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COMING 2017-2018: The non-fiction drug
crime book "The Last Gentleman Smuggler"
by Steven M. Kalish and Nikki Palomino
What better way than to celebrate moving into 2017 like those who celebrated going into 1967....
COMING 2017-2018 the non-fiction crime book "The Last Gentleman Smuggler" by Steven M. Kalish and Nikki
Palomino ...."You've had the Cocaine Cowboys, George Jung, Barry Seal, the Hippie Mafia and the Biggest Pot
Dealer in New York City’s History, now you've got Skip, the fulcrum between Panama, Colombia, the US War On
Drugs, Rock 'n Roll and Beautiful Women."
Ary stars in a rogue constellation bound with poor economics and drugs. We entered the two-car wide entrance
to the red light district on the outskirts of town without notice. Texas license plates were as common as the hook-
ers spilling out of segmented bars, single occupancy rooms, or into the camps along the unpaved road of Boys
Town. The four-block box was surrounded by a wall. No barbed wire but broken glass lined the concrete top, and
one couldn’t tell whether the wall had been built to keep people in or out. The Mexican government approved of
prostitution, although pimping, procuring and pandering were not. Transvestites received one corner, the rest of
the gravel littered with beer cans belonged to the girls usually with family working the bars.
We were in La Zona for pot. “Might as well have a few beers and check out the bars,” Don said as we entered the
cantina playing Norteno or Ranchero music blasting from a speaker hidden by the crowd of whores and sloppy
men.
We walked in confident and serious about why we were there. A young curvy woman who looked no older than
me approached, the life burned from her eyes with each trick or maybe that was her way of making me feel guilty
enough to pay extra for a room. The bartenders would get a cut from the room rental fees and their take at the
bar. No one cared. Lawlessness meant profit and someone with a connection.
The key to our success was dependent on our mindset. We always had the ability to manipulate our attitude,
body language, and overall posturing. We automatically controlled the thoughts of the cops we encountered. I
never broke out in a sweat even though the heat smothered us among bodies smelling of sweat and sex. The bar-
tender with a soiled rag wiped a glass as he chewed on a small cigar. The smart move was to position ourselves at
the bar as a couple of harmless hippies in Trick Town for cheap drinks and sex. Gut instinct drove us as much as
the dry wind drove the beer cans down the dusty road through the center of Boys Town.
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