El Mencho Was Just a Decoy? INSIDE the Real Leader Who is Running CJNG (with Pierre Rausini)

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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