-94-01-58. 1219 01:10:19,381 --> 01:10:21,217 S. A. Yasevich, out. 1220 01:10:21,425 --> 01:10:22,593 [dial tone] 1221 01:10:22,676 --> 01:10:23,636 [over telephone] 1222 01:10:45,908 --> 01:10:46,951 [line disconnecting beep] 1223 01:10:47,076 --> 01:10:50,412 We start focusing on Tarzan, Tony, and the whole crew. 1224 01:10:50,829 --> 01:10:52,623 I know that the clock is ticking. 1225 01:10:52,706 --> 01:10:54,959 I know that Tarzan is gonna go down. 1226 01:10:55,042 --> 01:10:57,544 I know that Juan is gonna go down. 1227 01:10:58,671 --> 01:10:59,672 And I'm... 1228 01:10:59,755 --> 01:11:00,798 Probably... 1229 01:11:00,881 --> 01:11:02,091 You know, I'm... 1230 01:11:02,174 --> 01:11:04,009 I'm probably gonna go down too. 1231 01:11:09,515 --> 01:11:11,058 [Nelson] Juan and Tarzan... 1232 01:11:11,141 --> 01:11:13,727 you know, they come with a fucking bright idea 1233 01:11:14,270 --> 01:11:16,272 to take the money from those guys 1234 01:11:16,355 --> 01:11:18,315 and keep it for ourselves. 1235 01:11:18,983 --> 01:11:21,735 [chuckles] I just cannot happen to fucking laugh. 1236 01:11:22,236 --> 01:11:24,905 I was thinking, "Fuck, you late." 1237 01:11:30,244 --> 01:11:31,787 In all these fucking meetings. 1238 01:11:31,870 --> 01:11:33,622 You know, I'm still... 1239 01:11:33,956 --> 01:11:36,333 Looking at these guys and I say, "Fuck, you know, 1240 01:11:36,417 --> 01:11:39,670 How come you running this big Cartel 1241 01:11:39,753 --> 01:11:42,423 making few billion dollars a year, 1242 01:11:42,798 --> 01:11:47,011 organizing 80% of the dope that is going out there to America, 1243 01:11:47,219 --> 01:11:50,556 90% of the... coke that is going there to Europe, 1244 01:11:50,639 --> 01:11:53,726 and you think that you can pull off something like this?" 1245 01:11:59,398 --> 01:12:01,233 So I went back to Colombia 1246 01:12:01,525 --> 01:12:03,027 and I went there to those guys. 1247 01:12:03,110 --> 01:12:04,486 I say, "Man, this is the time. 1248 01:12:04,570 --> 01:12:05,738 We have to do this. 1249 01:12:05,863 --> 01:12:07,364 There's no more time. 1250 01:12:08,240 --> 01:12:10,284 This thing belong to us. 1251 01:12:10,367 --> 01:12:12,703 You know, deal is close. 1252 01:12:12,786 --> 01:12:15,622 We just have to do the payment." And he went, 1253 01:12:15,831 --> 01:12:17,207 "We rock and rolling." 1254 01:12:17,791 --> 01:12:20,502 And they say, "Sure you know, where do you want the money?" 1255 01:12:20,586 --> 01:12:21,503 I say, "No, 1256 01:12:21,587 --> 01:12:23,505 I'm not gonna make the whole payment, of course not. 1257 01:12:23,589 --> 01:12:25,132 I just need $10 million now 1258 01:12:25,674 --> 01:12:27,718 and get ready because we gonna pay them 1259 01:12:27,801 --> 01:12:30,054 in three, in three steps." 1260 01:12:30,137 --> 01:12:31,764 I say, "So that's exactly what I need. 1261 01:12:31,847 --> 01:12:33,307 I need 10 now. 1262 01:12:33,724 --> 01:12:35,726 And I'm gonna need 10... 1263 01:12:36,769 --> 01:12:38,437 in the next two weeks. 1264 01:12:38,854 --> 01:12:40,105 And we go... And... 1265 01:12:40,189 --> 01:12:41,940 And another 10 in the next two weeks." 1266 01:12:42,358 --> 01:12:43,901 So they say, "Cool. 1267 01:12:44,276 --> 01:12:45,569 That's fine." 1268 01:12:45,986 --> 01:12:47,988 So when they say, "That's fine," 1269 01:12:48,072 --> 01:12:49,740 I say, "Shit! 1270 01:12:50,282 --> 01:12:52,242 Got fucking $10 million!" 