A new generation of cocaine traffickers emerges and the police have the job of taking them down.A new generation of cocaine traffickers emerges and the police have the job of taking them down.A new generation of cocaine traffickers emerges and the police have the job of taking them down.
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This is NOT a documentary
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None of the information presented in this "documentary" is true, it is a complete work of fiction that rewrites history to try and portray america as the worlds guardians. The company behind this should be ashamed of themselves for having the nerve to brand it a "documentary". If you want to watch a fantasy tale presented in the style of a documentary you may enjoy this. But if you want any truth or you have any interest in the people/places/events these episodes touch on I beg you not to put your faith in these lies. Do a search and within 2 minutes I guarantee you you will find books, series , maybe even youtube videos that present more dependable facts than this
Long..... I will focus on the first episode as this box does not allow enough characters to go into detail of all the lies in all the episodes.
The first episode about a man called Don Berna. Within 15 minutes of this episode we have multiple DEA agents telling us that for years there was colombian cocaine boss moving cocaine to the US but was so secretive they had no information on him, not even a name. They say after the year 2000 they discovered his name because some random street level drug pusher in new york was able to tell them the entire infrastructure of the organization even including the supposedly top secret identity of the man at the top.
Every single thing about that is pure fantasy. We know from retired DEA agents who consulted on the story of the show "Narcos" we know from books written by whistleblowers and we know from declassified DEA files that the story told in this "documentary" is 100% bull.
They say the DEA werent even aware of the name "Don Berna" until the year 2000. But anyone who has read or watched anything about escobar and the cali cartel knows that the DEA worked *with* don berna in 1992/1993, they provided him with money and guns and helped him establish the vigilante group "los pepes" specifically to help hunt escobar. So they had a personal connection to him at minimum 8 years earlier than this "documentary" tells us and 1992 is only when they were in direct contact with Berna, it is entirely plausible that their agents who were stationed in Colombia at the time were aware of him as he was already a big player providing the security for one of the most profitble cartels at the time.
They say that there was a secretive unkown boss running the coke trade for years. But again, we know this isnt true, the DEA worked hand in hand with berna to take down escobar, then the DEA turned their attention to the cali cartel. That left berna in a perfect position to rise to the top because the yanks had helped eliminate the competition whilst also providing berna with money and weapons for his operation. America stuck their noses where they didnt belong, took down 2 cartels and then sat back and watched a criminal they funded assume the vacant position of power.
It is an episode where the very title dubs don berna as "escobars apprentice" again, more lies warping the truth to gloss over the atrocities america is largely responsible for. Berna and Escobar knew each other, yes, but they were in different cartels, the closest their relationship ever got was being cautious business partners. America had far more to do with Berna's rise to the top than escobar ever did. Escobar and Berna spent more time trying to kill each other than working together and the DEA agents that worked personally with Berna had a closer partnership/friendship to him than escobar.
Yes cartels wreak havoc I am not condoning any of that, but the violence that colombia has seen from cartels has been both directly influenced and funded by americas continued interference in other countries where they arent wanted, making a documentary about a man who rose to the top of the cartel world thanks specifically to america taking down the existing super-cartels leaders, a man who was directly armed by the DEA and a man whose name the american "intelligence" agencies have known since the early 90's and saying that he is the source of all evil and america is here to save the day is a disgusting level of hypocrisy, lying and baseless patriotism. The DEA have more blood on their hands than any other cartel to ever have existed and if america would stop spending money and sending weapons to other countries and focused on pouring that money into their laughable education system and joke of a healthcare system then the most pointless "war" in history ( the war on drugs) would not still be killing thousands of people in poor countries while lining the pockets of america's old money scumbag string pullers who profit from weapons,oil, military contracts and alcohol.
You do not need to take my word for it, this is a direct quote from retired DEA agent Javier Peña regarding berna " We never signed him up as a DEA informant, but he was at the base and I could always tell there was something weird". So even if you want to beleive that the DEA were aware of berna working with the search bloc but they didnt cross the line to working with him directly it is *still* irrefutable fact that the DEA were aware of him almost an entire decade earlier than this show tries to tell you.
This "documentary" completely ignores what historically happened and instead weaves a completely fictional tale trying to present don berna as the big bad and america as the heroes. When the proven historially accurate series of events is that instead of spending money on their education and healthcare systems america sent people to do clandestine operations in countries they had no business in. They said they wanted to stop drugs coming into america but all they did was replace the existing cartels with a more streamlined one that moves coke into the US in even larger quantities than in escobar's heyday and they also meddled in the colombian politics and helped put a man (who I probably am not allowed to name here) into the presidential office despite his entire campaign being funded by a certain cartel.
