1 00:00:01,131 --> 00:00:03,394 ♪♪ 2 00:00:09,792 --> 00:00:12,186 [ Siren wailing ] 3 00:00:12,229 --> 00:00:14,753 Wright: 9/11 happened, and the United States 4 00:00:14,797 --> 00:00:19,236 invaded one of the largest opium producers in the world. 5 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:21,673 George W. Bush: These terrorists must be pursued, defeated, 6 00:00:21,717 --> 00:00:23,153 and brought to justice. 7 00:00:23,197 --> 00:00:24,720 Parenti: The net effect of the PATRIOT Act 8 00:00:24,763 --> 00:00:27,375 is that it refueled the War on Drugs. 9 00:00:27,418 --> 00:00:29,377 I helped murder families in Columbia. 10 00:00:29,420 --> 00:00:31,857 Moran: We were willing to do whatever it took. 11 00:00:31,901 --> 00:00:35,339 If that meant supporting a known drug trafficker, 12 00:00:35,383 --> 00:00:38,516 that was not of tantamount concern. 13 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:40,562 Conroy: Mexican cops would go out and carry out a hit, 14 00:00:40,605 --> 00:00:42,085 and then they'll come back a couple hours later 15 00:00:42,129 --> 00:00:44,348 and investigate the murder they just committed. 16 00:00:44,392 --> 00:00:46,611 Stratton: They lied to us about this plant. 17 00:00:46,655 --> 00:00:48,222 Man: Cloaked in many innocent... 18 00:00:48,265 --> 00:00:50,702 It's an invitation to your own murder. 19 00:00:50,746 --> 00:00:53,227 [ Screams ]Stratton: You smoked it and you suddenly said, "Wait a minute. 20 00:00:53,270 --> 00:00:54,445 This stuff isn't so bad." 21 00:00:54,489 --> 00:00:56,099 Got some legal weed! 22 00:00:56,143 --> 00:00:58,188 Stratton: They're working with one cartel 23 00:00:58,232 --> 00:00:59,798 to take out another cartel. 24 00:00:59,842 --> 00:01:02,105 We're going to be ruthless in that fight. 25 00:01:02,149 --> 00:01:05,935 [ Gunfire ] 26 00:01:05,978 --> 00:01:09,286 Olsen: We're all concerned about cocaine and heroin. 27 00:01:09,330 --> 00:01:12,768 We're legally killing you and we're getting away with it. 28 00:01:12,811 --> 00:01:15,075 ♪♪ 29 00:01:23,561 --> 00:01:26,042 Peters: What I think is really interesting 30 00:01:26,086 --> 00:01:30,481 that we've seen happen in the last 15 or 20 years 31 00:01:30,525 --> 00:01:33,180 is that this so-called War on Drugs 32 00:01:33,223 --> 00:01:36,444 and the so-called War on Terror have collided. 33 00:01:36,487 --> 00:01:39,099 ♪♪ 34 00:01:39,142 --> 00:01:41,057 Narrator: It's been nearly 30 years 35 00:01:41,101 --> 00:01:44,234 since Richard Nixon declared the War on Drugs. 36 00:01:44,278 --> 00:01:46,802 ♪♪ 37 00:01:46,845 --> 00:01:49,239 But nearly 16 million Americans 38 00:01:49,283 --> 00:01:53,025 are regularly getting high on illegal narcotics each month. 39 00:01:53,069 --> 00:01:55,985 ♪♪ 40 00:01:56,028 --> 00:01:58,161 George W. Bush: Illegal drugs 41 00:01:58,205 --> 00:02:01,599 are the enemies of ambition and hope. 42 00:02:01,643 --> 00:02:03,166 And I intend to do something about them. 43 00:02:03,210 --> 00:02:06,561 ♪♪ 44 00:02:06,604 --> 00:02:08,476 All: "Smiled." 45 00:02:08,519 --> 00:02:09,651 -What word? -"Smiled." 46 00:02:09,694 --> 00:02:11,305 Yes, "smiled." 47 00:02:11,348 --> 00:02:13,959 Read these words the fast way. Get ready. 48 00:02:14,003 --> 00:02:15,396 "Smiled." 49 00:02:15,439 --> 00:02:17,485 Yes, "smiled." Get ready. 50 00:02:17,528 --> 00:02:19,574 -"More." -Yes, "more." Get ready. 51 00:02:19,617 --> 00:02:21,271 -"Light." -Yes, "light." Get ready. 52 00:02:21,315 --> 00:02:22,838 -"Must." -Yes, "must." 53 00:02:22,881 --> 00:02:25,145 Boys and girls, pick your reader up. 54 00:02:25,188 --> 00:02:28,496 60 on page 153. 55 00:02:28,539 --> 00:02:31,368 ♪♪ 56 00:02:38,288 --> 00:02:40,203 [ Indistinct shouting ] 57 00:02:41,857 --> 00:02:44,816 Woman: Oh. Oh, my God! 58 00:02:44,860 --> 00:02:47,471 -Give me that. -Oh, my God. 59 00:02:47,515 --> 00:02:49,604 [ Indistinct shouting ] 60 00:02:49,647 --> 00:02:51,910 ♪♪ 61 00:02:58,613 --> 00:03:01,355 George W. Bush: On my orders, the United States military 62 00:03:01,398 --> 00:03:03,313 has begun strikes 63 00:03:03,357 --> 00:03:05,924 against Al-Qaeda terrorist training camps 64 00:03:05,968 --> 00:03:07,361 and military installations 65 00:03:07,404 --> 00:03:09,624 of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. 66 00:03:09,667 --> 00:03:11,626 [ Speaking native language ] 67 00:03:11,669 --> 00:03:13,628 [ Radio chatter ] 68 00:03:16,283 --> 00:03:19,155 [ Rumbling ] 69 00:03:19,199 --> 00:03:20,635 [ Explosion ] 70 00:03:20,678 --> 00:03:24,595 [ Men speaking native language ] 71 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:29,600 Moran: America had just suffered this catastrophic loss. 72 00:03:29,644 --> 00:03:32,951 The CIA took it as an intelligence failure 73 00:03:32,995 --> 00:03:36,999 and took the war in Afghanistan as -- That was their baby. 74 00:03:37,042 --> 00:03:39,784 ♪♪ 75 00:03:39,828 --> 00:03:43,658 There was incredible pressure on the CIA 76 00:03:43,701 --> 00:03:46,008 to find and capture bin Laden. 77 00:03:46,051 --> 00:03:50,099 ♪♪ 78 00:03:50,142 --> 00:03:51,883 That was the CIA's mission, 79 00:03:51,927 --> 00:03:54,190 and -- and they wanted to do it right. 80 00:03:54,234 --> 00:03:56,279 ♪♪ 81 00:03:59,804 --> 00:04:02,590 Narrator: Two American Hercules C-130 aircraft 82 00:04:02,633 --> 00:04:05,245 take off from an air base in Uzbekistan. 83 00:04:05,288 --> 00:04:07,290 [ Radio chatter ] 84 00:04:07,334 --> 00:04:09,249 ♪♪ 85 00:04:13,601 --> 00:04:18,606 Man: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. 86 00:04:18,649 --> 00:04:19,911 Green light. 87 00:04:27,484 --> 00:04:30,966 Narrator: The CIA's just dropped 19 half-ton crates 88 00:04:31,009 --> 00:04:34,578 full of weapons and supplies. 89 00:04:34,622 --> 00:04:36,014 -Clear. -It's clear. 90 00:04:36,058 --> 00:04:39,061 On the ground to receive the drop -- 91 00:04:39,104 --> 00:04:41,672 a CIA-backed insurgent army... 92 00:04:41,716 --> 00:04:44,501 [ Indistinct talking ] 93 00:04:44,545 --> 00:04:47,809 ...led by this man... 94 00:04:47,852 --> 00:04:51,247 Hamid Karzai, Western educated, 95 00:04:51,291 --> 00:04:54,032 sworn enemy of the Taliban. 96 00:04:54,076 --> 00:04:57,558 In the 1980s, Karzai joined the CIA-backed war 97 00:04:57,601 --> 00:04:59,342 against Soviet invaders, 98 00:04:59,386 --> 00:05:03,085 fighting alongside fellow mujahideen Osama bin Laden. 99 00:05:03,128 --> 00:05:07,002 He's been a CIA asset ever since. 100 00:05:07,045 --> 00:05:12,137 The CIA wanted to get our guy positioned in power, 101 00:05:12,181 --> 00:05:13,835 someone that we could work with, 102 00:05:13,878 --> 00:05:15,793 someone that we knew would work toward 103 00:05:15,837 --> 00:05:18,100 the aims of the United States. 104 00:05:18,143 --> 00:05:20,189 And that guy was Hamid Karzai. 105 00:05:20,232 --> 00:05:22,626 ♪♪ 106 00:05:22,670 --> 00:05:25,325 Narrator: Karzai and his men must traverse hundreds of miles 107 00:05:25,368 --> 00:05:27,457 through Taliban-controlled territory 108 00:05:27,501 --> 00:05:30,721 in order to seize power. 109 00:05:30,765 --> 00:05:32,157 [ Gunfire ] 110 00:05:32,201 --> 00:05:34,334 [ Men shouting in native language ] 111 00:05:38,773 --> 00:05:41,558 But on a mountain pass, they're ambushed. 112 00:05:41,602 --> 00:05:44,213 [ Gunfire ] 113 00:05:57,487 --> 00:05:59,881 They're ambushed, and the agency 114 00:05:59,924 --> 00:06:02,057 doesn't know if Karzai is alive or dead. 115 00:06:02,100 --> 00:06:04,059 Man: Okay, then, what's the coordinates? 116 00:06:04,102 --> 00:06:07,105 Man #2: North 1506, west 8319. 117 00:06:07,149 --> 00:06:08,672 At least 10 people. 118 00:06:08,716 --> 00:06:10,326 Man #3: Signal down. We've lost visual. 119 00:06:10,370 --> 00:06:13,416 Signal down. We've lost visual. 120 00:06:13,460 --> 00:06:16,201 Are you there? Do you copy? Do you copy? 121 00:06:16,245 --> 00:06:18,987 Karzai, are you there? 122 00:06:19,030 --> 00:06:20,858 Please respond. 123 00:06:30,085 --> 00:06:32,479 Narrator: Karzai's men have prevailed. 124 00:06:32,522 --> 00:06:34,959 ♪♪ 125 00:06:39,050 --> 00:06:40,617 [ Horn honks ] 126 00:06:43,272 --> 00:06:45,013 Hamid Karzai has survived 127 00:06:45,056 --> 00:06:48,930 one of the greatest challenges of his life, 128 00:06:48,973 --> 00:06:51,672 and the American-led coalition installs Karzai 129 00:06:51,715 --> 00:06:55,415 as Afghanistan's interim leader. 130 00:06:55,458 --> 00:06:57,678 Moran: We got our guy in power. 131 00:06:57,721 --> 00:07:00,985 We got the lesser of all the evils in power. 132 00:07:01,029 --> 00:07:03,466 ♪♪ 133 00:07:03,510 --> 00:07:06,600 Narrator: As he secures his grip on power, 134 00:07:06,643 --> 00:07:08,602 one of his first acts as president 135 00:07:08,645 --> 00:07:11,779 is to give control of Afghanistan's strategic south 136 00:07:11,822 --> 00:07:15,217 to his brother, Ahmed Wali Karzai, 137 00:07:15,260 --> 00:07:17,349 He's one of Afghanistan's 138 00:07:17,393 --> 00:07:20,657 best-connected heroin traffickers. 139 00:07:20,701 --> 00:07:24,182 Now, thanks to his brother, he's on the CIA payroll. 140 00:07:24,226 --> 00:07:26,794 Afghanistan produces the vast majority 141 00:07:26,837 --> 00:07:28,622 of the world's heroin supply -- 142 00:07:28,665 --> 00:07:31,276 by some estimates, upwards of 90%. 143 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:32,539 Narrator: Located at the center 144 00:07:32,582 --> 00:07:35,019 of the so-called Golden Crescent, 145 00:07:35,063 --> 00:07:36,717 there's a saying here -- 146 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:41,852 "Whoever controls the poppy controls the country." 147 00:07:41,896 --> 00:07:44,986 We were willing to do whatever it took. 148 00:07:45,029 --> 00:07:47,771 If that meant turning a blind eye to 149 00:07:47,815 --> 00:07:52,515 or even implicitly supporting a known drug trafficker, 150 00:07:52,559 --> 00:07:55,649 that was really not of tantamount concern. 151 00:07:55,692 --> 00:07:57,781 ♪♪ 152 00:08:01,393 --> 00:08:03,221 Narrator: At a checkpoint in Kandahar, 153 00:08:03,265 --> 00:08:07,312 Afghan security forces are on high alert for car bombs. 154 00:08:07,356 --> 00:08:09,489 ♪♪ 155 00:08:18,976 --> 00:08:22,023 But when they stop a truck and search the vehicle... 156 00:08:22,066 --> 00:08:24,286 ♪♪ 157 00:08:34,644 --> 00:08:37,517 ...they find a huge stash of heroin. 158 00:08:37,560 --> 00:08:39,780 ♪♪ 159 00:08:43,348 --> 00:08:45,960 Before the checkpoint commander can make an arrest, 160 00:08:46,003 --> 00:08:47,962 he receives a call. 161 00:08:51,618 --> 00:08:54,272 It's the brother of the president. 162 00:08:58,755 --> 00:09:03,151 Peters: I think that the Karzai family put one son in politics, 163 00:09:03,194 --> 00:09:06,546 they put one son in business, they put one son in a mosque. 164 00:09:06,589 --> 00:09:08,896 And this is how you have control over 165 00:09:08,939 --> 00:09:10,332 all the elements of state. 166 00:09:10,375 --> 00:09:13,161 And the notion that, um, 167 00:09:13,204 --> 00:09:15,467 those brothers aren't all working together 168 00:09:15,511 --> 00:09:18,296 for the benefit of the family is ludicrous. 169 00:09:24,520 --> 00:09:26,957 ♪♪ 170 00:09:30,961 --> 00:09:32,963 Narrator: Ahmed Wali Karzai, 171 00:09:33,007 --> 00:09:35,313 newly appointed ruler of the south, 172 00:09:35,357 --> 00:09:37,968 orders the truck to be given safe passage. 173 00:09:40,318 --> 00:09:41,624 Peters: Ahmed Wali Karzai, 174 00:09:41,668 --> 00:09:43,452 the role he played in the drug trade, 175 00:09:43,495 --> 00:09:46,063 was to provide protection, 176 00:09:46,107 --> 00:09:49,589 to provide political cover for major drug traffickers. 177 00:09:49,632 --> 00:09:53,331 He was the guy that made sure those trucks got through. 178 00:09:53,375 --> 00:09:55,682 ♪♪ 179 00:10:00,512 --> 00:10:03,298 Moran: The CIA thinks that we're really fighting 180 00:10:03,341 --> 00:10:05,648 the important war, the War on Terror. 181 00:10:05,692 --> 00:10:07,737 We're the ones keeping Americans safe. 182 00:10:07,781 --> 00:10:11,001 And this War on Drugs, it's a losing battle 183 00:10:11,045 --> 00:10:13,003 that we don't want to concern ourselves with. 184 00:10:13,047 --> 00:10:16,006 ♪♪ 185 00:10:16,050 --> 00:10:18,530 Narrator: As Afghan heroin floods the market, 186 00:10:18,574 --> 00:10:20,663 back at home, the Bush administration 187 00:10:20,707 --> 00:10:23,057 pushes through a new anti-terror law 188 00:10:23,100 --> 00:10:26,321 that will change the face of the domestic War on Drugs. 189 00:10:26,364 --> 00:10:29,193 ♪♪ 190 00:10:29,237 --> 00:10:31,195 Man: Ladies and gentlemen, 191 00:10:31,239 --> 00:10:33,720 the President of the United States, 192 00:10:33,763 --> 00:10:36,418 accompanied by the Vice President. 193 00:10:36,461 --> 00:10:38,507 [ Applause ] 194 00:10:38,550 --> 00:10:40,596 ♪♪ 195 00:10:43,468 --> 00:10:48,343 The changes, effective today, will help counter a threat 196 00:10:48,386 --> 00:10:52,521 like no other our nation has ever faced. 197 00:10:52,564 --> 00:10:55,045 We've seen the enemy and the murder 198 00:10:55,089 --> 00:10:59,659 of thousands of innocent, unsuspecting people. 199 00:10:59,702 --> 00:11:03,140 They recognize no barrier of morality. 200 00:11:03,184 --> 00:11:05,795 They have no conscience. 201 00:11:05,839 --> 00:11:08,798 These terrorists must be pursued. 202 00:11:08,842 --> 00:11:10,974 They must be defeated. 203 00:11:11,018 --> 00:11:13,020 And they must be brought to justice. 204 00:11:13,063 --> 00:11:14,586 It is now my honor to sign into law 205 00:11:14,630 --> 00:11:18,373 the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001. 206 00:11:18,416 --> 00:11:21,202 [ Applause ] 207 00:11:21,245 --> 00:11:25,206 Parenti: The PATRIOT Act passed 98 in favor, 208 00:11:25,249 --> 00:11:28,862 one Senator against, in the name of fighting terrorism. 