Los Angeles - 1982, the young Ricky finds in tennis a way to get out of the ghetto and starts dealing drugs to finance his training. But 15 years later he forgot his dreams of Wimbledon to become one of the biggest Cocaine distributors in the United States. While in jail, he discovers that the CIA used him to finance anti-communists troops in South America a ... Show More
May 2018
Ricky "Freeway" Donnell Ross
<p>Los Angeles - 1982, le jeune Ricky cherche un moyen pour payer ses cours de Tennis.<br/>Le deal semble être une solution rapide.<br/>15 ans plus tard, le voilà un des plus gros distributeur de cocaïne des Etats-Unis.<br/>En prison, il découvre qu’il n’était qu’un pion de la C. ... Show More
22m 49s
Dec 2020
Cocaine Captain: The Story of JC Perez
Cocaine production is at an all-time high, but it came to fame in the Miami Vice era of the 1980’s with the help of the “Cocaine Cowboys.” In this episode, Mariana sits down with JC Perez, who piloted cocaine smuggling runs for one of the biggest bosses in the business. Over the ... Show More
50m 16s
Jun 2024
Jose Canseco: SWAT Teams, Smuggled Drugs, and 'Roid Rage
Jose Canseco was a big league slugger who gave the people what they wanted. Not just massive home runs and a whole lot of stolen bases. He provided entertainment. And his audience, not just baseball fans but the world, ate it up. The private encounter with Madonna in her apartmen ... Show More
38m 51s
Jul 2021
The Cuban Mob: Billion Dollar Rackets, the CIA, Lucchese Mafia Firebomb Wars, Miami Cocaine Trafficking and Fidel Castro
Jose Miguel Battle's Cuban Mafia known as The Corporation ran a billion dollar numbers racket with brutal enforcers for three decades, growing so powerful that they went to war with the Luccheses, firebombing each other's spots all over New York City. This episode has got failed ... Show More
1h 1m