US EditionPablo Escobar's Top Cocaine Pilot Earning $20 M/Month Gives His First Ever Interview
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He flew Pablo Escobar's cocaine plane, earned $20 million a month and owned 30 Lamborghinis. Now Tirso "TJ" Dominguez talks for the first time about life as the drug cartel's top pilot. Luxury, prison, escape plans and the desire for a new life.
Pablo Escobar's Top Cocaine Pilot Earning $20 M/Month Gives His First Ever Interview
What would it take to turn down $4 million a month? For Tirso “TJ” Dominguez—once a hotshot pilot for drug traffickers—it was the promise of five times more from none other than Pablo Escobar.In the new podcast Cocaine Air, Dominguez breaks his silence after decades. He reveals how he went from a grieving 20-year-old—duped out of his inheritance—to the kingpin’s go-to pilot.“I had 30 Lamborghinis,” he tells host Johnathan Walton. “They brought m…
Tirso ‘TJ’ Dominguez was paid $20 million a month by Pablo Escobar as a pilot to smuggle cocaine across the border. Now he tells his story in a podcast for the first time since his arrest in 1988. Dominguez says he initially didn’t want to know much about the notorious Colombian drug lord, until he received the generous salary offer.
Pablo Escobar's Cocaine Pilot Reveals He Originally Turned Him Down, Until He Offered Him Tens of Millions a Month
Pablo Escobar's former pilot says he turned down the cartel leader until being offered $20 million a month, leading to a lavish rise and eventual fall captured in a new podcast.
Dominguez, the pilot who transported cocaine for Colombian drug lord and Medellín Cartel founder Pablo Escobar, who continues to make news due to his place in popular culture, gave his first interview after being captured in the U.S. in 1988. His eight-episode podcast, “Cocaine Air,” attracted great attention.
Pablo Escobar's pilot spoke for the first time about his work for the notorious drug lord in an interview on the podcast Cocaine Air. Tirso 'TJ' Dominquez (73) spoke about his life and his work in the first part of eight: "Getting ripped off changed the course of my life: during the day I sold Lamborghinis, at night I transported tons of cocaine for Pablo Escobar."
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