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George Jung

1942 - 2021

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George Jacob J (; August 6, 1942 – May 5, 2021), nicknamed Boston George and El Americano, was an American drug trafficker and smuggler. He was a major figure in the United States cocaine trade during the 1970s and early '80s. Jung and his partner Carlos Lehder smuggled cocaine into the United States for the Colombian Medellín Cartel. Jung was sentenced to 60 years in prison in 1994 on conspiracy charges, but was released in 2014. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Jung is the 78th most popular extremist (down from 47th in 2019), the 1,874th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,106th in 2019) and the 30th most popular American Extremist.

George Jung is most famous for being a drug smuggler in the 1970s. He was convicted and sentenced to 70 years in prison, but was released after serving 20 years.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, George Jung ranks 78 out of 283Before him are Jean II, Duke of Alençon, Sada Abe, Johnny Torrio, Emperor Norton, Gudrun Ensslin, and Axeman of New Orleans. After him are Taha Yassin Ramadan, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Barry Seal, Abu Mohammad al-Julani, Ronald DeFeo Jr., and Mohammed Deif.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, George Jung ranks 122Before him are Karen Uhlenbeck, Mike Newell, Fred Ward, Larry Flynt, Michael Jackson, and Carlos Monzón. After him are Evaristo Carvalho, Muslim Magomayev, Samuel R. Delany, Terry Jones, Bert Sakmann, and Geneviève Bujold. Among people deceased in 2021, George Jung ranks 89Before him are Walter Mondale, Larry Flynt, Kim Yong-ju, Mamnoon Hussain, Bernard Tapie, and Jean-Luc Nancy. After him are Carolyn S. Shoemaker, John McAfee, Richard Donner, Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, Ronald DeFeo Jr., and Christa Ludwig.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Jung ranks 1,874 out of 20,380Before him are RZA (1969), James Ellroy (1948), Dion DiMucci (1939), Jeff Chandler (1918), Robert Lefkowitz (1943), and Margaret Rhea Seddon (1947). After him are Tony Todd (1954), Michael Madsen (1957), Vincent D'Onofrio (1959), Grant Wood (1891), Vint Cerf (1943), and Joyce Carol Oates (1938).

Among EXTREMISTS In United States

Among extremists born in United States, George Jung ranks 30Before him are Edmund Kemper (1948), Aileen Wuornos (1956), Rodney Alcala (1943), Marvin Heemeyer (1951), Jordan Belfort (1962), and Axeman of New Orleans (null). After him are Barry Seal (1939), Ronald DeFeo Jr. (1951), Susan Atkins (1948), John List (1925), James Earl Ray (1928), and Gary Ridgway (1949).