El Mencho Was Just a Decoy? INSIDE the Real Leader Who is Running CJNG (with Pierre Rausini)
Borderland: Narcosis with Vincent 'Rocco' VargasShow Notes
Pierre Rausini is an author, former Los Angeles trafficking kingpin, and cartel expert.
To learn more about Pierre's drug case and arrest, check out: https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/drug-kingpin-who-ordered-slayings-gets-40-year-2759011.php?cmpid=gsa-sfgate-result
To learn more about Pierre's story, check out: Devil Exposed: A Twisted Tale of Drug Trafficking, Corruption & Murder in the City of Angels
Video Chapters:
(00:00) The $25M Reward and the Failure of the Kingpin Strategy (02:54) Juan Carlos Valencia: Family Lineage and Rise to Power (09:41) CJNG Money Laundering and Why Jalisco Is Different from Sinaloa (16:17) Paramilitary Wings and the U.S.-Directed Mexican Special Forces (23:49) Billionaire Financiers, La Plaza System and CIA Operations in Mexico (30:05) Sinaloa Civil War and Who Comes Out on Top (35:08) How to Actually Take Down the Cartels: Protection Networks, Finances, Choke Points
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