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Game of Crimes

23: Part 1: Luis Navia is Pure Narco

Game of Crimes

Game of Crimes

True Crime

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2021

⏱️ 143 minutes

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Summary

Luis Navia said there's no reason he ever should have been in the drug trafficking business. He grew up in a wealthy and privileged family who escaped Cuba and Fidel Castro just in time. Luis attended the best schools and universities. He had everything...but it wasn't enough. Over the next 25 years he ascended to the top ranks of traffickers, working with the most violent and dangerous organizations and people. He survived two kidnappings and avoided being arrested.

He was virtually unknown to law enforcement and only a small, inner circle knew who 'El Senador' actually was. That all changed with Operation Journey, a 12-nation global investigation that eventually ensnared Luis, landing him in a federal prison in the United States. This is one of the most inside-inside stories ever told.

Pure Narco is the story of Luis Navia - his rise and fall. Get your copy anywhere books are sold online.



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0:00.0

Well, we Snavia talks about some of his big challenges being a pure narco and the amount

0:18.7

of money he had to deal with sometimes.

0:21.3

And how much money were you dealing with at a time that was coming back to you?

0:25.6

The money from the sale of the product became a real problem because when you're selling

0:32.6

200 kilos out there at 60, let's say, it's 12 million bucks and you know, it got to a point

0:40.7

where I told the Colombians, you know, I'm not going to transport the money back to Miami anymore.

0:45.7

That's just too much of a headache, too much of a risk.

0:48.8

So they set up a banking system out west, call it a banking system, just a guy that we would

0:55.2

give the money to and he would receive the money and then they would send it back to Colombia,

1:02.0

however, you know, exchange houses, whatever system they used, it was their system because I

1:08.3

never got into the money laundering end of the business. I concentrated on the product.

1:14.4

Welcome to Game of Crimes.

1:25.4

Hey everybody, welcome back. This is the second fully remote episode with the

1:38.5

traitorous bastard who left me and moved to Florida and left the shit show that is Loudon County.

1:44.2

I am the original and only host left in Loudon County. Morgan Wright here with

1:51.1

Merff, you know, and some of us are smart enough to get away from that crap. So

1:55.8

hang in there, brother. Enjoy. Yeah, and you've been sick the whole time. You've been down there.

2:00.1

Well, I have. I got this sinus infection and it's a kick in my ass. How I have to say?

2:06.8

Yeah, you should have stayed in Loudon County. Should have stayed in Loudon County.

2:10.7

No, I'm good. You know, it's going to be 81 degrees here today. What's it going to be there?

2:15.0

Probably 55, 60 something like that. It's good. I love this change of seasons.

2:19.9

You know, I'm going to send you a snow shovel for Christmas.

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