Annotated Bib

Kyle Shepard

February 26, 2012

Mr. Stowe

Sources

"The Columbia Cartels." PBS. PBS. Web. 26 Feb. 2012. <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/drugs/business/inside/colombian.html>.

            This website discusses the root of the Columbian drug trade and some of the biggest players involved. Columbian drug trade started off as a small business, which turned into one of the most sophisticated and violent drug trafficking organizations in the world. Some of the players involved were families such as the Medellin cartel and Cali cartels were two of the largest and most successful cartels in the games.

Cocaine Cowboy. Dir. Billy Corben. Prod. Jon Roberts. Magnolia Distributers, 2006. DVD.

                        This documentary talks about the Columbian drug trade in the 1970’s and 80’s. This film focuses much more on the problems in South Florida primarily in Miami and Ft. Lauderdale. There are many interviews with some of the biggest players in transporting and distributing the drugs throughout the US. Along with the

"DeansGuide." DeansGuide. Wordpress. Web. 26 Feb. 2012. <http://deansguide.wordpress.com/2008/07/13/miami-dadeland-massacre-1979-the-war-on-drugs-begins/>.

            This website provides short youtube video’s summarizing drug movement in Miami and South Florida. The website does not necessarily provide any new information that is not included in the other sources but it provides plenty of links to other publications which do provide new information. In one of the links written in Time Magazine, the article titled “Paradise Lost” discusses the corruption in Miami area and the violence that has taken over the once very peaceful town.