If LSD best represents the mind-expanding mantra of the 1960s, and marijuana the mellow stony vibe of the 1970s, then surely cocaine is the mascot narcotic for the go-go-go Me Decade of the 1980s. From a sociological perspective, whether you called it coke, snow, blow, gak, sugar, Charlie, or nose...
Los Muchachos , all grown up. From left to right: Tony “Bamba” Garcia, Tavy Falcon, Roberto Solis, Willy Falcon , Sal Magluta , Benny Lorenzo, Frank Ocando Paz, Tony “El Cuño” Garrudo.
Any number of groups imported and sold cocaine in America during those years, but perhaps none more successfully than the Miami-based family-and-friends conglomerate led by Eddie Falcon and Sal Magluta known as “Los Muchachos.” But the fun couldn’t last forever. And when The War on Drugs caught up with Los Muchachos, many of their members spent years behind bars. Now, T.J. English—America’s premier chronicler of organized crime in books likeSurprisingly, the genesis of the book came from Willy Falcon’s family themselves, as English was approached by Falcon's daughter about telling the story of the now-free former Cocaine King.
Of course, the vast majority of people probably know what they know about Miami, cocaine, and the 1980s from the movieEarly in the book—which includes much information never before disclosed from new and participatory sources—English addresses this perception head on.“I wanted to dispense with that right up front. And to be honest, before I wrote this book, I would have fallen prey to the misconceptions seen in movies and TV shows and news coverage as well,” he says.
“I think maybe that was one of if not the most surprising thing I found out doing this book. And that goes back to the images we have in our head given it was during the ‘War on Drugs,’” English says. “A War that cost trillions of dollars and was a propaganda strategy to demonize cocaine to the American people.”He notes that Edwin Meese, the U.S.
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