Tag Archives: the mick
The Mick’s Terrible Benders
Posted on 13. Sep, 2011 by Colin.
SUMMARY: An overview of The Mick’s alcoholism.
The Mick is an alcoholic worse than I’ve ever known. I’ve dabbled in AA before, but The Mick is one of those cases that make me realize I don’t really have a problem. For those new here, The Mick was one of my first friends in Bogota. He led a criminal career in Dublin and London before coming to Bogota in 1986 with the intent to smuggle three kilos of cocaine to Ireland. He was caught his first attempt and served four years in Bogota’s La Modelo penitentiary … Read more
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The Rise and Fall of Tachuela
Posted on 24. Apr, 2011 by Colin.
SUMMARY: In Colombian prison The Mick befriends a notorious assassin, who is ultimately killed himself.
WARNING: Graphic prison violence depicted.
The Mick did almost four years in La Modelo for trying to bring three kilos of cocaine through El Dorado airport. He learned Spanish in Colombian prison. … Read more
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The Mick Gets Knocked Out
Posted on 23. Apr, 2011 by Colin.
SUMMARY: The Mick gets knocked out by my American buddy Rico.
The Mick’s been drinking. He went real hard the last half of March.
Friday March 25 he showed up at my place. He said he’d just head-butted a guy in Plaza Lourdes. The guy tried to steal his cell phone the week prior. The Mick saw him in Lourdes, approached him with all smiles, then left his face a bloody mess and cycled over to my place. He was drunk and flush with ass-whoopin’ glory. … Read more
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The Michelin Man Goes to Jail
Posted on 12. Feb, 2011 by Colin.
SUMMARY: One of the times The Mick went to Irish prison in the 80s.
On Halloween day in 1983 The Mick ran into his second cousin Eamon, who was also among the Dublin underworld. The Mick said he had to find a costume (“fancy dress” as he calls it). Eamon told him it was his lucky day. He had an excellent costume to sell – a Michelin Man outfit. It had a comfortable nylon mask that wouldn’t make it hard for The Mick to drink. … Read more
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A Public Hanging in South Bogota
Posted on 29. Nov, 2010 by Colin.
SUMMARY: The Mick witnesses a public hanging in South Bogota, a form of street justice enforced by guerrillas where the government lacked control.
After getting busted with three kilos of cocaine at the Bogota airport (his first attempt as a mule), The Mick spent his first four years in Colombia in Bogota’s La Modelo prison. He didn’t speak Spanish. He knew nothing about Colombia. He was in La Modelo from 1986 – 1989.
Soon after arriving, The Mick noticed a group of a couple dozen inmates waking up early every morning to exercise. … Read more
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A Mick Reunion
Posted on 24. Nov, 2010 by Colin.
SUMMARY: I went on a bender with The Mick my first night back in Bogota. We drank Jameson, did coke, met crackheads, chased women. I accidentally smoked crack. I almost had to smack a hippie. We finished at Pechonorme’s with an unexpected guest.
Alternate Title: My 1st Night Back in Bogota
I arrived in Bogota Thursday night and the first thing I did was call up my good friend, The Mick. I brought him a Jameson gift box from America, the kind that comes with two branded glasses. … Read more
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My 2nd Time Bribing Cops in Colombia
Posted on 22. Jun, 2010 by Colin.
SUMMARY: Short dittie about my 2nd time busted smoking weed on the street with The Mick.
This story happened within a day or two after I published the story on my first time bribing cops in Colombia. Although that story occurred months before publishing it, I shied away from writing up this one because I would’ve felt like a dumb shit and a loser for having essentially the same story happen twice.
I quit drinking for over six months in Colombia. Toward the end, I started smoking weed every day all day to get by. That habit stuck after a month in the States and returning to Colombia in January. My smoking started to stink up the apartment building, annoying the neighbors. One day one of them said something about it to me and I decided not to smoke in the apartment anymore. … Read more
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The Mick Throws a Party
Posted on 25. May, 2010 by Colin.
SUMMARY: The Mick throws a party, slaps a guest.
April 30 I moved out of my Chapinero apartment. I moved my heavy things into The Mick’s apartment. After we finished moving, I treated him to dinner. We got drunk on aguardiente and hit on chicks around Carrera 8 south of Calle 60.
May 1 I woke up on his couch around 10am. He was having a beer and rolling a joint. I couldn’t go anywhere because it was pouring rain. We got stoned. Pechonorme showed up around noon. She invited us to lunch. She took us to Paisa Consulado, a seemingly authentic Antioqueño eatery on Carrera 11 south of Calle 72. I had a delicious bandeja paisa, which I noted cost over 20,000 pesos. While enjoying my food, I decided to have sex with Pechonorme to positively reinforce her buying me lunch. … Read more
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South London Gangster in Colombia
Posted on 28. Jan, 2010 by Colin.
SUMMARY: The story of John Rowley, a British conman and gangster, includes famous heists, jaw-dropping excess and drug abuse, prison, and an early death. Told by The Mick.
The Mick first heard of John Rowley in his days in the London underworld. Both worked in petty crime and bank robberies. The Mick had heard of him but they never met until their paths crossed in Colombia… Read more
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My 1st Time Bribing Cops in Colombia
Posted on 08. Jan, 2010 by Colin.
SUMMARY: The Mick and I got busted smoking a joint in Chapinero. We paid our way out of it.
One morning I ran into The Mick at the bike repair shop in Chapinero on the west side of Avenida Caracas. They usually have our bikes ready within an hour so we wait. After The Mick dropped his bike off, he struck a match to light a joint fatter than his nose hanging from his lips all the way down past his chin. We walked down the block… Read more
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