1271 01:12:52,659 --> 01:12:54,119 I cannot contain myself. 1272 01:12:54,203 --> 01:12:57,289 I was looking at myself counting that fucking money. 1273 01:12:57,706 --> 01:13:00,334 You know, I could not wait to get fucking to Europe 1274 01:13:00,417 --> 01:13:02,753 to put my hands in that... 1275 01:13:02,836 --> 01:13:03,962 pile of cash. 1276 01:13:16,600 --> 01:13:20,020 I didn't fucking remember Juan... Tarzan... 1277 01:13:20,479 --> 01:13:21,730 submarines... 1278 01:13:27,736 --> 01:13:31,365 I took the $10 million and I have a friend in Amsterdam... 1279 01:13:31,448 --> 01:13:32,825 and I asked him 1280 01:13:33,742 --> 01:13:34,952 for his apartment. 1281 01:13:35,244 --> 01:13:37,788 So, I unload the $10 million in his garage. 1282 01:13:38,247 --> 01:13:39,540 I took... 1283 01:13:39,623 --> 01:13:40,499 ten grand. 1284 01:13:40,582 --> 01:13:42,000 I put it there in the... 1285 01:13:42,668 --> 01:13:43,585 counter. 1286 01:13:43,669 --> 01:13:46,964 When he arrive he have 10 grand there. He come and told me, "What is that?" 1287 01:13:47,464 --> 01:13:48,590 So I told him, "Listen, 1288 01:13:48,674 --> 01:13:49,550 I want you to... 1289 01:13:50,175 --> 01:13:51,301 take you girl... 1290 01:13:52,386 --> 01:13:53,887 and go for few days. 1291 01:13:54,012 --> 01:13:55,639 I'm not gonna tell you why. 1292 01:13:56,515 --> 01:13:58,517 I just need to use your house... 1293 01:13:58,684 --> 01:13:59,893 for few days." 1294 01:14:00,436 --> 01:14:02,771 He told me, "Fuck, yeah, man! 1295 01:14:02,896 --> 01:14:04,690 Fuck, I'm going to Spain! 1296 01:14:04,940 --> 01:14:06,233 [chuckles] I mean, when I have to leave?" 1297 01:14:06,316 --> 01:14:07,317 I say, "Now! 1298 01:14:07,401 --> 01:14:09,153 just get that shit, 1299 01:14:09,236 --> 01:14:13,073 take your fucking passport, split the scene, and make sure... 1300 01:14:13,323 --> 01:14:15,701 you the only one... that knows... 1301 01:14:16,118 --> 01:14:17,161 That I'm here. 1302 01:14:18,328 --> 01:14:21,707 Don't even fucking show your face here in two weeks. 1303 01:14:21,874 --> 01:14:23,292 Take those 10 thousand. 1304 01:14:23,375 --> 01:14:24,626 When you come back, 1305 01:14:25,002 --> 01:14:26,295 if everything is cool, 1306 01:14:26,378 --> 01:14:29,256 you will have another ten thousand on that fucking counter." 1307 01:14:30,382 --> 01:14:31,216 Fuck, I cannot tell you. 1308 01:14:32,426 --> 01:14:34,303 Fucking guy, you know, pack his bag 1309 01:14:34,386 --> 01:14:36,972 in a fucking second and was fucking gone. 1310 01:14:37,139 --> 01:14:38,724 I disconnect the phone. 1311 01:14:40,100 --> 01:14:42,644 I went there and sit and I had a drink. 1312 01:14:46,648 --> 01:14:49,485 I had $9,990,000. 1313 01:14:50,903 --> 01:14:52,863 And you know, when you get $10 million, 1314 01:14:52,946 --> 01:14:54,948 one of the things that you gonna find out 1315 01:14:55,532 --> 01:14:57,826 is that they look like fucking $10 million. 1316 01:14:57,910 --> 01:14:59,578 It's a lot of fucking paper. 1317 01:15:00,829 --> 01:15:02,789 It's a lot of fucking papers. 1318 01:15:03,624 --> 01:15:06,376 I say, "Thank you, Cartel de Cali. 1319 01:15:06,877 --> 01:15:08,962 [chuckles] You know, this looks great." 1320 01:15:20,807 --> 01:15:22,726 [Juan] I was in Miami, running my, 1321 01:15:23,101 --> 01:15:24,770 exotic car rental business, 1322 01:15:26,230 --> 01:15:27,481 and the phone call came. 1323 01:15:28,065 --> 01:15:29,525 Cali Cartel member. 