Max mermelstein george jung biography

Max Mermelstein (November 1, – September 12, ) was an American drug smuggler for the Medellín Cartel in the late s and early 80s....

Simply put Max Mermelstein was the highest ranking NON South American cartel member in the history of the cartel.

George Jung, an American marijuana trafficker, and Carlos Lehder Rivas, a Colombian-born car thief and marijuana dealer, met in the Federal.

Max Mermelstein (November 1, – September 12, ) was an American drug smuggler for the Medellín Cartel in the late s and early 80s.

This is covered in detail with the story of George Jung in "Blow" who started in the early 70's by getting stewardesses to carry keys in their.

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Max Mermelstein

American drug smuggler turned informant

Max Mermelstein (November 1, 1942 – September 12, 2008) was an American drug smuggler for the Medellín Cartel in the late 1970s and early 80s, who later became a key informant against the organization.

In the words of James P. Walsh, the U.S. Attorney for Los Angeles CA, Mermelstein "was probably the single most valuable government witness in drug matters that this country has ever known."^[1] He became a "weapon for the government".^[1] He is reputed to have smuggled 56 tons of cocaine worth $12.5 billion into the United States.^[2]

Early life

Mermelstein trained as a mechanical engineer at the New York Institute of Technology and married to a Puerto Rican woman.

Mermelstein moved to San Juan, Puerto Rico with his wife, where he worked as chief engineer for the Sheraton Hotel.^[3] Mermelstein and his wife separated soon after, as she returned to her ailing mother, but not before Me