The Return of Fred Carrasco

Fred Gomez Carrasco buys his way out of prison in Mexico. Like a homing pigeon, Fred Gomez Carrasco comes home. In San Antonio, Fred is a wanted man. Det. Sergeant Bill Weilbacher hunts for him. A new character emerges,  Det. Lieutenant Dave Flores. The Mexican-American cop also looks for Fred. Described as an "honest cop," Flores casts a wide net in his search for Carrasco. What he learns puts hi...

Fred Gomez Carrasco builds a heroin pipeline that extends from central Mexico to San Antonio. His business empire has made him a very wealthy man, but his wealth is tainted with blood. Carrasco's success is short-lived, however. By the Fall of 1972, Fred is in prison in Mexico. Within days of his arrest, Carrasco gets a suspicious visit from his nemesis, Det. Sergeant William "Big Bill" Weilbacher...

Fred Gomez Carrasco, an international heroin entrepreneur,  and San Antonio Detective William "Big Bill" Weilbacher, given their line of work, are bound to cross paths. 

In 1972, Fred Carrasco, an international heroin merchant and a known killer, escapes from a Mexican prison and comes home to San Antonio. The cops can't seem to catch him, people turn up dead, and the local press runs with the story. Carrasco's return plunges the city into turmoil, and it captures the imagination of a generation of Mexican Americans—including me.   My name is Joseph Tovares.   Wai...

In 1972 award-winning documentary producer Joseph Tovares is a 17-year-old high school senior in San Antonio. That fall, the international heroin merchant Fred Carrasco escapes prison in Mexico and returns home to San Antonio. His return upends the city, but it captures the imagination of a generation of young Mexican Americans...including Joseph.   Joseph spends most of the next fifty years on th...