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The Miami drug war was a series of armed conflicts in the 1970s and 1980s, centered in the city of Miami, Florida, between the United States government and multiple drug cartels, primarily the Medellín Cartel. It was predominantly fueled by the illegal trafficking of cocaine.
The Night Train drug seizure was a December 1977 seizure of 54 tons of marijuana by the United States Coast Guard off the southeastern coast of Florida which marked the beginning of Operation Stopgap, a United States federal law enforcement inter-agency drug interdiction operation focusing on interdicting drugs from Colombian cartels and other illicit Central and South American drug sources. [1]
In some cases they have aligned themselves with American Mafia families and Colombian cartels to set up drug pipelines and working for them as enforcers. Marielito gang activity isn't as endemic as it was in the 80s, but Marielito gangs are still active in Los Angeles , Washington and New York City (especially the South Bronx ).
By the end of the 1960s, a rapidly expanding Dadeland was enclosed and converted to a mall. By the 1970s, Kendall had become Miami-Dade’s fastest growing community, with this trend accelerating ...
By late 1970s and early ‘80s, Miami Beach, after its first heyday from the 1930s through the ‘60s, was a place in transition. ... The Prairie Avenue campus opened in the early 1960s.
Here is a look through the photo and story archives of the Miami Herald at what started as Bicentennial Park in downtown Miami. A 1977 picture of the Miami skyline shot from Bicentennial Park.
War on drugs, a campaign, led by the U.S. federal government, of drug prohibition, military aid, and military intervention. Miami drug war , a series of armed conflicts in the 1970s and 1980s. See also
Shakedown City: Investigations, lawsuits and the anatomy of Miami’s political scandals Susan Merriam, Sarah Blaskey, Joey Flechas, Tess Riski December 21, 2023 at 11:15 AM