#98 - The Highest Paid Drug Pilot in History | Roger Reaves

Danny Jones Podcast

Danny Jones

Society & Culture, Documentary, Comedy

4.4 • 777 Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2021

⏱️ 160 minutes

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Summary

Roger Reaves is a former pilot and drug smuggler who employed Barry Seal & ended up in prison for 33 years in 26 different prisons, in 7 different countries spanning 4 continents. His friends and associates spanned the globe. From Medellin Cartel kingpins Jorge Ochoa and Pablo Escobar; to "Mr Nice" Howard Marks and the infamous Barry Seal who was Rogers close friend and employee. In his early 30’s he was making over $1 million a day flying back and forth to Colombia and he eventually hired Barry Seal, and Roger gives vivid details to their relationship up to the very end of Barry’s life. Roger escaped from prison on five separate occasions; was shot down in both Mexico and Colombia; and tortured almost to death in a Mexican prison. Get Roger's book here: https://amzn.to/35SXgga Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, world.
0:02.6	Today, my guest is Roger Reeves.
0:05.9	Roger is a former pilot and international drug smuggler who ended up in prison for 33 years
0:11.9	in 26 different prisons in seven different countries spanning four continents.
0:17.7	His friends and associates spanned the globe from the Medellin cartel
0:21.7	kingpins, Georgia Choa, and Pablo Escobar, to Mr. Nice, Howard Marks, and the infamous Barry
0:29.0	Seal, who was Roger's close friend and employee. In his early 30s, Roger was making over a million
0:35.1	dollars a day flying back and forth from Columbia and he eventually
0:38.9	hired Barry Seal and on the podcast Roger gives vivid details to their relationship up to the very
0:45.2	end of Barry's life. Roger escaped from prison on five separate occasions, was shot down in both
0:51.5	Mexico and Colombia and tortured almost to death in a Mexican prison.
0:56.7	It is with great honor I introduced to you the gripping tale of Roger Reeves.
1:09.5	All right, good morning, Roger.
1:11.0	And good morning to you, Danny.
1:12.4	Thank you for being here.
1:13.4	I really appreciate you traveling all the way from the West Coast.
1:16.3	It's my pleasure.
1:18.1	So, to open this up, you served 33 years in prison,
1:31.3	26 different countries?
1:32.9	No, 26 different prisons.
1:33.8	Oh, okay.
1:36.2	Seven countries on four continents.
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