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EPISODE · Jul 2, 2025 · 26 MIN

El Pozolero : The Cartels “Stewmaker” Santiago Meza Lopez

from Plastic Paddy · host Steven Ellis

In the chilling annals of Mexico's drug wars, few names evoke as much grim fascination and horror as Santiago Meza López. He is widely known as "El Pozolero," or "The Stew-Maker," a moniker that, on the surface, might sound innocuous, even culinary. Yet, this seemingly harmless nickname conceals a truth so profoundly disturbing it has become synonymous with the darkest depths of cartel brutality.

In the chilling annals of Mexico's drug wars, few names evoke as much grim fascination and horror as Santiago Meza López. He is widely known as "El Pozolero," or "The Stew-Maker," a moniker that, on the surface, might sound innocuous, even culinary. Yet, this seemingly harmless nickname conceals a truth so profoundly disturbing it has become synonymous with the darkest depths of cartel brutality.

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In the chilling annals of Mexico's drug wars, few names evoke as much grim fascination and horror as Santiago Meza López. He is widely known as "El Pozolero," or "The Stew-Maker," a moniker that, on the surface, might sound innocuous, even culinary....

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