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Cocaine Cowboys: The Kings of Miami

 

Alleged to be the chief U.S. distributors for two of Colombia’s biggest cartels, Cuban exiles Augusto “Willy” Falcon and Salvador “Sal” Magluta were accused of smuggling over 75 tons of cocaine into the U.S. in the 1980s.

The high school friends built a reputed $2 billion empire that made Willy and Sal, aka “Los Muchachos,” two of Miami’s biggest celebrities. While law enforcement plotted their takedown, the world champion powerboat racers managed to skillfully outrun and outmaneuver prosecution for decades before the chase finally came to an end.

Featuring colorful interviews with those closest to them, their defense team, and the Feds tasked with taking them down, the series paints a vivid portrait of the last of Miami’s “cocaine cowboys.”

Brilliant and captivating and wildly entertaining...extremely well-crafted, fast-paced and consistently involving...one of the best-edited documentary series I’ve ever seen...more than enough elements to make for an epic feature by a Scorsese or a Tarantino. ‘Cocaine Cowboys: The Kings of Miami’ is one of the best true crime documentary series in recent years.
— Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times