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The Miami drug war was a series of armed conflicts in the 1970s and 1980s, centered in the city of Miami, Florida, between the United States government and multiple drug cartels, primarily the Medellín Cartel. It was predominantly fueled by the illegal trafficking of cocaine.
4 sie 2021 · The Miami drug war was super violent in the 1980s. That's what you get when rival cartels war for rights to distribute their cocaine throughout the U.S.
10 wrz 2014 · Miami drug wars. The deadly 1979 shootout at Dadeland Mall in broad daylight between Colombian traffickers– quickly dubbed ”the Cocaine Cowboys” by a police officer on the scene — heralded the beginning of South Florida’s bloody and violent drug wars in which drug dealers competed for Miami’s wholesale markets.
2 lut 2024 · It was the oil that kept the engine of her network running––and it transformed Miami into a battlefield in the drug wars. One of the most public attacks happened on July 11, 1979.
Operation Greenback was a Miami, Florida-based, multi-agency U.S. government task force targeting money laundering connected to drug trafficking. [1]
15 wrz 2023 · Colombian drug lord Griselda Blanco built a cocaine trafficking empire in 1970s Miami that flourished until she was finally caught by the DEA in 1985. From the Medellín Cartel to the Miami underworld, Blanco struck fear into the hearts of countless people.
The Cocaine Godmother. During the 1970s and 1980s, Miami transformed from a town of relaxed retirees to the country’s cocaine capital. Fueled by Colombia’s Medellín drug cartel, South Florida became the hot spot for cocaine, bringing in $20 billion per year.
