All Episodes

Episode 129: No Death Penalties and the Possibity of Military Action in Latin America

Episode 128: Updates on Mayo, Ovidio, and Caro and the Turf War Between DEA and HSI

Episode 127: The CJNG - Los Chapitos Alliance: What is it and What does it Mean?

Episode 126: The What and Why of the El Chapo Family Members Entering the US

Episode 125: Oil Smuggling for the Cartels ... in Utah?

Episode 124: The Civil Case of Camarena v. Caro-Quintero

Episode 123: Inside the Fight for Control of CDS

Episode 122: The Sentencing of El Menchito and the Impact of Trump's Tariff Threats on Mexico's Fight Against the Cartels

Episode 121: Extraditions, Extraditions, and More Extraditions

Episode 120: Are the Reports of the Demise of CDS Premature?

Episode 119: Remembering Enrique "Kiki" Camarena

Episode 118: Plea Negotiations, Plea Negotiations, and More Plea Negotiations

Episode 117: A Conversation with James Kuykendall

Episode 116: The Re-Arrest of El Min Licenciado and America's Failed Policy

Episode 115: Was Joaquin's Betrayal of El Mayo Part of a Long-Term Plan by El Chapo?

Episode 114: Leo Silva and the Los Zetas Reign of Terror

Episode 113: What Does the US Election Mean for Mexico and Mexico's Cartels?

Episode 112: The Extraordinary Case of El Azul

Episode 111: The CDS Civil War -- Scheinbaum's First Month in Office and Rumors of an Unexpected Alliance

Episode 110: The Trial of El Menchito

Episode 109: Did Mayito Flaco Declare War on Los Chapitos?

Episode 108: What Happened in Culiacan and the El Mayo Case Keeps Getting "Curiouser and Curiouser"

Episode 107: Who Really are Government Witnesses Jorge Godoy and Rene Lopez Romero?

Episode 106: Neither the Alleged Conspiracy Meetings nor the Witnesses are Credible

Episode 105:  The Camarena Abduction: Reaching Some Conclusions

Episode 103: The El Mayo Arrest: Reports, Rumors, and Analysis

Episode 103:  El Mayo Arrested: What Happened and What It Means

Episode 102: The Camarena Kidnapping: The Inconsistent and Irreconcilable "Witnesses"

Episode 101: The Camarena Kidnapping: The Timeframes That Don't Add Up

Episode 100: Back to Where We Started: The Conundrum that is the Camarena Case

Episode 99: A Half Year News Recap

Episode 98: The Mexican Elections: What Happened and What Does It Mean?

Episode 97: Mexico's Elections -- What's Really at Stake?

Episode 96: Maxican Money Laundering in the United States -- Analysis and Proposals for Reform

Episode 95: The DEA's National Drug Threat Assessment 2024

Episode 94: Mexican Cartels and the Use of Social Media

Episode 93: The Arrest of El Mencho's (Other) Brother

Episode 92: Operation Plaza Strike: The Nogales Plaza and Plaza Boss Sergio Valenzuela Valenzuela

Episode 91: Ciudad Juarez -- It's History, Cartel Influences, and Future

Episode 90: The Fentanyl Crisis and the Politics of the United States and Mexico

Episode 89 -- ADX Supermax -- El Chapo and Beyond

Episode 88: Bravo Ranch and the Discovery of the Bodies of Camarena and Zavala

Episode 87: Impacts from the AMLO Investigation Reports

Episode 86: China's Connection to the Mexican Cartels

Episode 85: The Many Lives of Los Zetas and Fight for Control of Tamaulipas

Episode 84: Did Narco Traffickers Partially Fund an AMLO Presidential Campaign ?

Episode 83: A Fresh Look at Recent Event in Mexico

Episode 82: A Retired FBI Agent’s Inside Look into the World of MS-13

Episode 81: The Enigma that is Juan Ramon Matta Ballesteros (Part 2)

Episode 80: The Enigma That is Juan Ramon Matta Ballesteros (Part 1)

Episode 79: The Capture of El Nini and Other Key Recent Events

Episode 78: Amado Carrillo Fuentes - Who Was He, What Did He Do, and is He Still Alive?

