Belmont, man, I hear you. in "American desperado" the Columbians paid no mind to the mob families, these guys had money and troops. in the book, john riccobono just laughed when his uncle joe { a Gambino capo} told him to pay him, he ignored him. he tells in the book having seen 400 million in u.s. currency, and,he saw those numbers all the time. the coke lords carried the day in the 70s 80s.