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# The Exile Nation Project - Chris Bava
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/tenp-chrisbava/
- Published: 2012-03-23T15:03:22.000Z
- Updated: 2019-02-14T22:15:08.000Z
- Description: Chris Bava is a former heroin trafficker who served 8 years in Federal prison following a worldwide sting operation in the late 1980s. Chris also struggled with addiction before and after his stint in prison, which eventually motivated him to move to Tijuana, Mexico, to seek out ibogaine, a variat
- Author: Charles Shaw
- Tags: Crime, justice & law, #Migrated, Health & care, Federal prison, Addiction, The Exile Nation Project, Drug & Criminal Justice Policy Forum, Heroin, Tijuana, trafficking, #en, #Import 2026-04-09 17:19

Chris Bava is a former heroin trafficker who served 8 years in Federal prison following a worldwide sting operation in the late 1980s.

Chris also struggled with addiction before and after his stint in prison, which eventually motivated him to move to Tijuana, Mexico, to seek out ibogaine, a variation of the African plant medicine, Iboga, which has shown a remarkable ability to interrupt addiction.

Today, Chris continues to live in Tijuana, advocating for the cities' thousands of homeless street addicts.

This interview is #23 of 100 and can be found on [ExileNation.org.](http://exilenation.org/interview-archive.php?ref=opendemocracy.net)