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Jul 2024
53m 56s

El Chapo's Sons Built a Fentanyl Empire:...

The Underworld Podcast
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With El Chapo locked up in a supermax prison and never going home, there's been a battle to maintain the power of his feared Sinaloa cartel. Many thought his sons, groomed to take his place, would falter. Seen mostly as spoiled rich kid "narco juniors" who possessed neither the intelligence nor the strength to outmaneuver older, more experienced druglords, t ... Show More
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