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Mar 2021
47m 25s

El Chapo Part 4: The Great Escape

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It’s 2001, and Mexican drug baron Joaquín Guzmán Loera has spent nearly a decade behind bars. But now he becomes a fugitive once more, as he pulls off the most daring escape his super-max prison has ever seen. DEA agents wrangle a sit-down with a new, priceless informant. Meanwhile, Chapo finds love in the mountains. And his cartel branches out into a new ma ... Show More
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El Chapo Part 5: Cornered on the Coast
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El Chapo Part 6: Hollywood Comes Calling
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