They literally went into a country less developed than their own, caused thousands of deaths, killed the bosses who wouldnt bow to them and replaced them with people who are just as evil (arguably more so) but because they were more corruptable and accepted uncle sams dollars and/or because america had leverage on them since america's "intelligence" agencies had proof of the cartels dealings america was perfectly happy to play an instrumental role in the rise of people like berna and a certain president. This "documentary" saying anything else, especially the bare faced lies they tell here is not just a scumbag thing to do but is an outright insult to the thousands of peoples killed as a direct result of american meddling.
Long..... I will focus on the first episode as this box does not allow enough characters to go into detail of all the lies in all the episodes.
The first episode about a man called Don Berna. Within 15 minutes of this episode we have multiple DEA agents telling us that for years there was colombian cocaine boss moving cocaine to the US but was so secretive they had no information on him, not even a name. They say after the year 2000 they discovered his name because some random street level drug pusher in new york was able to tell them the entire infrastructure of the organization even including the supposedly top secret identity of the man at the top.
Every single thing about that is pure fantasy. We know from retired DEA agents who consulted on the story of the show "Narcos" we know from books written by whistleblowers and we know from declassified DEA files that the story told in this "documentary" is 100% bull.
They say the DEA werent even aware of the name "Don Berna" until the year 2000. But anyone who has read or watched anything about escobar and the cali cartel knows that the DEA worked *with* don berna in 1992/1993, they provided him with money and guns and helped him establish the vigilante group "los pepes" specifically to help hunt escobar. So they had a personal connection to him at minimum 8 years earlier than this "documentary" tells us and 1992 is only when they were in direct contact with Berna, it is entirely plausible that their agents who were stationed in Colombia at the time were aware of him as he was already a big player providing the security for one of the most profitble cartels at the time.
They say that there was a secretive unkown boss running the coke trade for years. But again, we know this isnt true, the DEA worked hand in hand with berna to take down escobar, then the DEA turned their attention to the cali cartel. That left berna in a perfect position to rise to the top because the yanks had helped eliminate the competition whilst also providing berna with money and weapons for his operation. America stuck their noses where they didnt belong, took down 2 cartels and then sat back and watched a criminal they funded assume the vacant position of power.
It is an episode where the very title dubs don berna as "escobars apprentice" again, more lies warping the truth to gloss over the atrocities america is largely responsible for. Berna and Escobar knew each other, yes, but they were in different cartels, the closest their relationship ever got was being cautious business partners. America had far more to do with Berna's rise to the top than escobar ever did. Escobar and Berna spent more time trying to kill each other than working together and the DEA agents that worked personally with Berna had a closer partnership/friendship to him than escobar.
Yes cartels wreak havoc I am not condoning any of that, but the violence that colombia has seen from cartels has been both directly influenced and funded by americas continued interference in other countries where they arent wanted, making a documentary about a man who rose to the top of the cartel world thanks specifically to america taking down the existing super-cartels leaders, a man who was directly armed by the DEA and a man whose name the american "intelligence" agencies have known since the early 90's and saying that he is the source of all evil and america is here to save the day is a disgusting level of hypocrisy, lying and baseless patriotism. The DEA have more blood on their hands than any other cartel to ever have existed and if america would stop spending money and sending weapons to other countries and focused on pouring that money into their laughable education system and joke of a healthcare system then the most pointless "war" in history ( the war on drugs) would not still be killing thousands of people in poor countries while lining the pockets of america's old money scumbag string pullers who profit from weapons,oil, military contracts and alcohol.
You do not need to take my word for it, this is a direct quote from retired DEA agent Javier Peña regarding berna " We never signed him up as a DEA informant, but he was at the base and I could always tell there was something weird". So even if you want to beleive that the DEA were aware of berna working with the search bloc but they didnt cross the line to working with him directly it is *still* irrefutable fact that the DEA were aware of him almost an entire decade earlier than this show tries to tell you.
This "documentary" completely ignores what historically happened and instead weaves a completely fictional tale trying to present don berna as the big bad and america as the heroes. When the proven historially accurate series of events is that instead of spending money on their education and healthcare systems america sent people to do clandestine operations in countries they had no business in. They said they wanted to stop drugs coming into america but all they did was replace the existing cartels with a more streamlined one that moves coke into the US in even larger quantities than in escobar's heyday and they also meddled in the colombian politics and helped put a man (who I probably am not allowed to name here) into the presidential office despite his entire campaign being funded by a certain cartel.
They literally went into a country less developed than their own, caused thousands of deaths, killed the bosses who wouldnt bow to them and replaced them with people who are just as evil (arguably more so) but because they were more corruptable and accepted uncle sams dollars and/or because america had leverage on them since america's "intelligence" agencies had proof of the cartels dealings america was perfectly happy to play an instrumental role in the rise of people like berna and a certain president. This "documentary" saying anything else, especially the bare faced lies they tell here is not just a scumbag thing to do but is an outright insult to the thousands of peoples killed as a direct result of american meddling.
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- Jun 14, 2021
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