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“The Narco Story Never Told”
In Mexico, the war against drug traffic has collected more than 90,000 lives. As a result, thousands of orphans are left alone. By far, this casualties are larger than the ones from the Vietnam War. Nevertheless, the mexican youth still wants to follow this path thanks to a false promise: the narcos always succeed. Jose, the son of one of the main initiators of drug trafficking in Mexico and mentor of two of the biggest drug Kingpins in the world, tells his side of the story.
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To a growing number of Mexicans and Latinos in the Americas, narco-traffickers have become iconic outlaws and the new models of fame and success. They represent a pathway out of the ghetto, nurturing a new American dream fueled by the war on drugs. Narco Cultura looks at this explosive phenomenon from within, exposing cycles of addiction to money, drugs, and violence that are rapidly gaining strength on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border

A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that George's father cannot make a living and the family goes bankrupt. George does not want the same thing to happen to him, and his friend Tuna, in the 1960's, suggests that he deal marijuana. He is a big hit in California in the 1960's, yet he goes to jail, where he finds out about the wonders of cocaine. As a result, when released, he gets rich by bringing cocaine to America. However, he soon pays the price.