Real DEA Narcos - Steve Murphy
from Unstructured Hosted by Eric Hunley
This was also a video interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jyFbRlJsbo Steve Murphy was born in Tennessee in 1957. He later graduated from Bluefield State College with a bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice in 1981. Following a short career in local law enforcement, he enrolled in the DEA's training program. His first assignment was in Miami, where he worked with Kevin Brady, where they were mostly going after young marijuana users. Following the death of Brady at the hands of La Quica during a failed sting against Hermann Zapata. Murphy then accepted a transfer to Bogota. The former DEA agent then became involved in the successful manhunt for narcotics kingpin Pablo Escobar, with Javier Peña. Their story has formed part of the backbone for the Netflix series Narcos. Both Murphy and his partner, DEA agent Javier Pena, have traveled around the world to speak about their time in Colombia. They also worked as consultants on the Narcos show. Steve's links Web: https://www.deanarcos.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/deanarcos Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deanarcos Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deanarcos/ And don’t forget to support the podcast by subscribing for free, reviewing, and sharing. Find me on Locals for bonus content and a community where you can support my work at http://ehun.ly/pb_Locals Web: https://erichunley.com/ Twitter: http://ehun.ly/pb_twitter Facebook: http://ehun.ly/pb_facebook Instagram: http://ehun.ly/pb_instagram Join the Facebook group: http://ehun.ly/pb_fb_groups
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