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Lord of the Skies: The Man Who United Mexico's Cartels

2022/3/22
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主持著名true crime播客《Crime Junkie》的播音员和创始人。
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播音员：本节目讲述了阿马多·卡里略·富恩特斯（Amado Carrillo Fuentes）的故事，他是有史以来最强大的毒枭之一，拥有约250亿美元的财富。他从年轻时就开始参与贩毒活动，并通过向老一代毒枭学习，最终成为华雷斯贩毒集团的头目。他以其精明的商业头脑和谈判技巧而闻名，他贿赂了各级政府官员、警察、军人和法官，并成功地将多个贩毒集团联合起来，形成了一个贩毒集团联盟。然而，他最终死于一次整容手术。 Noah Hurowitz：阿马多·卡里略·富恩特斯出生于锡那罗亚州，他的父亲是一位小有资产的地主。他从十几岁就开始学习贩毒，并先后向多个毒枭学习，掌握了贩毒的各种技巧，包括种植大麻和罂粟、海洛因走私、以及跨境走私等。他与哥伦比亚毒枭、墨西哥政客、警察和军方都有联系。他通过谈判和贿赂来维持自己的权力，但也不排除使用暴力。他最终成为华雷斯贩毒集团的头目，并将其发展成为世界最大的贩毒集团之一。他与其他墨西哥贩毒集团建立了联盟，并控制了华雷斯城的边境过境点。他通过控制媒体和秘密处决来维持秩序，但最终还是被墨西哥政府追捕，并在整容手术中死亡。 Danny Gold：阿马多·卡里略·富恩特斯以其低调和精明的行事风格而闻名，他很少公开露面，并通过贿赂和威胁来控制媒体和对手。他与多个贩毒集团有联系，并通过谈判来解决冲突。他的死导致了华雷斯贩毒集团的权力真空，并引发了该地区的暴力冲突。

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Amado Carrillo Fuentes, known as the Lord of the Skies, rose to become one of the most powerful drug lords in history, amassing an estimated $25 billion fortune through his control of the Juarez Cartel and his sophisticated cocaine trafficking operations.

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We're joined by author Noah Hurowitz to tell the story of Amado Carrillo Fuentes, one of the most powerful narco-traffickers to every live, with an estimated fortune of 25 billion dollars. After having spent his youth learning the ways from the old guard of top-level drug lords, he rose to the top of the Juarez Cartel and became infamous for the fleet of jets he used to transport tons and tons of cocaine. He also became known for his business savvy and negotiation skills, bribing police, military, judges and politicians at the highest level while uniting various traffickers into a federation of cartels. His downfall, though, came at the hands of a hapless plastic surgeon.

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