Young, George Jacob

George Jacob Young was born on August 6, 1942 in Boston. Then his family moved to the city of Weymouth in Massachusetts, where his father had his own business. George was not an excellent student, but played football well and, according to the memoirs of his classmates, was a born leader. After graduating from school in 1961, Young went to university. He was preparing to take exams for a bachelor's degree in advertising, but never completed his studies. Young began to use marijuana, while selling part of what he bought, so as not to remain at a loss. In the 1960s, George and his best friend Tuno moved to California. Since both were unemployed, after some time, “Tuno” offers to earn by selling marijuana. Young helped out a lot of money by smuggling the hashish he bought in California to New England. Soon, Young and Tuno were introduced to the local supplier and after a while became very successful. When an old acquaintance came to George with Thun, he appreciated the high quality of their product and said that it could be sold well in the east of the country. A connection was made and George soon arranged with the flight attendant to transport two suitcases of marijuana a week. Seeking even greater profits, Young expanded his operations to transport drugs by air to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, while using planes and professional pilots stolen from private airports at Cape Cod. In the midst of these operations, Young and his associates "earned" $ 250,000 for all per month (equivalent to more than $ 1.6 million today). It ended in 1974 when Young was arrested in Chicago for smuggling 660 pounds (300 kg) of marijuana. Young was convicted and sent to federal prison in Danbury (Connecticut) ^[1] .

In Danbury, Young’s cellmate was Carlos Leder Rivas , who introduced Young to the Medellin Cartel. In return, Young taught Leder to smuggle. When Young was released, they began to act together. Their plan was to control the supply of hundreds of kilograms of cocaine from the Colombian ranch of Pablo Escobar to the United States through Young's California connections. Young had a security officer who was supposed to accompany him to the exchange, where Young planned to give the keys to the car and half the cocaine to his man, and then leave. After a day or two, they had to meet and exchange car keys.

Young bailed out millions from his operations. By the end of the 1970s, Leder actually drove Young out of the "business", and he continued to engage in smuggling separately, while generating millions of dollars in profit. In 1987, Young was arrested in his mansion on the beach near Eastham (Massachusetts).

After his release, Young reunited with his old business partner and continued to smuggle cocaine. In 1994, Young was arrested along with 1,754 pounds (796 kg) of cocaine in Topeka, Kansas. He confessed to three counts of conspiracy, was sentenced to 60 years in prison, and was imprisoned in federal prison in New York. He was then transferred to the Federal Correctional Facility in Anthony, Texas. Later, Young was a witness in the trial of the case of former accomplice Carlos Leder, because of which the sentence to Young was commuted.

Young was serving his sentence at Fort Dicks, New Jersey. He was supposed to be released from prison on November 26, 2015 ^[2] at the age of 72, but his term was reduced for good behavior. He was released from prison on June 3, 2014. ^[3] After his release, Young spent some time in a social rehabilitation facility for people with a prison past. Living in such conditions allows you to socially adapt to an independent life in society ^[4] .

On December 6, 2016, George Young was arrested for violating parole conditions after he appeared in San Diego to attend an event for which he was promised a cash reward. Despite the fact that Young spent only four hours in the city, on his way back he was arrested in the city of Sacramento and was transferred to the county prison, as he did not warn probation officers of his intentions ^[5] . In January 2017, Young was sentenced to 7 months in prison. He was serving his sentence in one of the institutions of the state of Nevada ^[6] . George Young was released on July 3, 2017 ^[7] .

After his release, Young was allowed to relocate to California. In August 2017, Young was invited to become a consultant in the production of a documentary about the history of his life called “Boston George,” in the process of creating the film, Young visited the hometown of Weymouth for the first time in several decades, where he grew up and graduated from school in the city Young met with classmates and friends of his youth, who gave him a warm welcome ^{[8] [9]} . In 2018, Young said that he planned to leave the USA for permanent residence in Mexico due to financial difficulties and the high cost of living in the USA ^[10]

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• Cocaine is a feature film about Young's life.