George Jacob Jung (born August 6, 1942), nicknamed "Boston George", was a major player in the cocaine trade in the United States in the 1970s and early 1980s, he was infamous for being one of the most prolific drug traffickers in the United States during that time and he was simply known as "the man". Jung was a part of the Medellín Cartel which was responsible for up to 80 percent of the cocaine smuggled into the United States. He specialized in...
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George Jacob Jung (born August 6, 1942), nicknamed "Boston George", was a major player in the cocaine trade in the United States in the 1970s and early 1980s, he was infamous for being one of the most prolific drug traffickers in the United States during that time and he was simply known as "the man". Jung was a part of the Medellín Cartel which was responsible for up to 80 percent of the cocaine smuggled into the United States. He specialized in the smuggling of cocaine from Colombia on a large scale. His life story was portrayed in the 2001 movie Blow, starring Johnny Depp.
Jung was born to Frederick and Ermine Jung, in Boston, Massachusetts then raised in Weymouth, Massachusetts. Though Jung did not excel in academics at school, he was a star football player and was described by his classmates as "a natural ringleader." After a brief stint at the University of Southern Mississippi, he traveled to California where he hoped to get a degree in advertising. However, this was not the...
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