Cocaine Cowboys: The Kings of Miami (Part Two)

You Can’t Make This Up

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True Crime, Documentary, Tv & Film, Society & Culture, Film Interviews

4.2 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Cocaine Cowboys: The Kings of Miami is a six-part documentary series on the South Florida traffickers indicted in one of the largest drug cases in U.S. history. Cuban exiles Augusto “Willy” Falcon and Salvador “Sal” Magluta were accused of smuggling over 75 tons of cocaine into the U.S. in the 1980s. The high school friends built a reputed $2 billion empire that made Willy and Sal, aka “Los Muchachos,” two of Miami’s biggest celebrities. Up this week, our host Rebecca Lavoie sits down with two fascinating contributors to the "Cocaine Cowboys: The Kings of Miami" series. First up, former drug kingpin ,Jorge Valdes. Then we hear from Sal's girlfriend, Marilyn Bonchea. This episode contains spoilers, so make sure to watch all six episodes of “Cocaine Cowboys: Kings of Miami” before listening on. Stay tuned for next week's Part Two podcast episode with a very special guest to be announced!

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0:00.0	Welcome to you Can't Make This Up, a companion podcast for Netflix's original true crime stories.
0:06.0	I'm Rebecca Lervoy, your host.
0:10.0	Each episode we take a close up look at a true crime narrative,
0:13.2	documentary, or series, and I talk to the people who made them,
0:16.8	diving deep into the backstories
0:18.4	and getting answers to questions raised by what we just watched.
0:22.2	Up this week, part two of our special coverage of the
0:25.1	docuaries, Cocaine Cowboys, Kings of Miami. I had the opportunity to speak with
0:30.8	two of the most compelling contributors to that series.
0:35.0	First, you'll hear my conversation with former drug kingpin, George Valdez, who was
0:40.0	instrumental in establishing the Colombian cartel's drug operations in the US.
0:45.0	As we learned from the series, it was George who eventually handed off this billion-dollar drug smuggling empire to Sal and Willie. Then I sit down for a conversation
0:55.6	with Marilyn Bonachea, Sal's on and off girlfriend to help him run the cartel
1:00.0	from prison and who eventually became the key witness in the government's case against him.
1:05.0	A note to listeners, this episode contains spoilers, so make sure to watch all six episodes of cocaine cowboys, Kings Kings of Miami before listening on.
1:15.0	George Valdez is setting an example of cleaning up his life.
1:24.0	I didn't walk away because I got arrested.
1:26.0	I didn't change my life because I'm sorry I got caught.
1:30.0	I walked away because I wanted nothing to do with that world. George's biography coming clean helps support a ministry by the same name.
1:43.3	He speaks at over 30 youth rallies every year, and is now establishing a center for counseling
1:48.0	and working with you.
1:50.0	Now my passion is to make more money so I can send a million books and help prisoners to find
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