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Cocaine Cowboys

How Miami became the cocaine capital of the United States!

In the 1980s, ruthless Colombian cocaine barons invaded Miami with a brand of violence unseen in this country since Prohibition-era Chicago - and it put the city on the map. "Cocaine Cowboys" is the true story of how Miami became the drug, murder and cash capital of the United States, told by the people who made it all happen.

20061h 58mRDocumentary

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About Cocaine Cowboys

Directors
Billy Corben
Cast
Jon Roberts, Jorge Ayala, Mickey Munday, Toni Mooney, Nelson Andreu, Al Sunshine
Genres
Documentary
Content rating
R
Original language
English
Production countries
United States of America
Status
Released

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