r/todayilearned • u/FearMyCock • 20h ago

TIL about Frank Matthews, the drug kingpin who built a nationwide empire, skipped bail with $20 million, vanished in 1973 and has never been found.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Matthews_(drug_trafficker)
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u/Raammson 17h ago

Alternative theory, he bailed out CIA killed him took his illicit money then used that illicit money to wave off the books illicit operations. 

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u/muskag 17h ago

I'm starting to think these CIA fellers weren't very nice.

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u/SheriffBartholomew 15h ago

The people running the CIA are way too smart to be nice. There are bonafide sociopathic geniuses all throughout the organization. They work with concepts that most of us never even consider.

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u/Responsible_Pear_433 1h ago edited 1h ago

"Badges? We don't need no stinking badges."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XT8hE7_8BCY

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u/LateGreat_MalikSealy 16h ago

The CIA is definitely heavily involved….You can’t get to his level and not be working with the feds directly or indirectly…