Where in Georgia is Roger Reaves from?Īrrested in 1991, he is serving multiple life sentences in a US prison.īarry Seal, alias Ellis McPickle, was an American pilot who worked for the CIA before smuggling drugs from Colombia into the United States for the Medelln Cartel.
In the film, executing secret missions for the government adds a patriotism and redemptive dimension to his character, but in real life, Barry Seal was a drug smuggler first and foremost.Ĥ. Seal amassed an estimated $60 million by importing drugs into the country, making him one of America’s wealthiest people. Mr Reaves recalls how, at the height of the trade, he earned $US7 million in just months and was so powerful that Escobar constructed him a 1000ft (304m) runway in the South American jungle to pick up tonnes of cocaine. Reaves was alluding to the 1989 bombing of Avianca Flight 203, which killed 110 people.ĭandeny Munoz-Mosquera, the guy behind the bombing, was widely suspected of acting on Escobar’s and the Medellin cartel’s orders. “I felt sorry I ever touched Escobar’s hand after hearing about his blowing up that airliner and killing those women and children.” That is heinous murder.” I believe he began honestly by assisting the needy, but then there was a battle down there. This means that the American could earn between $1.5 and $2.5 million (£1 million-£1.8 million) for an eight-hour flight.įridman noted that some saw Escobar as a “ brutal murderer,” while others see him as a “Robin Hood-like figure who aided the needy,” and he inquired as to which Reaves thought best portrayed the drug lord. The famed drug lord then described Reaves’ work and remuneration, stating that he paid $5,000 (£3,600) per kg transferred and that each plane trip consisted of transferring between 300 and 500 kilos of cocaine. Jorge Ochoa introduced Reaves to Escobar when a job went awry and his contact was shot.īefore Escobar entered the room, Ochoa, whom Reaves described as “the brains” of the Medellin cartel, asked him about his expertise in flying drugs across the border.
Like you and me, we’re sitting here shaking hands.” He said: “When I first met him, he was a gentleman. Reaves worked closely with Kingpin Pablo Escobar in the cartel and described him as a “gentleman” when they first met. Reaves grew up on a modest farm in Georgia and progressed from manufacturing moonshine to being one of the most skilled drug traffickers for the Medellin Cartel, one of the world’s largest at the time. One of the world’s most successful cocaine smugglers has recounted what it was like to work for Pablo Escobar and how he escaped from prison five times.
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