June 29, 1945 - Mickey Munday
His reputation rested less on violence than on logistics — an almost obsessive capacity for evading interdiction by sea and air that made him one of the most effective conduits for Medellín Cartel cocaine during the years when South Florida was being reshaped by the trade. The ingenuity that earned him a nickname borrowed from a television character reflected a real operational sophistication that kept him in circulation long after many of his contemporaries had been arrested or killed.
From Wikipedia
Michael "Mickey" Munday (born June 29, 1945) is an American former drug trafficker and former associate of Colombia's Medellin Cartel during the growth phase in cocaine trafficking, 1975–1986. Munday was featured in the 2006 Rakontur documentary, Cocaine Cowboys.
Internationally renowned for his abilities to circumvent law enforcement's efforts to capture and arrest him by boat or airplane during Miami's cocaine epidemic, Munday was often referred to as the "MacGyver" of cocaine smugglers.
Now known as "The last surviving Cocaine Cowboy,” Munday made his living as an actor, writer, speaker and storyteller in between stints in prison. His CD Tall Tales is a collection of anecdotes about his days as a smuggler.
In April 2018, a federal judge sentenced Munday to a 12-year prison sentence after he was found guilty on auto fraud-conspiracy charges.
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