https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxsyfN4jXO8
Someone's Infiltrating the Cartel Bosses
An FBI agent in a purple bathrobe convinces the Sinaloa Cartel he’s a Sicilian mob boss. That’s just the beginning. We go inside real undercover FBI and DEA operations against El Chapo’s organization, CJNG, and the Medellín Cartel, from fake cocaine smugglers and millionaire money launderers to an encrypted phone network secretly controlled by the FBI. Here’s how agents infiltrated the cartels from deep within.
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