209 00:11:28,905 --> 00:11:31,081 Actually, some of its main provisions 210 00:11:31,125 --> 00:11:35,172 are more often used for drug prosecutions. 211 00:11:35,216 --> 00:11:37,087 Narrator: Police will now be able to search and seize 212 00:11:37,131 --> 00:11:40,700 without probable cause and even without your knowledge. 213 00:11:40,743 --> 00:11:43,137 Over the coming years, the U.S. government will issue 214 00:11:43,180 --> 00:11:45,835 thousands of so-called sneak-and-peek warrants. 215 00:11:45,879 --> 00:11:49,012 Less than 1% will have to do with terrorism, 216 00:11:49,056 --> 00:11:52,233 and over 75% will be for drugs. 217 00:11:52,276 --> 00:11:55,018 The net effect, really, of -- of the PATRIOT Act 218 00:11:55,062 --> 00:11:58,718 and the War on Terror is that it refueled the War on Drugs. 219 00:11:58,761 --> 00:12:02,025 [ Indistinct announcing, crowd cheering ] 220 00:12:02,069 --> 00:12:04,462 Narrator: Super Bowl XXXVI. 221 00:12:04,506 --> 00:12:09,250 86 million Americans watch the Patriots battle the Rams. 222 00:12:09,293 --> 00:12:11,513 It's the most-watched TV event of the year 223 00:12:11,556 --> 00:12:14,646 and the perfect opportunity for the government to premiere 224 00:12:14,690 --> 00:12:17,562 a new anti-drug ad campaign. 225 00:12:17,606 --> 00:12:19,564 I helped murder families in Colombia. 226 00:12:19,608 --> 00:12:20,827 It was just innocent fun. 227 00:12:20,870 --> 00:12:22,567 I helped kidnap people's dads. 228 00:12:22,611 --> 00:12:25,179 Hey, some harmless fun. 229 00:12:25,222 --> 00:12:27,224 I helped kids learn how to kill. 230 00:12:27,268 --> 00:12:28,791 I was just having some fun, you know. 231 00:12:28,835 --> 00:12:31,838 Moran: During the first Super Bowl after 9/11, 232 00:12:31,881 --> 00:12:36,973 we have this ad come out that shows the desperation 233 00:12:37,017 --> 00:12:40,716 of the mentality behind the War on Terror -- 234 00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:42,718 that if you use drugs, 235 00:12:42,762 --> 00:12:45,329 you're not hurting yourself, you're helping terrorists. 236 00:12:45,373 --> 00:12:47,244 I helped the bomber get a fake passport. 237 00:12:47,288 --> 00:12:48,506 All the kids do it. 238 00:12:48,550 --> 00:12:49,856 I helped kill a judge. 239 00:12:49,899 --> 00:12:51,509 I helped blow up buildings. 240 00:12:51,553 --> 00:12:53,729 ♪♪ 241 00:12:55,862 --> 00:13:00,910 The irony of this is that throughout history, 242 00:13:00,954 --> 00:13:04,131 the U.S. government has been entrenched 243 00:13:04,174 --> 00:13:07,003 and at least peripherally involved 244 00:13:07,047 --> 00:13:10,441 with the drug trade to a much greater degree 245 00:13:10,485 --> 00:13:13,096 than any teenager experimenting with drugs 246 00:13:13,140 --> 00:13:15,316 in the United States is ever going to be. 247 00:13:15,359 --> 00:13:17,405 ♪♪ 248 00:13:29,896 --> 00:13:32,115 ♪♪ 249 00:13:32,159 --> 00:13:34,117 Narrator: While America is preoccupied 250 00:13:34,161 --> 00:13:36,598 with a drug-fueled War on Terror... 251 00:13:36,641 --> 00:13:38,556 [ Helicopter blades whirring ] 252 00:13:38,600 --> 00:13:41,603 ...right at our doorstep, another drug war 253 00:13:41,646 --> 00:13:43,561 is about to create the most powerful 254 00:13:43,605 --> 00:13:47,000 and violent cartels the world has ever known. 255 00:13:47,043 --> 00:13:51,918 ♪♪ 256 00:13:51,961 --> 00:13:57,184 Narrator: 31 years after America declared the War on Drugs, 257 00:13:57,227 --> 00:14:01,449 the U.S. now consumes as much as 40% of the world's cocaine 258 00:14:01,492 --> 00:14:05,714 and spends approximately $25 billion on marijuana. 259 00:14:05,757 --> 00:14:07,847 ♪♪ 260 00:14:11,024 --> 00:14:13,417 Wainwright: Being close to the world's biggest consumer 261 00:14:13,461 --> 00:14:15,289 of illegal drugs has been a good thing 262 00:14:15,332 --> 00:14:17,595 for the Mexican cartels -- not for Mexico itself, 263 00:14:17,639 --> 00:14:22,296 but for its criminal organizations, this is a gift. 264 00:14:22,339 --> 00:14:24,994 Narrator: A decade after NAFTA helped turn Mexico 265 00:14:25,038 --> 00:14:26,735 into the key transshipment point 266 00:14:26,778 --> 00:14:28,998 for the North American drug trade, 267 00:14:29,042 --> 00:14:31,131 four major Mexican cartels 268 00:14:31,174 --> 00:14:33,263 battle for control of the border. 269 00:14:33,307 --> 00:14:37,224 The most dominant is the Juárez Cartel, 270 00:14:37,267 --> 00:14:41,358 once led by Amado Carrillo Fuentes. 271 00:14:41,402 --> 00:14:43,926 His mysterious death led to a power struggle 272 00:14:43,970 --> 00:14:47,582 for the most valuable turf in the drug game -- 273 00:14:47,625 --> 00:14:50,541 the critical border town Ciudad Juárez, 274 00:14:50,585 --> 00:14:54,763 directly across from El Paso. 275 00:14:54,806 --> 00:14:57,070 When you dig into it underneath the surface, 276 00:14:57,113 --> 00:14:59,246 that's when you started seeing how it really worked. 277 00:14:59,289 --> 00:15:01,030 And there was a lot of, uh, you know, 278 00:15:01,074 --> 00:15:04,077 pretty ugly stuff going on. 279 00:15:04,120 --> 00:15:05,600 Narrator: U.S. law enforcement 280 00:15:05,643 --> 00:15:07,819 are about to infiltrate the cartel, 281 00:15:07,863 --> 00:15:10,822 blurring the lines between good guys and bad. 282 00:15:10,866 --> 00:15:12,607 [ Gunshots, siren wailing ] 283 00:15:12,650 --> 00:15:15,523 ♪♪ 284 00:15:19,744 --> 00:15:21,921 [ Indistinct conversations ] 285 00:15:21,964 --> 00:15:25,054 Crossing the bridge that divides the two countries 286 00:15:25,098 --> 00:15:27,927 is a man on the inside of it all. 287 00:15:27,970 --> 00:15:32,932 Guillermo Ramirez Peyro, also known as "Lalo," 288 00:15:32,975 --> 00:15:36,065 a former Mexican highway patrolman 289 00:15:36,109 --> 00:15:40,461 turned Juárez Cartel lieutenant. 290 00:15:40,504 --> 00:15:43,420 He knew that sooner or later, 291 00:15:43,464 --> 00:15:46,771 he will be arrested or killed. 292 00:15:46,815 --> 00:15:51,124 Lalo heads to a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol office 293 00:15:51,167 --> 00:15:55,737 to offer his services as an informant. 294 00:15:55,780 --> 00:15:58,827 Esquivel: Lalo believed, as an informant, 295 00:15:58,870 --> 00:16:01,003 that he will have some protection 296 00:16:01,047 --> 00:16:03,353 by the federal U.S. government. 297 00:16:03,397 --> 00:16:05,442 ♪♪ 298 00:16:16,627 --> 00:16:19,021 Man: I understand you have some information. 299 00:16:20,327 --> 00:16:21,806 Can you protect me? 300 00:16:21,850 --> 00:16:23,547 Depends. 301 00:16:23,591 --> 00:16:27,464 ♪♪ 302 00:16:27,508 --> 00:16:30,990 Narrator: After extensive vetting, Lalo begins to talk. 303 00:16:33,209 --> 00:16:36,734 What do you know about the cartel? 304 00:16:36,778 --> 00:16:40,738 The cops in Mexico are the cartel, Señor. 305 00:16:40,782 --> 00:16:43,263 We're listening. 306 00:16:43,306 --> 00:16:45,047 I was one of them. 307 00:16:45,091 --> 00:16:46,570 He makes a shocking claim -- 308 00:16:46,614 --> 00:16:49,356 Numerous Mexican state police officers 309 00:16:49,399 --> 00:16:52,054 are also working for the Juárez Cartel. 310 00:16:52,098 --> 00:16:54,274 But I need assurances. 311 00:16:54,317 --> 00:16:58,626 Lalo, he's typical of so many of these "rats." 312 00:16:58,669 --> 00:17:00,671 It's a matter of survival. 313 00:17:00,715 --> 00:17:03,805 It's a matter of playing both ends towards the middle 314 00:17:03,848 --> 00:17:05,589 to protect yourself. 315 00:17:05,633 --> 00:17:08,201 It's a very dangerous world and a very violent world. 316 00:17:08,244 --> 00:17:11,595 ♪♪ 317 00:17:11,639 --> 00:17:13,815 Narrator: U.S. Customs agents register Lalo 318 00:17:13,858 --> 00:17:16,252 as informant number 913 319 00:17:16,296 --> 00:17:19,864 and put him to work undercover inside the cartel. 320 00:17:19,908 --> 00:17:22,824 ♪♪ 321 00:17:30,136 --> 00:17:32,486 Lalo's heading to a cartel safe house 322 00:17:32,529 --> 00:17:36,925 for a meeting with a small-time drug smuggler, Fernando Reyes. 323 00:17:36,968 --> 00:17:38,970 ♪♪ 324 00:17:42,887 --> 00:17:45,847 Reyes is looking for help moving a half-ton of marijuana 325 00:17:45,890 --> 00:17:47,196 across the border. 326 00:17:47,240 --> 00:17:49,111 [ Conversation in Spanish ] 327 00:17:49,155 --> 00:17:51,374 But the cartel leaders are not happy 328 00:17:51,418 --> 00:17:54,464 Reyes is operating on their turf. 329 00:17:54,508 --> 00:17:57,641 While Lalo pretends to facilitate the deal, 330 00:17:57,685 --> 00:18:02,603 two Juárez cops on the cartel payroll... 331 00:18:02,646 --> 00:18:06,259 emerge from another room. 332 00:18:06,302 --> 00:18:08,739 [ Shouting in Spanish ] 333 00:18:08,783 --> 00:18:11,525 ♪♪ 334 00:18:24,451 --> 00:18:26,366 Conroy: They ripped off a cord from a lamp 335 00:18:26,409 --> 00:18:27,541 and they're trying to choke him to death. 336 00:18:27,584 --> 00:18:29,369 This guy's just not dying. 337 00:18:29,412 --> 00:18:30,544 And they said, "We need your help." 338 00:18:32,372 --> 00:18:34,852 [ Shouting in Spanish, thudding ] 339 00:18:34,896 --> 00:18:37,377 ♪♪ 340 00:18:42,599 --> 00:18:44,906 Finally killed him by hitting him on the back of the head 341 00:18:44,949 --> 00:18:46,560 and broke his neck. 342 00:18:46,603 --> 00:18:49,302 ♪♪ 343 00:18:52,435 --> 00:18:55,046 [ Thudding] 344 00:18:58,267 --> 00:19:01,009 Narrator: Lalo has recorded the entire murder 345 00:19:01,052 --> 00:19:04,839 and turns it over to his Customs and Border Control handlers. 346 00:19:04,882 --> 00:19:07,581 Conroy: There were rumors about Mexican law enforcement. 347 00:19:07,624 --> 00:19:09,931 You know, people assume that they were corrupt. 348 00:19:09,974 --> 00:19:13,195 But he was really the first guy to bring out just how it worked. 349 00:19:13,239 --> 00:19:15,284 [ Applause ] 350 00:19:15,328 --> 00:19:19,114 The Mexican government and the Mexican law enforcement 351 00:19:19,158 --> 00:19:20,811 werepart of the cartel. 352 00:19:20,855 --> 00:19:22,639 [ Siren wailing ] 353 00:19:22,683 --> 00:19:25,425 There's stories that'll just blow your mind. 354 00:19:25,468 --> 00:19:28,689 Mexican cops would go out and carry out a hit. 355 00:19:30,821 --> 00:19:32,258 And then they'll come back 356 00:19:32,301 --> 00:19:33,824 in a police uniform a couple hours later 357 00:19:33,868 --> 00:19:35,478 and investigate the murder they just committed. 358 00:19:35,522 --> 00:19:37,219 That's how it worked. 359 00:19:37,263 --> 00:19:39,656 They call it the color of law, right? 360 00:19:39,700 --> 00:19:41,354 When are you cartel? 361 00:19:41,397 --> 00:19:44,270 When are you law enforcement? 362 00:19:44,313 --> 00:19:45,880 There is no line, really. 363 00:19:45,923 --> 00:19:48,448 It's all one fluid thing. 364 00:19:48,491 --> 00:19:51,451 In Mexico, less than 1% of serious crimes 365 00:19:51,494 --> 00:19:53,061 end up in any kind of conviction. 366 00:19:53,104 --> 00:19:54,845 [ Indistinct talking ] 367 00:19:54,889 --> 00:19:56,717 Narrator: When the U.S. Customs agents tell their bosses 368 00:19:56,760 --> 00:19:58,545 in Washington about the murder, 369 00:19:58,588 --> 00:20:04,159 they receive a directive -- continue working with Lalo. 370 00:20:04,203 --> 00:20:06,205 They had so much invested in this case. 371 00:20:06,248 --> 00:20:08,076 They were trying to get after the big fish 372 00:20:08,119 --> 00:20:10,905 in the Juárez Cartel, and so he went back. 373 00:20:10,948 --> 00:20:13,212 And he participated in subsequent murders. 374 00:20:13,255 --> 00:20:14,822 He even told 'em ahead of time 375 00:20:14,865 --> 00:20:16,040 that he was opening up the house, 376 00:20:16,084 --> 00:20:17,868 he was gonna have a barbecue, 377 00:20:17,912 --> 00:20:19,827 and they would bring someone over 378 00:20:19,870 --> 00:20:22,960 and torture and murder 'em there. 379 00:20:23,004 --> 00:20:26,268 Esquivel: They were making deals with the devil, 380 00:20:26,312 --> 00:20:31,708 because Lalo was one of the devils of the Juárez Cartel. 381 00:20:31,752 --> 00:20:33,710 He was a blood killer. 382 00:20:33,754 --> 00:20:35,756 [ Gun cocks, gunshot ] 383 00:20:35,799 --> 00:20:38,149 ♪♪ 384 00:20:38,193 --> 00:20:43,764 This guy was actually given a license to kill. 385 00:20:43,807 --> 00:20:46,462 You don't want to believe 386 00:20:46,506 --> 00:20:51,815 that you have American law enforcement involved. 387 00:20:51,859 --> 00:20:56,124 Narrator: January 2004, the Mexican military move in 388 00:20:56,167 --> 00:21:00,259 on the house where Fernando Reyes was killed. 389 00:21:00,302 --> 00:21:03,566 They find 12 bodies buried in the backyard, 390 00:21:03,610 --> 00:21:05,264 including Reyes. 391 00:21:05,307 --> 00:21:08,702 ♪♪ 392 00:21:08,745 --> 00:21:12,836 The press will call it the "House of Death." 393 00:21:12,880 --> 00:21:16,405 Esquivel: The House of Death was the first evidence 394 00:21:16,449 --> 00:21:21,454 how violent was the drug business in Mexico, 395 00:21:21,497 --> 00:21:25,284 how deeply the Mexican police, the Mexican government, 396 00:21:25,327 --> 00:21:31,681 and some U.S. federal agencies were involved. 397 00:21:31,725 --> 00:21:35,642 This is a really tragic and a really dark foretelling 398 00:21:35,685 --> 00:21:39,733 of what we would start to see with the drug war later on. 399 00:21:39,776 --> 00:21:42,866 You think of mass graves, and you think of genocide 400 00:21:42,910 --> 00:21:45,869 in Eastern Europe, in, uh -- in Southeast Asia, 401 00:21:45,913 --> 00:21:47,088 and all of a sudden this is happening 402 00:21:47,131 --> 00:21:48,742 just south of our border. 403 00:21:48,785 --> 00:21:51,135 ♪♪ 404 00:21:59,318 --> 00:22:03,060 Narrator: Lalo will escape all prosecution. 