Posted on 09/07/2009 1:39:20 PM PDT by Saije
Baruch Vega's cellphone hardly rings these days.
It's not like 10 years ago, when the Colombian photographer of models was an intermediary between the Drug Enforcement Administration and powerful drug traffickers, and his phone rang off the hook with calls from federal prosecutors and attorneys in South Florida while he discussed poses with European models at his Miami Beach penthouse.
Now Vega, 61, seems to be tired of living on the razor's edge. He wants to put behind him the world that in 2000 took him to jail in the United States on charges of obstruction of justice and money laundering. The charges were later dropped.
``I don't want to pick more fights,'' he said. ``I just want to find old friends on Facebook."
(Excerpt) Read more at miamiherald.com ...
Maybe Pablo is posting from Hell..
Interesting article.
This guy is one of the characters portrayed in Cartel de los Sapos. His is a key part of the story. I suppose I knew the soap is based on a true story, but still it surprised me to realize he’s a real person.
Creepy. Too bad he doesn’t look like Manolo. Have you seen Victorino? Lots of creepies running around there, too.
Yes, and I agree, its a bit creepy. Hard to find anyone to root for.
His isn’t Manolo’s character; Manolo almost falls for his con though.
Its funny. Almost everyone in the story is betraying someone, except Manolo. This guy (Vega) makes a huge living promising immunity that technically he can’t deliver. By the time they find it out, though, they’re in jail, and he’s got their money.
Apparently the real Vega was paying off prosecutors so at least some of them did get a deal.
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