airtommy Posted November 17, 2015 Report Share Posted November 17, 2015 In "Bought and Paid For", General Octavio Arroyo & Son are Latin American thugs finding refuge in the Miami area. That theme certainly has a basis in reality . . . Latin American Dictators Love South Floridaby Tim ElfrinkForget Epcot. Screw the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Put down that glossy guidebook to Orlando hotel bargains before we sic our guerrillas on your pastel-pants-wearing ass.This is South Florida, muchacho, the retirement home of army strongmen, torturers, and every other unsavory character from the Southern Hemisphere. We make Casablanca look like a Daffy Duck cartoon.Why, then, shouldn't we celebrate our heritage as a second home to the worst leaders of Western civilization? (Hey, they're building a freaking library for George W. Bush in Texas.) So here it is: a guidebook to the bastards who have tried to flee international tribunals and angry drug lords by settling in South Florida. Want to see where these guys lived while hiding out in our hood? Yeah, we did too. So we plumbed property records, consulted historians, and dived into overflowing boxes of lawsuits.What we found are palatial Venetian Island mansions, decrepit apartment complexes, crumbling riverside estates, and horse-country ranch houses. There's a safe full of bloody snuff photos near the Miami River, and a dictator's ghost haunts a renter in Allapattah. We even discovered traces of the king of Latin American honchos, Fidel Castro himself, left during his sojourn here.So book that ticket! If not, there could be consequences. [click the link for the rest of the story] http://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/latin-american-dictators-love-south-florida-6377948 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicefan7777 Posted November 23, 2015 Report Share Posted November 23, 2015 Fascinating article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airtommy Posted December 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2015 Switek lived just 3 blocks away from Telmo Hurtado, "the Butcher of the Andes".http://binged.it/1O2I9Ev Stan, you'll never get that promotion you applied for if you don't start paying closer attention. There are the criminals right under your nose!​ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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