405 00:22:03,104 --> 00:22:06,586 The Juárez Cartel will soon face an enemy 406 00:22:06,629 --> 00:22:09,937 far more ruthless than the U.S. or Mexican governments -- 407 00:22:09,980 --> 00:22:12,069 the man who will become the most notorious 408 00:22:12,113 --> 00:22:19,294 drug trafficker in the Western Hemisphere. 409 00:22:20,339 --> 00:22:22,732 El Chapo.[ Helicopter blades whirring ] 410 00:22:22,776 --> 00:22:25,344 ♪♪ 411 00:22:36,877 --> 00:22:38,531 Narrator: 200 Mexican soldiers 412 00:22:38,574 --> 00:22:43,144 are on their way to make a high-profile arrest. 413 00:22:43,187 --> 00:22:45,146 They intend to nab an elusive drug lord 414 00:22:45,189 --> 00:22:46,974 popular with the locals. 415 00:22:47,017 --> 00:22:50,369 ♪♪ 416 00:22:50,412 --> 00:22:53,154 So popular, they've already tipped him off. 417 00:22:56,853 --> 00:22:58,333 And he's long gone. 418 00:22:58,377 --> 00:23:01,510 [ Engine roaring ] 419 00:23:01,554 --> 00:23:06,036 Joaquín Guzmán Loera, nicknamed "El Chapo," or "Shorty." 420 00:23:06,080 --> 00:23:09,213 By age 9, he's already got his start in the drug trade 421 00:23:09,257 --> 00:23:11,868 and then rises to become the most powerful drug lord 422 00:23:11,912 --> 00:23:13,435 in the Western Hemisphere. 423 00:23:13,479 --> 00:23:16,220 Head of the infamous Sinaloa Cartel 424 00:23:16,264 --> 00:23:19,354 and known to carry a gold diamond-encrusted handgun, 425 00:23:19,398 --> 00:23:23,010 his net worth will grow to over an estimated billion dollars, 426 00:23:23,053 --> 00:23:24,968 earning him a spot on the Forbeslist 427 00:23:25,012 --> 00:23:26,535 of the world's richest people. 428 00:23:26,579 --> 00:23:28,232 ♪♪ 429 00:23:28,276 --> 00:23:30,931 Longmire: He's not the stereotypical drug lord 430 00:23:30,974 --> 00:23:32,976 who dresses flashy. 431 00:23:33,020 --> 00:23:35,762 He's a jeans-and-baseball-cap kind of guy. 432 00:23:35,805 --> 00:23:38,765 [ Chanting in Spanish ] 433 00:23:38,808 --> 00:23:41,071 He's a very romanticized figure. 434 00:23:41,115 --> 00:23:44,510 In Mexico, you have songs that are written about him. 435 00:23:44,553 --> 00:23:48,078 You have entire communities that are rooting for him. 436 00:23:50,690 --> 00:23:52,779 Narrator: Still unknown to most of the world 437 00:23:52,822 --> 00:23:54,389 but ready to make his mark, 438 00:23:54,433 --> 00:23:57,436 El Chapo's strategy is to take out the cartels 439 00:23:57,479 --> 00:24:00,090 that control the eastern and western border crossings 440 00:24:00,134 --> 00:24:02,005 and build a power base 441 00:24:02,049 --> 00:24:05,705 before taking the geographically critical Juárez Cartel. 442 00:24:05,748 --> 00:24:07,489 ♪♪ 443 00:24:07,533 --> 00:24:08,751 [ Dog barking ] 444 00:24:20,328 --> 00:24:23,940 El Chapo's Sinaloa Cartel wants to corner the market 445 00:24:23,984 --> 00:24:26,160 by destroying the competition. 446 00:24:26,203 --> 00:24:29,250 One major competitor -- the Tijuana Cartel, 447 00:24:29,293 --> 00:24:32,383 also known as the Arellano-Félix Organization. 448 00:24:32,427 --> 00:24:35,299 They control much of the border crossings to the west, 449 00:24:35,343 --> 00:24:38,999 with a distribution route from Baja California to San Diego. 450 00:24:39,042 --> 00:24:41,654 Both El Chapo and the DEA 451 00:24:41,697 --> 00:24:45,179 have a common interest in their demise. 452 00:24:45,222 --> 00:24:50,445 At a certain point, the Tijuana Cartel became more violent. 453 00:24:50,489 --> 00:24:52,447 [ Gunfire ] 454 00:24:52,491 --> 00:24:56,233 ♪♪ 455 00:24:56,277 --> 00:24:58,192 People were being killed left and right. 456 00:24:58,235 --> 00:25:01,325 People were disappearing. 457 00:25:01,369 --> 00:25:04,546 Chapo Guzmán and the Sinaloa organization that he was growing 458 00:25:04,590 --> 00:25:08,724 was basically at war with the Tijuana Cartel. 459 00:25:08,768 --> 00:25:10,770 Chapo's organization whacked 460 00:25:10,813 --> 00:25:14,251 one of the Tijuana organization's top guys. 461 00:25:14,295 --> 00:25:17,428 In return, Chapo's brother got murdered in prison. 462 00:25:17,472 --> 00:25:19,648 It was like revenge killings -- "You killed one of mine, 463 00:25:19,692 --> 00:25:21,302 I'm going to go kill one of yours." 464 00:25:21,345 --> 00:25:23,609 ♪♪ 465 00:25:28,439 --> 00:25:32,835 Narrator: A man walks into a DEA field office in Tijuana, Mexico. 466 00:25:32,879 --> 00:25:34,533 [ Camera shutter clicking ] 467 00:25:34,576 --> 00:25:38,885 This is Humberto Loya-Castro... 468 00:25:38,928 --> 00:25:43,498 Sinaloa Cartel lawyer and DEA informant. 469 00:25:43,542 --> 00:25:46,588 He'll meet secretly with the DEA on 50 occasions, 470 00:25:46,632 --> 00:25:50,331 providing critical information on drug trafficking 471 00:25:50,374 --> 00:25:54,248 and other organized crime across Mexico. 472 00:25:54,291 --> 00:25:59,296 The DEA is at the mercy of their informants. 473 00:25:59,340 --> 00:26:03,997 Chapo's lawyer was using DEA to do Chapo's dirty work for him. 474 00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:06,869 ♪♪ 475 00:26:06,913 --> 00:26:10,003 Narrator: Castro tells the DEA he has vital information 476 00:26:10,046 --> 00:26:13,093 about Sinaloa's rival, the Tijuana Cartel. 477 00:26:13,136 --> 00:26:15,008 [ Speaking Spanish ] 478 00:26:30,110 --> 00:26:32,416 ♪♪ 479 00:26:42,165 --> 00:26:44,080 Stratton: The power of these cartels 480 00:26:44,124 --> 00:26:46,169 is not to be reckoned with. 481 00:26:46,213 --> 00:26:49,129 ♪♪ 482 00:26:49,172 --> 00:26:51,174 There is no line that they won't cross. 483 00:26:51,218 --> 00:26:54,787 DEA agents have been killed in Mexico before. 484 00:26:54,830 --> 00:26:56,876 ♪♪ 485 00:26:56,919 --> 00:26:59,661 Narrator: The DEA acts fast against the threat, 486 00:26:59,705 --> 00:27:02,142 securing its personnel, 487 00:27:02,185 --> 00:27:03,622 then launches a preemptive strike 488 00:27:03,665 --> 00:27:05,798 against the Tijuana Cartel. 489 00:27:05,841 --> 00:27:08,322 ♪♪ 490 00:27:11,542 --> 00:27:15,329 They're working with one cartel to take out another cartel. 491 00:27:15,372 --> 00:27:17,810 ♪♪ 492 00:27:17,853 --> 00:27:20,726 It's almost like moving chess pieces around. 493 00:27:20,769 --> 00:27:24,381 [ Conversation in Spanish ] 494 00:27:24,425 --> 00:27:27,689 Narrator: The DEA cracks down on the Tijuana Cartel, 495 00:27:27,733 --> 00:27:31,084 leaving an opening for their rivals. 496 00:27:31,127 --> 00:27:35,871 The Sinaloa Cartel's now coming for Tijuana's turf. 497 00:27:37,699 --> 00:27:41,355 And Loya-Castro's information plays a critical role. 498 00:27:41,398 --> 00:27:43,531 ♪♪ 499 00:27:43,574 --> 00:27:45,315 Conroy: There's certain people in the drug war. 500 00:27:45,359 --> 00:27:47,143 They play in this gray area. 501 00:27:47,187 --> 00:27:49,537 They're the informants and the assets and the snitches. 502 00:27:49,580 --> 00:27:51,365 And they can play one side against the other. 503 00:27:51,408 --> 00:27:54,281 They play in this narrow bridge that's incredibly dangerous. 504 00:27:54,324 --> 00:27:56,022 [ Conversing in Spanish ] 505 00:27:56,065 --> 00:27:58,285 They would snitch on their rivals. 506 00:27:58,328 --> 00:28:01,505 And in exchange, the leadership of the Sinaloa organization 507 00:28:01,549 --> 00:28:04,204 was provided essential immunity from prosecution, 508 00:28:04,247 --> 00:28:06,119 and they would be left alone and allowed to operate. 509 00:28:06,162 --> 00:28:08,251 [ Man speaking Spanish ] 510 00:28:10,950 --> 00:28:13,866 Narrator: But to truly dominate the drug trade, 511 00:28:13,909 --> 00:28:16,433 it will come down to controlling the entire supply chain 512 00:28:16,477 --> 00:28:18,871 to the streets of America. 513 00:28:18,914 --> 00:28:22,091 So El Chapo sets his sights on Chicago. 514 00:28:22,135 --> 00:28:25,442 ♪♪ 515 00:28:25,486 --> 00:28:29,011 A day's drive from 70% of the U.S. population, 516 00:28:29,055 --> 00:28:31,318 Chicago's a transportation hub 517 00:28:31,361 --> 00:28:34,103 crossed by seven major interstate highways 518 00:28:34,147 --> 00:28:37,454 with extensive rail and air-travel infrastructure. 519 00:28:37,498 --> 00:28:39,413 ♪♪ 520 00:28:41,763 --> 00:28:44,548 Longmire: We saw Chicago being a larger and larger hub 521 00:28:44,592 --> 00:28:47,551 in order to move drugs into other parts of the country. 522 00:28:47,595 --> 00:28:49,771 ♪♪ 523 00:28:53,819 --> 00:28:58,432 Narrator: This is Chicago's 22nd ward... 524 00:28:58,475 --> 00:29:00,216 a heavily Hispanic neighborhood 525 00:29:00,260 --> 00:29:03,524 where Mexican cartel members can blend in. 526 00:29:03,567 --> 00:29:06,701 El Chapo's drawn to these two brothers. 527 00:29:06,745 --> 00:29:09,617 ♪♪ 528 00:29:09,660 --> 00:29:11,575 The Flores twins inherited 529 00:29:11,619 --> 00:29:13,664 the family's small-time drug business 530 00:29:13,708 --> 00:29:15,579 when they were still in high school 531 00:29:15,623 --> 00:29:18,800 and grew it to be one of the top cocaine distributors in Chicago 532 00:29:18,844 --> 00:29:23,762 with an annual income of $700 million. 533 00:29:23,805 --> 00:29:26,982 Chapo arranges a meeting at his mountaintop compound 534 00:29:27,026 --> 00:29:29,245 to talk expansion with the two brothers, 535 00:29:29,289 --> 00:29:32,858 who have deep roots in Mexico. 536 00:29:32,901 --> 00:29:35,643 Trust is only one component of making the deal. 537 00:29:35,686 --> 00:29:38,559 El Chapo wants to know, can they deliver? 538 00:29:38,602 --> 00:29:41,127 ♪♪ 539 00:29:41,170 --> 00:29:44,347 The brothers turn over their books. 540 00:29:44,391 --> 00:29:46,393 They show a strong hold on the market... 541 00:29:46,436 --> 00:29:48,003 [ Speaking Spanish ] 542 00:29:48,047 --> 00:29:50,266 ...and the potential for a solid investment. 543 00:29:55,228 --> 00:29:57,360 Having those lines of distribution 544 00:29:57,404 --> 00:30:00,711 is key any time that a Mexican criminal organization 545 00:30:00,755 --> 00:30:02,801 wants to expand in the United States. 546 00:30:02,844 --> 00:30:05,499 It was an ideal business solution. 547 00:30:05,542 --> 00:30:08,763 Narrator: But El Chapo's just getting started. 548 00:30:08,807 --> 00:30:11,505 He's looking to expand his control of the border, 549 00:30:11,548 --> 00:30:13,463 so he turns to the eastern crossings, 550 00:30:13,507 --> 00:30:15,552 controlled by the Gulf Cartel. 551 00:30:15,596 --> 00:30:17,206 Longmire: The Sinaloa Federation 552 00:30:17,250 --> 00:30:20,688 really wanted control of this major corridor. 553 00:30:20,731 --> 00:30:22,908 Narrator: After years of attempts 554 00:30:22,951 --> 00:30:24,300 at the Gulf's territory, 555 00:30:24,344 --> 00:30:26,563 El Chapo goes in to take it all. 556 00:30:26,607 --> 00:30:30,393 Longmire: Gulf Cartel sent its enforcers, Los Zetas -- 557 00:30:30,437 --> 00:30:33,048 these are trained killers, they're trained assassins, 558 00:30:33,092 --> 00:30:35,921 most of them were former military special forces -- 559 00:30:35,964 --> 00:30:38,358 to go out and fight to keep this plaza. 560 00:30:38,401 --> 00:30:40,882 That paves the way for violence 561 00:30:40,926 --> 00:30:43,189 to absolutely skyrocket in not only the level, 562 00:30:43,232 --> 00:30:46,192 but the characteristics of the violence. 563 00:30:49,151 --> 00:30:51,284 That was when we first started seeing 564 00:30:51,327 --> 00:30:54,809 the beheadings happen in Mexico, the dismemberments. 565 00:30:54,853 --> 00:30:56,376 "If you're gonna cut off somebody's head, 566 00:30:56,419 --> 00:30:58,291 well, we have to be able to do it, too, 567 00:30:58,334 --> 00:31:02,599 to show our commitment to taking over this piece of territory." 568 00:31:02,643 --> 00:31:06,299 That really was the epicenter for the expansion 569 00:31:06,342 --> 00:31:08,040 of the levels of violence 570 00:31:08,083 --> 00:31:11,478 that we would come to see in future years in the drug war. 571 00:31:11,521 --> 00:31:15,961 Narrator: The cartels' extreme violence becomes political fuel. 572 00:31:16,004 --> 00:31:18,006 ♪♪ 573 00:31:18,050 --> 00:31:20,269 Eight days after his inauguration, 574 00:31:20,313 --> 00:31:23,229 President Felipe Calderón echoes Richard Nixon, 575 00:31:23,272 --> 00:31:25,666 declaring Mexico's War on Drugs, 576 00:31:25,709 --> 00:31:27,711 but he takes it one step further -- 577 00:31:27,755 --> 00:31:29,452 calling on the military. 578 00:31:29,496 --> 00:31:33,413 20,000 soldiers are deployed into cartel territory. 579 00:31:33,456 --> 00:31:35,981 ♪♪ 580 00:31:48,515 --> 00:31:50,778 [ Sirens wailing ] 581 00:31:50,821 --> 00:31:53,650 Conroy: Every market that Calderón sent the military into 582 00:31:53,694 --> 00:31:55,914 to ostensibly end the drug war, 583 00:31:55,957 --> 00:31:58,090 the violence didn't go down, it escalated. 584 00:31:58,133 --> 00:32:01,920 Narrator: Despite Calderón's declaration of a War on Drugs, 585 00:32:01,963 --> 00:32:04,313 Sinaloa persists. 586 00:32:04,357 --> 00:32:06,489 Jordan: The El Paso-Juárez corridor -- 587 00:32:06,533 --> 00:32:10,580 one of the most lucrative corridors in the drug trade. 588 00:32:10,624 --> 00:32:15,194 Chapo Guzmán, he sees the El Paso-Juárez corridor 589 00:32:15,237 --> 00:32:19,241 as the gold mine of the drug world. 590 00:32:19,285 --> 00:32:21,852 ♪♪ 591 00:32:21,896 --> 00:32:23,767 Narrator: After going for the border crossings 592 00:32:23,811 --> 00:32:25,595 in the west and east, 593 00:32:25,639 --> 00:32:29,860 Chapo's Sinaloa Cartel has come for the ultimate prize -- 594 00:32:29,904 --> 00:32:32,254 Juárez, controlled by the most powerful 595 00:32:35,823 --> 00:32:39,522 and stSinaloa was basicallyartel killing off the police force 596 00:32:39,566 --> 00:32:41,916 that was loyal to the Juárez Cartel. 