Just finished watching Cocaine Cowboys (part 1). SMDH

[jimmybeanz]

There where a lot of interesting things discussed in the documentary, but the biggest things to me were:

- That drug money BUILT Miami. It was like Myrtle Beach or something prior to the 70s-80s.  The money truly fueled the economy: real estate, entertainment, retail, etc. 

- Some of these dealers could give Steve Jobs a run for his money in terms of innovation.  

- There was a "godmother" who ran a piece of Miami.  Her brutal and emotional style (read:mad murders over petty stuff, expected when estrogen is in play) is what brought the feds down on a billion dollar business. 

- Pablo Escobar was not that dude - at least not the "end all/be all" that he is portrayed as??? There was actually somebody over him?


Yeah, I'm late. So what. 

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT (for the Mods) - Selling that white is bad. Using that white is bad.  Killing people over that white is bad.   

 

[pr0phecy718]

Originally Posted by jimmybeanz

Yeah, I'm late. So what. 

lol

 

[melofan15]

movie was

 

[theflygaijin]

first thing that came to mind was the song by Gucci mane called cocaine cowboy

 

[any given sunday89]

 Pablo Escobar was not that dude - at least not the "end all/be all" that he is portrayed as??? There was actually somebody over him?


When you supply 85% of the worlds cocaine, I think your that dude.. He was also a billionaire

 

[damu]

movie was dope as hell, number 2 is pretty dope too. number 2 is about this dude who writes to the godmother in jail and how she has him run her business and he also becomes her lover

some crazy #%@* in both movies

 

[jimmybeanz]

Originally Posted by Any Given Sunday89

 Pablo Escobar was not that dude - at least not the "end all/be all" that he is portrayed as??? There was actually somebody over him?

When you supply 85% of the worlds cocaine, I think your that dude.. He was also a billionaire
Have you watched the documentary? I'm just going off what was stated that Pablo was in the lime light but someone else truly ran the Medellin Cartel. 

EDIT: One of the Ochoa brothers was supposedly the real power in the Medellin Cartel. 

 

[mr4thquarter]

Where can this be viewed?

 

[jimmybeanz]

Originally Posted by Mr4thQuarter

Where can this be viewed?

I was watching it via Instant Streaming on Netflix. 

 

[damu]

Originally Posted by Any Given Sunday89

 Pablo Escobar was not that dude - at least not the "end all/be all" that he is portrayed as??? There was actually somebody over him?

When you supply 85% of the worlds cocaine, I think your that dude.. He was also a billionaire

 

[jimmybeanz]

Originally Posted by Damu

Originally Posted by Any Given Sunday89

�Pablo Escobar was not that dude - at least not the "end all/be all" that he is portrayed as??? There was actually somebody over him?

When you supply 85% of the worlds cocaine, I think your that dude.. He was also a billionaire

Thanks Damu! Fabio Ochoa!

 

[strictlyhainan]

Watch part 2. I still think 1 was better.

 

[dunk these]

this doc is just crazy..

from flyin planes over there, to hiding money bc they got so much and aint got no where to put it, to Miami boomin with developments, to wrecking BMWs and coppin a new one the next day, to all them damn Kilos, to that Dr. that said every dollar bill he came across had coke residue on it, to the massacre at the Mall, to lil boy getting accidentally shot, to the Godmother... i can go on and on..

smh at the fact that theres no legal hussle that can see this kind of revenue, this fast..

 

[papageorgeo510]

Yeah, this documentary is one of the best I've seen. And it's crazy how our government let this happened. I'm talking about literally let it happened. "yeah just back them trucks full of cocaine in here" type of stuff.

 

[51and3rd]

papageorgeo510 wrote:

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Yeah, this documentary is one of the best I've seen. And it's crazy how our government let this happened MADE THIS HAPPEN! I'm talking about literally let it happened. "yeah just back them trucks full of cocaine in here" type of stuff.
Do your research...............

  

 

[cobra kai]

Originally Posted by jimmybeanz

Originally Posted by Mr4thQuarter

Where can this be viewed?

I was watching it via Instant Streaming on Netflix. 

turns on ps3

 

[tsx24]

just finished watching it on netflix. that $#%$ is sickk

 

[langfor5]

While Escobar certainly had his hand in the cocaine business in Miami the man who really ran the show behind the scenes was Ochoa.

 

[untouchable jc]

Escobar ran the cocaine business in Colombia as the muscle of the Medellin Cartel, the Ochoas along with Carlos Lehder and George Jung handled distribution in the US and Jose Rodriguez Gacha was the overseer of all production. They worked as a conglomerate as they all had their own thing but joined together to maximize their profit and power.

 

[romedadude]

Didn't they say the Godmother (Griselda Blanco) was the biggest of them all? I watched both CC last year but I can't recall.

 

[got shoes]

Great Documentary. Really shows how easily drugs used to be brought in Miami and how Miami was really not a booming economy like it is now. All them buildings were built from the drug hustle smh

 

[nikepennyiv]

My favorite part was when the guy was talking about how he had the Steelers over at his house doing coke the night before the Super Bowl.

 

[jimmybeanz]

Originally Posted by romedadude

Didn't they say the Godmother (Griselda Blanco) was the biggest of them all? I watched both CC last year but I can't recall.

Not from what I saw.  They said she was the biggest thug.  She basically ruined the game for everybody, cause she didn't use any common sense.  She had her thugs shooting people in the mall and all types of silly stuff.  The feds came in because of her dumb *#%%.  A broad brought down a billion dollar empire!!!

 

[the stoic paisano]

Originally Posted by jimmybeanz


- Some of these dealers could give Steve Jobs a run for his money in terms of innovation.  

Enh. The rest I agree with, but 'innovative' isn't the first word that comes to mind when I think of these guys. It was just a normal supply chain operation with enemies (see US Customs) looking the other way. I mean seriously, innovative people don't have 7 million dollars buried in the yard.

 

[send one]

Originally Posted by jimmybeanz

- There was a "godmother" who ran a piece of Miami.  Her brutal and emotional style (read:mad murders over petty stuff, expected when estrogen is in play) is what brought the feds down on a billion dollar business. 

Griselda Blanco was a psycho %%%%@.

Putting money on babies heads.