Disappearance
In 1974, Acosta disappeared while traveling in Mexico. His son, Marco Acosta, believes that he was the last person to talk to his father. In May 1974, Acosta telephoned his son, telling him that he was "about to board a boat full of white snow." Marco is later quoted in reference to his father's disappearance: "The body was never found, but we surmise that probably, knowing the people he was involved with, he ended up mouthing off, getting into a fight, and getting killed."
According to Thompson's obituary of Acosta, titled "Fear and Loathing in the Graveyard of the Weird: The Banshee Screams for Buffalo Meat," Acosta was a powerful attorney and preacher but suffered from an addiction to amphetamines, as well as a predilection for LSD. The article was Thompson's response to rumors that Acosta was alive somewhere around Miami.
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