597 00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:45,180 [ Gunfire ] 598 00:32:45,224 --> 00:32:47,487 They started picking 'em off one at a time, 599 00:32:47,530 --> 00:32:50,925 trying to one-up each other to show who is the most powerful, 600 00:32:50,969 --> 00:32:53,580 who is the most capable of inciting fear. 601 00:32:53,623 --> 00:32:55,147 [ Gunfire ] 602 00:32:55,190 --> 00:32:57,192 The control over the police force 603 00:32:57,236 --> 00:32:59,673 was really the key to taking Juárez. 604 00:32:59,716 --> 00:33:01,675 ♪♪ 605 00:33:07,420 --> 00:33:10,075 Narrator: The Sinaloa Cartel is victorious, 606 00:33:10,118 --> 00:33:15,080 earning El Chapo exclusive control of the border crossings. 607 00:33:15,123 --> 00:33:17,908 But back in the U.S., the Mexican cartels 608 00:33:17,952 --> 00:33:22,391 are about to face powerful new competitors... 609 00:33:22,435 --> 00:33:27,527 legal narcotics with deadly consequences. 610 00:33:27,570 --> 00:33:36,188 Williams: The actor Heath Ledger was found dead today. 611 00:33:39,626 --> 00:33:41,106 O0 C1drug abuse by talk-show host into the Rush Limbaughcription 612 00:33:41,149 --> 00:33:42,890 has ended in a plea deal. 613 00:33:42,933 --> 00:33:45,284 He was booked Friday in Florida on a charge 614 00:33:45,327 --> 00:33:47,938 of getting multiple prescriptions from more than one doctor. 615 00:33:47,982 --> 00:33:50,898 Williams: The actor Heath Ledger was found dead today 616 00:33:50,941 --> 00:33:52,813 in an apartment here in New York City. 617 00:33:52,856 --> 00:33:54,771 Woman: The investigation now focuses on the theory 618 00:33:54,815 --> 00:33:56,817 that an accidental overdose of prescription medication 619 00:33:56,860 --> 00:33:58,384 killed Heath Ledger. 620 00:33:58,427 --> 00:34:00,299 Dienst: Officials say the death of the actor 621 00:34:00,342 --> 00:34:04,042 highlights the growing danger of prescription-drug abuse. 622 00:34:04,085 --> 00:34:06,479 When I'm asked what I think about the War on Drugs, 623 00:34:06,522 --> 00:34:08,046 I often say that I think 624 00:34:08,089 --> 00:34:11,745 that we're focusing on the wrong problem. 625 00:34:11,788 --> 00:34:13,747 We're all concerned about illegal drugs 626 00:34:13,790 --> 00:34:16,097 like cocaine and heroin, 627 00:34:16,141 --> 00:34:19,187 but they're diverting attention to the real problem, 628 00:34:19,231 --> 00:34:20,841 the big elephant in the room, 629 00:34:20,884 --> 00:34:23,191 which is that we're legally killing you 630 00:34:23,235 --> 00:34:24,584 and we're getting away with it. 631 00:34:24,627 --> 00:34:27,500 And nobody's watching. 632 00:34:27,543 --> 00:34:29,110 Narrator: The pharmaceutical industry, 633 00:34:29,154 --> 00:34:32,418 also known as Big Pharma. 634 00:34:32,461 --> 00:34:35,769 They have hundreds of thousands of doctors on their payroll. 635 00:34:35,812 --> 00:34:37,901 In the last decade, they've spent 636 00:34:37,945 --> 00:34:40,991 over $2 billion on lobbying, 637 00:34:41,035 --> 00:34:43,081 exceeding any other industry. 638 00:34:43,124 --> 00:34:46,606 The U.S. is one of the only countries in the world 639 00:34:46,649 --> 00:34:48,651 that allows drug companies to advertise 640 00:34:48,695 --> 00:34:50,871 directly to potential customers. 641 00:34:50,914 --> 00:34:55,397 $3 billion is spent on drug ads every year. 642 00:34:55,441 --> 00:34:58,531 And in some states, loopholes will open the door 643 00:34:58,574 --> 00:35:03,013 for a new kind of outlaw entrepreneur. 644 00:35:03,057 --> 00:35:05,755 ♪♪ 645 00:35:10,195 --> 00:35:15,635 In a wealthy neighborhood, two young entrepreneurs tee off, 646 00:35:15,678 --> 00:35:19,987 unaware that FBI surveillance is watching their every move. 647 00:35:21,945 --> 00:35:25,514 The men are brothers. Chris and Jeff George. 648 00:35:25,558 --> 00:35:27,255 In their late 20s, they got their start 649 00:35:27,299 --> 00:35:29,823 selling steroids online... 650 00:35:29,866 --> 00:35:33,479 before becoming game-changers in the drug industry, 651 00:35:33,522 --> 00:35:36,177 dispensing thousands of pills a day, 652 00:35:36,221 --> 00:35:38,310 all in the name of pain management 653 00:35:38,353 --> 00:35:40,442 and wrapped in a doctor's stamp of approval. 654 00:35:42,705 --> 00:35:44,490 Ovalle: The George brothers 655 00:35:44,533 --> 00:35:48,624 really exploited this loophole 656 00:35:48,668 --> 00:35:50,191 in pain-management clinics, 657 00:35:50,235 --> 00:35:52,280 because there was virtually no oversight 658 00:35:52,324 --> 00:35:53,760 in Florida at the time. 659 00:35:53,803 --> 00:35:55,414 Anybody could start a pain clinic. 660 00:35:59,157 --> 00:36:01,898 Narrator: Chris George started his operation in a strip mall 661 00:36:01,942 --> 00:36:04,162 with a single pain-management clinic. 662 00:36:04,205 --> 00:36:09,036 ♪♪ 663 00:36:09,079 --> 00:36:12,474 The small staff of doctors were sourced from Craigslist 664 00:36:12,518 --> 00:36:15,564 and were compensated on a per-patient basis, 665 00:36:15,608 --> 00:36:20,221 given incentives for large and frequent prescriptions. 666 00:36:20,265 --> 00:36:23,311 Whatever ailments the patients came in with, 667 00:36:23,355 --> 00:36:27,228 the script the doctors were pushing was OxyContin, 668 00:36:27,272 --> 00:36:29,317 also known as oxycodone -- 669 00:36:29,361 --> 00:36:31,972 synthesized from the opium poppy, 670 00:36:32,015 --> 00:36:34,192 prescribed for the treatment of moderate to severe pain, 671 00:36:34,235 --> 00:36:38,065 advertised a non-addictive substitute to morphine. 672 00:36:38,108 --> 00:36:40,415 Reality -- highly addictive, 673 00:36:40,459 --> 00:36:43,679 binding to the same brain receptors as heroin. 674 00:36:47,161 --> 00:36:50,382 For me, it was like -- Felt like a big warm hug. 675 00:36:50,425 --> 00:36:53,646 I felt kind of invincible when I took it, 676 00:36:53,689 --> 00:36:56,257 but at some point, the feeling good stopped 677 00:36:56,301 --> 00:36:58,346 and I turned into an addict. 678 00:36:58,390 --> 00:37:01,654 This stupid, little pill has control of my life, 679 00:37:01,697 --> 00:37:03,438 and there's nothing I can do about it. 680 00:37:03,482 --> 00:37:05,919 Man #1: What did you have? 681 00:37:05,962 --> 00:37:07,747 Man #2: The Oxy 30s. 682 00:37:07,790 --> 00:37:09,575 Narrator: Many of these addicts 683 00:37:09,618 --> 00:37:11,664 were supporting their habit through pop-up pain clinics 684 00:37:11,707 --> 00:37:14,623 that soon became known as pill mills... 685 00:37:14,667 --> 00:37:17,757 ♪♪ 686 00:37:17,800 --> 00:37:19,933 ...a pharmacy, clinic, or doctor's office 687 00:37:19,976 --> 00:37:22,022 that dispenses hardcore narcotics 688 00:37:22,065 --> 00:37:26,244 without a legitimate medical need. 689 00:37:26,287 --> 00:37:29,203 Sometimes we even called them "doc in the box." 690 00:37:29,247 --> 00:37:31,423 Bell: They're heavy on advertising 691 00:37:31,466 --> 00:37:33,425 and light on service. 692 00:37:33,468 --> 00:37:36,297 You know, "Hey, come get your pills, come get your pills." 693 00:37:36,341 --> 00:37:38,647 Recreational drug dealers is what they were. 694 00:37:38,691 --> 00:37:40,780 Narrator: It wasn't long before the lucrative business 695 00:37:40,823 --> 00:37:42,782 drew Jeff's brother, Chris, in. 696 00:37:42,825 --> 00:37:44,871 [ Camera shutter clicks ] 697 00:37:44,914 --> 00:37:47,787 Their operation was a well-oiled machine, 698 00:37:47,830 --> 00:37:50,485 designed for maximum efficiency 699 00:37:50,529 --> 00:37:53,314 with a constant stream of patients. 700 00:37:55,882 --> 00:37:58,972 Copycat pain clinics begin to pop up -- 701 00:37:59,015 --> 00:38:01,409 89 in Broward County alone. 702 00:38:01,453 --> 00:38:04,456 ♪♪ 703 00:38:04,499 --> 00:38:07,067 Then Chris George makes a big move 704 00:38:07,110 --> 00:38:10,897 and invests in a 20,000-square-foot property, 705 00:38:10,940 --> 00:38:13,726 creating the largest pill mill in the U.S. 706 00:38:16,381 --> 00:38:18,383 Olsen: The American Pain Clinic -- 707 00:38:18,426 --> 00:38:20,646 they were probably seeing in excess 708 00:38:20,689 --> 00:38:25,303 of 500 patients a day at $100 a pop. 709 00:38:25,346 --> 00:38:28,218 Narrator: The line wraps around the building and the parking lot, 710 00:38:28,262 --> 00:38:30,133 with an average doctor/patient interaction 711 00:38:30,177 --> 00:38:32,092 under four minutes. 712 00:38:32,135 --> 00:38:35,269 These guys had so many people coming through their doors 713 00:38:35,313 --> 00:38:37,924 that they actually gave the doctors a rubber stamp 714 00:38:37,967 --> 00:38:40,840 with their autograph on it so they just, bam, stamped it 715 00:38:40,883 --> 00:38:42,537 and just sent people on their way. 716 00:38:42,581 --> 00:38:46,019 They had strippers working in the pain clinics. 717 00:38:46,062 --> 00:38:48,630 They had bodyguards in golf carts 718 00:38:48,674 --> 00:38:50,850 patrolling parking lots. 719 00:38:50,893 --> 00:38:52,678 Some of the doctors even carried guns 720 00:38:52,721 --> 00:38:54,506 because it was such a risky business 721 00:38:54,549 --> 00:38:56,203 dealing with all of these addicts. 722 00:38:56,246 --> 00:39:00,120 ♪♪ 723 00:39:00,163 --> 00:39:02,340 Narrator: In the parking lot behind the strip club, 724 00:39:02,383 --> 00:39:04,385 they set up a mobile MRI Unit. 725 00:39:04,429 --> 00:39:06,648 ♪♪ 726 00:39:09,564 --> 00:39:11,479 Bell: After a while, they just started 727 00:39:11,523 --> 00:39:13,699 giving people other people's MRIs 728 00:39:13,742 --> 00:39:16,049 because why do the test if -- if you don't have to? 729 00:39:16,092 --> 00:39:18,181 You can just hand somebody a piece of film. 730 00:39:18,225 --> 00:39:20,836 Olsen: The George brothers were obviously doctoring records 731 00:39:20,880 --> 00:39:22,447 and doing whatever they had to do 732 00:39:22,490 --> 00:39:24,449 in order to make the money. 733 00:39:24,492 --> 00:39:26,842 Narrator: The George brothers were raking in the profits, 734 00:39:26,886 --> 00:39:31,717 making $40 million in two years. 735 00:39:31,760 --> 00:39:34,372 They were living a very lavish lifestyle. 736 00:39:34,415 --> 00:39:36,504 [ Engine revving ] 737 00:39:38,376 --> 00:39:40,421 It's all about the money. 738 00:39:40,465 --> 00:39:42,423 It definitely has the same ear markings 739 00:39:42,467 --> 00:39:46,035 of, you know, an illegal and illicit drug trade. 740 00:39:46,079 --> 00:39:48,603 ♪♪ 741 00:39:51,432 --> 00:39:53,260 Narrator: The George brothers are on their way 742 00:39:53,303 --> 00:39:55,436 to meet an associate, Robert Eddy, 743 00:39:55,480 --> 00:39:58,308 at a vacant house in their upscale neighborhood. 744 00:39:58,352 --> 00:40:01,094 ♪♪ 745 00:40:01,137 --> 00:40:04,053 They suspect Eddy is stealing from them. 746 00:40:04,097 --> 00:40:06,969 [ Grunts ] God! 747 00:40:07,013 --> 00:40:09,494 [ Groaning ] 748 00:40:14,847 --> 00:40:16,805 [ Gunshot ] 749 00:40:25,510 --> 00:40:28,034 Narrator: The bullet just misses Eddy, 750 00:40:28,077 --> 00:40:31,037 and he continues to plead his innocence. 751 00:40:31,080 --> 00:40:33,735 The brothers eventually come around to his story 752 00:40:33,779 --> 00:40:38,784 and pay him $10,000 to keep silent about the incident. 753 00:40:38,827 --> 00:40:41,830 Olsen: This is just like the Mexican drug cartel. 754 00:40:41,874 --> 00:40:44,485 The George brothers were the kingpins 755 00:40:44,529 --> 00:40:46,487 of the oxycodone drug trafficking. 756 00:40:46,531 --> 00:40:48,750 [ Siren wails ] 757 00:40:48,794 --> 00:40:51,840 [ Horn honking ] 758 00:40:51,884 --> 00:40:54,452 Narrator: This erratic driver 759 00:40:54,495 --> 00:40:58,804 catches the attention of police and is forced off the road. 760 00:40:58,847 --> 00:41:01,110 [ Police radio chatter ] 761 00:41:01,154 --> 00:41:03,504 [ Siren wailing ] 762 00:41:03,548 --> 00:41:06,899 ♪♪ 763 00:41:06,942 --> 00:41:08,857 Inside the car, 764 00:41:08,901 --> 00:41:12,513 OxyContin bottles cover the passenger seat. 765 00:41:12,557 --> 00:41:14,950 9 out of 10 George brothers' patients 766 00:41:14,994 --> 00:41:18,606 are from out of state. 767 00:41:18,650 --> 00:41:20,739 Bell: There were so many people 768 00:41:20,782 --> 00:41:23,829 driving from West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee 769 00:41:23,872 --> 00:41:26,309 down to Florida to get their pills 770 00:41:26,353 --> 00:41:29,965 that they actually nicknamed the stretch of I-75 "Oxy Alley." 771 00:41:30,009 --> 00:41:32,272 There was a-a large number of overdose deaths 772 00:41:32,315 --> 00:41:33,665 that started taking place 773 00:41:33,708 --> 00:41:35,231 in these people that were coming in 774 00:41:35,275 --> 00:41:37,016 from other states to source their drugs, 775 00:41:37,059 --> 00:41:39,409 and they would end up in car accidents 776 00:41:39,453 --> 00:41:41,455 or overdosing on the side of the road 777 00:41:41,499 --> 00:41:43,631 after they had been to the pain clinic. 778 00:41:43,675 --> 00:41:46,155 Narrator: The rise in prescription-drug overdose deaths 779 00:41:46,199 --> 00:41:48,157 catches national attention. 780 00:41:48,201 --> 00:41:50,159 And of the top doctors 781 00:41:50,203 --> 00:41:52,379 dispensing prescription painkillers, 782 00:41:52,422 --> 00:41:55,687 five of them are from American Pain, 783 00:41:55,730 --> 00:42:00,343 and so the clinics become a target. 784 00:42:00,387 --> 00:42:02,476 Olsen: Too many patients died. 785 00:42:02,520 --> 00:42:04,913 They weren't able to fly under the radar anymore. 786 00:42:04,957 --> 00:42:07,829 ♪♪ 787 00:42:10,440 --> 00:42:13,313 Narrator: After months under surveillance, 788 00:42:13,356 --> 00:42:17,186 an FBI-DEA task force decide to bring formal charges 789 00:42:17,230 --> 00:42:20,059 against Chris and Jeff George. 790 00:42:20,102 --> 00:42:22,670 On my command, we'll -- we'll basically -- 791 00:42:22,714 --> 00:42:25,020 We'll gear up, we'll line up, and we'll go ahead and -- 792 00:42:25,064 --> 00:42:27,501 and knock, announce, and make entry on the clinic. 