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The Church of Living Dangerously: How One of America’s Biggest Pastors Became a Drug Runner for a Mexican Cartel
He looked like Sammy Hagar, preached like Billy Graham, and brought a 350-pound tiger to church.
- David Kushner
- Vanity Fair
Then he shot heroin with his son and was busted at the border for running drugs for a Mexican cartel.
A little after five A.M. on December 11, 2017, a gray Volkswagen Passat inched through the darkness of Tijuana toward the brightly lit Customs and Border Protection port of entry at San Ysidro, California.
It was in the SENTRI lane, the special passageway for pre-approved, low-risk travelers who have passed a stringent background check.
The driver, a…