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

Published: July 11, 2021, 7:51 p.m.

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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\n(00:00) - Introduction
\n(09:56) - Money
\n(12:17) - Pablo Escobar
\n(19:30) - Jorge Ochoa
\n(27:05) - First time
\n(31:51) - Landing an airplane on the highway
\n(34:41) - Barry Seal
\n(45:05) - Mena, Arkansas
\n(49:58) - Assassination of Barry Seal
\n(1:03:10) - American Made
\n(1:07:22) - Blow
\n(1:09:28) - Story of torture in a Mexican prison
\n(1:14:08) - Getting shot down
\n(1:27:51) - Prison
\n(1:41:34) - Reflections on a life of crime
\n(1:46:51) - Advice for young people
\n(1:49:49) - Love
\n(2:03:09) - Death
\n(2:05:55) - Meaning of life
\n(2:09:58) - Poem