This DEA agent posed as a drug kingpin to make massive drug bust

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Tuesday, November 19, 2019
Real Narcos Story: This DEA agent posed as a drug kingpin to make $4B drug bust

As a child, Pedro 'Loco' Villegas dreamed of becoming the first Puerto Rican James Bond. As an adult, he was an undercover DEA agent who lived the life of a high rolling drug kingpin-working with Pablo Escobar, Colombia's most notorious drug kingpin.

After many years under deep cover, it all ended with the biggest hand-to-hand drug bust in US History, netting a $4 billion bust.

This is his incredible story.

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