Former
head of U.S.
Operations for the
Medellin Drug Cartel
After
escaping Castro's Cuba in 1966, ten-year-old Jorge and
his family fled to Miami. Bright and aggressive, Jorge
became an honor student and, by the age of sixteen, was
working for the Federal Reserve Bank. But a few years
later, he went to work for the Medellin drug cartel -
one of the largest and most powerful organized crime webs
in the world. In his early 20¹s, Dr. Valdes was responsible
for 85% of the cocaine brought into the United States.
Dr.
Valdes will talk of his experience in the cartel as
well as Christ’s subsequent intervention in his
life. Regarding the skills necessary for success in the
Medellin organization or any organization, "You need
leadership skills and organizational skills and you also
need a focus, a mission statement that is clear and which
everyone works toward. You also have to be loyal and you
have to have faith in what you are doing."
