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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 film chronicles his role in the Miami drug war (the resulting crime epidemic that swept the American city of Miami, Florida, in the 1970s and 1980s). The producers of Cocaine Cowboys use interviews with law enforcement, journalists, lawyers, former drug smugglers, and gang members to provide a first-hand perspective of the Miami drug war.
In the late 1960s, long-haired, beaded and tie-dyed flower children brought their drugs, incense, guitars and peace symbols to South Florida. Hippies had finally reached Miami.
Miami drug war, a series of armed conflicts in the 1970s and 1980s. See also. War on Drugs (disambiguation) This page was last edited on 26 January ...
Throughout the 1970s cocaine sales increased sevenfold and began to outsell heroin for the first time. [8] Cocaine in general was seen by the 1970s as a drug of the elite for its old legacy of rarity and high cost. In 1974, The New York Times Magazine ran an article deeming cocaine the "champagne of drugs". The drug was also seen as having a ...
Griselda Blanco was known as the “godmother of cocaine” and had Miami connections during the city’s Cocaine Cowboy” days in the 1980s. ... the mastermind behind the gruesome drug related ...
By the end of the 1960s, more than four hundred thousand Cuban refugees were living in Dade County. [35] In the 1960s and 1970s, the Attorney General's authority was used to grant parole, or special permission, to allow Cubans to enter the country. However, parole only allows an individual permission to enter the country, not to stay permanently.
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.