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Hola amigos, buenas vibras para todos.
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Hello friends, good vibes to all.
We were used to see docu-series about serial killers, crimes or disappearances but Netflix launched this August a story that changes a bit all of the above and Cocaine Cowboys combines ALL of the above but with the particularity that in the middle is a nefarious element, the drug but more specifically: cocaine.
For a matter of morbid or general culture, I don't know, I have always been attracted to this topic, in fact a few years ago I saw the complete series that for me is THE BEST series made about Pablo Escobar: "El Patrón del Mal" (The Boss of Evil), an entirely Colombian production with Colombian actors. The thing is that having very clear what Escobar did it was necessary for me to see this documentary about these 2 characters and to see and understand how they managed to build such a fortune and to outwit the US authorities on more than one occasion. Let's talk then...
- Resumen // Summary.
This is the story of a couple of men, Sal Magluta and Willie Falcón, who were in charge of filling the streets of Miami with cocaine in the 80s and part of the 90s. The empire they built was absurd and they are considered one of the most "important" drug traffickers in the history of the United States (more than 80 tons of cocaine and a fortune of 2000 million dollars) and they were the distributors of the biggest cartels in Colombia, one of them being the Medellin cartel.
Sal and Willie are Cuban exiles who arrived in the United States and, like everyone else, began to study and realized that they needed more and more money, so they began to sell marijuana in secret. They stayed that way for several years until they got into the world of cocaine and began to move all the drugs coming from Colombia in operations that included planes, boats, ships, bankers, members of the police force, etc.
But I think the most impressive thing about all this was the double life they led, because yes, they were big drug traffickers but they were also big personalities in Miami to the point that by being competitors in speedboat races they were the center of attention of all the media, ESPN for example, which even broadcast their competitions. They became national champions.
In the end that good life and apparent impunity doesn't last forever. In 1991 Magluta and Falcon were initially indicted on 17 charges but were released five years later because several witnesses who were to testify against them were mysteriously murdered. In 1999, the justice system was set in motion again and another trial was set up, this time charging them with murder and money laundering.
Finally, Willie Falcon in 2003 pleaded guilty to money laundering and was sent to prison from which he was released in 2017 after serving his sentence. Sal Magluta was not so lucky as he pleaded not guilty to all charges and although he was acquitted for all those murders the judge gave him a sentence of 200 years.
Now, this was all thanks to a person who had a lot of influence over one of these narcos, Marilyn Bonachera. She was vital and key in the trials but I'm going to leave this a little bit unmentioned so you can find out who she really was and all she did by taking a look at this documentary.
- Opinion.
The truth is that as a documentary I liked it a lot because they approached ALL those involved in this story, from accomplices to detectives and lawyers. This allowed us to understand how the whole process of consolidation of this drug "empire" really went, up to the moments when justice did its job.
A story that has a very marked timeline but that from time to time makes some not drastic jumps in time that allows us to click and hook us with certain data and details that are relevant at specific times. It is one of those docu-series where the protagonists sit in front of the camera to tell everything and I personally like that because I feel that beyond being a TV show, it is more genuine and real.
Knowing the opinions of the defense attorneys themselves and of the prosecutors and detectives who were in charge of the cases is something that gives much more depth to the story and provides the viewer with more details that probably would have been overlooked without them.
In short, a very good documentary series that I recommend to everyone just for the fact of knowing a little more of this world so nefarious and why not, for a general culture issue which without any doubt is my case. You can find it on Netflix, it consists of 6 chapters of 45 minutes approximately. It gets an 8/10. Here is the trailer:
Bueno mi gente por hoy es todo, espero que les haya gustado esta nueva sugerencia y se den un paseo por ella. ¡Un abrazo a todos, nos vemos en la próxima!
Well my people that's all for today, I hope you liked this new suggestion and take a walk through it. ¡A hug to all of you, see you next time!



