Inside Pablo Escobar's Smuggling Operations Revealed by His Former Pilot ✈️

William Roger Reaves is a former pilot, boat captain, and prolific drug smuggler. He was an associate of Barry Seal (played by Tom Cruise in "American Made") and flew from Colombia to the US for the Medellín cartel.<br /><br />Reaves claims to have ferried 20-ton loads of cocaine and marijuana over a career spanning several decades. He speaks with Business Insider about meeting Pablo Escobar, working with Barry Seal and Howard Marks (aka Mr. Nice), and how drugs can pass international borders.<br /><br />He was imprisoned in Mexico, Australia, Germany, Spain, and the United States for over 33 years.<br /><br />In 2016, he published a memoir from prison, "Smuggler." He now lives in Santa Barbara, California, with his wife, Marie.<br /><br />For more:<br />http://roger-reaves.com/