With on-the-ground reporting and analysis, I look at the brutal battle in Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel between the Mayos and Chapitos. Since it exploded in September, it has caused over 1,000 deaths and disappearances and shows no sign of stopping. ...

I talk with journalist Guillermo Galdos about his latest documentary on the submarines full of cocaine that cross the Atlantic. For more stories and to support, go to: www.crashoutmedia.com

I talk to Max Daly about his decades covering drxgs in the UK and his work as international drugs editor for Vice. Check out more on his work and books at:

I look at the security strategy of new Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum. For more info, check out: www.crashoutmedia.com

Ken Behr was a major smuggler of marijuana and cocaine into South Florida from the 1970s to the 1990s. When he finally got caught, he made a deal and worked undercover for the DEA for two years. He reveals all in his new book, "Confessions of a...

I talk to anthropologist Angela Garcia about the "anexos" in Mexico City that keep dozens of so-called addicts locked up in a single room for years using harsh methods such as chaining them to the wall. She has written about these for her new b...

Sometimes you find a story that just blows you away and makes you wonder how you hadn’t heard it before. Patrick Winn’s new book “Narcotopia” did just that in painting the first detailed portrait ...

I talk with bad ass journalist Hollie McKay who reported in Afghanistan about how the opium was trafficked massively under the Allied occupation and how the Taliban destroyed it.You can check out Hollie's Subtsack on:  https://holl...

I get into the seismic detention of Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada. For my full story please go to:

Mexico's first female president smashes the election 2024Check out: www.crashutmedia.com 

In another tragic case, three surfers - two Australian and one American - took a trip to Baja California and didn’t make it back; their bodies were found in a well with bullet wounds. Baja California authorities were quick to find t...

In Baltimore, Maryland, I interviewed teenage killer turned anti violence activist Tyree "Colion" Moorehead. In 2022, Colion was himself shot dead by a police officer while assaulting a woman and having a knife drawn. For more of m...

I talk to Margarito Flores, who along with his brother trafficked more than 60 tons of cocaine for the Sinaloa Cartel. They then became cooperators and gathered evidence that was used to indict more than 50 traffickers, including El Chapo. He i...

I look into the crazy new allegations dropping Mexico. To look into the issues further and support my work please go to: www.crashoutmedia.com

 I talk to journalist Ben Westhoff about his work covering the overdose crisis and gun violence. To support this podcast and my work, you can go to:

I talk to Christian Cipollini about California’s Homegrown Sicario: El Mano Negra. You can read the story on the years of interviews with El Mano Negra at: www.crashoutmedia.com You can also support my work at:

Luis Chaparro and I talk to Deborah Bonello about her investigation into the cartel queenpins and her book Narcas. You can support this podcast on:

Journalist Luis Chaparro got an exclusive interview with the narco known as El Plaga. The thing is El Plaga was meant to be in Mexican prison but he says he is on the streets. You can read the story on El Plaga here - http...

I talk with Luis Chaparro on his interview with narco turned informant Dámaso López Serrano, alias Mini Lic. To read the full story on Mini Lic go to www.crashoutmedia.com

I talk with fellow narco journalist Luis Chaparro about the crime bosses in his hometown of Ciudad Juarez from La Nacha to the Lord of the Skies and rise and fall of the Juarez Cartel 

I talked to fellow crime journalist Niko Vorobyov about the situation right now in Russia, with the protests, war, oligarchs and crime bosses. Check out Niko's work on: @Lemmiwinks_III https://www.amazon.com/-/es/Niko-Voro...

On February 15, 2011, members of the Zetas drug cartel attacked two agents from ICE, or Immigration and Customs Enforcement, in the state of San Luis Potosi, Mexico. One of them, Jaime Zapata, was killed. The other, Victor Avila, survived. Here...

This is an interview I conducted in 2019 with former Mexican President Felipe Calderón for my book Blood Gun Money: How America Arms Gangs and Cartel.  I am releasing the audio of the interview today to coincide with the release of the boo...

This is a debate with my friend and fellow writer Malcolm Beith, author The Last Narco, about whether the War on Drugs, which turns 50 last year, will change under Biden-Harris. I argue that there is hope and opportunity for a deescalation. He ...

Following the arrest of ex Mexican defense minister General Cienfuegos, I have a very late night chat with Mike Vigil, who served decades in the DEA, going undercover with traffickers. He was the longest serving agent in Mexico and also went to...