Originally published in the February 12, 1992, issue of Miami New Times. 520 Brickell Key Dr., Miami (Penthouse Apt.9944 NW 48th Cir., in the Doral Park Golf & Racquet Club.in West Dade, as well as a condominium in Vail, Colorado.Ī list of properties seized since May 1991: In recent years federal agents seized and sold a ranch Falcon and Magluta owned at 12000 SW 49th St. This is only the latest round of seizures in the government's case against the two smugglers. Netflix’s Cocaine Cowboys introduces the world into the Miami drug industry of the 70s and 80s, dominated by Sal Magluta and Willy Falcon. (In most cases the appliances - and the unknowing tenants - have been allowed to remain in the apartments.) In one apartment complex on NW Eighth Street, for example, feds laid claim to 80 refrigerators, 80 washers, 80 dryers, 80 stoves, 80 dishwashers, 80 air conditioners, and 80 water heaters. The government is also seeking to keep everything they find inside the properties. Marshals Service has seized more than $16 million in property they say Falcon and Magluta purchased with the profits of their drug empire. According to federal agents, the pair was also heavily into the South Florida real estate market. His story is a fascinating and cautionary tale of crime and punishment. Falcon and Magluta were indicted on Octoon 17 drug trafficking charges after many years of evading the police. He is now living in exile in a foreign country, with a fraction of his former wealth. Here’s where the major players in the series are now. Smuggling cocaine into the United States wasn't Willy Falcon and Sal Magluta's only business venture. Willie Falcon is one of the most infamous drug lords in history, who rose from humble beginnings to become a billionaire cocaine kingpin. Editor's note: This story was originally published in the February 12, 1992, issue of Miami New Times as a sidebar to accompany "Willy & Sal," then-staff writer Jim DeFede's first longform feature story about the federal government's decade-long pursuit - and October 1991 arrest - of "cocaine cowboys" Willy Falcon and Sal Magluta, AKA Willy and Sal.
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