THE HIGH LIFE
Wild life of George Jung who helped Pablo Escobar flood the US with cocaine & inspired film Blow as he dies at 78
Updated: May 6 2021, 2:41 ET
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DRUG dealer George Jung was a high-flying cocaine smuggler who helped Pablo Escobar bring planeloads of the drug into the US.
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Medellin cartel cocaine traffickers arrested by Colombian police in 1988Credit: Getty - Contributor
Nicknamed Boston George and El Americano, Jung was one of the kingpins at the head of the cartel responsible for flooding the United States with Colombian cocaine in the 1980s.
He made close to $100 million pumping illicit substances from South to North America while making Escobar the world s most powerful druglord.