1324 01:15:29,900 --> 01:15:30,734 "Where are you? 1325 01:15:31,109 --> 01:15:32,236 We'd like to meet with you. 1326 01:15:32,694 --> 01:15:34,738 Can you see us tonight?" "Sure." 1327 01:15:36,114 --> 01:15:37,491 Guys flew into town, 1328 01:15:38,534 --> 01:15:40,577 and next thing you know, it's like, 1329 01:15:40,869 --> 01:15:42,246 "Let's go have a drink. 1330 01:15:42,579 --> 01:15:43,455 Let's talk." 1331 01:15:43,705 --> 01:15:47,668 We went out and partied that night, drank best wine, best liquor. 1332 01:15:47,751 --> 01:15:50,712 We had women. We had everything. It was the greatest time. 1333 01:15:51,213 --> 01:15:53,882 The next day, they woke up, like, 4:00 in the afternoon, 1334 01:15:54,383 --> 01:15:57,052 called me up. "Can we meet?" "Sure." 1335 01:15:59,555 --> 01:16:01,557 So they did it right, 'cause we had a great time. 1336 01:16:01,640 --> 01:16:04,017 You know, we broke bread and we partied together. 1337 01:16:05,894 --> 01:16:09,398 They said, "Juan, there's some things we need to know. We need your help. 1338 01:16:10,107 --> 01:16:12,484 "OK." "You know your friend Tony? 1339 01:16:12,651 --> 01:16:15,404 Suddenly, he's gone. He's on the run. 1340 01:16:15,904 --> 01:16:18,448 He's not around anymore, but we know where he is. 1341 01:16:18,907 --> 01:16:20,200 We just need your help." 1342 01:16:21,660 --> 01:16:24,538 I was like, "Really? What do you mean?" 1343 01:16:24,955 --> 01:16:28,333 He goes, "Well, you can start off by telling us where his family lives. 1344 01:16:29,376 --> 01:16:31,253 Where's his wife and where's his kids?" 1345 01:16:31,962 --> 01:16:35,048 "Whoa. What do you mean? What are you talking about?" 1346 01:16:35,215 --> 01:16:38,760 They say, "Yeah, where does his wife and children live here in Miami? 1347 01:16:38,844 --> 01:16:40,345 We know you know that." 1348 01:16:41,555 --> 01:16:44,891 "Why would you be asking?" "Well, he's not around anymore. He's gone. 1349 01:16:45,142 --> 01:16:46,435 And he took our money." 1350 01:16:47,603 --> 01:16:50,981 "What?" "Yes. A lot of money." 1351 01:16:52,524 --> 01:16:54,484 And I'm like, "You're kidding me." 1352 01:16:54,651 --> 01:16:57,571 Say, "Yeah. You need to do this for us." 1353 01:16:58,488 --> 01:16:59,323 "OK." 1354 01:17:00,073 --> 01:17:03,368 I remember I had a white Rolls-Royce at the time. I jump in the Rolls. 1355 01:17:04,661 --> 01:17:05,495 I drove 'em, 1356 01:17:05,621 --> 01:17:07,414 and right at the front of the house, 1357 01:17:07,497 --> 01:17:10,042 they looked at the house and wrote the numbers down. 1358 01:17:11,460 --> 01:17:12,878 They wrote the numbers down. 1359 01:17:14,296 --> 01:17:16,089 He says, "OK, we can go." 1360 01:17:19,343 --> 01:17:20,510 [camera clicks] 1361 01:17:20,761 --> 01:17:22,304 He said to me, "Here's the deal, 1362 01:17:22,638 --> 01:17:23,639 talk to him. 1363 01:17:24,014 --> 01:17:25,390 Talk sense into him. 1364 01:17:25,641 --> 01:17:27,768 Tell him we're watching him. 1365 01:17:27,934 --> 01:17:29,436 He's not going anywhere." 1366 01:17:30,354 --> 01:17:32,230 Juan got him on a line. 1367 01:17:32,939 --> 01:17:35,567 Uh, he said, "Tony, we have to talk to you. 1368 01:17:35,651 --> 01:17:37,110 The situation is getting hot." 1369 01:17:37,194 --> 01:17:38,195 Juan goes, 1370 01:17:38,278 --> 01:17:40,447 "Tony! Fuck, man! 1371 01:17:40,530 --> 01:17:42,699 I've been fucking worried about you!" 1372 01:17:43,533 --> 01:17:45,243 I said, "Man, what's the fucking worry?" 