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Former San Diego Police Department CSI investigator Steve Willard takes us on a journey to 1913, where the first documented death of a police officer in the line of duty was documented.

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California Prison Gang Update By Former California Department of Corrections Officer Dave Morales

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Line and Shadows - The Story of San Diego Police Border Alien Robbery Force (BARF) of the late 70s by Former San Diego Police Detective Edward Cervantes - Part 2 of 2

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Line and Shadows - The Story of San Diego Police Border Alien Robbery Force (BARF) of the late 70s by Former San Diego Police Detective Edward Cervantes - Part 1 of 2

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"California Criteria for Documenting a Street Gang and a Gang Member by Retired San Diego Police Gang Detective Felix Aguirre, Also Known as 'The Gang Guy.'"

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"Is There Such a Thing as the Perfect Crime? Former San Diego Police Detective Sergeant Doug Collier Investigates - Part 4 of 4."

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"Is There Such a Thing as the Perfect Crime? Former San Diego Police Detective Sergeant Doug Collier Investigates - Part 3 of 4."

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"Is There Such a Thing as the Perfect Crime? Former San Diego Police Detective Sergeant Doug Collier Investigates - Part 2 of 4."

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"Is There Such a Thing as the Perfect Crime? Former San Diego Police Detective Sergeant Doug Collier Investigates - Part 1 of 4."

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Former 1980's San Quentin C/O Tommy Arzate shares his SERT and Sec Squad legendary stories on Ash Wednesday

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Part 3 - Former 1980's San Quentin Officer Tommy Arzate shares his legendary Prison stories

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Former San Quentin Prison Warden Art Calderon shares the story of the Mark Adams escape from SQ

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San Quentin Security Squad & (SERT) Team Member Tommy Arzate shares his legendary life story

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Serial Killers in San Quentin State Prison - The Story b former Correctional Officer Johnny Gladson

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Retired CDCR IGI Johnny Rey shares the Norteños' inner structure in California Prisons

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San Diego Police Officers strike Domestic Violence several times - Was it justified? Use of Force expert retired San Diego Police Sergeant Juan Cephas breaks it down.

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Substack Writer Grant Gruber shares the Dog-Mauling of Dane Whipple and the Aryan Brotherhood ties

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Part 3 San Quentin State Prison Sergeant Johnny Gladson shares legendary mob hits and stories of San Quentin Prison, and talks about Richard Nelson, a Prison takeover by the BGF/Black Panthers

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Ret San Diego Police Detective Sergeant Doug Collier shares the California Gang Documentation Process and the gang that came to be known as THE FIGHT CLUB out of Murrieta California.

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Retired DEA Group Supervisor; Author Leo Silva shares the true story of Mexico's Allende Massacre

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Retired CDC Sergeant Johnny Gladson offers unique insight into the Mexican Mafia, notorious serial killers, and life inside San Quentin’s Adjustment Center.

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Former San Quentin State Prison Sergeant Johnny Gladson, shares the hidden secrets and history of San Quentin State Prison

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Mexican Cartel Update and is Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum te next US Target? Alex "Buggs" Marentes of Borderland Beat shares his DTO expertise.

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Former DEA Special Agent & Author Chris Feistle shares his new book "After Escobar"

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Former Mexican Mafia (EME) Hitman Ramon "Mundo" Mendoza discusses the EME Rules also known as "Las Reglas."

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Tribute to San Diego Police Detective Carlos Chacon

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Inside the Aryan Brotherhood Prison Gang with Grant Gruber

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PHITPD Podcast Host former San Diego Police Detective Sergeant Juan Cephas joins us to discuss "How to Train to Survive on the Streets: Life on the Beat in San Diego."

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Retired Phoenix PD Detective Sergeant Dan Jaramillo shares the arrest of Sammy The Bull Gravano

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Retired San Diego Police Detective Sergeant Carlos Chacon - One of the Last of the Gunslingers shares his stories of life on the streets

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Retired Phoenix Police Detective Johnny Vasquez shares some of his undercover operations and the dangers of working undercover.

