I really enjoyed the Cocaine Cowboys documentary. So I won’t front like it did not sadden me to find out that drug dealer Jon Pernell Roberts who was featured in the documentary recently passed from cancer.
Jon Pernell Roberts, the megasmuggler featured in the documentary Cocaine Cowboys, died at the age of 63. From the looks of what I read he was a pretty mean guy.
Film company Rakontur’s Billy Corben tweeted yesterday: “Just got word that Jon Roberts from Cocaine Cowboys passed away. Thankful he gave us the opportunity to tell his story.” And the singer Akon, the old coke smuggler’s unlikely friend, tweeted, “Rest in Peace to Jon Roberts! Original Cocaine Cowboy! A true brother! I will miss u man!”
Roberts suffered through a lengthy battle with cancer. He was married to a younger woman named Noemi and had an adolescent son from a previous marriage. By all accounts cantankerous and often evil — in his recently published memoir, American Desperado, he admitted to one murder and alluded to several others — Roberts at points eulogized himself in the book: “I’m going to suffer because of what I’ve done to people in life. Why would whoever controls the universe let me die peacefully in bed? I’m going to have a horrible, horrible death.”
Originally from a Mafia-connected family in New York, Roberts served a tour in Vietnam. According to his memoir, he spent much of it skinning people alive. He made hundreds of millions of dollars smuggling cocaine for the Medellín Cartel into Miami in the ’80s, and claimed to be a close crony of Pablo Escobar.
After being ratted out by smuggling partner Max Mermelstein, Roberts spent three years in prison. His sentence was short because he also cooperated with the government, he admitted in the memoir.
Released in 1995, he was sent back to prison two years later in an episode that was vintage Jon Roberts. Fort Lauderdale cops responded to a complaint he was stalking his ex-girlfriend. When they attempted to arrest him at gunpoint, he kicked the officers and ran two blocks with his arms handcuffed behind him, leaving a trail of hundred dollar bills. After being pepper-sprayed, he kicked out the back windows of squad cars and escaped — twice. The officers eventually hogtied him in order to take him to jail.
He achieved a bizarre sort of celebrity after the 2006 release of Cocaine Cowboys. A Paramount Pictures film about his life, produced by Peter Berg and starring Mark Wahlberg, has been in pre-production for years.
RIP Jon Roberts. Thanks for the story. If you have never seen Cocaine Cowboys Part 1 you are missing out!
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i like that he is dead
i like that he is dead
How you going to say that about the dead??? This movie is the shit though!!
How you going to say that about the dead??? This movie is the shit though!!
yo thats some real shit Kissy…..thats a lifestyle that should be avoided…but if ya gonna do it…do it BIG
yo thats some real shit Kissy…..thats a lifestyle that should be avoided…but if ya gonna do it…do it BIG
shut Damon. RIP. good movie or doc
shut Damon. RIP. good movie or doc
If youve ever had someone get caught up because of another corrupt soul you might feel like Damon…….that shit isnt kool…….cocaine destroys lives….
Loved it too.
Loved it too.
Iv nva seen it.. but NOW i hv sum10 ta look 4.. funny, not used 2 gettn “Movie Advice” frm Kissy lol this IS a 1st lol
#1KissyFan
Wasnt the m0vie BL0W based 0ff that d0cumentry? Sch00L me “K!sSkiSs”.. .
=^.^=
I did one&two. A few times.
Nobody was better than The Godmother….wish I could have had her….lol
Nobody was better than The Godmother….wish I could have had her….lol
Damn, there’s a sequel? lol only on here can u find these thangs out! lol “Ask Kissy-She Knows” lol #1KissyFan
Damn, there’s a sequel? lol only on here can u find these thangs out! lol “Ask Kissy-She Knows” lol #1KissyFan
Roderick D’juan Pitts No babe. BLOW came out WAY before Cocaine Cowboys.. I mean YEARS before. Blow is a great movie though. Great Line too.. “My ambition far exceeded my talent”
Roderick D’juan Pitts No babe. BLOW came out WAY before Cocaine Cowboys.. I mean YEARS before. Blow is a great movie though. Great Line too.. “My ambition far exceeded my talent”
Um fuck this cracker I hope rots
Um fuck this cracker I hope rots
Um fuck this cracker I hope rots
They were suppose to make #3. I searched for it but never found it.
They were suppose to make #3. I searched for it but never found it.
They were suppose to make #3. I searched for it but never found it.
They were suppose to make #3. I searched for it but never found it.
Ima hv2 join “#TeamDouze” shes ahead of da Game lol
Ima hv2 join “#TeamDouze” shes ahead of da Game lol
Ima hv2 join “#TeamDouze” shes ahead of da Game lol
Ima hv2 join “#TeamDouze” shes ahead of da Game lol
Ima hv2 join “#TeamDouze” shes ahead of da Game lol
..dang “Gio” dat was alil harsh, eh? it was JUS a movie! lol
..dang “Gio” dat was alil harsh, eh? it was JUS a movie! lol
..dang “Gio” dat was alil harsh, eh? it was JUS a movie! lol
..dang “Gio” dat was alil harsh, eh? it was JUS a movie! lol
..dang “Gio” dat was alil harsh, eh? it was JUS a movie! lol
Me Me! !! I Got 1 & 2!
Me Me! !! I Got 1 & 2!
Me Me! !! I Got 1 & 2!
Me Me! !! I Got 1 & 2!
Me Me! !! I Got 1 & 2!
Me Me! !! I Got 1 & 2!
Yeah…I Liked 1 Better Than 2 Tho! Seen It A few Times!
Yeah…I Liked 1 Better Than 2 Tho! Seen It A few Times!
Yeah…I Liked 1 Better Than 2 Tho! Seen It A few Times!
Yeah…I Liked 1 Better Than 2 Tho! Seen It A few Times!
I saw #2 still looking for #1. Interesting Documentary. (looking to see if i know any of the players in da Game…)
I saw #2 still looking for #1. Interesting Documentary. (looking to see if i know any of the players in da Game…)
I saw #2 still looking for #1. Interesting Documentary. (looking to see if i know any of the players in da Game…)
I seen one if em, the bout the female that was locked up in California, this black boy wrote her to win her heart, & get fronted..I dont no which one is that
I seen one if em, the bout the female that was locked up in California, this black boy wrote her to win her heart, & get fronted..I dont no which one is that
I seen one if em, the bout the female that was locked up in California, this black boy wrote her to win her heart, & get fronted..I dont no which one is that
I seen one if em, the bout the female that was locked up in California, this black boy wrote her to win her heart, & get fronted..I dont no which one is that
^ that was #2 @ Melanie
^ that was #2 @ Melanie
^ that was #2 @ Melanie
BLOW is one of the all time favs. I love gangsta shi* that was a true story as well. Story of George Jung… He WAS the shit.
Melanie YounomeasNikki Jones That’s the Godmother Griselda Blanco..
Yeah she is one tough bit#*
im wit Gio…fuck that dude….Rott In Pieces
these people are mass murderers….they get no props
im a little surprised at the reaction from you all, especially those of you who seemed to like the movie/documentary. You have to remember the millions of people who become addicted to drugs and die as a result of someone selling/serving it up to them. This man didn’t do a good thing for humanity, so if he gets negative comments from people you cant blame them. I’ve never seen or heard of this. Miss Kissy im surprised at you!
Enjoy hell for the lives you ended putting that stuff on the streets.
check this