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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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February 25, 2010
Cocaine king Max Mermelstein came out of hiding for a screenwriter
Jon Roberts was a big-time Miami coke dealer who did time in the big house
Blogs
June 16, 2010
Forget "Miami-Wade": Name the County After These True South Floridians
Midwesterner.The Dwyane-Wade-please-stay groveling continues with the county commission voting to rename our municipality Miami-Wade County. Ho-hum. It's like Miami officials have observed all of the crazy stunts Cleveland is pulling in trying to persuade LeBron James to stay a Cavalier, and ... More >>
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June 29, 2010
Happy Birthday, Über-Smuggler Mickey Munday!
Magnolia PicturesOf 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 >>
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November 25, 2010
Mickey Munday: Twilight Cowboy
Magnolia PicturesOf 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 >>
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January 26, 2011
Cocaine King Max Mermelstein's Long-Lost Daughter Found Out He Died Through New Times
Courtesy Rochelle Desiree Mermelstein GomezLast year, New Times published a feature detailing the strange last days of Max Mermelstein, the master cocaine smuggler who turned snitch in the mid-80s and died under government protection in 2008. Among the readers: Rochelle Desiree Mermelstein ... More >>
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October 13, 2011
Michael Corleone Blanco lives in the shadow of his cocaine-queen mother
Courtesy Rochelle Desiree Mermelstein GomezLast year, New Times published a feature detailing the strange last days of Max Mermelstein, the master cocaine smuggler who turned snitch in the mid-80s and died under government protection in 2008. Among the readers: Rochelle Desiree Mermelstein ... More >>
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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 deman ... More >>
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December 29, 2011
Jon Roberts, Smuggler in Cocaine Cowboys, Dies
Jon Pernell Roberts, the megasmuggler featured in the documentary Cocaine Cowboys, has died at the age of 63. Film company Rakontur's Billy Corben tweeted yesterday: "Just got word that Jon Roberts from Cocaine Cowboys passed away. Thankful he gave us the opportunity to tell his story." And the ... More >>