American Made revolves around Barry Seal, a commercial airline pilot with Trans World Airlines (TWA), who got caught up in a drug smuggling scheme for the Medellín Cartel and made an earth-shattering amount of money. The 2017 movie is loosely based on a true story, and Seal, who was played by Tom Cruise in the film, was a real person. The pilot began working for the cartel in the early 1980s but was caught by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) not too long afterward. Seal struck a deal as an informant, given his connections with the Ochoa family, which didn't go over too well with members of the Medellín Cartel once they found out.

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