Born in Havana in 1955, Luis Navia worked for nearly 25 years as a cocaine trafficker for the deadliest Colombian and Mexican cartels until he was arrested in the multinational takedown Operation Journey in 2000. He was convicted of serious narcotics offenses, went to federal prison, got out early after cooperating with authorities. He loaned his knowledge and the insights he gained from a quarter century of smuggling for the world’s deadliest cartels to help the United States Government, and today, as a reformed civilian, runs a construction business in Miami, Florida.