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Pablo Escobar

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • 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

    October 25, 2011

    Shaquille O'Neal, Noted Police Miscreant, Wants to Be Lake County Undersheriff

    ​Apparently Shaq Fu -- despite a personal life that reads like bad urban fiction -- hasn't given up on his dream of being a top cop somewhere in America. Over the weekend, the New York Times published a fluffy "thirty second" interview with Shaquille O'Neal, in which he said: "I'm going to be runn ... More >>

  • News

    October 13, 2011

    Michael Corleone Blanco lives in the shadow of his cocaine-queen mother

    ​Apparently Shaq Fu -- despite a personal life that reads like bad urban fiction -- hasn't given up on his dream of being a top cop somewhere in America. Over the weekend, the New York Times published a fluffy "thirty second" interview with Shaquille O'Neal, in which he said: "I'm going to be runn ... More >>

  • News

    September 22, 2011

    Shaquille O'Neal wages war against a Miami computer geek

    ​Apparently Shaq Fu -- despite a personal life that reads like bad urban fiction -- hasn't given up on his dream of being a top cop somewhere in America. Over the weekend, the New York Times published a fluffy "thirty second" interview with Shaquille O'Neal, in which he said: "I'm going to be runn ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 7, 2011

    Cumbia Countdown

    ​Apparently Shaq Fu -- despite a personal life that reads like bad urban fiction -- hasn't given up on his dream of being a top cop somewhere in America. Over the weekend, the New York Times published a fluffy "thirty second" interview with Shaquille O'Neal, in which he said: "I'm going to be runn ... More >>

  • Music

    April 14, 2011

    Bomba Estereo at Grand Central April 14

    ​Apparently Shaq Fu -- despite a personal life that reads like bad urban fiction -- hasn't given up on his dream of being a top cop somewhere in America. Over the weekend, the New York Times published a fluffy "thirty second" interview with Shaquille O'Neal, in which he said: "I'm going to be runn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2011

    Bomba Estereo Drops a Bogotá Block Party on the Heineken TransAtlantic Festival 2011

    ​Back in the early '90s, almost no one -- except Pablo Escobar, his fellow kings of cocaine, and their constantly warring cartels -- would've ever willingly taken a trip to Colombia's 473-year-old subtropical capital, Bogotá. These days, though, the city is a dense urban hub that's home to seven ... More >>

  • News

    February 10, 2011

    Andres Lopez exposes the Colombian cartels

    ​Back in the early '90s, almost no one -- except Pablo Escobar, his fellow kings of cocaine, and their constantly warring cartels -- would've ever willingly taken a trip to Colombia's 473-year-old subtropical capital, Bogotá. These days, though, the city is a dense urban hub that's home to seven ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 6, 2011

    Bugsy's Boss

    ​Back in the early '90s, almost no one -- except Pablo Escobar, his fellow kings of cocaine, and their constantly warring cartels -- would've ever willingly taken a trip to Colombia's 473-year-old subtropical capital, Bogotá. These days, though, the city is a dense urban hub that's home to seven ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2010

    Pablo Escobar's Cartel Wanted Real Housewives' Danielle Staub Dead

    ​Last we checked in on Real Housewives of New Jersey's Danielle Staub's past in Miami, we'd established she was a model/stripper/high-class prostitute who was somehow involved in a drug-related kidnapping back in the '80s. Now, Radar has uncovered documents that claim Staub actually tried to enter ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2010

    Today In Cocaine: Ten Busted in Juarez-to-Miami Ring, Colombian Coke Lord Due In Federal Court

    ​It's already been a busy week for the drug that made Miami -- or at least for the feds' perpetual war on the white stuff. First, the DEA arrested 10 people, mostly from Miami and Hialeah, and charged them with organizing a ring shuttling coke from Juarez to South Florida.Then came word that a muc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2010

    'Pablo Escobar' of the Caribbean Arrested in Puerto Rico After Tony Montana-Worthy Career

    via U.S. Marshals ServiceJose Figueroa Agosto was arrested this weekend after a decade-long run from the law. ​He moved boatloads of Colombian cocaine through the Caribbean to U.S. shores, bought dozens of luxury homes and built a house in the Dominican Republican with his own personal zoo, police ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2010

    In Honor of Wade/LeBron, South Florida's Greatest Duos

    ​The most vaunted NBA free-agency class in history ran screaming out of the school building at midnight, and the Miami Heat has some pretty crazy rumors swirling around it. Word on the street is that the team has a strong chance of re-signing Dwyane Wade and signing noted m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2010

    Cocaine, Murder, and Fútbol: Watch The Two Escobars on ESPN Tonight

    Andres Escobar, murdered for a World Cup mistake.​The U was a raucous look at the fabled '80s-era Miami Hurricanes football team, and Run Ricky Run made us wholly reconsider the Dolphins' enigmatic superstar running back. Silly Little Game was a hilarious chronicling of the group of baseball-adori ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2010

    Free Screening of ESPN Documentary About Pablo Escobar and Narco-Soccer June 15

    Soccer casualty Andrés Escobar​Two men named Escobar, both born in Medellín, both shot to death. The first was Pablo, the cold-blooded drug lord, mass murderer, and soccer obsessive who reigned over Colombia like a bloated, blood-soaked, black-eyed Komodo dragon. The second was Andrés, a futbol ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2010

