Cartels, Conspiracies, and Camarena
An in-depth analysis of the 1985 murder of DEA Agent Enrique Camarena and the various conspiracy theories relating to his death, as well as the rebuttal to many of those theories in the newly published true crime novel Someone Had to Die. Subsequent seasons will also discuss other conspiracies, historical anomalies, and peculiar events and occurrences.
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Episodes (100)
Episode 129: No Death Penalties and the Possibity of Military Action in Latin Am...
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Episode 128: Updates on Mayo, Ovidio, and Caro and the Turf War Between DEA and...
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Episode 127: The CJNG - Los Chapitos Alliance: What is it and What does it Mean?
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Episode 126: The What and Why of the El Chapo Family Members Entering the US
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Episode 125: Oil Smuggling for the Cartels ... in Utah?
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Episode 124: The Civil Case of Camarena v. Caro-Quintero
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Episode 123: Inside the Fight for Control of CDS
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Episode 122: The Sentencing of El Menchito and the Impact of Trump's Tariff Thre...
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Episode 121: Extraditions, Extraditions, and More Extraditions
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Episode 120: Are the Reports of the Demise of CDS Premature?
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Episode 119: Remembering Enrique "Kiki" Camarena
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Episode 118: Plea Negotiations, Plea Negotiations, and More Plea Negotiations
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Episode 117: A Conversation with James Kuykendall
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Episode 116: The Re-Arrest of El Min Licenciado and America's Failed Policy
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Episode 115: Was Joaquin's Betrayal of El Mayo Part of a Long-Term Plan by El Ch...
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Episode 114: Leo Silva and the Los Zetas Reign of Terror
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Episode 113: What Does the US Election Mean for Mexico and Mexico's Cartels?
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Episode 112: The Extraordinary Case of El Azul
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Episode 111: The CDS Civil War -- Scheinbaum's First Month in Office and Rumors...
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Episode 110: The Trial of El Menchito
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Episode 109: Did Mayito Flaco Declare War on Los Chapitos?
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Episode 108: What Happened in Culiacan and the El Mayo Case Keeps Getting "Curio...
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Episode 107: Who Really are Government Witnesses Jorge Godoy and Rene Lopez Rome...
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Episode 106: Neither the Alleged Conspiracy Meetings nor the Witnesses are Credi...
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Episode 105: The Camarena Abduction: Reaching Some Conclusions
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Episode 103: The El Mayo Arrest: Reports, Rumors, and Analysis
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Episode 103: El Mayo Arrested: What Happened and What It Means
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Episode 102: The Camarena Kidnapping: The Inconsistent and Irreconcilable "Witne...
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Episode 101: The Camarena Kidnapping: The Timeframes That Don't Add Up
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Episode 100: Back to Where We Started: The Conundrum that is the Camarena Case
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Episode 99: A Half Year News Recap
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Episode 98: The Mexican Elections: What Happened and What Does It Mean?
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Episode 97: Mexico's Elections -- What's Really at Stake?
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Episode 96: Maxican Money Laundering in the United States -- Analysis and Propos...
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Episode 95: The DEA's National Drug Threat Assessment 2024
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Episode 94: Mexican Cartels and the Use of Social Media
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Episode 93: The Arrest of El Mencho's (Other) Brother
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Episode 92: Operation Plaza Strike: The Nogales Plaza and Plaza Boss Sergio Vale...
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Episode 91: Ciudad Juarez -- It's History, Cartel Influences, and Future
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Episode 90: The Fentanyl Crisis and the Politics of the United States and Mexico
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Episode 89 -- ADX Supermax -- El Chapo and Beyond
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Episode 88: Bravo Ranch and the Discovery of the Bodies of Camarena and Zavala
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Episode 87: Impacts from the AMLO Investigation Reports
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Episode 86: China's Connection to the Mexican Cartels
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Episode 85: The Many Lives of Los Zetas and Fight for Control of Tamaulipas
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Episode 84: Did Narco Traffickers Partially Fund an AMLO Presidential Campaign ?
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Episode 83: A Fresh Look at Recent Event in Mexico
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Episode 82: A Retired FBI Agent’s Inside Look into the World of MS-13
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Episode 81: The Enigma that is Juan Ramon Matta Ballesteros (Part 2)
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Episode 80: The Enigma That is Juan Ramon Matta Ballesteros (Part 1)
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