1373 01:17:45,369 --> 01:17:47,746 Told me, "Man, where the fuck are you?" 1374 01:17:47,829 --> 01:17:49,790 I said, "What's the problem?" 1375 01:17:50,040 --> 01:17:53,835 And I tell him, "Buddy, you're in a heap of shit." 1376 01:17:55,337 --> 01:17:58,632 He says, "Man, you have a hit... Looking for you. 1377 01:17:58,840 --> 01:18:00,801 They looking for you bad, brother." 1378 01:18:01,218 --> 01:18:03,095 We were sure they were gonna kill Tony. 1379 01:18:03,261 --> 01:18:04,930 We were absolutely sure. 1380 01:18:05,514 --> 01:18:07,557 Because that's what Juan was told. 1381 01:18:08,517 --> 01:18:11,311 These guys are the real deal. 1382 01:18:11,687 --> 01:18:13,689 They do business differently. 1383 01:18:14,064 --> 01:18:17,067 They've explained it, and the way it works is real simple. 1384 01:18:17,693 --> 01:18:18,735 If you cross them, 1385 01:18:19,111 --> 01:18:21,613 they have to do what they have to do, 1386 01:18:21,780 --> 01:18:23,865 to just earn the respect 1387 01:18:24,324 --> 01:18:26,785 that they need in their business. 1388 01:18:27,202 --> 01:18:30,664 If word gets out that you crossed them and you're walking around, 1389 01:18:31,248 --> 01:18:32,749 then no one respects them. 1390 01:18:33,166 --> 01:18:35,377 I said, "What's the hit all about?" 1391 01:18:35,544 --> 01:18:36,712 He says, "Man... 1392 01:18:37,629 --> 01:18:40,674 only thing that I can tell you... 1393 01:18:41,299 --> 01:18:43,927 they gonna hit you and you better run. 1394 01:18:44,010 --> 01:18:46,346 I don't know what's fucking going on. 1395 01:18:46,430 --> 01:18:50,016 Only thing that I can tell you... is that 1396 01:18:50,142 --> 01:18:53,562 they looking for you every-fucking-where. 1397 01:18:53,645 --> 01:18:56,356 Go to fucking Australia. Go to... 1398 01:18:56,815 --> 01:18:58,692 Just disappear, brother. 1399 01:18:58,775 --> 01:19:00,026 Just disappear." 1400 01:19:07,117 --> 01:19:08,452 [dial tone] 1401 01:19:08,785 --> 01:19:10,537 [over telephone] 1402 01:19:42,110 --> 01:19:42,986 [line disconnecting beep] 1403 01:19:43,069 --> 01:19:45,489 [man] Good morning, Miami. It's sunny and 78, 1404 01:19:45,572 --> 01:19:47,365 another beautiful day in the magic city. 1405 01:19:47,616 --> 01:19:49,826 [Ludwig] One day, I woke up, 1406 01:19:49,910 --> 01:19:52,454 regular beautiful day in Miami, sunny. 1407 01:19:52,954 --> 01:19:53,789 Stunning. 1408 01:19:54,414 --> 01:19:55,874 Woke up my daughter. 1409 01:19:56,291 --> 01:19:57,751 I, uh, give her a bath. 1410 01:19:58,460 --> 01:20:00,170 Uh, dress her beautifully. 1411 01:20:00,253 --> 01:20:02,881 [Ludwig's daughter] Papa! Father-- your daughter? 1412 01:20:02,964 --> 01:20:03,799 [Ludwig] No. 1413 01:20:03,882 --> 01:20:05,258 [Ludwig's daughter] Dad? Father? 1414 01:20:05,425 --> 01:20:08,512 Took my two guns, like always, with me. 1415 01:20:08,804 --> 01:20:10,055 Um... 1416 01:20:10,180 --> 01:20:13,934 put her in the car, and I was driving quietly with the music, 1417 01:20:14,017 --> 01:20:15,727 put a seat belt on my daughter, 1418 01:20:15,852 --> 01:20:18,188 and holding her by the hand and we were driving. 1419 01:20:18,355 --> 01:20:22,150 But inner feeling was telling me something is wrong. 