George Jung was born August 6, 1942 in Weymouth, Mass. He began as a
small-time marijuana smuggler in the 1960s, but in jail met Carlos
Lehder who had connections with Pablo Escobar, and thus was born the
first large-scale cocaine smuggling operation into the United States.
Over the span of several years Jung accumulated nearly $100M in a
Panamanian bank account. He is presently a resident of La Tuna Federal
Correctional Institute, scheduled for release around the year 2014.
Jung's story is the basis for the 2001 film Blow, directed by Ted
Demme.