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Retired San Diego Police Officer Bob Lopez shares how it was working in the 70s, 80s, and 90s in San Diego. Shares his battles with alcoholism and beating it.

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California Pelican Bay Prison Guard Jim Dagenais AKA Batman shares his encounters with members of La EME and the Aryan Brotherhood

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The Hosts of Ash Wednesday discuss the murder of Charlie Kirk - Part 1

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The Hosts of Ash Wednesday discuss the murder of Charlie Kirk - Part 2

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Pelican Bay Prison Guard Jim Dagenais, AKA Batman, shares his life living in a war zone, after the California Department of Corrections - Training Afghan soldiers and police overseas.

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Former DEA Special Agent Leo Silva discusses the current Narco Terrorists War

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The Hosts of Ash Wednesday are joined by Retired Los Angeles Sheriff's Sergeant Richard Valdemar to discuss current affairs.

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Ric Prado, legendary CIA Operations Officer shares his experiences working for the CIA

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California Pelican Bay Prison Guard Jim Dagenais AKA Batman shares his legendary Peiican Bay Prison Stories

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San Diego Crip and Blood Gang investigations shared by Ret. San Diego Police Detective Sergeant Gary Jaus

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The Origins and Evolution of the International Latino Gang Investigators Association (ILGIA)

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The Willie James Jones Homicide Investigation by San Diego Police Detective Sergeant Gary Jaus.

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New York State Trooper Ross Falisi talks about his response at Ground Zero during 911

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Colorado DOC Lt. Steve Lucero shares mob stories in Pueblo Colorado

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Former Navy Seal Operative and Instructor Juan Gonzales shares life story

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Former EME Hitman Ramon 'Mundo' Mendoza shares "Convicts & Cops" & discusses EME member Raul Leon

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San Diego Police Detective Sergeant Wayne Spees shares his experience with the SWAT, Gang Suppression Team, Joint Terrorism Task Force, and Hostage Negotiations Team.

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Retired Colorado State Prison Lieutenant Steve Lucero shares his memorable experiences and cases while working the Colorado Department of Corrections.

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Pastor Lorenzo Fresques, also known as Rev Renz will take us to the alleys, gangs and neighborhoods of Salt Lake City to Redemption.

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Tina Rowe – Retired Denver PD & U.S. Marshals Service - WOMEN IN LAW ENFORCEMENT (Early Years)

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Former CIA Operative and Author Ric Prado shares his life story and most memorable CIA missions.

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Retired Pinellas County Sheriffs Lieutenant shares one of her Florida Serial Killer Investigations.

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Navy SEALs Master Chief Kirby Horrell shares his most memorable moments in his 47 years in the SEALs.

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Yard Down Author Johnny Rey shares his CDCR Prison Gangs experiences - PART 3

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Former Navy SEAL Jeff "Bram" Bramstedt shares his life story and memorable deployments – A TRUE AMERICAN WARRIOR! If You Love God, Country, Family, a great Cigar, and Whiskey, this Podcast is for YOU! This is a Podcast where you can enjoy a Cigar and Whi

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CATCHING CRIMINALS - The New Era of Forensics and DNA - Retired San Diego Police Crime Scene Investigator and Forensic DNA Expert Tami Ballard Newquist

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Retired CDCR ISU Sergeant Mike Alvarez discusses crime within the prison walls, investigations, processing crime scenes, and much more.

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IS THERE FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN MEXICO? Mexican Journalist Gustavo Macalpin reveals Sinaloa cartel ties to Baja Governor Marina De Pilar

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Former Phoenix PD Kidnapping Team Detective Dominguez shares his career and most memorable cases

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Retired San Diego Police Lt Ray Shay shares his response to the McDonalds Massacre and his career with SDPD.

