Lord of the Skies: The Man Who United Mexico's Cartels

The Underworld Podcast

Documentary, True Crime, History, Society & Culture

4.6 • 871 Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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We're joined by author Noah Hurowitz to tell the story of Amado Carrillo Fuentes, one of the most powerful narco-traffickers to every live, with an estimated fortune of 25 billion dollars. After having spent his youth learning the ways from the old guard of top-level drug lords, he rose to the top of the Juarez Cartel and became infamous for the fleet of jets he used to transport tons and tons of cocaine. He also became known for his business savvy and negotiation skills, bribing police, military, judges and politicians at the highest level while uniting various traffickers into a federation of cartels. His downfall, though, came at the hands of a hapless plastic surgeon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:59.2	July 1997 Mexico City.
1:05.0	Amato Carillo Fuentez, also known as the Lord of the skies, because of all the airplanes he used to
1:09.7	traffic massive amounts of cocaine, is at the height of his power or he was just a few months ago.
1:15.6	The man who got his start in the drug game when he was barely a teenager and spent the ensuing
1:20.6	decades apprentices and learning different aspects of the game
1:23.4	from a host of cartel bosses and drug lords has really put his knowledge to use.
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