1420 01:20:22,234 --> 01:20:25,111 I look left and right driving slowly, 1421 01:20:25,195 --> 01:20:29,115 enjoying myself, kind of, feeling that something is in the air. 1422 01:20:30,826 --> 01:20:33,829 We thought that Tarzan found out that he was being investigated. 1423 01:20:34,454 --> 01:20:37,374 We're not sure how. It could it be a leak somewhere? 1424 01:20:37,582 --> 01:20:39,751 So the decision was made to arrest him. 1425 01:20:40,210 --> 01:20:43,421 We followed him to drop off his daughter at kindergarten. 1426 01:20:43,922 --> 01:20:45,799 I drop my daughter in Aventura school, 1427 01:20:46,591 --> 01:20:51,054 and then, as soon as I pull out of the kindergarten. 1428 01:20:53,640 --> 01:20:56,768 I see them in the rear-view mirror. They were driving slow. 1429 01:20:59,479 --> 01:21:02,774 I say, "Oh, my God, here we go." 1430 01:21:05,068 --> 01:21:09,823 I drove slow, knowing that something is gonna happen right now. 1431 01:21:10,031 --> 01:21:13,076 And, of course, I see the woo-woo-woo. 1432 01:21:13,201 --> 01:21:14,494 [siren wails] 1433 01:21:14,578 --> 01:21:15,745 [Brent] Then we stopped him. 1434 01:21:16,121 --> 01:21:17,831 They placed him in my car. 1435 01:21:17,998 --> 01:21:20,083 [Ludwig] And then I said, um, 1436 01:21:21,126 --> 01:21:22,127 "Am I arrested?" 1437 01:21:23,378 --> 01:21:27,883 And, uh, Brent Eaton said, "Oh, no, no, no. You're not arrested. 1438 01:21:28,091 --> 01:21:29,509 No, we're not arresting you." 1439 01:21:29,593 --> 01:21:31,511 I said, "Good, then I don't want to come with you." 1440 01:21:31,595 --> 01:21:33,680 He said, "No, no, you need to come with us." 1441 01:21:33,805 --> 01:21:35,473 I said, "But I don't want to come with you." 1442 01:21:35,974 --> 01:21:37,976 They said, "You have to come with us." 1443 01:21:38,268 --> 01:21:41,813 I said, "Why do I have to come with you if I'm not arrested? 1444 01:21:41,897 --> 01:21:43,398 I don't want to go with you. 1445 01:21:44,024 --> 01:21:45,150 You want to arrest me?" 1446 01:21:45,775 --> 01:21:47,819 "We're not arresting you." I said, "I don't want to go." 1447 01:21:48,069 --> 01:21:51,698 "No, I think you need to come with us." I said, "OK." 1448 01:21:51,907 --> 01:21:54,117 And we drove him to the DEA office. 1449 01:21:54,868 --> 01:21:56,995 I was in Moscow, um, 1450 01:21:57,162 --> 01:22:01,249 closing a 47 million dollar deal for the Helitaxi company, 1451 01:22:01,958 --> 01:22:06,046 and when I arrive there, I was traveling with my lawyer, 1452 01:22:06,421 --> 01:22:07,255 who's Jewish. 1453 01:22:07,422 --> 01:22:10,383 And who wanted to visit the synagogues 1454 01:22:10,467 --> 01:22:12,928 in St. Pete, which are beautiful. 1455 01:22:14,054 --> 01:22:16,097 And so I called up Tarzan's brother 1456 01:22:16,640 --> 01:22:20,268 and I said, "Do me a favor. Can you take my--my attorney, 1457 01:22:20,894 --> 01:22:22,771 take him to visit the synagogues? 1458 01:22:23,229 --> 01:22:25,649 Uh, and then we'll do... we'll get business knocked out." 1459 01:22:25,857 --> 01:22:27,901 He says, "What are you talking about? 1460 01:22:28,109 --> 01:22:29,945 Do you not know what's happened?" 1461 01:22:30,028 --> 01:22:31,071 Said, "What do you mean?" 1462 01:22:31,154 --> 01:22:34,741 He goes, "My brother was just picked up yesterday morning in Miami, 1463 01:22:35,075 --> 01:22:39,788 on a major cocaine distribution case. 1464 01:22:41,206 --> 01:22:42,958 Involving submarines." 