Barry Seal was an adventure-loving pilot from Louisiana that lived life according to one simple rule: when a Nicaraguan prison gives you lemons, make lemonade for Pablo Escobar.

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Source/Further reading:

Real Narcos podcast series (three episodes): https://www.noiser.com/news/2020/4/17...
Link to the most-recent major book on Seal: https://www.amazon.com/Smugglers-End-...
Time, the true story behind American Made: https://time.com/4958361/american-mad...
Vice, the story of Barry Seal’s assassination: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/4w...
Washington Post’s take on the same: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archiv...
History of the Medellin Cartel: https://www.medellinabrazasuhistoria....
History of Colombia: https://www.britannica.com/place/Colo...
Drug War timeline: https://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...
Slate: https://slate.com/culture/2017/09/wha...
Hollywood v History, what’s true and what’s not in American Made: https://www.historyvshollywood.com/re...
LA Times on the Washington Times’ exposure of Seal: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-x...
Arrest and the CIA myth: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=c...
Iran-Contra: https://www.britannica.com/event/Iran...
Sandinistas: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Sand...
In-depth article, but an untrustworthy source? https://www.counterpunch.org/2016/11/...