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In early 1982, Guillot Lara was jailed in Mexico City on marijuana conspiracy charges, and interrogated by the CIA. The agency was said to be particularly interested in reports of
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Guillot Lara in 1975, and estimated that by the late 70's he was delivering in excess of 400,000 pounds of marijuana into U.S. markets each year. During this time, he acquired partial or outright ownership of nearly a half-dozen motherships. In 1981, Guillot Lara met Cuban
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In early 1981 Guillot was kidnapped in Miami by other drug dealers. He survived the ordeal. Metro-Dade police did not find out about it until Coral Gables police discovered his baby-blue
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