1465 01:22:43,208 --> 01:22:45,710 "What are you talking about?" He goes, "I'm telling you, 1466 01:22:46,169 --> 01:22:48,004 my brother has been arrested, 1467 01:22:48,129 --> 01:22:50,548 and there's a manhunt out for you." 1468 01:22:51,174 --> 01:22:53,343 [Ludwig] Brent Eaton said to me, 1469 01:22:53,677 --> 01:22:55,804 "Hey, Tarzan, you're, like, in deep shit." 1470 01:22:56,096 --> 01:22:58,056 I was saying things like, 1471 01:22:59,265 --> 01:23:01,685 "You're either gonna go home today, 1472 01:23:01,768 --> 01:23:03,979 or you're going to go to jail. It's up to you." 1473 01:23:04,354 --> 01:23:06,773 And he kept saying, "Well, what did I do? 1474 01:23:07,107 --> 01:23:08,775 Explain to me what I did." 1475 01:23:09,109 --> 01:23:11,236 I didn't sell nothing. I didn't kill nobody. 1476 01:23:11,403 --> 01:23:15,281 I didn't steal from nobody. I didn't do anything illegal 1477 01:23:15,365 --> 01:23:16,908 for them to arrest me. 1478 01:23:17,158 --> 01:23:18,868 [Alex] They're not just gonna arrest you because you talk about it. 1479 01:23:18,994 --> 01:23:23,164 You have to do something in furtherance of the conspiracy, and he did that. 1480 01:23:23,665 --> 01:23:27,627 He flew to Russia. He did negotiate for the submarine. 1481 01:23:48,481 --> 01:23:50,775 I say, "Maybe I'm getting nervous here. 1482 01:23:50,859 --> 01:23:54,070 Maybe these guys in Miami here don't understand how do this... 1483 01:23:54,154 --> 01:23:55,488 how do this work." 1484 01:23:55,572 --> 01:23:57,657 Maybe, you know... I'm just on my way to Spain 1485 01:23:57,741 --> 01:24:00,326 to see if they really have another twenty millions. 1486 01:24:00,452 --> 01:24:01,286 So... 1487 01:24:01,369 --> 01:24:03,246 I just got my plane to Madrid. 1488 01:24:03,496 --> 01:24:06,791 I went there, organized my crew, called four or five people. 1489 01:24:06,875 --> 01:24:08,043 "Bring the hardware. 1490 01:24:08,126 --> 01:24:09,627 Get ready. We gonna fight." 1491 01:24:09,711 --> 01:24:13,423 You know, I have to defense myself. You know, I have to make sure that... 1492 01:24:13,506 --> 01:24:17,302 I was not gonna turn my back to next $10 million. 1493 01:24:29,397 --> 01:24:30,774 So, I went there to Madrid. 1494 01:24:30,857 --> 01:24:32,025 I called the guy. 1495 01:24:32,108 --> 01:24:34,861 I told the guy, "Listen, you know, I just flew to Barcelona. 1496 01:24:34,944 --> 01:24:37,947 I'm gonna take the fast train from Barcelona to... 1497 01:24:38,281 --> 01:24:39,324 to Madrid." 1498 01:24:39,741 --> 01:24:41,743 "You know, I call you as soon as I get there 1499 01:24:41,826 --> 01:24:43,453 to the train station." 1500 01:24:43,536 --> 01:24:45,663 So, we there, like, 1501 01:24:45,747 --> 01:24:48,416 one hour before the train arrive from Barcelona. 1502 01:24:51,169 --> 01:24:52,837 So, when the train arrived, 1503 01:24:52,921 --> 01:24:54,422 you know, I called that number. 1504 01:24:55,006 --> 01:24:56,174 [phone ringing] 1505 01:24:58,384 --> 01:25:00,136 So, that number responds. 1506 01:25:01,930 --> 01:25:02,847 "Hey, how are you?" 1507 01:25:02,931 --> 01:25:05,975 I say, "No, I'm fine, but where are you? We don't see you." 1508 01:25:06,059 --> 01:25:08,561 And then I'm just in the... in the parking lot. 1509 01:25:08,728 --> 01:25:11,731 You know? Like, I don't know, hundred meters away 1510 01:25:11,981 --> 01:25:13,775 in a car with two guys. 1511 01:25:14,651 --> 01:25:17,070 I have another guy there in front of the terminal. 