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Chaos erupted inside the impenetrable <a href="https://www.txprisonmuseum.org/copy-of-the-keys-to-the-car-2">Walls Unit prison </a>in Huntsville during the scorching Texas summer of July 1974.&nbsp;
Frederico “Fred” Gomez Carrasco, a notorious drug lord often compared to Pablo Escobar of today, orchestrated a takeover that would become the longest prison siege in U.S. history.
Carrasco, known as &#8220;The Mexican Connection,&#8221; smuggled guns into the prison and, along with two accomplices, took teachers and librarians hostage.&nbsp;
For eleven harrowing days, they threatened a massacre if their demands were not met, keeping the nation on edge.
Join me as I explore this gripping saga of desperation, manipulation, and deadly confrontation.&nbsp;
This is the story of the deadly Huntsville siege, a tale that continues to resonate nearly fifty years later.
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