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Tren de Aragua TDA - How it started in Colorado by Former Maryland State Police Sergeant Andy Eways

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San Bernardino Police Sergeant Eric Bennet describes the 2015 San Bernardino Regional Center Terrorist Attack and gunbattle.

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Yard Down Author Johnny Rey shares his CDCR Prison Gangs experiences - PART 2

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Yard Down Author Johnny Rey shares his CDCR Prison Gangs experiences - PART 1

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THE STORY - San Diego Police Detective Mike Gutierrez

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Tijuana Cartel Enforcement Cell (Los Palillos) operated in San Diego County - Crime wave with bodies dropping throughout the county. Ret. San Diego Police Homicide Detective Ron Newquit discusses Los Palilllos Gang

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USBP Task Force Commander Alex Pacheco shares his work with the CIA and his major criminal cases.

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"THE LAST NARC" Truth or Myth? The hosts fo Ash Wednesday discuss this controversial series.

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Los Palillos Gang - Arellano-Félix Cartel Enforcement Cell - Discussion by Steve Duncan, Ret. CALDOJ, and Jim Bird, Ret. FBI

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Retired Los Angeles Sheriff's Detective Sergeant Richard Valdemar discusses Orange County's Mexican Mafia Prison gang member Peter "Sana"Ojeda.

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Ret, San Diego Sheriff's Detective Benny Cruz discusses working with the FBI to investigate and solve bank robberies and major violent robberies in San Diego County.

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Canadian freelance journalist Katarina Szulc shares her experiences with reporting on the Mexican Cartels and the fentanyl crisis in Canada and the USA. Szulc discusses how the Sinaloa Cartel and Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion have infiltrated Canada

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Former DEA Agent Chris Feistl shares his experiences in taking down the Cali Cartel - Feistl, featured on the Netflix series Narcos 3 – Colombia, discusses the complex investigation involving the DEA and the Cali Cartel.

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Ret. Los Angeles Sheriff’s Detective Sergeant Richard Valdemar will share his career expertise in investigating violent crimes against children, the Mexican Mafia prison gang, debriefs, prison gang murders, street gangs, RICOs, wiretaps, and other major

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USBP Task Force Commander Alex Pacheco shares his work with the CIA and major criminal investigations he was involved in.

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Fernando Puente of El Bordo Podcast in Tijuana discusses Zona Norte, the kidnapping and murder of young women, and Tijuana's Riverbed known as El Bordo.

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Retired San Diego Sheriff's Detective Cruz discusses some of San Diego's more notorious bank robberies, robbery crew, and the rape and continuous sexual assault of a young girl at the hands of her father.

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The Life Story of Retired Los Angeles County Sheriff's Detective Sergeant Richard Valdemar, From growing up in Compton to the war in Vietnam.

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US Marine Corps Sergeant Major Juan M. Hidalgo Jr. shares his life and military experiences

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Former FBI Special Agent Jim Bird shares his legendary career and kidnapping investigations in Mexico.

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Fernando Puente of El Bordo Podcast talks about his life in Tijuana and about crime and corruption in the border city.

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The Christian Glass Case by Retired LAPD Sergeant Marlon Marrache. Law Enforcement and the Mentally Ill – A Catch 22.

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Retired Los Angeles Sheriff's Detective Sergeant Ruben Nava discusses the Chaplain Program with the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department and the murder of a Chaplain while on duty.

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Former California BNE Agent Steve Duncan discusses drug cartels operating in BajaCalifornia, Mexico.

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Imperial Police Officer Dustin Wester discusses the difference between East and West Coast Gangs and Biker gangs in North Carolina.

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Former CDCR Lt. Hector Bravo interview with Ret. San Diego Sheriff's Detective Benny Cruz

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San Diego Police Cold Case Detective Lori Adams shares her LE experiences and solving Cold Case Homicides.

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Ret. LASD Detective Richard Valdemar discusses the1995 Mexican Mafia Prison Gang Massacre in El Monte, Ca - The Maxson Street Murders where two children were executed.

