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America's War on Drugs

Noriega offers to help the CIA fight its covert Contra warin Nicaragua, which had become...

Noriega offers to help the CIA fight its covert Contra war
in Nicaragua, which had become entangled
with cocaine trafficking

Full Transcript

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Noriega offers to help the CIA
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fight its covert Contra war in Nicaragua,
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which had become entangled with cocaine trafficking.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:04:21
Uploaded
Jul 01, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
Genres
documentary, history
Production
Talos Films

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Movie Summary

"America's War on Drugs" is an immersive trip through the last five decades, uncovering how the CIA, obsessed with keeping America safe in the fight against communism, allied itself with the mafia and foreign drug traffickers.
S01 • E03 [ Shouting in Spanish ] - America's War on Drugs 00:08
[ Shouting in Spanish ]
S01 • E03 Panama was created to be kind of like - America's War on Drugs 00:05
Panama was created to be kind of like
S01 • E03 In the 1980s, the CIA - America's War on Drugs 00:10
In the 1980s, the CIA
S01 • E02 Escobar's job was to help manage this network - America's War on Drugs 00:13
Escobar's job was to help manage this network
S01 • E03 And when General Noriega became the head of Panama, - America's War on Drugs 00:10
And when General Noriega became the head of Panama,
S01 • E02 Narrator: And Escobar is looking for a better product - America's War on Drugs 00:06
Narrator: And Escobar is looking for a better product
S01 • E03 But he started inviting Pablo Escobar - America's War on Drugs 00:08
But he started inviting Pablo Escobar
S01 • E02 ¶¶ - America's War on Drugs 00:14
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S01 • E02 ¶¶ - America's War on Drugs 00:12
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S01 • E03 Narrator: With American troops closing in, - America's War on Drugs 00:07
Narrator: With American troops closing in,
S01 • E03 But the U.S. Army surrounds the embassy - America's War on Drugs 00:08
But the U.S. Army surrounds the embassy
S01 • E02 Chile's also a Cold War hotspot, - America's War on Drugs 00:10
Chile's also a Cold War hotspot,
S01 • E03 [ Rock music plays ] - America's War on Drugs 00:11
[ Rock music plays ]
S01 • E02 On September 11, 1973, - America's War on Drugs 00:12
On September 11, 1973,
S01 • E01 That was this threat, but it was far away. - America's War on Drugs 00:04
That was this threat, but it was far away.
S01 • E01 Suddenly, that threat - America's War on Drugs 00:10
Suddenly, that threat
S01 • E03 Undeterred, Noriega takes to the radio - America's War on Drugs 00:06
Undeterred, Noriega takes to the radio
S01 • E02 An American ally, - America's War on Drugs 00:12
An American ally,
S01 • E01 Narrator: Eisenhower's vice president, Richard Nixon, - America's War on Drugs 00:07
Narrator: Eisenhower's vice president, Richard Nixon,
S01 • E02 Stratton: The best chemists in the world - America's War on Drugs 00:10
Stratton: The best chemists in the world