He wasn’t just flying for Pablo Escobar anymore — he was running an empire in the sky.
By the mid-1980s, TJ Dominguez had gone from smuggling weed by boat to commanding planes stuffed with thousands of kilos of cocaine, streaming into South Florida under the Medellín Cartel’s watch. At the height of his power, TJ was making twenty million dollars a month, building an empire of speedboats, luxury cars, and even his own Bahamian hotel-turned-airstrip to keep the operation alive.
But every fortune has its cracks. The DEA was circling, the deals were getting riskier, and one wrong move could mean prison — or worse.
Now, in Part Two of this exclusive three-part series, TJ reveals the scale of the cartel’s cocaine business, how he gained Escobar’s trust, and the close calls that nearly ended it all.
🎧 Don’t miss Part Two of this unbelievable saga. Subscribe, rate, and share Miss Understood to hear the rise and fall of Escobar’s smuggler.
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