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US Border Patrol Agent Alex Pacheco discusses specialized border Patrol and ICE Units and the apprehension of Mexican murder suspects and other high-profile suspects found in the US and returned to Mexico.

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Former Mexican Mafia member Ramon "Mundo" Mendoza and Former CDCR Lt. Hector Bravo from the Prison Guard podcast discuss the violence and murders within CDCR

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Retired DEA SAC Mike Vigil shares his legendary cases and life stories with DEA

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Los Angeles Sheriff's Caplains Ruben Nava and Fred Krause back on the LINE OF FRE as Chaplains on the scene of the crime.

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Retired Los AngelesSheriff's Detective Sergeant Richard Valdemar discusses Mexican Mafia Prison Gang member Ernest Chuco Castro

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Former LAPD Internal Affairs Sergeant Marlon Marrache discusses Peace Officer Rights, and Officer Involved Shootings

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Interview with current Palm Springs Police Chief Aandy Mills (ASH WEDNESDAY)

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That Prison Guard Hector Bravo first interview with Reired San Diego Sheriff's Detective Benny Cruz

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Reasons We Serve Podcast - Episode 88 with The Gray Line and Story Behind the Blue Line Podcast host David Contreras, RET San Diego Police Detective Sergeant

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Part 2 of DEA SSA Leo Silva masterfully recounts the rise and fall of Los Zetas

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Part 1 - Former Calexico Chief of Police Gonzalo 'Chalo' Gerardo shares his life and most memorable stories

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Part 2 - Former Calexico Chief of Police Gonzalo 'Chalo' Gerardo shares his life and most memorable stories

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Exorcisms and Demons! Real life stories shared by Los Angeles Sheriff's Detective Sergeant Ruben Nava (RET)

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Current San Diego Police Chief Scott Wahl

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Part 2 David Contreras shares his LE and personal memorable moments and cases

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ASH WEDNESDAY - Angels, Demons and Quija Boards, personal experiences shared by Ash Wednesday hosts

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PART 1 - Retired San Diego Police Detective Sergeant David Conreras - The Life and Career of Dacid Contreras

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PART 2 - Retired San Diego Police Lt. Sean Murphy discusses his career with SDPD, SWAT Operations, K9's, and the US-Mexcio Border. Just how violent is that San Diego/Tijuana Border?

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ASH WEDNESDAY - What is Electoral College vs Popular Vote. Will it be a peaceful presidential transition

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PART 1 - Retired San Diego Police Lt. Sean Murphy discusses his career with SDPD, SWAT Operations, K9's, and the US-Mexcio Border.

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Former Parole Agent and Assistant Director of the California Department of Corrections Brian Parry on California Prison Gangs, RICO, Debriefs

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Female Gangs - Female gang members and San Diego Street Gangs - Female Gang Expert Myra Nunez on this special episode.

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Down For Life - An introduction into the world of female gangs by Producer/Director Frankie Aragon - A TRUE STORY

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ASH WEDNESDAY - Child Molestation, Pedophiles, Child Lovers are now called Minor-Attracted Person? HAVE WE LOST OUR MINDS!?

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PART 2 - Training Day - Former LAPD Officer Ruben Palomares - The Real Story

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PART 1 - Training Day - Former LAPD Officer Ruben Palomares - The Real Story

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PART 2 - The Mexican Mafia (La EME) Prison Gang - Former EME Member and Shot Caller Ramon "Mundo" Mendoza answers questions from listeners.

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PART 1 - The Mexican Mafia (La EME) Prison Gang - Former EME Member and Shot Caller Ramon "Mundo" Mendoza discusses the prison gang.

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PART 2 - The Calexico Police Scandal – What happened? Did the Sinaloa Cartel infiltrate the ranks of the PD?

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PART 1 - The Calexico Police Scandal – What happened? Did the Sinaloa Cartel infiltrate the ranks?

