Watch every episode ad-free & uncensored on Patreon: https://patreon.com/dannyjones Ioan Grillo is a journalist from the UK who has been living in Mexico since 2000, writing stories, books and making documentaries about Mexican drug cartels and organized crime. SPONSORS https://shopify.com/dannyjones - Start your free trial today. https://capl.onelink.me/vFut/zralgyl0 - Download Cash App today. https://hexclad.com/dannyjones - Get 10% off your forever cookware. https://undrdog.com - Our listeners get 30% off their entire order. https://whiterabbitenergy.com/?ref=DJP - Use code DJP for 20% off. EPISODE LINKS https://www.crashoutmedia.com https://x.com/ioangrillo *NEW* DJP MERCH https://dannyjonespodcast.com Get paid to make clips from the show: https://discord.com/invite/dannyjones FOLLOW DANNY JONES https://www.instagram.com/dannyjones https://twitter.com/jonesdanny OUTLINE 00:00 - Mexico Journalism & Cartel Turf Wars 07:47 - Los Zetas, Military Defectors & Mexico's Cartel War 11:18 - How Cartels Control Mexican Police & Government 20:44 - Sinaloa's Governor & Alleged Chapitos Ties 22:26 - El Mencho's Killing, CIA Drones & Drug Boat Strikes 29:31 - Colombian Pro Bono Drug Smuggling Case 32:42 - Trump's Cartel Deals, Honduras Pardons & Maduro 39:41 - Maduro's Capture, Cuban Guards & Sonic Weapons 44:17 - Venezuela's Collapse, Mass Migration & Voting Machines 48:17 - Venezuelan Police, Airport Detention & Fear 53:08 - Kidnapped At Gunpoint: A Cartel Reporter's PTSD 57:08 - Cartel Cannibalism & Training Camps 01:06:07 - Mexican Marines & A Family Massacre 01:08:21 - Mexico's Mass Graves & Families Searching For The Missing 01:15:52 - Sinaloa Turf Wars, Forced Recruitment & State Police 01:21:11 - Lucky Luciano, The CIA & America's Drug War 01:26:16 - El Mayo's Kidnapping & The Sinaloa Cartel Families 01:30:39 - Meeting El Chapo's Mother In Sinaloa 01:39:28 - How El Mayo Was Tricked & His Plane's Museum Plaque 01:47:21 - Mexico's Indigenous Militia & Cartel Resistance 01:50:28 - El Mencho's Death & Alleged Military Execution 01:56:17 - Pegasus Spyware, Cartel Phone Hacks & Weaponized Drones 02:05:05 - Could Cartels Acquire Nuclear Weapons? 02:05:10 - Cartel Terror Tactics & The Siege Of Culiacán 02:13:30 - Stolen Ancient Artifacts & Cartel Contraband 02:14:53 - Would Drug Legalization Weaken Mexico's Cartels? 02:20:34 - Chinese Meth Superlabs, A $205 Million Bust & Vegas 02:30:16 - Chinese Fentanyl, Mexican Opium & The Heroin Boom 02:40:18 - Cocaine's Boom Years & The Economics Of Trafficking 02:46:06 - Cartel Wealth, Billionaires & The Pursuit Of Power 02:49:12 - El Salvador's Gang War & Bukele's Mass Arrests 02:53:00 - MS-13 Origins, Black Sabbath & Los Angeles 03:00:11 - Nayib Bukele's Background & El Salvador's Crackdown 03:02:54 - The Bukele Wallet Story 03:06:50 - Javier Valdez, El Chapo's Family & Murdered Journalists