793 00:42:27,545 --> 00:42:29,677 Everybody sees here on the opsum we have the address. 794 00:42:29,721 --> 00:42:31,113 Group 13 has the entry tools. 795 00:42:31,157 --> 00:42:32,724 And, the rest of the guys, I'll tell you 796 00:42:32,767 --> 00:42:34,508 where you're gonna fall in on the perimeter. 797 00:42:36,466 --> 00:42:38,468 Man: Hands up! FBI! 798 00:42:38,512 --> 00:42:40,514 -Hands up! -Hands up! FBI! 799 00:42:40,558 --> 00:42:42,385 -DEA! -DEA! 800 00:42:42,429 --> 00:42:44,562 [ Indistinct shouting ] 801 00:42:44,605 --> 00:42:46,868 -DEA! -FBI! Hands up! 802 00:42:46,912 --> 00:42:48,870 Hands up! DEA! 803 00:42:48,914 --> 00:42:51,612 [ Indistinct shouting ] 804 00:42:51,656 --> 00:42:54,354 Olsen: As the SWAT teams were breaking down the doors, 805 00:42:54,397 --> 00:42:56,748 the patients were also fighting with the receptionist 806 00:42:56,791 --> 00:42:58,576 trying to get in so they could get 807 00:42:58,619 --> 00:43:00,969 that last script before the doors were closed. 808 00:43:01,013 --> 00:43:02,710 Come on back! 809 00:43:02,754 --> 00:43:06,584 ♪♪ 810 00:43:06,627 --> 00:43:08,455 Narrator: Over their two-year run, 811 00:43:08,498 --> 00:43:12,677 the George brothers sold over 20 million OxyContin pills. 812 00:43:12,720 --> 00:43:16,463 Prosecutors have traced over 50 overdose deaths 813 00:43:16,506 --> 00:43:18,552 back to their clinics. 814 00:43:18,596 --> 00:43:22,338 Jeff George is sentenced to 15 1/2 years. 815 00:43:22,382 --> 00:43:24,732 Chris George receives a reduced sentence 816 00:43:24,776 --> 00:43:27,909 for his testimony against some of his own physicians 817 00:43:27,953 --> 00:43:30,303 and is serving a 14-year sentence. 818 00:43:30,346 --> 00:43:32,653 The crackdown sends a message 819 00:43:32,697 --> 00:43:35,830 to pill mills and over-prescribers. 820 00:43:35,874 --> 00:43:39,878 From 2010 to 2011, the oxycodone market 821 00:43:39,921 --> 00:43:43,446 decreased by 97% in Florida. 822 00:43:43,490 --> 00:43:45,840 Narrator: But the opioids continue to be prescribed. 823 00:43:45,884 --> 00:43:51,063 In 2012, 259 million scripts are written, 824 00:43:51,106 --> 00:43:54,109 enough for every American adult to have a bottle. 825 00:43:54,153 --> 00:43:58,244 But the crackdown will also have severe consequences. 826 00:43:58,287 --> 00:44:01,639 Wright: The DEA, they hold these press conferences. 827 00:44:01,682 --> 00:44:05,686 "We've taken this, X number of pills off the street. 828 00:44:05,730 --> 00:44:08,863 We've arrested these doctors. Everybody's gonna face justice." 829 00:44:08,907 --> 00:44:12,562 And, of course, the thing that no one ever talks about 830 00:44:12,606 --> 00:44:15,827 is demand remains constant. 831 00:44:15,870 --> 00:44:18,699 So when you take away one source, 832 00:44:18,743 --> 00:44:21,702 those people that are inclined to addiction 833 00:44:21,746 --> 00:44:24,270 are going to turn to another source. 834 00:44:27,360 --> 00:44:29,667 Narrator: Drug lords in Afghanistan and Mexico 835 00:44:29,710 --> 00:44:31,799 are poised to meet the demand. 836 00:44:31,843 --> 00:44:34,715 An epidemic is coming -- 837 00:44:34,759 --> 00:44:36,761 heroin. 838 00:44:36,804 --> 00:44:40,112 ♪♪ 839 00:44:55,736 --> 00:44:59,740 Narrator: While a heroin epidemic grows at home... 840 00:44:59,784 --> 00:45:04,484 in Afghanistan, the War on Terror rages on 841 00:45:04,527 --> 00:45:07,008 with an enemy fueled by the drug trade. 842 00:45:07,052 --> 00:45:09,228 [ Gunfire ] 843 00:45:09,271 --> 00:45:13,798 Now the DEA joins the fight. 844 00:45:13,841 --> 00:45:16,583 The Drug Enforcement Administration -- 845 00:45:16,626 --> 00:45:18,454 created by Nixon in 1973 846 00:45:18,498 --> 00:45:20,108 to fight the federal government's 847 00:45:20,152 --> 00:45:22,328 war on drugs at home and abroad. 848 00:45:22,371 --> 00:45:25,244 ♪♪ 849 00:45:25,287 --> 00:45:27,855 Follis: DEA is the only agency in the world 850 00:45:27,899 --> 00:45:30,902 that can enter into hostile zones 851 00:45:30,945 --> 00:45:32,991 and develop an investigation. 852 00:45:33,034 --> 00:45:36,385 Loaded. There's a bunch of mags in here. 853 00:45:36,429 --> 00:45:39,040 -Reeks like hash down here. -Yeah, you can smell it. 854 00:45:39,084 --> 00:45:42,348 Oh, that's hash. 855 00:45:42,391 --> 00:45:45,046 Follis: The opium and heroin trade in Afghanistan 856 00:45:45,090 --> 00:45:47,353 is the principal source of funding 857 00:45:47,396 --> 00:45:49,703 for the Taliban's continued insurgency. 858 00:45:49,747 --> 00:45:52,314 ♪♪ 859 00:45:58,494 --> 00:46:00,888 Narrator: At a bazaar in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, 860 00:46:00,932 --> 00:46:03,761 known for its drug trade... 861 00:46:03,804 --> 00:46:05,763 ♪♪ 862 00:46:09,027 --> 00:46:11,029 ...a man approaches a stall 863 00:46:11,072 --> 00:46:14,380 looking to make a large purchase of high-quality opium. 864 00:46:17,383 --> 00:46:20,125 Follis: Jalalabad is the epicenter 865 00:46:20,168 --> 00:46:23,345 of heroin and opium exportation, 866 00:46:23,389 --> 00:46:28,133 well-known as hosting overt opium bazaars. 867 00:46:28,176 --> 00:46:31,179 [ Indistinct conversations ] 868 00:46:40,972 --> 00:46:44,758 Narrator: One of Afghanistan's top drug lords, Haji Bagcho, 869 00:46:44,802 --> 00:46:48,196 produces nearly 20% of the world's supply. 870 00:46:52,157 --> 00:46:54,724 But this isn't business as usual. 871 00:46:54,768 --> 00:46:57,989 The buyer's an undercover DEA agent. 872 00:46:58,032 --> 00:47:00,774 Follis: As we began to develop our investigations, 873 00:47:00,818 --> 00:47:03,690 a trafficker named Haji Bagcho was identified 874 00:47:03,733 --> 00:47:06,301 as the dominant trafficking figure 875 00:47:06,345 --> 00:47:10,349 in the entire southeast region of Afghanistan. 876 00:47:10,392 --> 00:47:11,785 Move across. Let's go. 877 00:47:11,829 --> 00:47:13,569 Narrator: A team of DEA agents 878 00:47:13,613 --> 00:47:16,094 in full combat gear move into position. 879 00:47:16,137 --> 00:47:18,052 Man: All right, hey, tuck up against the wall. 880 00:47:19,837 --> 00:47:21,969 Narrator: The agent signals payment has been made. 881 00:47:27,932 --> 00:47:30,673 -Handcuffs. -[ Speaking foreign language ] 882 00:47:30,717 --> 00:47:32,240 Man: Relax. 883 00:47:32,284 --> 00:47:36,070 We're placing your husband under arrest 884 00:47:36,114 --> 00:47:40,205 for narcotics, illegal possession of narcotics. 885 00:47:40,248 --> 00:47:42,424 [ Man speaking foreign language ] 886 00:47:42,468 --> 00:47:45,079 Narrator: Agents confiscate Bagcho's ledgers. 887 00:47:45,123 --> 00:47:47,603 [ Speaking foreign language ] 888 00:47:47,647 --> 00:47:50,128 Follis: Those ledgers gave us a treasure trove 889 00:47:50,171 --> 00:47:52,782 of straight-up payments that were made 890 00:47:52,826 --> 00:47:55,916 to other traffickers, government officials, 891 00:47:55,960 --> 00:47:59,398 but most striking of all that were the payments to the Taliban 892 00:47:59,441 --> 00:48:04,011 in the amounts that well moved into the millions of dollars. 893 00:48:04,055 --> 00:48:06,448 Narrator: The operation proves drug money 894 00:48:06,492 --> 00:48:09,103 is being used to finance the Taliban 895 00:48:09,147 --> 00:48:12,933 in their war against coalition forces. 896 00:48:12,977 --> 00:48:14,761 Now Afghan heroin 897 00:48:14,804 --> 00:48:18,460 and opium was an enemy of the United States. 898 00:48:18,504 --> 00:48:21,420 Narrator: The U.S. government makes a major policy shift, 899 00:48:21,463 --> 00:48:24,379 taking on drug traffickers in Afghanistan. 900 00:48:24,423 --> 00:48:27,556 ♪♪ 901 00:48:27,600 --> 00:48:30,342 And they give the DEA new ammunition 902 00:48:30,385 --> 00:48:32,344 by creating a new crime -- 903 00:48:32,387 --> 00:48:34,563 narco-terrorism. 904 00:48:34,607 --> 00:48:37,044 ♪♪ 905 00:48:37,088 --> 00:48:40,526 Haji Bagcho is one the first convicted under the new law, 906 00:48:40,569 --> 00:48:42,049 created to pursue offenders 907 00:48:42,093 --> 00:48:44,399 who have one hand in drug trafficking 908 00:48:44,443 --> 00:48:46,053 and another in terror. 909 00:48:48,273 --> 00:48:51,841 DEA always functions within the guidelines, 910 00:48:51,885 --> 00:48:54,496 restrictions, the policy mandates. 911 00:48:54,540 --> 00:49:00,067 It's been said that other agencies with different agendas 912 00:49:00,111 --> 00:49:03,897 will work with wily and corrupt figures 913 00:49:03,941 --> 00:49:05,638 within any given government. 914 00:49:05,681 --> 00:49:06,987 Does it happen? 915 00:49:07,031 --> 00:49:08,510 I'm sure it does. 916 00:49:08,554 --> 00:49:11,209 But it doesn't happen within DEA. 917 00:49:11,252 --> 00:49:12,950 [ Speaking native language ] 918 00:49:12,993 --> 00:49:17,606 Moran: The DEA and the CIA can often butt heads. 919 00:49:17,650 --> 00:49:22,307 The DEA wants to arrest drug kingpins 920 00:49:22,350 --> 00:49:24,439 or drug narco traffickers. 921 00:49:24,483 --> 00:49:26,789 A lot of times these are precisely the people 922 00:49:26,833 --> 00:49:29,444 that the CIA might want to recruit 923 00:49:29,488 --> 00:49:31,969 to accomplish their loftier mission 924 00:49:32,012 --> 00:49:35,494 of keeping America safe from terrorists. 925 00:49:35,537 --> 00:49:37,670 ♪♪ 926 00:49:37,713 --> 00:49:40,586 [ Conversing in native language ] 927 00:49:40,629 --> 00:49:42,153 Narrator: Three years earlier, 928 00:49:42,196 --> 00:49:45,460 one of Afghanistan's largest opium fields. 929 00:49:45,504 --> 00:49:47,462 [ Conversing in native language ] 930 00:49:53,512 --> 00:49:57,864 Peters: No country has ever been as addicted to drugs 931 00:49:57,907 --> 00:50:02,695 from an economic standpoint as Afghanistan has been. 932 00:50:02,738 --> 00:50:06,960 How anyone will ever undo that is really hard to imagine. 933 00:50:07,004 --> 00:50:09,049 ♪♪ 934 00:50:14,054 --> 00:50:17,492 Narrator: Haji Juma Khan, an illiterate tribesman 935 00:50:17,536 --> 00:50:20,539 with 14 wives, 29 children, 936 00:50:20,582 --> 00:50:23,455 and a personal army of 1,500 men. 937 00:50:23,498 --> 00:50:26,240 He's also a founding member of the Taliban. 938 00:50:26,284 --> 00:50:28,590 Peters: Haji Juma Khan was one of the world's 939 00:50:28,634 --> 00:50:30,549 leading heroin traffickers 940 00:50:30,592 --> 00:50:32,942 and supplied the Taliban 941 00:50:32,986 --> 00:50:34,814 with an enormous amount of weaponry. 942 00:50:34,857 --> 00:50:37,556 He really was a principal financier of the Taliban. 943 00:50:39,253 --> 00:50:41,429 [ Men speaking native language ] 944 00:50:41,473 --> 00:50:45,042 Narrator: Workers test the new crop of raw opium for quality. 945 00:50:45,085 --> 00:50:46,956 [ Conversations continue ] 946 00:50:47,000 --> 00:50:49,394 ♪♪ 947 00:50:49,437 --> 00:50:52,919 This batch is grade "A." 948 00:50:52,962 --> 00:50:56,227 This opium will produce two pounds of pure heroin. 949 00:50:56,270 --> 00:51:00,405 Street value in the U.S. -- over $100,000. 950 00:51:00,448 --> 00:51:02,929 ♪♪ 951 00:51:02,972 --> 00:51:07,586 Juma Khan is now alleged to be on the DEA's target list. 952 00:51:07,629 --> 00:51:12,069 Agents work to deepen their relationship and gain access. 953 00:51:12,112 --> 00:51:15,768 One agent gets Khan to confide about a medical condition. 954 00:51:15,811 --> 00:51:17,726 ♪♪ 955 00:51:27,127 --> 00:51:29,260 Peters: Haji Juma Khan came to the United States 956 00:51:29,303 --> 00:51:32,654 believing he had a life-threatening form of cancer. 957 00:51:32,698 --> 00:51:34,743 [ Siren wailing ] 958 00:51:34,787 --> 00:51:37,181 ♪♪ 959 00:51:40,619 --> 00:51:42,447 Narrator: Using his health as a bargaining chip, 960 00:51:42,490 --> 00:51:45,928 agents broker a trade... 961 00:51:45,972 --> 00:51:48,801 medical care for intel. 962 00:51:48,844 --> 00:51:50,455 Am I going to die? 963 00:51:50,498 --> 00:51:52,805 Not in this case, Mr. Khan. 964 00:51:52,848 --> 00:51:55,286 While a doctor prescribes a course of treatment, 965 00:51:55,329 --> 00:51:59,768 Juma Khan is allegedly debriefed by both the DEA and the CIA. 966 00:51:59,812 --> 00:52:01,727 The mission -- to gather intelligence 967 00:52:01,770 --> 00:52:04,251 from the drug lord on Islamic terrorist activity 968 00:52:04,295 --> 00:52:06,427 and its connection to the heroin trade. 969 00:52:06,471 --> 00:52:09,822 Somebody like Haji Juma Khan for the agency 970 00:52:09,865 --> 00:52:13,391 would represent a confidential source and potential operative 971 00:52:13,434 --> 00:52:16,916 who could get to very high levels of the Taliban. 972 00:52:16,959 --> 00:52:19,136 ♪♪ 973 00:52:22,182 --> 00:52:23,879 They flipped him, and he was put on a plane 974 00:52:23,923 --> 00:52:26,491 and -- and sent back to Afghanistan in return 975 00:52:26,534 --> 00:52:29,363 for getting information about the Taliban. 976 00:52:29,407 --> 00:52:32,192 Narrator: This is not the first time the CIA 977 00:52:32,236 --> 00:52:34,847 has been in bed with drug lords. 978 00:52:34,890 --> 00:52:38,111 In Cuba, the CIA forges an alliance with mob boss 979 00:52:38,155 --> 00:52:40,592 and heroin trafficker Santo Trafficante 980 00:52:40,635 --> 00:52:44,204 to plot the assassination of Fidel Castro. 981 00:52:44,248 --> 00:52:47,207 In Laos, the agency aligns with local war lord 982 00:52:47,251 --> 00:52:52,212 and opium producer Vang Pao to fight Communist insurgents, 983 00:52:52,256 --> 00:52:53,909 and again in Nicaragua, 984 00:52:53,953 --> 00:52:57,609 where cocaine helps fund an illegal CIA war. 985 00:52:57,652 --> 00:52:59,741 ♪♪ 986 00:53:05,007 --> 00:53:08,663 The CIA will take any person, no matter how [laughs] 987 00:53:08,707 --> 00:53:11,231 morally, ethically, 988 00:53:11,275 --> 00:53:13,973 situationally challenged they may be, 989 00:53:14,016 --> 00:53:17,063 and if they think there's a use for that person, 990 00:53:17,106 --> 00:53:20,109 they will try to exploit that. 991 00:53:20,153 --> 00:53:23,243 Narrator: The U.S. government allows Central Asia's largest 992 00:53:23,287 --> 00:53:27,204 drug trafficker, Haji Juma Khan, to walk. 993 00:53:27,247 --> 00:53:30,903 Agents decide having a mole inside the Taliban's network 994 00:53:30,946 --> 00:53:35,081 is more valuable than stopping one of their money sources. 