    Jamaican Drug Lord Christopher "Dudus" Coke Has Bloody South Florida Roots

    Christopher "Dudus" Coke​The standoff over Jamaican drug lord Christopher "Dudus" Coke, who has turned a Kingston slum into his own personal bunker to avoid extradition to the U.S, has forced his country into a state of emergency. To local law-enforcement officials, the situation is all too ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2010

    Thirty Killed in Raids of Dudus' Kingston Camp

    ​The extradition saga of Jamaican druglord Christopher "Dudus" Coke, leader of the ultra-violent South Florida-connected Shower Posse, has become yet more bloody today. The Associated Press is reporting that at least 30 people have been killed in gunfights between bandits, soldiers, and cops in th ... More >>

  • News

    April 29, 2010

    A report from Juarez, the bleeding front line of the war on drugs

    ​The extradition saga of Jamaican druglord Christopher "Dudus" Coke, leader of the ultra-violent South Florida-connected Shower Posse, has become yet more bloody today. The Associated Press is reporting that at least 30 people have been killed in gunfights between bandits, soldiers, and cops in th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2010

    Old Ladies, Druglords, and Iranian Hipsters Win Miami Film Festival Awards

    The Miami International Film Festival, which ended Sunday, has announced its competition winners. The Best Miami Mini Film was awarded to Where It Stops by local filmmaker Kyle Shea. As you'll see in the above clip, it's an intense and uncomfortable short film about aging. Yet with all the gambling ... More >>

  • News

    February 25, 2010

    Cocaine king Max Mermelstein came out of hiding for a screenwriter

    The Miami International Film Festival, which ended Sunday, has announced its competition winners. The Best Miami Mini Film was awarded to Where It Stops by local filmmaker Kyle Shea. As you'll see in the above clip, it's an intense and uncomfortable short film about aging. Yet with all the gambling ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 25, 2010

    Escobar Tales

    The Miami International Film Festival, which ended Sunday, has announced its competition winners. The Best Miami Mini Film was awarded to Where It Stops by local filmmaker Kyle Shea. As you'll see in the above clip, it's an intense and uncomfortable short film about aging. Yet with all the gambling ... More >>

  • News

    June 25, 2009

    Jon Roberts: Cracked Cowboy

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

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2008

    Undercover Miami Beach cops don camouflage and ski masks, scare shit out of everybody present

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

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2008

    Cocaine Cowboys 2 Takes Its Cues From '90s West Coast Hood Flicks

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

  • Calendar

    March 20, 2008

    Culture, Not Cocaine

    Pablo Is Gone traffics in Colombia’s traditions, not its drug trade.

  • News

    October 18, 2007

    A Reporter on the Lam in Latin America

    El Nuevo Herald’s Gonzalo Guillén is the latest victim of Bush buddy Álvaro Uribe

  • Culture

    April 19, 2007

    Trampling the Grid

    CIFO's commission artists offer slaphappy taproots, martyrs, and more

  • News

    January 18, 2007

    Rolex vs. Rollexx

    A watch company and a strip joint face off

  • News

    December 8, 2005

    Letters from the Issue of December 8-14, 2005

    It's all about the Miami food scene, baby

  • News

    October 6, 2005

    Perception Is Reality

    Drugs, guns, violence, beauty, style, and the illusory world of Miami Vice

  • Film

    April 14, 2005

    The Good, the Bad, and the Latin

    Film festival projects works from around the world

  • News

    September 2, 2004

    Letters from the Issue of September 2-8, 2004

    Big Sugar, conspiracies, local talent, and Newspeak

  • News

    December 11, 2003

    Heavy Traffic

    Miami attorney Joaquin Perez helps drug kingpins get minimum jail time, maximum profits, by cooperating with the feds

  • News

    September 5, 2002

    Botox Rules!

    Janice Dickinson personified high-fashion shoots and Hollywood trysts. Now modeling's original bad girl explores life beyond the runway.

  • Film

    April 5, 2001

    A Kinder, Gentler Dope Fiend

    In Ted Demme's Blow, Johnny Depp summons an American snowstorm

  • Film

    February 22, 2001

    Reel Murder

    La Virgen de Los Sicarios (Our Lady of the Assassins)

  • News

    December 10, 1998

    Nice Indictment, Nobody Home

    When there's a huge drug trial in Miami and no one watches it, does it even matter?

  • Music

    August 29, 1996

    Rotations

    When there's a huge drug trial in Miami and no one watches it, does it even matter?

  • News

    January 19, 1994

    Feud for Thought

    Mike is a DUI attorney with a nose for legal loopholes. Alan is a crusading cop with a jones for drunk drivers. Vendetta, anyone?

  • News

    November 17, 1993

    Worldwide Gersten Sightings

    Mike is a DUI attorney with a nose for legal loopholes. Alan is a crusading cop with a jones for drunk drivers. Vendetta, anyone?

  • News

    February 27, 1991

    Dirty Money

    Mike is a DUI attorney with a nose for legal loopholes. Alan is a crusading cop with a jones for drunk drivers. Vendetta, anyone?

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