Publisher's Synopsis
As a young man in his twenties with an insatiable thirst for money and power, Jorge Valdes was a founding member of a group that became known as Colombia's Medellin drug cartel at the age of twenty-one, making over a million dollars a month. His key position as head of all U.S. operations brought him into direct contact with presidents, generals, Hollywood celebrities, and hired killers. This Cuban immigrant, raised in poverty, was living the high life in more ways than one. His deeds took him from the lap of luxury to the depths of prison and back again. He would eventually serve 10 years and was able to turn his life around earned a Ph.D. worked in prison reform and reclaimed his family.