1512 01:25:17,904 --> 01:25:20,281 And then, you know, I didn't know what to say. 1513 01:25:20,365 --> 01:25:22,367 And then, you know, I just look and there is a... 1514 01:25:23,034 --> 01:25:24,410 there is a taxi there 1515 01:25:24,494 --> 01:25:25,787 with a guy sitting in the front. 1516 01:25:26,371 --> 01:25:28,373 And I say, "Man, you know I'm here in the taxi. 1517 01:25:28,456 --> 01:25:30,458 I'm sitting just right in front of the terminal. 1518 01:25:30,542 --> 01:25:33,002 You don't fucking see me in the fucking taxi?" 1519 01:25:34,295 --> 01:25:35,255 Fuck, I say that... 1520 01:25:35,338 --> 01:25:36,840 Immediately, there are like 10 of them. 1521 01:25:36,923 --> 01:25:37,841 They jump... 1522 01:25:38,591 --> 01:25:39,425 -in the taxi. -[tires screech] 1523 01:25:39,509 --> 01:25:41,261 They... just took the driver. 1524 01:25:41,344 --> 01:25:43,972 They took the guy in the front. They jump in the back. 1525 01:25:44,055 --> 01:25:46,015 They follow with other car. 1526 01:25:46,266 --> 01:25:48,643 And fucking drive... you know... 1527 01:25:48,726 --> 01:25:50,728 You know, it started to make... 1528 01:25:51,187 --> 01:25:52,021 few moves. 1529 01:25:52,147 --> 01:25:53,189 -[tires screech] -[engine roars] 1530 01:25:56,151 --> 01:25:57,277 [tires screech] 1531 01:25:57,694 --> 01:25:59,070 I stay there, you know. 1532 01:25:59,154 --> 01:26:01,948 Fuck, we just leave the terminal. 1533 01:26:02,031 --> 01:26:03,741 And I mean, there's no doubt 1534 01:26:03,825 --> 01:26:05,034 they was there waiting for me. 1535 01:26:05,118 --> 01:26:07,036 We just took in the car and we just left. 1536 01:26:07,662 --> 01:26:09,747 Few minutes later, they call me back to the cell. 1537 01:26:09,873 --> 01:26:11,541 The guy say, "What's happening, amigo?" 1538 01:26:11,875 --> 01:26:13,251 [speaking Spanish] Where are you? 1539 01:26:13,793 --> 01:26:16,546 So I told him, "I'm in the fucking taxi. 1540 01:26:17,255 --> 01:26:18,381 You didn't saw me." 1541 01:26:19,090 --> 01:26:20,967 He said, "No, no, I didn't saw you. 1542 01:26:21,718 --> 01:26:24,512 You know, where are you? We just looking for you here. 1543 01:26:25,305 --> 01:26:28,433 I told him, "Listen, brother. You just missed your opportunity. 1544 01:26:28,516 --> 01:26:30,351 I'm already gone. I see you later. 1545 01:26:30,435 --> 01:26:32,478 "Please, you know, send my regard to those guys. 1546 01:26:32,562 --> 01:26:34,898 And tell them that I hit them for $10 million. 1547 01:26:35,815 --> 01:26:37,400 And tell them to... 1548 01:26:37,483 --> 01:26:38,484 fuck off." 1549 01:26:52,498 --> 01:26:54,167 It made major headlines. 1550 01:26:54,417 --> 01:26:57,879 We were on the front cover of every major newspaper in the world. 1551 01:26:58,546 --> 01:27:01,799 From Vanity Fair magazine to Playboy magazine, you name it. 1552 01:27:01,883 --> 01:27:02,717 All of them. 1553 01:27:03,801 --> 01:27:05,386 When you make The New York Times, 1554 01:27:05,470 --> 01:27:08,139 when you make America's Most Wanted, you're in deep shit. 1555 01:27:13,770 --> 01:27:17,440 [Brent] There were very clever prosecutors and agents who knew what they were doing. 1556 01:27:17,941 --> 01:27:20,777 They threatened him, they were taking his child, 1557 01:27:21,361 --> 01:27:24,489 and last minute, they flipped him. 1558 01:27:24,948 --> 01:27:26,950 You know, sometimes you love people. 