995 00:53:35,124 --> 00:53:39,999 Many people might look at drug traffickers as the villains. 996 00:53:40,042 --> 00:53:42,958 I think from the optic of the agency, 997 00:53:43,002 --> 00:53:46,092 the benefit of working with narco traffickers 998 00:53:46,135 --> 00:53:48,703 is they're largely apolitical, 999 00:53:48,747 --> 00:53:51,532 and they are very motivated by money 1000 00:53:51,576 --> 00:53:54,100 and can be manipulated, potentially, 1001 00:53:54,143 --> 00:53:57,712 to achieve a-a higher mission. 1002 00:53:57,756 --> 00:54:02,064 Ultimately we're going to have to look at the War on Drugs 1003 00:54:02,108 --> 00:54:05,067 in a different optic. 1004 00:54:05,111 --> 00:54:07,026 It's an un-winnable war 1005 00:54:07,069 --> 00:54:09,942 and always will be an exploitable tool 1006 00:54:09,985 --> 00:54:11,944 that we can use. 1007 00:54:11,987 --> 00:54:15,817 ♪♪ 1008 00:54:15,861 --> 00:54:17,950 ♪♪ 1009 00:54:22,476 --> 00:54:25,349 Narrator: While U.S. casualties in Afghanistan grow, 1010 00:54:25,392 --> 00:54:29,353 the Taliban insurgency gains strength by the day, 1011 00:54:29,396 --> 00:54:30,919 and the pressure to capture 1012 00:54:30,963 --> 00:54:34,314 or kill Osama bin Laden intensifies. 1013 00:54:34,358 --> 00:54:36,925 ♪♪ 1014 00:54:36,969 --> 00:54:39,711 Peters: The Taliban's strategic objectives 1015 00:54:39,754 --> 00:54:41,321 made a lot of sense from the standpoint 1016 00:54:41,365 --> 00:54:43,367 of wanting to grow their heroin empir 1017 00:54:43,410 --> 00:54:46,370 as opposed to trying to retake Kabul, 1018 00:54:46,413 --> 00:54:48,937 which was the political capital of the country. 1019 00:54:48,981 --> 00:54:51,810 Narrator: Farmers prepare bags of opium poppies 1020 00:54:51,853 --> 00:54:54,900 to be shipped to a heroin lab. 1021 00:54:54,943 --> 00:54:58,164 This field is owned by Haji Juma Khan. 1022 00:54:58,207 --> 00:55:01,515 For years, he's allegedly been a U.S. government informant 1023 00:55:01,559 --> 00:55:03,691 even though much of the money he makes 1024 00:55:03,735 --> 00:55:06,346 goes directly to America's enemies. 1025 00:55:06,390 --> 00:55:08,609 Peters: Haji Juma Khan was considered to be 1026 00:55:08,653 --> 00:55:11,395 one of the -- the closest traffickers to the Taliban. 1027 00:55:11,438 --> 00:55:12,961 He was well-known 1028 00:55:13,005 --> 00:55:16,356 for moving these gigantic convoys of narcotics 1029 00:55:16,400 --> 00:55:20,186 and moving huge amounts of weapons back into Afghanistan. 1030 00:55:20,229 --> 00:55:23,929 Narrator: With the Taliban now earning $300 million a year 1031 00:55:23,972 --> 00:55:27,280 from opium, the Pentagon shifts course. 1032 00:55:27,324 --> 00:55:32,807 Haji Juma Khan is allegedly put on a kill list. 1033 00:55:32,851 --> 00:55:35,288 And the DEA is assigned a new task, 1034 00:55:35,332 --> 00:55:37,246 something they don't normally do -- 1035 00:55:37,290 --> 00:55:41,076 assist in an assassination. 1036 00:55:41,120 --> 00:55:42,817 Juma Khan is allegedly targeted 1037 00:55:42,861 --> 00:55:45,254 by one of the go-to tactics in the War on Terror 1038 00:55:45,298 --> 00:55:48,736 but rarely used in the War on Drugs -- 1039 00:55:48,780 --> 00:55:50,390 a drone strike. 1040 00:55:50,434 --> 00:55:53,175 ♪♪ 1041 00:55:59,747 --> 00:56:04,099 A DEA agent calls Juma Khan and urges him to meet. 1042 00:56:04,143 --> 00:56:07,799 ♪♪ 1043 00:56:07,842 --> 00:56:11,803 Unaware of the drone tracking him... 1044 00:56:11,846 --> 00:56:14,414 Juma Khan is lured out of his compound. 1045 00:56:14,458 --> 00:56:16,895 ♪♪ 1046 00:56:27,209 --> 00:56:29,429 But instead of setting him up for the kill, 1047 00:56:29,473 --> 00:56:32,737 the DEA allegedly defies the Pentagon 1048 00:56:32,780 --> 00:56:36,262 and puts Juma Khan on a plane bound for Indonesia. 1049 00:56:36,305 --> 00:56:38,525 ♪♪ 1050 00:56:43,400 --> 00:56:45,837 We're set for the first six months of this year. 1051 00:56:45,880 --> 00:56:47,969 And then we'll go even further up from there... 1052 00:56:48,013 --> 00:56:49,536 The DEA has saved his life. 1053 00:56:49,580 --> 00:56:52,800 The local police, working with the DEA, arrest him. 1054 00:56:52,844 --> 00:56:54,976 [ Indistinct shouting ] 1055 00:56:55,020 --> 00:56:57,109 Man: Khan, make it easy on yourself. 1056 00:56:57,152 --> 00:56:58,545 Take it easy. 1057 00:56:58,589 --> 00:56:59,851 ♪♪ 1058 00:56:59,894 --> 00:57:02,157 This way. Come on. 1059 00:57:02,201 --> 00:57:04,072 Narrator: Within minutes, 1060 00:57:04,116 --> 00:57:06,901 he is put on a plane bound for the United States. 1061 00:57:09,251 --> 00:57:12,254 Juma Khan is charged with financing the Taliban 1062 00:57:12,298 --> 00:57:14,213 under the new narco-terrorism law 1063 00:57:14,256 --> 00:57:16,433 and faces a life sentence. 1064 00:57:16,476 --> 00:57:18,304 ♪♪ 1065 00:57:18,347 --> 00:57:20,959 Follis: The U.S. military's dimensional thinking 1066 00:57:21,002 --> 00:57:22,917 is always be capture or kill. 1067 00:57:22,961 --> 00:57:24,919 The law enforcement 1068 00:57:24,963 --> 00:57:26,965 was not to focus on capture and kill, 1069 00:57:27,008 --> 00:57:28,619 but investigate and prosecute. 1070 00:57:28,662 --> 00:57:32,579 By removing those primary players, as we did, 1071 00:57:32,623 --> 00:57:37,192 it slowed the trafficking industry down measurably. 1072 00:57:37,236 --> 00:57:38,890 But there's always, 1073 00:57:38,933 --> 00:57:41,675 always someone to take their place eventually. 1074 00:57:41,719 --> 00:57:44,069 Because unequivocally, 1075 00:57:44,112 --> 00:57:49,422 rewards always outweigh the risks in drug trafficking. 1076 00:57:49,466 --> 00:57:50,510 ♪♪ 1077 00:57:50,554 --> 00:57:52,469 [ Horns honk ] 1078 00:57:56,168 --> 00:57:58,779 Narrator: While the Taliban's drug traffic is being disrupted, 1079 00:57:58,823 --> 00:58:01,216 the U.S.-backed president, Hamid Karzai, 1080 00:58:01,260 --> 00:58:05,351 is serving his second term as Afghanistan's president. 1081 00:58:05,394 --> 00:58:08,528 The win keeps the family's control and interests safe, 1082 00:58:08,572 --> 00:58:11,400 including the president's brother, Ahmed Wali Karzai's, 1083 00:58:11,444 --> 00:58:14,099 drug distribution network in the south. 1084 00:58:14,142 --> 00:58:16,928 ♪♪ 1085 00:58:16,971 --> 00:58:19,060 Please -- Please make sure it's done today. 1086 00:58:19,104 --> 00:58:20,584 Narrator: Ahmed Wali Karzai 1087 00:58:20,627 --> 00:58:23,325 is in his heavily fortified compound 1088 00:58:23,369 --> 00:58:27,242 when a trusted security aide enters the home. 1089 00:58:27,286 --> 00:58:29,680 Oh.[ Gunshots ] 1090 00:58:31,638 --> 00:58:34,293 The president's brother is dead. 1091 00:58:34,336 --> 00:58:36,687 [ Indistinct shouting, gunfire ] 1092 00:58:36,730 --> 00:58:39,603 ♪♪ 1093 00:58:39,646 --> 00:58:43,345 And the Taliban immediate take credit for the murder. 1094 00:58:43,389 --> 00:58:45,130 [ Gunshots ] 1095 00:58:45,173 --> 00:58:48,437 After the American occupation of Afghanistan, 1096 00:58:48,481 --> 00:58:51,049 working with known drug traffickers, 1097 00:58:51,092 --> 00:58:52,964 including Wali Karzai, 1098 00:58:53,007 --> 00:58:55,923 was simply a marriage of convenience for the CIA. 1099 00:58:55,967 --> 00:58:57,969 It was a means to an end. 1100 00:58:58,012 --> 00:59:00,145 When people look at these nuances 1101 00:59:00,188 --> 00:59:02,495 and changes in the drug policy, 1102 00:59:02,539 --> 00:59:05,542 sometimes we'll try to capture them, 1103 00:59:05,585 --> 00:59:07,848 sometimes we'll try to "pick winners" 1104 00:59:07,892 --> 00:59:09,981 and -- and maybe just tamp down the violence. 1105 00:59:10,024 --> 00:59:11,591 Sometimes we'll become more aggressive, 1106 00:59:11,635 --> 00:59:13,680 but really it's like changing the deck chairs 1107 00:59:13,724 --> 00:59:14,942 in the Titanic. 1108 00:59:14,986 --> 00:59:17,031 ♪♪ 1109 00:59:24,778 --> 00:59:26,650 Obama: Tonight, I can report 1110 00:59:26,693 --> 00:59:29,783 to the American people and to the world. 1111 00:59:29,827 --> 00:59:32,307 The United States has conducted an operation 1112 00:59:32,351 --> 00:59:35,920 that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of Al-Qaeda. 1113 00:59:35,963 --> 00:59:38,792 [ Crowd chanting "USA!" ] 1114 00:59:38,836 --> 00:59:42,056 ♪♪ 1115 00:59:44,450 --> 00:59:48,933 The issue that people get wrong about the Afghan conflict 1116 00:59:48,976 --> 00:59:51,805 is that they think it's all about religion and ideology, 1117 00:59:51,849 --> 00:59:54,112 and I think that it's a lot more about drugs and money 1118 00:59:54,155 --> 00:59:56,114 and power than anybody realizes. 1119 00:59:56,157 --> 01:00:00,248 All: ♪ God bless America 1120 01:00:00,292 --> 01:00:05,079 ♪ My home sweet home 1121 01:00:05,123 --> 01:00:06,559 Yeah! 1122 01:00:06,603 --> 01:00:08,779 [ All cheering ] 1123 01:00:08,822 --> 01:00:12,347 ♪♪ 1124 01:00:12,391 --> 01:00:15,916 Wright: 9/11 happened, and the United States government 1125 01:00:15,960 --> 01:00:17,570 actually invaded 1126 01:00:17,614 --> 01:00:21,922 one of the largest opium producers in the world, 1127 01:00:21,966 --> 01:00:25,273 and after more than 15 years of occupying, 1128 01:00:25,317 --> 01:00:28,407 controlling, influencing Afghanistan, 1129 01:00:28,450 --> 01:00:31,279 the production and monetary value 1130 01:00:31,323 --> 01:00:34,935 of opium and heroin from Afghanistan 1131 01:00:34,979 --> 01:00:37,938 has actually gone up every single year 1132 01:00:37,982 --> 01:00:40,332 that the United States government has been there. 1133 01:00:40,375 --> 01:00:44,597 The fundamental problem isn't the productionof drugs. 1134 01:00:44,641 --> 01:00:51,299 The fundamental problem is the demandfor drugs. 1135 01:00:51,343 --> 01:00:53,388 ♪♪ 1136 01:01:01,309 --> 01:01:04,269 Narrator: As the U.S. faces a growing opioid epidemic, 1137 01:01:04,312 --> 01:01:07,707 the demand for heroin skyrockets. 1138 01:01:07,751 --> 01:01:11,493 ♪♪ 1139 01:01:11,537 --> 01:01:14,671 And just across the border, 1140 01:01:14,714 --> 01:01:19,284 Mexican cartels are diversifying to meet the demand. 1141 01:01:19,327 --> 01:01:21,155 Longmire: The Sinaloa Federation 1142 01:01:21,199 --> 01:01:23,375 had become one of the most powerful 1143 01:01:23,418 --> 01:01:28,293 and geographically spread out cartels in Mexico. 1144 01:01:28,336 --> 01:01:31,644 Stratton: Mexico is a perfect example of what happens 1145 01:01:31,688 --> 01:01:35,822 when you empower people who basically are total 1146 01:01:35,866 --> 01:01:40,653 and completely beyond the pale of law-abiding citizens. 1147 01:01:40,697 --> 01:01:43,351 ♪♪ 1148 01:01:46,964 --> 01:01:49,314 Man: That guy's doin' something down there. 1149 01:01:49,357 --> 01:01:50,968 Man #2: Let's go in there and see what's goin' on. 1150 01:01:51,011 --> 01:01:52,709 -Yeah, he's doing something. -You got coordinates? 1151 01:01:52,752 --> 01:01:56,408 North 1-5-0-9-8-3-1-9er. 1152 01:01:56,451 --> 01:01:59,019 Narrator: Agents from Immigration Customs Enforcement, 1153 01:01:59,063 --> 01:02:00,804 also known as ICE, 1154 01:02:00,847 --> 01:02:04,155 spot a small vessel coming up the coast from Colombia, 1155 01:02:04,198 --> 01:02:06,200 bolting for the Mexican shoreline. 1156 01:02:06,244 --> 01:02:08,028 Man: No, he's going into the inlet. 1157 01:02:08,072 --> 01:02:10,161 There's a whole crowd of people meeting him. 1158 01:02:10,204 --> 01:02:12,946 Narrator: On the boat are members of the Sinaloa Cartel. 1159 01:02:12,990 --> 01:02:15,383 Man: They're unloadin' stuff. 1160 01:02:15,427 --> 01:02:18,778 Narrator: Stashed on board -- pure cocaine. 1161 01:02:18,822 --> 01:02:21,825 Longmire: One of the challenges when a large organization 1162 01:02:21,868 --> 01:02:23,652 like the Sinaloa Federation expands 1163 01:02:23,696 --> 01:02:25,959 is to establish logistics, 1164 01:02:26,003 --> 01:02:27,961 to establish a supply chain, 1165 01:02:28,005 --> 01:02:30,877 and also local commanders to make sure that they maintain 1166 01:02:30,921 --> 01:02:34,707 the integrity of that newfound territory. 1167 01:02:34,751 --> 01:02:36,578 -They're unloading fuel barrels. -Yep. 1168 01:02:36,622 --> 01:02:39,712 Narrator: Cartel middlemen unload the product. 1169 01:02:39,756 --> 01:02:42,584 Man: All the fuel barrels are off the ship. 1170 01:02:42,628 --> 01:02:44,325 Narrator: Overseeing the operation -- 1171 01:02:44,369 --> 01:02:45,979 Arturo Beltrán Leyva, 1172 01:02:46,023 --> 01:02:48,373 nicknamed "The Boss of Bosses." 1173 01:02:48,416 --> 01:02:51,028 He's a top Sinaloa enforcer. 1174 01:02:51,071 --> 01:02:53,552 ♪♪ 1175 01:02:53,595 --> 01:02:56,033 The coke is buried below fish and ice 1176 01:02:56,076 --> 01:02:59,253 and loaded onto commercial trucks. 1177 01:02:59,297 --> 01:03:02,126 Beltrán Leyva radios Mexican border patrol agents 1178 01:03:02,169 --> 01:03:03,997 on the cartel payroll, 1179 01:03:04,041 --> 01:03:06,478 alerting them the trucks are on the move, 1180 01:03:06,521 --> 01:03:11,048 ensuring safe passage across the border to the United States. 1181 01:03:11,091 --> 01:03:12,832 Stratton: Chapo built the perfect 1182 01:03:12,876 --> 01:03:15,530 vertically integrated enterprise 1183 01:03:15,574 --> 01:03:17,445 where you control your product 1184 01:03:17,489 --> 01:03:19,883 all the way from the ground to the marketplace. 