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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