In the 1980s, ruthless cartel boss Carlos Lehder amassed a billion-dollar empire by taking over a Bahamian island to smuggle massive tonnes of cocaine into the United States. In this exclusive 1991 interview from a maximum-security prison, 60 Minutes reporter Jeff McMullen sits down with the so-called “Cocaine King” to discuss his violent drug reign, his private army, and the bloody cartel wars.
*Cocaine King (1991)*
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