1185 01:03:19,926 --> 01:03:22,102 ♪♪ 1186 01:03:22,146 --> 01:03:23,930 Longmire: One of the most fascinating things 1187 01:03:23,974 --> 01:03:27,325 about the relationship that Mexican cartels have 1188 01:03:27,368 --> 01:03:30,545 with American distributors is that 1189 01:03:30,589 --> 01:03:33,244 most Americans have absolutely no idea 1190 01:03:33,287 --> 01:03:36,595 what is going on right under their noses. 1191 01:03:36,638 --> 01:03:38,902 You could be driving on any major highway 1192 01:03:38,945 --> 01:03:41,513 and see an 18-wheeler right next to you 1193 01:03:41,556 --> 01:03:45,038 loaded with illegal drugs moving across the country. 1194 01:03:45,082 --> 01:03:46,605 Narrator: The endpoint -- 1195 01:03:46,648 --> 01:03:48,694 the Flores brothers' Chicago operation, 1196 01:03:48,737 --> 01:03:51,175 who distributes the product to the street... 1197 01:03:51,218 --> 01:03:54,047 where the price will have increased 15 times 1198 01:03:54,091 --> 01:03:57,529 to over $35,000 a kilo. 1199 01:03:57,572 --> 01:04:00,401 The Flores brothers were wholesalers, in a sense, 1200 01:04:00,445 --> 01:04:02,534 that they were getting product directly 1201 01:04:02,577 --> 01:04:04,275 from the Sinaloa organization. 1202 01:04:04,318 --> 01:04:07,321 And then they were, um, distributing it to dealers. 1203 01:04:07,365 --> 01:04:10,020 They had houses rented that they just packed with money. 1204 01:04:10,063 --> 01:04:12,979 ♪♪ 1205 01:04:13,023 --> 01:04:15,982 Narrator: As profits soar, one of El Chapo's lieutenants, 1206 01:04:16,026 --> 01:04:17,810 Arturo Beltrán Leyva, 1207 01:04:17,854 --> 01:04:20,552 and his four brothers decide to go out on their own. 1208 01:04:20,595 --> 01:04:21,945 Longmire: The Beltrán Leyvas thought 1209 01:04:21,988 --> 01:04:23,816 that they would manage operations better. 1210 01:04:23,860 --> 01:04:25,774 They had an issue with all that money coming in 1211 01:04:25,818 --> 01:04:27,907 and not getting enough of a piece of the pie, 1212 01:04:27,951 --> 01:04:29,691 and that was enough impetus for them to -- 1213 01:04:29,735 --> 01:04:32,216 to go out on their own. 1214 01:04:32,259 --> 01:04:35,915 Narrator: El Chapo's son has been released from prison. 1215 01:04:35,959 --> 01:04:39,005 But soon after, Beltrán Leyva's brother 1216 01:04:39,049 --> 01:04:43,357 is suddenly arrested by Mexican police. 1217 01:04:43,401 --> 01:04:45,098 And he suspects El Chapo 1218 01:04:45,142 --> 01:04:47,753 engineered a deal with the authorities. 1219 01:04:47,796 --> 01:04:50,408 [ Helicopter blades whirring ] 1220 01:04:50,451 --> 01:04:51,931 Now it's Beltrán Leyva's turn. 1221 01:04:51,975 --> 01:04:54,020 He has the dismembered body parts 1222 01:04:54,064 --> 01:04:56,805 of El Chapo's militiamen delivered to his enemy. 1223 01:04:56,849 --> 01:05:00,592 ♪♪ 1224 01:05:00,635 --> 01:05:04,291 El Chapo firebombs a Beltrán Leyva safe house. 1225 01:05:04,335 --> 01:05:07,164 ♪♪ 1226 01:05:07,207 --> 01:05:09,035 The pattern of violence continues 1227 01:05:09,079 --> 01:05:11,603 as the rivals try to one-up each other. 1228 01:05:11,646 --> 01:05:14,388 ♪♪ 1229 01:05:14,432 --> 01:05:16,913 Longmire: To show who is the most powerful, 1230 01:05:16,956 --> 01:05:19,916 who is the most capable of inciting fear. 1231 01:05:19,959 --> 01:05:23,397 ♪♪ 1232 01:05:23,441 --> 01:05:27,445 Narrator: Then Beltrán Leyva gets personal. 1233 01:05:27,488 --> 01:05:29,795 [ Gunfire ] 1234 01:05:33,494 --> 01:05:36,976 15 assassins open fire in a parking lot. 1235 01:05:37,020 --> 01:05:41,589 One of the victims is El Chapo's 22-year-old son. 1236 01:05:41,633 --> 01:05:43,548 [ Siren wailing ] 1237 01:05:43,591 --> 01:05:47,160 ♪♪ 1238 01:05:47,204 --> 01:05:49,902 Now the civil war is on. 1239 01:05:53,427 --> 01:05:56,387 ♪♪ 1240 01:05:56,430 --> 01:06:02,045 116 people are killed over the next month. 1241 01:06:02,088 --> 01:06:05,962 The surge in violence puts Beltrán Leyva on the run. 1242 01:06:06,005 --> 01:06:08,442 ♪♪ 1243 01:06:08,486 --> 01:06:10,879 And the Mexican military reportedly place 1244 01:06:10,923 --> 01:06:14,535 a $2 million bounty on his head. 1245 01:06:14,579 --> 01:06:16,059 Stratton: This is an indication 1246 01:06:16,102 --> 01:06:19,279 of the level of insanity and violence 1247 01:06:19,323 --> 01:06:23,022 that takes place in Mexico as a result of the drug war. 1248 01:06:23,066 --> 01:06:24,458 They're not fighting about anything else 1249 01:06:24,502 --> 01:06:27,157 but the money that's being made in drugs, 1250 01:06:27,200 --> 01:06:31,291 so the drug war creates this level of violence. 1251 01:06:31,335 --> 01:06:34,555 Once the killing starts, it's like -- 1252 01:06:34,599 --> 01:06:36,340 We've seen it in mafia movies -- 1253 01:06:36,383 --> 01:06:39,082 You kill one of mine, I kill three of yours. 1254 01:06:39,125 --> 01:06:41,388 I kill three of yours, you kill six of mine. 1255 01:06:41,432 --> 01:06:43,129 And the level of violence 1256 01:06:43,173 --> 01:06:45,740 and killing just keeps upping and upping and upping. 1257 01:06:45,784 --> 01:06:48,395 Narrator: The Flores brothers are caught in the middle, 1258 01:06:48,439 --> 01:06:51,355 as the two cartels go to war. 1259 01:06:51,398 --> 01:06:54,401 They decide their only move is to work with the DEA, 1260 01:06:54,445 --> 01:06:57,361 allowing their calls with El Chapo to be wiretapped 1261 01:06:57,404 --> 01:07:00,103 in exchange for protection. 1262 01:07:00,146 --> 01:07:01,756 Stratton: Anybody's gonna be terrified 1263 01:07:01,800 --> 01:07:03,889 when you're confronted with that level of violence. 1264 01:07:03,932 --> 01:07:05,717 You figure, "I'm gonna walk out and I'm gonna get shot. 1265 01:07:05,760 --> 01:07:07,110 I'm gonna get killed." 1266 01:07:07,153 --> 01:07:09,025 What happened with the Flores brothers 1267 01:07:09,068 --> 01:07:10,852 is they had no good options. 1268 01:07:10,896 --> 01:07:13,725 Their only option was, as far as they could see, 1269 01:07:13,768 --> 01:07:15,553 to work with the DEA 1270 01:07:15,596 --> 01:07:18,991 and hope that you're gonna get protected by the government. 1271 01:07:19,035 --> 01:07:21,124 ♪♪ 1272 01:07:26,868 --> 01:07:29,001 Narrator: An informant tips off the Mexican marines 1273 01:07:29,045 --> 01:07:32,091 to Arturo Beltrán Leyva's location. 1274 01:07:32,135 --> 01:07:34,093 [ Shouting in Spanish ] 1275 01:07:34,137 --> 01:07:36,617 ♪♪ 1276 01:08:00,511 --> 01:08:03,775 The marines cover the bloody corpse in pesos 1277 01:08:03,818 --> 01:08:06,995 and pose Beltrán Leyva for the press. 1278 01:08:07,039 --> 01:08:09,694 ♪♪ 1279 01:08:09,737 --> 01:08:11,870 As a final show of force, 1280 01:08:11,913 --> 01:08:16,048 El Chapo sends a severed head to Beltrán Levya's tomb. 1281 01:08:16,092 --> 01:08:18,224 ♪♪ 1282 01:08:18,268 --> 01:08:21,401 Sinaloa is now poised to take over 1283 01:08:21,445 --> 01:08:23,969 and become the most powerful cartel 1284 01:08:24,012 --> 01:08:29,017 because they've got the police doing their dirty work for them. 1285 01:08:29,061 --> 01:08:32,151 Conroy: It's not an uncommon strategy used in war -- 1286 01:08:32,195 --> 01:08:36,590 to use the enemy of your enemy to advance your interests. 1287 01:08:36,634 --> 01:08:38,505 We do it in Iraq. We do it in Afghanistan. 1288 01:08:38,549 --> 01:08:42,379 We're doing it now in Syria. 1289 01:08:42,422 --> 01:08:43,989 Narrator: El Chapo is now 1290 01:08:44,032 --> 01:08:46,557 one of the world's most powerful drug lords 1291 01:08:46,600 --> 01:08:50,256 and also one of the world's most wanted men. 1292 01:08:50,300 --> 01:08:52,389 ♪♪ 1293 01:09:08,448 --> 01:09:10,624 ♪♪ 1294 01:09:12,539 --> 01:09:17,588 Narrator: 38 years after the War on Drugs began, 1295 01:09:17,631 --> 01:09:20,112 there is a major push for one of its biggest targets 1296 01:09:20,156 --> 01:09:23,246 to become legalized in America. 1297 01:09:23,289 --> 01:09:25,204 [ Radio chatter ] 1298 01:09:29,774 --> 01:09:32,516 DEA agents in full combat gear 1299 01:09:32,559 --> 01:09:36,520 descend from a helicopter and touch down on a farm. 1300 01:09:36,563 --> 01:09:40,176 The weed-like plants are cut and confiscated. 1301 01:09:41,307 --> 01:09:43,135 [ Radio chatter ] 1302 01:09:45,746 --> 01:09:49,228 This is marijuana... 1303 01:09:49,272 --> 01:09:51,970 also known as weed, 1304 01:09:52,013 --> 01:09:55,321 offering a mind-altering, euphoric high. 1305 01:09:55,365 --> 01:10:00,544 Primary psychoactive element -- tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC. 1306 01:10:00,587 --> 01:10:02,589 ♪♪ 1307 01:10:02,633 --> 01:10:04,896 Despite the federal government 1308 01:10:04,939 --> 01:10:08,204 classifying marijuana as a Schedule I illegal drug, 1309 01:10:08,247 --> 01:10:12,860 the cannabis market is now worth an estimated $7 billion. 1310 01:10:12,904 --> 01:10:16,560 It was criminalized in the early 20th century. 1311 01:10:16,603 --> 01:10:19,215 ♪♪ 1312 01:10:19,258 --> 01:10:22,435 Stratton: It was all about the weed with roots in hell 1313 01:10:22,479 --> 01:10:25,960 and this huge propaganda that was -- 1314 01:10:26,004 --> 01:10:27,832 that built up around marijuana. 1315 01:10:27,875 --> 01:10:29,573 Man: This harmless-looking cigarette 1316 01:10:29,616 --> 01:10:32,402 is cloaked in many innocent disguises. 1317 01:10:32,445 --> 01:10:35,231 But light the match, inhale the smoke, 1318 01:10:35,274 --> 01:10:38,799 and it becomes an invitation to your own murder. 1319 01:10:38,843 --> 01:10:40,714 [ Screams ] 1320 01:10:40,758 --> 01:10:43,456 ♪♪ 1321 01:10:43,500 --> 01:10:46,024 Narrator: Through the 1930s, '40s, and '50s, 1322 01:10:46,067 --> 01:10:47,939 government propaganda 1323 01:10:47,982 --> 01:10:51,334 claimed that marijuana destroyed the human spirit. 1324 01:10:51,377 --> 01:10:53,901 It made young women into fools and whores 1325 01:10:53,945 --> 01:10:56,164 and turned men into rapists. 1326 01:10:56,208 --> 01:10:59,124 ♪♪ 1327 01:10:59,167 --> 01:11:02,127 They lied to us about this plant. 1328 01:11:02,170 --> 01:11:04,129 You smoked it, and you suddenly said, 1329 01:11:04,172 --> 01:11:06,697 "Wait a minute, now. This stuff isn't so bad. 1330 01:11:06,740 --> 01:11:09,743 I don't have any desire to go out and rape anybody. 1331 01:11:09,787 --> 01:11:11,397 I don't even want to get into a fight." 1332 01:11:11,441 --> 01:11:13,443 ♪♪ 1333 01:11:16,010 --> 01:11:17,447 St. Pierre: Ending marijuana prohibition 1334 01:11:17,490 --> 01:11:20,145 is incredibly beneficial for everybody in society, 1335 01:11:20,188 --> 01:11:22,800 except for the entities who have been making money 1336 01:11:22,843 --> 01:11:25,411 off of its prohibition for the last 70 years -- 1337 01:11:25,455 --> 01:11:27,457 law enforcement, private prisons, 1338 01:11:27,500 --> 01:11:29,459 pharmaceutical companies. 1339 01:11:29,502 --> 01:11:32,984 ♪♪ 1340 01:11:33,027 --> 01:11:36,379 All of them, their business models are predicated 1341 01:11:36,422 --> 01:11:38,468 on marijuana being illegal. 1342 01:11:38,511 --> 01:11:41,688 ♪♪ 1343 01:11:41,732 --> 01:11:45,039 On average, 700,000 Americans are arrested every year 1344 01:11:45,083 --> 01:11:46,650 on marijuana charges. 1345 01:11:46,693 --> 01:11:48,782 ...2, 1! 1346 01:11:48,826 --> 01:11:51,219 Happy New Year! 1347 01:11:51,263 --> 01:11:54,832 ♪♪ 1348 01:11:54,875 --> 01:11:57,704 Narrator: Colorado becomes the first state to legalize 1349 01:11:57,748 --> 01:11:59,402 recreational marijuana use. 1350 01:12:03,144 --> 01:12:05,321 This veteran of the war in Iraq 1351 01:12:05,364 --> 01:12:06,800 will make one of the first legal 1352 01:12:06,844 --> 01:12:10,848 marijuana purchases to treat his PTSD. 1353 01:12:10,891 --> 01:12:13,285 $59.74 1354 01:12:13,329 --> 01:12:16,244 Thank you very, very much. 1355 01:12:16,288 --> 01:12:18,377 I got some legal weed! 1356 01:12:18,421 --> 01:12:20,379 [ Cheering ] 1357 01:12:22,555 --> 01:12:24,949 I'm in line to buy something legal. 1358 01:12:24,992 --> 01:12:26,907 Let's do this. That's all I'm saying. 1359 01:12:26,951 --> 01:12:28,387 Let's do this. [ Laughs ] 1360 01:12:28,431 --> 01:12:30,433 ♪♪ 1361 01:12:35,438 --> 01:12:38,789 Narrator: Now legal in 28 states, 1362 01:12:38,832 --> 01:12:41,400 legalization is having major implications 1363 01:12:41,444 --> 01:12:43,707 for the Mexican cartels. 1364 01:12:43,750 --> 01:12:45,448 There you are. 1365 01:12:45,491 --> 01:12:47,928 ♪♪ 1366 01:12:52,977 --> 01:12:54,761 Wainwright: If you go to Mexico, 1367 01:12:54,805 --> 01:12:56,154 then the single biggest threat 1368 01:12:56,197 --> 01:12:57,634 that the cartels face at the moment 1369 01:12:57,677 --> 01:12:59,810 to their business is legalization. 1370 01:12:59,853 --> 01:13:03,727 ♪♪ 1371 01:13:03,770 --> 01:13:06,294 They now face a very powerful competitor 1372 01:13:06,338 --> 01:13:08,166 in the form of legal businesses. 1373 01:13:08,209 --> 01:13:10,037 And if you go to a state like Colorado 1374 01:13:10,081 --> 01:13:11,996 where the stuff's been legal now for some years, 1375 01:13:12,039 --> 01:13:14,172 it's an incredibly sophisticated business. 1376 01:13:14,215 --> 01:13:15,565 It's really professional. 1377 01:13:15,608 --> 01:13:17,828 ♪♪ 1378 01:13:21,179 --> 01:13:25,923 The Sinaloa Cartel doesn't do chocolate brownies. 1379 01:13:25,966 --> 01:13:28,229 If you can take this gigantic market 1380 01:13:28,273 --> 01:13:30,362 out of the hands of criminals 1381 01:13:30,406 --> 01:13:34,322 and put it in the hands of law-abiding, taxpaying people, 1382 01:13:34,366 --> 01:13:36,586 that's much more attractive to the government. 1383 01:13:36,629 --> 01:13:38,457 And ultimately it leads to a market 1384 01:13:38,501 --> 01:13:41,591 which is better regulated, safer, and far less criminal. 1385 01:13:41,634 --> 01:13:44,202 ♪♪ 1386 01:13:47,684 --> 01:13:50,687 Narrator: Unlike the legal operations in the north, 1387 01:13:50,730 --> 01:13:56,083 the Sinaloa kingpin, El Chapo, operates in the shadows. 