sal bronte, you should really read the book "cocaine cowboys" its different than the movie. the book says he kicked back nothing to anyone. and the Columbians kicked back nothing either. the drug cartels are much more vicious than any mob fanily, remember when a member of roy demeos crew killed a couple of drug dealers, roy had to whack him or else they were going to send in shooters. nobody wanted a war with the drug cartels.