#199 – Roger Reaves: Smuggling Drugs for Pablo Escobar and the Medellin Cartel

Roger Reaves is one of the most prolific drug smugglers in history. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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OUTLINE:

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(00:00) - Introduction

(09:56) - Money

(12:17) - Pablo Escobar

(19:30) - Jorge Ochoa

(27:05) - First time

(31:51) - Landing an airplane on the highway

(34:41) - Barry Seal

(45:05) - Mena, Arkansas

(49:58) - Assassination of Barry Seal

(1:03:10) - American Made

(1:07:22) - Blow

(1:09:28) - Story of torture in a Mexican prison

(1:14:08) - Getting shot down

(1:27:51) - Prison

(1:41:34) - Reflections on a life of crime

(1:46:51) - Advice for young people

(1:49:49) - Love

(2:03:09) - Death

(2:05:55) - Meaning of life

(2:09:58) - Poem