Confidential Source Ninety-Six: The Making of America's Preeminent Confidential Informant

A onetime mastermind narcotics distributor, Caribe first saw the tragedies caused by the drug trade with his own eyes as he got to know the women involved with his business partner and the children that they raised. And when leaders of Mexico's Sinalao Cartel that he was trying to ensnare tracked down Caribe's home and visited his wife and children there unannounced, he was forced to unroot them and confront the unthinkable dangers that he brought into their lives. He becomes an actor risking everything to perform every night--one minor slip in his character and Caribe and his family may disappear forever. In CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE NINETY-SIX, the man who goes by the pseudonym Roman Caribe recounts the harrowing life he's lead as the most successful confidential informant in the history of U.S. By the time Caribe was arrested in a drug bust, he had made up his mind to get out of the business for good. Unfolding in Southern California mansions, makeshift DEA trailers set up in the middle of the

He has worked as the writer and producer for television series including Discovery Channel's Flipped: A Mobster Tells All and feature films including The Day the Ponies Come Back.. Roman Caribe, is the most successful confidential informant in US law enforcement history in terms of dollars of narcotics whose seizure he has helped facilitate. C.S. He is

It is a wild ride; certainly not for the faint of heart."Robert Mladinich, former NYPD detective, author of From the Mouth of the Monster: The Joel Rifkin Story, and coauthor of Undisclosed Files of the Police: Cases from the Archives of the NYPD from 1831 to the Present "In this thrilling firsthand look at the drug underworld, Roman Caribe doesn't just expose how the Cartels have wreaked havoc on our nation; he also shows the incredible lengths that Americans go to every day to end their lethal game. You've got to read this to believe it."Tommy Dades, coauthor of Friends of the Family: The Inside Story of the Mafia Cops Case. You're going to roo