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Carlos J.C. Perez

Carlos J.C. Perez

Author and former drug trafficker who wrote "Heisting the Beard" and "Pedro Pan: The Product of a Revolution Gone Bad," a Cuban exile and Pedro Pan child.

Jun 23, 2026

This Is Actually Happening

This Is Actually Happening

412: What if you were an international drug smuggler?

Jun 23 · 49m

speaker_4ADVERTISER
16:04
Be fascinating.
Carlos J.C. Perez
Carlos J.C. PerezGUEST
16:19
In my third year of college, I'm not really happy with the situation there.
Carlos J.C. Perez
Carlos J.C. PerezGUEST
16:24
I've kind of outgrown the athletic, this is all I'm going to be a gold medalist type shit.
Carlos J.C. Perez
Carlos J.C. PerezGUEST
16:31
So I leave college, I drop out, and I move to Houston, Texas.
Carlos J.C. Perez
Carlos J.C. PerezGUEST
16:37
We're talking 1976.
Carlos J.C. Perez
Carlos J.C. PerezGUEST
16:40
There was a lot of construction work going on.
Carlos J.C. Perez
Carlos J.C. PerezGUEST
16:43
So I go from being an athlete in the SEC and in college to banging nails in Houston.

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