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The infamy of Miami's cocaine wars of the 1970s and 80s is forever etched into the darkest chapters of U.S. history.

And Lieutenant Raul Diaz was on the front lines for all of it. The decorated and controversial law enforcement figure identified the shifting tide in the Magic City when law enforcement lost

their grip on crime as a new breed of criminal flooded South Florida to ply their billion-dollar trade.

In a deadly exclamation mark, Colombian cocaine godmother Griselda Blanco and her assassins

swept through the city with a bloody and ruthless ambition that left countless dead bodies along the way.

Lieutenant Diaz organized and spearheaded the multi-agency task force SENTAC 26 to combat Blanco

and the cartels.

Raul came to the U.S. at age 13 accompanied by only his younger brother and overcame insurmountable

odds after finally finding law enforcement as his calling. He never did things the traditional

way and that wasn't a popular position in the regulated world of police work.

His successes came at a costly price, both professionally and personally,

putting them in the crosshairs of those with an axe to grind,

shockingly, on both sides of law enforcement.

The man profiled in books, documentaries, and the Netflix series Grizleda

is here to share the story previously told by others, now finally told by the one man

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