For the historian, it is a warning about the corruption of democracy (Spain, 1980s). For the journalist, it is a headline about the failure of the drug war (Mexico, 2020s). And for the conspiracy theorist, it is a never-ending search for a WWII secret that never existed.
Controversy: For decades, was a state secret. When the Spanish newspaper El Mundo uncovered the files in the 1990s, it sparked a constitutional crisis. Several politicians and police chiefs were tried for kidnapping and murder. Operacion Dragon
For most the world, is the Spanish title for Enter the Dragon , the most influential martial arts film of all time. Starring the legendary Bruce Lee , the movie was his final completed film and cemented his legacy as a global pop-culture icon. For the historian, it is a warning about
The operation dismantled the "Galician connection." The heads of the Charlines clan were sentenced to over 18 years in prison. The Punta Candieira was seized and later used by the Spanish government as a training ship for anti-drug officers. Controversy: For decades, was a state secret
On a foggy November morning in 2005, a commercial fishing trawler named Punta Candieira slipped into the port of Vigo, Spain. To the dockworkers, it was just another vessel returning from a long, fruitless haul in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. The crew looked exhausted; the nets were clean. But the Spanish Civil Guard had been waiting for this ship for six months.