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Part 3: Carlos Lehder on Meeting Pablo Escobar, How Pablo Started Cocaine Trafficking
Part 1: Medellin Cartel Co-Founder Carlos Lehder on Meeting Boston George in Prison
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In this VladTV interview, Carlos Lehder revisits his rise from working with Boston George, George Jung, to building one of the biggest cocaine smuggling routes of the early 1980s. Lehder details how their partnership ended in Florida, his move to Los Angeles for new connections, and his eventual return to the Bahamas, where he acquired Norman’s Cay as a private island hub for trafficking cocaine into Florida. He discusses the operation’s reported $300 million-a-year scale, the role of planes, boats, lawyers, workers, and bribes, and how Colombian suppliers—including Pablo Escobar and other Medellín Cartel figures—relied on him to move product into the United States. Lehder also reflects on the consequences, calling his choices a tragic mistake and warning younger generations about the human cost of drug trafficking after serving 33 years in federal prison.
