The Fall Of The Cocaine Empire How Authorities Brought Down Willy Falcon And Griselda Blanco

Prosecutors are now presenting to a miami federal grand jury evidence that former falcon and magluta attorney juan acosta was gunned down in september 1989 to prevent him from.

They evaded the authorities for years despite their flashy lifestyles and.

But at the height of their power, these drug lords weren’t seen as all that bad.

Webone of miami’s most notorious drug traffickers, magluta made an estimated $2. 1 billion in cocaine money with the help of his partner willy falcon.

Webin their heyday, according to prosecutors, augusto falcon and salvador magluta controlled the largest cocaine smuggling organization on the east coast and one of the top five in the world, a.

Kings of miami features a range of interviews with former drug dealers and smugglers who worked alongside willy and sal, their loved ones, members of their legal defense.

The real-life rise and fall of Griselda Blanco—cocaine ‘godmother’ of

Webaccording to the los angeles times, falcon and magluta dropped out of high school and continued to drug deal until 1978, when prosecutors alleged that an old friend named jorge valdes reached out.

Webby the time falcon and magluta were indicted in 1991, federal prosecutors alleged that they had smuggled 75 tons of cocaine into the u. s.

Webmagluta, along with his partner, falcon was indicted by a federal grand jury in april 1991 for a plethora of drug trafficking crimes, including operating a continuing criminal enterprise accused of importing and distributing over 75 tons of cocaine.