Jon Roberts

American former drug trafficker best known as the author/subject of the memoir American Desperado.

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  1. 1. American Desperado

    My Life as a Cocaine Cowboy

    A gritty first-person memoir from a onetime mob soldier who rose from street-level crime to become a central figure in Miami’s cocaine boom, recounting the lavish excesses, brutal violence, and high-stakes smuggling deals that linked American organized crime to Colombian cartels, as well as arrests, prison stints, and the author’s allegations of covert dealings with U.S. authorities—a candid, unvarnished account of ambition, betrayal, and the costs of life inside the drug trade.

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