Inside the Medellin Cartel

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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(09:56) – Money
(12:17) – Pablo Escobar
(19:30) – Jorge Ochoa
(27:05) – First time
(31:51) – Landing an airplane on the highway
(34:41) – Barry Seal
(45:05) – Mena, Arkansas
(49:58) – Assassination of Barry Seal
(1:03:10) – American Made
(1:07:22) – Blow
(1:09:28) – Story of torture in a Mexican prison
(1:14:08) – Getting shot down
(1:27:51) – Prison
(1:41:34) – Reflections on a life of crime
(1:46:51) – Advice for young people
(1:49:49) – Love
(2:03:09) – Death
(2:05:55) – Meaning of life
(2:09:58) – Poem