#218 - Mexican Cartels Just Hijacked Military Spy Technology | Luis Chaparro

Danny Jones Podcast

Watch the next episode early: ⁠https://patreon.com/dannyjones⁠ Luis Chaparro is an investigative journalist moving between the border of Texas and Mexico covering narcos & drug cartels. EPISODE LINKS https://lchaparro.com https://youtube.com/@luischaparro https://instagram.com/luiskuryaki SPONSORS https://ketobrainz.com/pages/djp - Use code "DANNY20" at checkout. https://ver.so/danny - Use code DANNY to save 15% on your order. FOLLOW DANNY JONES https://www.instagram.com/jonesdanny https://twitter.com/jonesdanny 00:00 - Luis on Felix Rodriguez 09:46 - What is the Cartel dynamic in Mexico now? 12:36 - Cartel propaganda in US media 16:49 - Catrel corporate structure 25:43 - Ancient Mayan artifacts 26:55 - Cartel exploitation of fishing trade 33:01 - Cartel guacomole war during Superbowl 37:02 - Farmers fighting cartels 39:06 - Damaso Lopez Serrano (El Mini Lic) 48:20 - Luis' crazy DM list 53:31 - How El Mini Lic contacted Luis 01:04:52 - El Mini Lic wealth 01:08:59 - Luis' 12 hr interview w/ El Mini Lic 01:17:01 - How El Mini Lic became a cartel leader 01:19:51 - El Mini Lic relationship w/ El Chapo 01:28:19 - Vice News bankrupcy 01:33:09 - Publishing the Cartel stories independently 01:40:26 - Los Chapitos requests to buy information from Luis 01:47:59 - Extradition of Ovideo Guzman 01:58:19 - Why does the USA want to extradite prisoners out of Mexico? 02:02:11 - Cartel connection to CIA 02:05:24 - El Plaga (the plague) 02:10:20 - Luis' video interview with El Plaga 02:12:10 - How El Plaga escaped prison 02:19:36 - How cartels recruit young kids as hit men 02:23:32 - Luis' goal is to illustrate the killers, not their idolized lifestyle 02:26:30 - TITAN spy software that Mexian Cartels are using 02:31:12 - Mexican Cartels can live track your cellphone 02:36:09 - Mexican Government selling technology to Cartels 02:43:00 - Cartels making more money smuggling people than cocaine 02:49:19 - Immigrants vs White people working and GDP 02:55:14 - Cartel development over the next 5 years?