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Secret Heartbeat of America: The C.I.A. & Drugs

Secret Heartbeat of America: The C.I.A. & Drugs

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In 1987 in Arkansas two high school seniors were brutally murdered, their bodies strewn across train tracks to be dismembered by a speeding train. Upon further investigation, the evidence of this crime leads to the heart of a massive C.I.A. drug and weapons smuggling operation based in Mena, Arkansas, and raises questions about past C.I.A. involvement in drug and weapons trafficking worldwide.

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

108 mins

Rating

10/10

Release Date

02 November 1999

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Cast

Daniel Hopsicker

Daniel Hopsicker

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