Episode 77:  A 1986 US Embassy Memo on the Mexican Legal System and the Camarena Case

Episode 76:  Using Social Networking Analysis to Understand Mexican Cartels and the Nature and Strengths of CDS and CJNG

Episode 75: More Analysis of the Crisis of Guns Trafficked to Mexico and the Subjective Nature of the Truth

Episode 74:  Guns In Mexico: Accepting the Disturbing Truths

Episode 73: US Military Action Against Mexican Cartels: The Threats and the Realities

Episode 72: More on the Extradition of Ovidio Guzman and an Analysis of the Varied Factors Impacting Cartels and Drug Trafficking

Episode 71: The Extradition of Ovidio Guzman -- What Happened and What It Means

Episode 70: Intriguing Observations from Additional Testimony in the Camarena Criminal Trials

Episode 69 -- The 1990 Trial Testimony of Hector Berrellez

Episode 68: The Testimony of Lawrence Victor Harrison Part 2 and a New ”Claim” from Hector Berrellez.

Episode 67: The Testimony of the Enigma that was Lawrence Victor Harrison

Episode 66 -- The Troubling Trial Testimonies of Traffickers Enrique Plascencia Aguilar and Frank Retamoza

Episode 65: The Zuno Trials -- A Tale of Two Prosecutions

Episode 64 -- The ”Secret” Roles of Javier Barba Hernandez and Tomas Morlet in the Camarena Case

Episode 63 -- An Academic Analysis of the Long-Term Survival of the Sinaloa Cartel

Episode 62 -- Public Corruption in Mexico and a Discussion of Manuel Bartlett Diaz

Episode 61: A Brief History of the Mexican Government

Episode 60: FBI Agent Michael P. Malone and the Science of the Camarena Case

Episode 59: The Facts and Enduring Questions About 881 Lope de Vega

Episode 58: Who Ordered the Kidnapping of Agent Camarena?

Episode 57: Narcos: Mexico and the Camarena Case -- Setting the Record Straight (Part 2)

Episode 56: Narcos: Mexico – Setting the Record Straight (Part 1)

Episode 55 -- The (Other) Knights Templar

Episode 54: The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of La Familia Michoacana

Episode 53: The Indictments of Los Chapitos and What They Really Mean

Episode 52 -- The Three ”Zs” and the Ironic Downfall of Los Zetas

Episode 51- Osiel Cardenas Guillen and the Power Move that Almost Brought Down the Gulf Cartel

Episode 50: The Rise, Possible Betrayal, and Fall of Alfredo Beltran Leyva

Episode 49: The Tragically Violent Life of El Chapo’s Former Friend and Partner El Guero Palma

Episode 48 -- The CIA: Black Ops, Narcotics, and El Chapo

Episode 47: A Perspective on the Evolution of Cartels in Mexico

Episode 46: The Curious Case of Dr. Humberto Alvarez Machain

Episode 45: The Trial of Genaro Garcia Luina -- What Happened and Why It Matters

Episode 44: CDS and CJNG in Europe, the Middle East, and Around the World

Episode 43 -- The Unholy Trinity: Fentanyl, China and Mexican Cartels

Episode 42: The Capture of Ovidio Guzman: What Really Happened and What It Means

Episode 41 -- CDS and CJNG: Past, Present, and Future

Episode 40 -- El Chapo, Los Chapitos, and the Sinaloa Cartel

Episode 39 -- Who Is El Mayo and How Has He Survived So Long?

Episode 38: Who Really is El Mencho and Why Hasn’t He Been Captured?

Episode 37 -- Hidden ”Gems” in Congressional Report on Mexican Cartels

Episode 36 -- An Inside Look into the Arellano Felix Organization (Mexico’s Tijuana Cartel)

Episode 35 (Rev) -- Mexican Cartels: Your Questions Answered

Episode 35 -- Mexican Cartels: Your Questions Answered

Episode 34 -- El Mayo, El Mencho, and a Brief History of Mexican Cartels

Episode 33 -- The SEDENA Hacks: Extradition and Caro Quintero’s Return to Power

Episode 32 -- Testimony v. Facts: Las Americas Hotel and Manuel Bartlett Diaz

Episode 31 -- Analyzing Agent Berrellez’s ”Assertions”