Frank Lucas yavutse tariki 9 Nzeri umwaka w’I 1930, avukira ahitwa La Grange mu Majyaruguru ya Carolina.
Mu muryango w’abana batandatu
Lucas ni we wari mukuru. Mu buto bwe ubuzima ntibwamworoheye nk'uko ari we wari
mukuru yagombaga kwita kuri barumuna be akanabashakira ikibatunga, ntibyari byoroshye kuba yabona akazi, ni bwo
rero yatangiye kujya yiba ibyo kurya mu rwego rwo gushaka imibereho.
Ubu buzima bwo kujya ku muhanda ahanini bwatewe n’urupfu rwa mubyara we wishwe n’ababarizwaga mu cyitwa Ku Klux Klan (Umuryango w’Abanyamerika wakoraga ibikorwa byo kurwanya Abirabura bavuga ko nta mwirabura ukwiye kuba muri Amerika) uyu mubyara wa Lucas akaba yarishwe azira ko yari yarebye umugore w’umuzungu mu buryo budakwiye.
Nkuko Lucas ari we wari umutangabuhamya ntiyigeze
ahabwa agaciro ngo yumvwe bituma abishe
mubyara we birangira badakurikiranywe. Ibi rero byamuteye agahinda gakomeye
ubuzima bwe bwose abaho ari umugome.
Nyuma Lucas yaje kubona akazi
ko gutwara camion mu kigo cyakoraga ibihômbo (pipes), yaje gufatwa yaryamanye
n’umukobwa wa shebuja, mu gutinya ko yafungwa ,Lucas yakubise uwo mukobwa
amwiba n’amafaranga aratoroka.
Yaje guhungira New York
agezeyo abona akazi ku kurinda(bouncer) muri hoteli,nibwo yaje kwitegereza
asanga amafaranga atubutse ava mu bujura
bwo ku muhanda ndetse no mu gucuruza ibiyobyabwenge.
Nibwo mu mwaka w’i 1946
,Lucas yagiye mu mujyi wa Harlem
atangira kujya acuruza ibiyobyabwenge ku muhanda,ari naho yaje
kwiba mu kabari no mu iduka ryacuruzaga
imitako ihenze aho yibye zahabu.Ibi byatumye yigira inama yo guhungira muri
Thailand abifashijwemo n’incuti ye Johnson kugira ngo akomerezeyo ubucuruzi bwe
bw’ibiyobyabwenge.
Lucas yaje guhura
n’Umunyamerika witwa Atkinson aramufasha ndetse amuhuza n’ingabo za Amerika
zakoreraga ubutumwa mu magepfo y’Uburengerazuba
bwa Asia kugira ngo ajye abagemurira ku cyiyobyabwenge kizwi nka heroin.
Mu mwaka w’i 1960 nibwo
ubucuruzi bwe bwasaga naho buzamutse aho yacuruzaga ibiyobyabwenge bikava muri
New York bijya ku mugabane wa Asia.
Lucas yari umuntu wumva ko
agomba kubigeraho binyuze mu bucuruzi bw’ibiyobyabwenge.Intumbero ye yari
ugukora ubu bucuruzi akarenga ku ba Mafia bacuruizaga muri Harlem .We akaba
yarashakaga kwigerera aho heroin ituruka nyirizina.
Uko ubucuruzi bwe bwagendaga
butera imbere niko yakeneraga abamufasha bituma ajya kuzana barumuna be 5 ndetse na bamwe mu nshuti ze kugira ngo
bakorane kuko yari yizeye ko batamwiba.
Uyu mugabo yaje kuba umuherwe
cyane aho yarasigaye yinjiza miliyoni y’amadolari ku munsi,ibi byatumye amenyekana bikomeye
agenda amenyana n’ibyamamre bitandukanye nka Muhammad Ali , James Brown,Berry
Gordy na Diana Ross.yaje no kugaragara muri filime yitwa “The Ripoff ” iyi nayo aakaba yarayikuyemo amafaranga menshi.
Mu bucuruzi bwe
bw’ibiyobyabwenge Lucas yaranzwe n’ubwicanyi kuko uwamwitambikaga mu nzira
yhitaga amwica,ubwambuzindetse no gutanga ruswa kuko iyo ataza gutanga ruswa
ntiyari bwemererwe kujya acuruza ibiyobyabwenge.Si ibi gusa kuko Lucas
ntiyifuzaga kwigaragaza cyane kuko ntiyanifuzaga ko amafaranga atunze
amenyekana,aho yagendaga agura inyubako ahantu hatandukanye.
Lucas yaje gufungwa imyaka 15
ashinjwa kwica abirabura benshi mu
bucuruzi bwe bw’ibiyobyabwenge bwari buzwi
ku izina rya “Blue Magic”.Yaje
gufungurwa mu 1981 nyuma yaho mu 1984 yongera gufungwa aza gufungurwa iminsi ye
ya nyuma yari yarahindutse ari nako agenda akosora amafuti yari yarakoze
anasaba imbabazi .Lucas yaje gupfa ku
itariki ya 30 Gicurasi 2019.
TANGA IGITECYEREZO