#199 – Roger Reaves: Smuggling Drugs for Pablo Escobar and the Medellin Cartel Lex Fridman Podcast

Roger Reaves is one of the most prolific drug smugglers in history. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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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