Coming Clean: The 20th Anniversary Edition: The True Story of a Cocaine Drug Lord Who Knew Spectacular Power and Wealth -- And an Inner Sense of Corruption He Could Not Escape

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Product Description As a young man in his twenties with an insatiable thirst for money and power, Jorge Valdes worked his way up inside Colombia's powerful Medellin drug cartel. His key position as head of U.S. operations brought him into direct contact with presidents, generals, Hollywood celebrities, hired killers, and kidnappers. This Cuban immigrant, raised in poverty, was living the high life in more ways than one. His deeds took him from the lap of luxury to the depths of prison and back again. Then an incredible thing happened. Jorge Valdes encountered a person much greater than the strongest drug lord, someone who offered something more satisfying than women, drugs, money, prestige, or power. Reading more like a fast-paced novel of intrigue than a traditional biography, Coming Clean offers an insider's view of the drug industry and the greed that drives it. About the Author Do you remember the television program "Miami Vice" with its powerful drug cartels, daily million-dollar drug deals, fast money, fast cars, and fast women, all set in some of the swankiest locations on earth? Dr. Jorge Luis Valdés lived and experienced the real life of Miami Vice. Dr. Valdés was 20 years old when he dreamed of becoming a millionaire before he was 30. He had everything -technically speaking- to make his dream come true: family, education, a brilliant mind and an enormous capacity for effort and sacrifice. He showed great promise but succumbed to the temptation of money and power. By the early age of 21, Dr. Valdés became a drug lord and largest importer of cocaine. As a millionaire playboy, Dr. Valdes made between one and three million dollars a month. He had gorgeous women, yachts, private jets and mansions all over the world. He had everything the world wanted and yet he felt miserable. He endured prison, torture and betrayal and yet he envied people who could be happy with a simple life. While serving a prison sentence, Dr. Valdés earned a bachelor's degree in Bible from Southeastern College. Upon his release from prison, in 1995, Dr. Valdés earned a Master's Degree from Wheaton College and in 2001 Dr. Valdés completed his Ph.D. in New Testament from Loyola University in Chicago. Today, Dr. Jorge Valdés is a much thought after speaker, and spends the majority of his time writing books, mentoring few selected leaders, speaking and simply being a dad. His first book, Coming Clean, was published worldwide by WaterBrook Press (a division of Random House/Doubleday) in September 1999, and that same year, Vida Publishers published Cuentas Claras. In June of 2018, Ediciones Logos published Jorge's second Spanish book, Cerebro Narco. His second English book, Narco Mindset, along with Narco Mindset Workbook, were recently published by SLT Publishing and available through Amazon.