Cocaine Inc. (Pt 2) - The Sweet Song
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3.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 27 December 2024
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Where people fight and die in the coca plantations.
In Colombia, Stephen Drill discovers how the international cocaine business starts, and the cost paid by everyone it touches.
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| 0:00.0 | We've all been there, standing on the platform catching your breath watching the last train home pull away. |
| 0:06.0 | Holiday blues or a rainy day tucked up on the sofa. |
| 0:09.0 | It's times like that when all you want is a comforting cuddle, |
| 0:13.0 | a big old hug that tells you everything's going to be okay. |
| 0:17.0 | And on days like these, when it's comfort you need, it has to be Heinz. |
| 0:22.4 | Nothing beats the feeling of a warming bowl of your favorite soup. |
| 0:26.9 | Heinz. |
| 0:27.9 | Ah, that's better. |
| 0:33.1 | Al-o-lado, you passaras, and there you vas antonar, del other side you passers and there you |
| 0:38.3 | go toanar, |
| 0:40.3 | and I remember that when I was singing that song, |
| 0:47.3 | I raised my hands and I say to my God, |
| 0:51.3 | I forgive the person that did me that and I say to my God, I forgive the person that did me that. |
| 0:55.7 | And I say to my God, forgive them. |
| 1:00.1 | And forgive me because in this time, I need you so much. |
| 1:20.6 | On the 1st of December, 1993, a short, plump, middle-aged man is celebrating his 44th birthday, inside a house in his home city of Medellin, Colombia. There's cake, good wine and marijuana. |
| 1:30.9 | The man has a wide smile and greying hair at the sides. |
| 1:35.0 | He owns several palatial homes, |
| 1:37.4 | has been a congressman and for the last seven years running |
| 1:40.4 | made the world-famous Forbes magazine list of billionaires. |
| 1:45.2 | But right now, he's in hiding. |
| 1:53.0 | The next afternoon, the man sits inside waiting for a boy who's been sent to fetch lunch from a local restaurant. |
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