Free Mexican Air Force will be Flying Tonight
by Terry Canipe
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Pub Date 3 Mar 2017 | Archive Date 22 Sep 2018
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Description
Outlaws lead a solitary life. They give up much for what little they gain.
In the 1970s, when I was young and idealistic, I wanted to strike a minor blow to undermine my government’s power and ended up dedicating my life to making marijuana available. I became a drug smuggler.
I loved the challenging life I chose. I became a valued and trusted smuggler, but at the same time alienated my wife and daughter and became something of an outcast from my mother and other close relatives. You can’t have it all.
This is the story of my adventures as an outlaw. Hold onto your hat, it's a wild ride.
Available Editions
| ISBN | 9781549778964 |
| PRICE | US$1.99 (USD) |
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Featured Reviews
Wei Long K, Reviewer
This book is highly addictive to read and is written simply.
I read it within 24 hours after getting my hands on the book.
It is a first person recount on his experiences as a Marijuana Smuggler and can be compared to the book 'American Kingpin".
This book will keep you hook to understand the life of a drug smuggler like no other.
Highly recommended! Good read!
Andy L, Reviewer
I have read a number of books of this genre, and this was one of the better ones. Terry Canipe talks you through life as a smuggler, staying one step ahead of the law (mostly) while trying to make a living.
=== The Good Stuff ===
* Unlike some of the other books I have read, I actually developed some empathy for this author. Even though I have no sympathy, in general, for drug smugglers, I found myself rooting for this guy to stay out of trouble.
* Canipe does his best not to sugar-coat the lifestyle he led. First and foremost, smuggling is hard work both physically and mentally, and the penalties for poor performance can go well beyond financial hardship. As shown by the author’s own experiences, the downside of a poorly planned smuggling expedition can be quite harsh.
* The author is a reasonably honest chronicler of his own life. He admits his choices of friends may not have been the best, and while he keeps some of the details to himself, you can get a feel for how close to the edge his lifestyle was.
=== The Not-So-Good Stuff ===
* Canipe tells us numerous times how careful and skillful he is as a smuggler, and how much time he spends planning out the details and contingencies of his operations. And yet he seems to always be in some sort of trouble…making you wonder just how honest Canipe is with himself.
* As with all of the books of this genre, they tend to get repetitive. This book was better than most, and held my attention throughout, but the problem is always there.
=== Summary ===
I enjoyed the book, and would recommend it to any fans of this sort of “true-crime”. There might be more introspective books out there, and there are certainly more detailed accounts of the nuts and bolts of smuggling, but this wasn’t bad at all.
