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Jon Roberts

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2011

    American Desperado: Co-Author Evan Wright On Coke Cowboy Jon Roberts' Memoir

    A couple of years ago, I went to the Hollywood home of former mega-smuggler Jon Roberts-- featured in the documentary Cocaine Cowboys-- hoping to do a profile on the quiet life of a retired criminal lifer in the 'burbs. It didn't turn out that way. After a couple of interviews, Roberts demanded tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2011

    Dhafir Harris, AKA Dada 5000, Gets National Press Ahead of Dawg Fight, New Rakontur Doc

    Dhafir Harris, AKA Dada 5000, king of back-yard fights, has plenty to be thankful for. Three years ago, the Perrine native decided being a member of Kimbo Slice's entourage wasn't for him, so he set out to become the P.T. Barnum of Miami's back-yard fighting circuit. We chronicled the early days of ... More >>

  • News

    November 25, 2010

    Mickey Munday: Twilight Cowboy

    Dhafir Harris, AKA Dada 5000, king of back-yard fights, has plenty to be thankful for. Three years ago, the Perrine native decided being a member of Kimbo Slice's entourage wasn't for him, so he set out to become the P.T. Barnum of Miami's back-yard fighting circuit. We chronicled the early days of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2010

    Happy Birthday, Über-Smuggler Mickey Munday!

    Magnolia Pictures​Of all of Miami's '80s-era cocaine cowboys, Mickey Munday is our favorite. Jon Roberts is a little too batshit-insane for our taste. Max Mermelstein adopted a false identity and died broke. Griselda Blanco scares the shit out of us and has absconded back to Colombia. And Manny No ... More >>

  • News

    February 25, 2010

    Cocaine king Max Mermelstein came out of hiding for a screenwriter

    Magnolia Pictures​Of all of Miami's '80s-era cocaine cowboys, Mickey Munday is our favorite. Jon Roberts is a little too batshit-insane for our taste. Max Mermelstein adopted a false identity and died broke. Griselda Blanco scares the shit out of us and has absconded back to Colombia. And Manny No ... More >>

  • News

    July 2, 2009

    Letters from the Issue of July 2, 2009

    "Don't cut nurses; cut managers and administrators. Services will improve very quickly."

  • News

    June 25, 2009

    Jon Roberts: Cracked Cowboy

    Threats, violence, and kilos of coke are just the start for this cocaine cowboy.

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2008

    Ego Trippin': Rakontur's Clubland Finally Hits the Web

    The brain-trust behind Cocaine Cowboys and its sequel are now exposing the nasty underbelly of the nightlife business. This week

  • News

    October 13, 2005

    Kilo: Cocaine Made Miami, Part 2

    Introduction

  • News

    October 13, 2005

    Miami: See It Like a Drug Dealer

    During Miami's cocaine heyday in the Eighties, weird and interesting and scary things happened all over town all the time. Our coke map of Miami is by necessity incomplete, but even selected highlights make the point: Blow knew no neighborhood boundaries.

  • News

    October 13, 2005

    Confessions of a Trafficker

    Jon Roberts was a big-time Miami coke dealer who did time in the big house

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