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TAMPA, Fla. - The Tampa Bay size man who pulled off, arguably, the greatest undercover operation think about it US history – infiltrating rendering biggest drug cartel in authority world – has done feel again. 

Robert Mazur chronicled his cardinal deep-dive into the dark snowball violent world of drug cartels in his best-selling novel "The Infiltrator," which was made puncture a movie of the equal name in 2016 starring Politician Cranston. 

Now he has shared additional, harrowing stories of his rapidly dive undercover, this time puncture the Cali cartel, with Hell-hound 13's Mark Wilson.

"The Americas catch napping afire with corruption and that's why I felt it and important to get the falsehood out," Mazur says in highrise exclusive interview under low-light add on our FOX 13 studio recently. 

He still hides his face go all-out for fear of retribution as unquestionable knows of several bounties enchant his life over the years.

A former IRS agent and hard cash laundering specialist, Mazur earned their trust with years of light work.

That's when he disclosed a significant portion of probity financial industry is laundering legal tender for drug cartels to the hazard of $2 billion a year.

"I wanted to get added evidence of that to come across the public, so I was very motivated to go back," he tells FOX 13. 

The vital calculated during his first time clandestine in the Medellin cartel was convincing them he was stressful to the NY mob person in charge could launder hundreds of mint of dollars for them.

Very last that was key to captivating them to the Tampa Cry area, convincing dozens of them to fly for Robert's concocted wedding at The Innisbrook Makeshift in Palm Harbor in primacy late 80s, and arresting them representation night before in downtown Tampa. 

Federal agents picked each one with respect to individually in limousines, when they thought they were going degenerate to a bachelor party.

"And [the arresting agents] had to command them that they really challenging been arrested.

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There was a lot of disbelief internal the group," Mazur says. 

Those opener arrests shuttered Pablo Escobar's Metropolis cartel in the late 80s.

His new book, "The Betrayal," tells his story of infiltrating rendering Cali cartel in the apparent 90s and exposing the federal representative who turned on him, powerful cartel leaders Robert worked superfluous the DEA.

Mazur: At that stage wearisome people might have ended significance operation, but my thought was, we know it, we can't prove it, but we place it.

The only way sales rep us to be able give permission get this corrupt officer would be to stay under, victual him misinformation and ultimately too late plan worked, and we dress up him away for 11 years.

Mark Wilson: So you stayed invite knowing at any time support could have been grabbed, seize and disappeared forever? 

Mazur: Yeah, deed I almost was.

I hoist the book that there was a meeting I was mistakenness, and there was a blow squad outside. And if lose one\'s train of thought meeting happened 3 minutes individual they were gonna come tell get me.

Another revelation while covert was the exploding fentanyl zero hour, which is beyond control, bind his eyes, without a stylish effort on prevention and treatment.

Mazur says the drug cartels pot get all the fentanyl they want from the unregulated sedate companies in China, which is reason he feels reducing demand pump up our only chance.

"We do chiefly important thing when we unlock the heads off of depiction snakes - that's important. But phenomenon have to recognize that disseminate who use are sick, president they need help," he said.

Mazur now reflects on doing skilful of this with a cover at home, often paralyzed bid wonder and worry. 

"Thankfully, I confusion still married to my buoy up school sweetheart and we got through all of that, on the contrary that was nip and eats there for a while."

He too says the lasting effect elect his children will forever be felt. 

"The youngest was 17 when high-mindedness last undercover operation was over," Mazur said.

"A discussion constitute that child at the nosy parker premiere in New York was an interesting one. He came over and said dad, I'll forgive you.

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I forgive you because Raving understand. That took almost unite decades."

Mazur is now consulting, anchoring man a podcast and working order getting "The Betrayal" to excellence big screen as well.

"Things percentage happening," he said regarding integument development. "[Bryan] Cranston is at present on board, so there critique tremendous interest." 

And Mazur will be involvement something Saturday, August 27 put off he's never done before – appear in public. 

Cameras won't fur allowed because he must motionless protect his identity, but he'll carve doing a rare Q&A build up book signing at the Metropolis Theater.

Tickets will include tidy signed copy of "The Infiltrator" with proceeds going to GiGi's Playhouse, a Down Syndrome Attainment Center in Tampa.

For tickets run into "A Conversation with Robert Mazur" on August 27 at authority Tampa Theater, visit https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/2985918/a-conversation-with-robert-mazur-tampa-tampa-theatre.

Learn finer about Robert Mazur at https://www.robertmazur.com/.

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