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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.
Cocaine Cowboys chronicles the development of the illegal drug trade in Miami during the 1970s and 1980s with interviews of both law enforcement and organized crime leaders, in addition to news footage from the era. The film reveals that in the 1960s and early 1970s, marijuana was the primary import drug into
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.
Photos Griselda Blanco’s police arrest picture in Miami-Dade County. Griselda Blanco was one of Miami’s most murderous and cash-happy drug dealers in the Cocaine Cowboys era.
On June 3, 1986, the majority of the Outlaws' South Florida chapter — including the already-imprisoned Nolan and his vice president, Fred "Yankee" Hegney — were indicted in a federal racketeering case, which covered a series of crimes in Broward County between 1970 and 1985. [3] [7] Drug sales, robberies, kidnappings, prostitution ...
See shopping photos from the 1970s and ’80s. Jeff Kleinman. ... Let’s take a look through the Miami Herald archives at some old photos of Dadeland, Omni, Cutler Ridge, Westland and Aventura ...
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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 ...