1559 01:27:27,450 --> 01:27:30,703 So I say, well, you know, I may going to give Tarzan a bar. 1560 01:27:32,622 --> 01:27:34,707 But after I spend a few millions, 1561 01:27:34,958 --> 01:27:36,209 you know, his... 1562 01:27:36,292 --> 01:27:38,628 commission, or whatever you want to call it, 1563 01:27:38,753 --> 01:27:40,713 I reduce it to 500. 1564 01:27:42,340 --> 01:27:43,716 But after he flip, 1565 01:27:44,050 --> 01:27:47,053 I was not going to finance a fucking rat. 1566 01:28:01,818 --> 01:28:04,862 We did outsmart the FBI, we did outsmart DEA, 1567 01:28:04,988 --> 01:28:07,323 we even did outsmart, the court. 1568 01:28:07,991 --> 01:28:11,369 You know, after all, I was free and my partner Juan, 1569 01:28:11,786 --> 01:28:14,956 who received 40 years, was free, 1570 01:28:15,415 --> 01:28:17,417 and basically none of us in jail. 1571 01:28:18,376 --> 01:28:19,919 You know, one thing I guess 1572 01:28:20,086 --> 01:28:21,713 we never discussed between us. 1573 01:28:22,255 --> 01:28:23,548 Each one of us, 1574 01:28:24,173 --> 01:28:26,384 me, Tony Yester, and Juan, 1575 01:28:26,592 --> 01:28:28,720 we were planning to leave the Colombians. 1576 01:28:29,137 --> 01:28:32,348 Uh, I didn't have no access to the money. 1577 01:28:33,057 --> 01:28:35,393 Otherwise, I would already be taking my... 1578 01:28:37,145 --> 01:28:39,022 Um... Yeah. 1579 01:28:55,872 --> 01:28:58,458 [producer] Do they ever stop looking for $10 million dollars? 1580 01:28:59,917 --> 01:29:02,128 I have to tell you, all my enemies are dead 1581 01:29:02,211 --> 01:29:03,212 and I'm happy. 1582 01:29:03,338 --> 01:29:06,382 I'm gonna see them in fucking hell when I arrive there. 1583 01:29:19,479 --> 01:29:20,897 We're still friends. 1584 01:29:21,397 --> 01:29:23,316 We're still doing business together. 1585 01:29:24,275 --> 01:29:26,027 We're not buying submarines, but... 1586 01:29:27,195 --> 01:29:28,654 we're still doing business. 1587 01:29:35,578 --> 01:29:38,539 By 2000, I was organizing another sub. 1588 01:29:38,748 --> 01:29:44,087 Since that case, in Colombia, up in the mountains, 1589 01:29:44,212 --> 01:29:48,591 they found a Russian submarine being assembled. 1590 01:29:48,674 --> 01:29:51,844 They come, they raid, and they find that fucking sub... 1591 01:29:51,928 --> 01:29:53,012 almost finished. 1592 01:29:53,721 --> 01:29:55,515 And that was a fucking lethal weapon. 1593 01:29:55,681 --> 01:30:00,061 That really had the capability to do exactly what it needed to be done. 1594 01:30:06,526 --> 01:30:08,152 I always wanted to know, 1595 01:30:08,486 --> 01:30:11,739 what is the difference between the agent and a special agent? 1596 01:30:12,532 --> 01:30:15,034 What was so special about those guys? 1597 01:30:15,409 --> 01:30:17,161 I mean, they were super good-looking? 1598 01:30:17,745 --> 01:30:19,914 What was special? [stutters] What was special? 1599 01:30:20,039 --> 01:30:22,750 Why he is special? Why he's better than me? 1600 01:30:22,875 --> 01:30:24,168 I'm also was a special. 1601 01:30:24,252 --> 01:30:26,754 I didn't tell them that I'm a super Tarzan. 1602 01:30:26,963 --> 01:30:30,007 You know, a special Tarzan. I just was a regular Tarzan. 1603 01:30:37,056 --> 01:30:38,432 I scored $10 million. 1604 01:30:40,601 --> 01:30:43,604 Cannot fucking believe it how fast I spend it. 1605 01:30:46,816 --> 01:30:48,484 ["Ice Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice playing] 121691

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