Cartels, Conspiracies, and Camarena
Jack Luellen
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 i...
Episode list
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April 8, 2025
44 min
Episode 123: Inside the Fight for Control of CDS
It has been around 9 months since El Mayo and Joaquin Guzman were flown to the United States and arrested and it's been almost exactly 7 months since the fighting between Los Chapi...
moreApril 1, 2025
43 min
Episode 122: The Sentencing of El Menchito and the Impact of Trump's Tariff Threats on Mexico's Fight Against the Cartels
In this Episode, I first discuss some recent news events, including the dismantling of a huge methamphetamine laboratory in Zacatecas, I then look at the sentencing of El Menchito,...
moreMarch 5, 2025
47 min
Episode 121: Extraditions, Extraditions, and More Extraditions
In this Episode, I look at the recent "extradition" of 29 narcos from Mexico to the United States and identify the most prominent figures who were extradited and the significance o...
moreFebruary 24, 2025
41 min
Episode 120: Are the Reports of the Demise of CDS Premature?
As Los Chapitos continue to suffer from the arrest and capture of more leaders, and given the reports of Ivan's narrow escapes, many pundits have proclaimed the demise of the Sinal...
moreFebruary 7, 2025
47 min
Episode 119: Remembering Enrique "Kiki" Camarena
Forty years ago today, DEA Special Agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena was abducted outside the American consulate in Guadalajara. Agent Camarena was subsequently interrogated, brutally ...
moreFebruary 4, 2025
32 min
Episode 118: Plea Negotiations, Plea Negotiations, and More Plea Negotiations
In this Episode, in addition to touching on some recent news, I discuss the plethora of reports asserting that many of the main cartel figures in custody in the U.S. are engaged in...
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