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The Murder of Elizabeth Sullivan - Retired San Diego Police Homicide Detective Kim Collier

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ASH WEDNESDAY - The Chincano Squad - The Story of Houston PDs First Bilingual Homicide Team

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ASH WEDNESDAY - Lyle and Erik Menendez released after Thanksgiving? Are they Manipulators or Victims? - Hosted by David Contreras, Doug Collier, and Bobby Arce

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Hurricanes Helene and Milton - Inside Story from those who experienced it.

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The True Stories of San Diego Police Department's Border Team with Retired San Diego Police Gang Detective Felix Aguirre.

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Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva shares his life story and historical career.

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ASH WEDNESDAY - PART 3 - Agent Under Fire - Former ICE Agent Victor Avila recalls the violent ambush by members of Los Zetas Cartel, while on official assignment in Mexico.. In that violent ambush, his partner Jaime Zapata was shot and killed.

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ASH WEDNESDAY - PART 2 - Agent Under Fire - Former ICE Agent Victor Avila recalls the violent ambush by members of Los Zetas Cartel, while on official assignment in Mexico.. In that violent ambush, his partner Jaime Zapata was shot and killed.

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ASH WEDNESDAY - PART 1 - Agent Under Fire - Former ICE Agent Victor Avila recalls the violent ambush by members of Los Zetas Cartel, while on official assignment in Mexico.. In that violent ambush, his partner Jaime Zapata was shot and killed.

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PART 2 - El Chapo Guzman (Sinaloa Cartel) and the Chicago Twins who took him down. Interview with Jay Flores, one of the Chicago Twins

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PART 1 - El Chapo Guzman (Sinaloa Cartel) and the Chicago Twins who took him down. Interview with Jay Flores, one of the Chicago Twins

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ASH WEDNESDAY - PART 2 - Former California Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement (CAL BNE) Commander Norm Wielsch discusses his arrest, conviction, and his redemption.

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ASH WEDNESDAY - PART 1 - Former California Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement (CAL BNE) Commander Norm Wielsch discusses his arrest, conviction, and his redemption.

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ASH WEDNESDAY - Retired San Diego Police Detective Sergeant Carlos Chacon discusses the Mexican Mafia (EME) in San Diego (Ronnie and Hector Ayala), and the murder of Mauro Gonzalez from Otay

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The Story of California Highway Patrol Officer Alexander C. Guerra - A LIFE CUT SHORT

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ASH WEDNESDAY - The San Diego Police Officer who brought shame and disgraced the police profession.

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Alex 'Buggs' Marentes of Borderland Beat - Ismael Mayo Zambada was he kidnapped or did he turn himself into DEA?

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Former LAPD CRASH Officer Ruben Palomares discusses how MS13 originated in Los Angeles

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ASH WEDNESDAY - DEA SAC Mike Vigil shares his life story, and the war against drug cartels worldwide.

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ASH WEDNESDAY - PART 2 - Former Riverside Sheriff's Deputy Andrew Monti discusses the Norco (Caliornia) Bank Robbery that took place May 9, 1980

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ASH WEDNESDAY - PART 1 - Former Riverside Sheriff's Deputy Andrew Monti discusses the Norco (California) Bank Robbery that took place May 9, 1980

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The Murder of San Diego Police Officer Jonathan De Guzman

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The Murder of San Diego Police Officer Kirk Johnson

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"That Prison Guard" Hector Bravo talks about the rise in murders and violence within the California Department of Corrections

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Alex 'Buggs' Marentes of Borderland Beat shares the true story of the biggest prison break in Juarez, Mexico

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ASH WEDNESDAY - Retired San Diego Sheriff's Gang Detective Roger Demshok recalls his tragic experiences on patrol -

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PART 2 - The life for former San Diego Sheriff's Detective Benny Cruz

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PART 1 - Retired San Diego Sheriff's Detective Benny Cruz shares his life story and legendary 42 year Law Enforcement career

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