1388 01:13:56,127 --> 01:13:58,085 Over the last decade, he's played 1389 01:13:58,129 --> 01:14:00,958 an elaborate game of cat-and-mouse, 1390 01:14:01,001 --> 01:14:04,265 always staying one step ahead of the authorities. 1391 01:14:04,309 --> 01:14:06,442 ♪♪ 1392 01:14:09,357 --> 01:14:13,492 Intelligence gathered from informants and wiretaps 1393 01:14:13,536 --> 01:14:17,714 leads authorities to this seaside condo. 1394 01:14:17,757 --> 01:14:21,544 Without a single shot fired... 1395 01:14:21,587 --> 01:14:24,285 El Chapo is finally captured. 1396 01:14:24,329 --> 01:14:26,331 ♪♪ 1397 01:14:31,336 --> 01:14:34,513 He's sent to Mexico's most secure prison. 1398 01:14:34,557 --> 01:14:37,690 ♪♪ 1399 01:14:37,734 --> 01:14:41,433 Truth of the matter is that the huge amounts of money 1400 01:14:41,477 --> 01:14:45,872 that are generated by the illegal drug traffic world 1401 01:14:45,916 --> 01:14:49,963 has corrupted law enforcement and the prison authorities. 1402 01:14:50,007 --> 01:14:52,357 Suddenly Chapo's guys come along and say, 1403 01:14:52,400 --> 01:14:55,882 "Well, here's 150 grand, 200 grand to look the other way 1404 01:14:55,926 --> 01:14:58,798 while we build this tunnel, or you're gonna die." 1405 01:14:58,842 --> 01:15:01,409 And, you know, people are going to take the money. 1406 01:15:01,453 --> 01:15:03,499 ♪♪ 1407 01:15:12,159 --> 01:15:14,031 Narrator: The Sinaloa Cartel digs 1408 01:15:14,074 --> 01:15:18,514 a mile-long tunnel directly to El Chapo's cell. 1409 01:15:18,557 --> 01:15:20,385 Stratton: Looked like he's gonna take a shower 1410 01:15:20,428 --> 01:15:24,563 and disappear into a tunnel that had a motorcycle in it. 1411 01:15:24,607 --> 01:15:26,652 ♪♪ 1412 01:15:30,874 --> 01:15:33,572 Next thing you know, Chapo disappears and he's gone. 1413 01:15:37,924 --> 01:15:39,926 [ Camera shutter clicking ] 1414 01:15:39,970 --> 01:15:42,189 [ Indistinct talking ] 1415 01:15:44,235 --> 01:15:47,673 Narrator: While in hiding, El Chapo makes a bold move, 1416 01:15:47,717 --> 01:15:50,850 persuading Mexican soap opera star Kate del Castillo 1417 01:15:50,894 --> 01:15:54,550 to introduce him to actor Sean Penn. 1418 01:15:54,593 --> 01:15:57,553 The hope -- a collaboration on his life story. 1419 01:16:08,433 --> 01:16:12,132 But Penn and del Castillo don't realize they're being watched. 1420 01:16:12,176 --> 01:16:15,658 Mexican intelligence is tracking their every move. 1421 01:16:19,662 --> 01:16:22,795 ♪♪ 1422 01:16:22,839 --> 01:16:25,624 Narrator: After months of meticulous tracking, 1423 01:16:25,668 --> 01:16:29,454 the Mexican military zero in on a coastal town in Sinaloa, 1424 01:16:29,497 --> 01:16:31,630 El Chapo's home state. 1425 01:16:31,674 --> 01:16:34,067 ♪♪ 1426 01:16:37,593 --> 01:16:40,813 Officials spot a van they believe to belong to the cartel 1427 01:16:40,857 --> 01:16:43,729 picking up a large late-night order of tacos. 1428 01:16:43,773 --> 01:16:47,167 The hunch -- the tacos are for El Chapo. 1429 01:16:50,693 --> 01:16:53,652 With the alleged support of the U.S. Delta Force, 1430 01:16:53,696 --> 01:16:57,525 the Mexican special forces carry out Operation Black Swan. 1431 01:16:57,569 --> 01:17:00,050 [ Banging ] 1432 01:17:00,093 --> 01:17:02,052 [ San speaking Spanish ] 1433 01:17:02,095 --> 01:17:04,141 ♪♪ 1434 01:17:07,187 --> 01:17:09,189 [ Gunshots ] 1435 01:17:23,464 --> 01:17:25,031 [ Shouting in Spanish ] 1436 01:17:25,075 --> 01:17:26,946 [ Explosion ] 1437 01:17:43,571 --> 01:17:45,008 [ Gunshots ] 1438 01:17:54,060 --> 01:17:55,888 [ Gunshots ] 1439 01:18:04,680 --> 01:18:06,551 ♪♪ 1440 01:18:23,002 --> 01:18:26,310 Narrator: Five cartel gunmen are dead. 1441 01:18:26,353 --> 01:18:28,834 But El Chapo escapes through a hidden tunnel 1442 01:18:28,878 --> 01:18:33,317 in a closet connected to the city sewer system. 1443 01:18:33,360 --> 01:18:36,581 Stratton: He stole a car and he took off. 1444 01:18:36,624 --> 01:18:39,584 When they caught him, he said, "Look, I'm gonna give you money. 1445 01:18:39,627 --> 01:18:41,325 I'll give you jobs. 1446 01:18:41,368 --> 01:18:44,589 I'll take good care of all of you." 1447 01:18:44,632 --> 01:18:47,157 Narrator: But the Mexican soldiers refuse the bribe 1448 01:18:47,200 --> 01:18:50,203 and take Joaquín Guzmán into custody. 1449 01:18:50,247 --> 01:18:52,597 ♪♪ 1450 01:18:52,640 --> 01:18:56,340 With evidence from the Flores brothers' wiretapped calls, 1451 01:18:56,383 --> 01:19:00,387 El Chapo is extradited to New York. 1452 01:19:00,431 --> 01:19:05,262 El Chapo is now in the most famous jail in the world, 1453 01:19:05,305 --> 01:19:07,003 the Metropolitan Correctional Center, 1454 01:19:07,046 --> 01:19:08,439 the Criminal Hilton, 1455 01:19:08,482 --> 01:19:11,181 to bow down before the almighty power 1456 01:19:11,224 --> 01:19:14,184 of the American criminal justice system. 1457 01:19:14,227 --> 01:19:17,796 And in that building, you have every single criminal 1458 01:19:17,840 --> 01:19:20,843 of every kind of stripe, from terrorists 1459 01:19:20,886 --> 01:19:23,889 to rogue CIA agents 1460 01:19:23,933 --> 01:19:27,850 to drug lords to mafia bosses. 1461 01:19:27,893 --> 01:19:31,418 ♪♪ 1462 01:19:31,462 --> 01:19:33,203 Narrator: And in his absence, 1463 01:19:33,246 --> 01:19:38,643 the Sinaloa Cartel continues to operate. 1464 01:19:38,686 --> 01:19:41,994 Wright: The U.S. government, when it makes a seizure 1465 01:19:42,038 --> 01:19:46,520 or takes out a notorious, high-profile drug trafficker, 1466 01:19:46,564 --> 01:19:48,827 it's never eliminating the problem. 1467 01:19:48,871 --> 01:19:53,397 It's just giving a promotion to somebody else. 1468 01:19:53,440 --> 01:19:58,706 Stratton: It's great for the American public appetite for -- 1469 01:19:58,750 --> 01:20:00,883 for these kind of super villains, 1470 01:20:00,926 --> 01:20:03,799 to have guys like El Chapo or Pablo Escobar, 1471 01:20:03,842 --> 01:20:06,323 to point their finger at and say, "This is a bad guy." 1472 01:20:06,366 --> 01:20:08,891 You lock Chapo up, you lock Escobar up, 1473 01:20:08,934 --> 01:20:10,762 you kill 'em, whatever you do, 1474 01:20:10,806 --> 01:20:12,808 somebody else is gonna be there to take their place. 1475 01:20:12,851 --> 01:20:14,853 Maybe 30 guys are there to take their place. 1476 01:20:14,897 --> 01:20:17,638 It doesn't stop anything. 1477 01:20:17,682 --> 01:20:21,425 It just gives the public another anti-hero 1478 01:20:21,468 --> 01:20:23,731 or bad guy to focus on. 1479 01:20:23,775 --> 01:20:27,257 ♪♪ 1480 01:20:27,910 --> 01:20:31,478 [ Siren wailing ] 1481 01:20:31,522 --> 01:20:33,741 Man: 911. What is your emergency? 1482 01:20:33,785 --> 01:20:36,092 Woman: I need -- I need an ambulance right away. 1483 01:20:36,135 --> 01:20:37,920 My son just overdosed on heroin. 1484 01:20:37,963 --> 01:20:39,835 -What's your address -- -Please! 1485 01:20:39,878 --> 01:20:43,795 He's unconscious. Please hurry! 1486 01:20:43,839 --> 01:20:45,884 ♪♪ 1487 01:20:53,283 --> 01:20:54,719 Wainwright: I think in future, 1488 01:20:54,762 --> 01:20:57,156 when people look back at the War on Drugs, 1489 01:20:57,200 --> 01:20:58,592 they'll see one of the great 1490 01:20:58,636 --> 01:21:00,768 public policy failures of our time. 1491 01:21:00,812 --> 01:21:03,162 [ Radio chatter ] 1492 01:21:03,206 --> 01:21:07,253 So much money has been spent and so much violence done, 1493 01:21:07,297 --> 01:21:09,603 all for such little gain. 1494 01:21:09,647 --> 01:21:11,910 ♪♪ 1495 01:21:15,392 --> 01:21:19,918 America's public enemy number one in the United states 1496 01:21:19,962 --> 01:21:21,485 is drug abuse. 1497 01:21:21,528 --> 01:21:23,139 ♪♪ 1498 01:21:23,182 --> 01:21:25,837 Parenti: The U.S. government has always had 1499 01:21:25,881 --> 01:21:29,406 a hypocritical relationship to drugs. 1500 01:21:29,449 --> 01:21:32,670 On the one hand, it uses drug dealers 1501 01:21:32,713 --> 01:21:34,977 as part of its foreign policy. 1502 01:21:35,020 --> 01:21:37,675 Nancy Reagan: What will you do when someone offers you drugs? 1503 01:21:37,718 --> 01:21:40,112 Crowd: Just say no! 1504 01:21:40,156 --> 01:21:42,114 Parenti: And then domestically, 1505 01:21:42,158 --> 01:21:46,292 it has built up an entire system of social control 1506 01:21:46,336 --> 01:21:49,295 around the use of these drugs. 1507 01:21:49,339 --> 01:21:51,210 ♪♪ 1508 01:21:51,254 --> 01:21:55,519 Man: The war on drugs, it's a war on poor people. 1509 01:21:55,562 --> 01:21:57,347 Wright: It's a means of dehumanizing 1510 01:21:57,390 --> 01:22:00,959 large segments of the American population 1511 01:22:01,003 --> 01:22:03,614 George H.W. Bush: Some think there won't be room for them in jail 1512 01:22:03,657 --> 01:22:04,832 We'll make room. 1513 01:22:04,876 --> 01:22:07,183 ♪♪ 1514 01:22:10,403 --> 01:22:14,973 Wright: The War on Drugs has achieved none of its ends. 1515 01:22:15,017 --> 01:22:16,496 But the one thing it has done 1516 01:22:16,540 --> 01:22:18,890 is it increased the power of its institutions 1517 01:22:18,934 --> 01:22:22,285 and the laws of the state... 1518 01:22:22,328 --> 01:22:25,114 its powers to search Americans' homes, 1519 01:22:25,157 --> 01:22:26,942 to do surveillance. 1520 01:22:26,985 --> 01:22:30,467 That is the only tangible victory of the War on Drugs 1521 01:22:30,510 --> 01:22:33,426 is to have made the state stronger. 1522 01:22:33,470 --> 01:22:36,342 Clinton: You will be put away and put away for good. 1523 01:22:36,386 --> 01:22:39,041 Three strikes, and you are out. 1524 01:22:39,084 --> 01:22:43,088 ♪♪ 1525 01:22:43,132 --> 01:22:46,526 Parenti: The country was given a choice, 1526 01:22:46,570 --> 01:22:49,703 and what happened was it doubled down on the War on Drugs. 1527 01:22:49,747 --> 01:22:51,227 Man: Move, move. 1528 01:22:51,270 --> 01:22:53,533 ♪♪ 1529 01:22:56,188 --> 01:22:58,582 Man: We have spent trillions of dollars 1530 01:22:58,625 --> 01:23:00,932 over the decades, trillions, 1531 01:23:00,976 --> 01:23:02,978 with no positive results. 1532 01:23:03,021 --> 01:23:05,154 Walk backwards, backwards. 1533 01:23:05,197 --> 01:23:07,547 Backwards. Stop. 1534 01:23:07,591 --> 01:23:11,116 The only thing it created was mass incarceration. 1535 01:23:11,160 --> 01:23:13,249 ♪♪ 1536 01:23:18,689 --> 01:23:20,517 Levine: No individual in the United States 1537 01:23:20,560 --> 01:23:23,259 can say, "Thank you, America, for your War on Drugs. 1538 01:23:23,302 --> 01:23:27,002 You saved my child." 1539 01:23:27,045 --> 01:23:29,439 Nobody really wants to be addicted to drugs. 1540 01:23:29,482 --> 01:23:31,615 It's a terrible way of life. 1541 01:23:31,658 --> 01:23:34,357 Law enforcement is not the answer. 1542 01:23:34,400 --> 01:23:40,102 The only solution is to treat it as a social and health problem. 1543 01:23:40,145 --> 01:23:43,061 Peters: People who get in trouble with drugs need to be helped. 1544 01:23:43,105 --> 01:23:45,890 They have a medical condition. 1545 01:23:45,933 --> 01:23:48,066 And I think a lot of things really need to change. 1546 01:23:48,110 --> 01:23:51,243 Drug use is not a war you win. 1547 01:23:51,287 --> 01:23:54,029 Levine: The reality is that no one in power 1548 01:23:54,072 --> 01:23:56,596 ever took this War on Drugs seriously. 1549 01:23:56,640 --> 01:23:58,946 They used it for political purposes. 1550 01:23:58,990 --> 01:24:01,340 It's an ugly truth. 1551 01:24:01,384 --> 01:24:03,777 Ronald Reagan: Drugs are menacing our society. 1552 01:24:03,821 --> 01:24:05,736 They're killing our children. 1553 01:24:05,779 --> 01:24:07,129 George H.W. Bush: I say that legalization 1554 01:24:07,172 --> 01:24:09,348 is just another word for surrender, 1555 01:24:09,392 --> 01:24:12,786 and surrender is not in our vocabulary. 1556 01:24:12,830 --> 01:24:15,137 Clinton: We have just begun the job, 1557 01:24:15,180 --> 01:24:19,097 and we do not intend to stop until we have finished. 1558 01:24:19,141 --> 01:24:23,014 When we fight drugs, we fight the War on Terror. 1559 01:24:23,058 --> 01:24:25,103 [ Shouting in native language ] 1560 01:24:25,147 --> 01:24:28,324 ♪♪ 1561 01:24:28,367 --> 01:24:29,760 Wainwright: I think it's politically very difficult 1562 01:24:29,803 --> 01:24:31,805 for politicians to talk sense about drugs 1563 01:24:31,849 --> 01:24:33,720 while they're still in office. 1564 01:24:33,764 --> 01:24:35,809 And what we're seeing is a growing number of people 1565 01:24:35,853 --> 01:24:40,075 who come out and admit that the war is failing. 1566 01:24:40,118 --> 01:24:42,294 Clinton: I signed a bill that made the problem worse. 1567 01:24:42,338 --> 01:24:45,906 We had a lot of people locked up for way too long. 1568 01:24:45,950 --> 01:24:49,040 And that was overdone. We were wrong about that. 1569 01:24:49,084 --> 01:24:52,261 The President of the United States. 1570 01:24:52,304 --> 01:24:55,568 [ Cheers and applause ] 1571 01:24:55,612 --> 01:24:58,615 Wainwright: Finding sitting presidents who are still in office 1572 01:24:58,658 --> 01:25:02,401 and who still have the power to change things is much harder. 1573 01:25:02,445 --> 01:25:05,100 Trump: To protect our citizens, I have directed the departments 1574 01:25:05,143 --> 01:25:07,406 of Homeland Security and Justice, 1575 01:25:07,450 --> 01:25:09,452 along with the Department of State 1576 01:25:09,495 --> 01:25:11,628 and the Director of National Intelligence, 1577 01:25:11,671 --> 01:25:14,848 to coordinate an aggressive strategy 1578 01:25:14,892 --> 01:25:17,199 to dismantle the criminal cartels 1579 01:25:17,242 --> 01:25:21,986 that have spread all across our nation. 1580 01:25:22,029 --> 01:25:24,206 [ Applause ] 1581 01:25:24,249 --> 01:25:26,338 ♪♪ 1582 01:25:26,382 --> 01:25:28,558 Bellum se ipsum alet. 1583 01:25:28,601 --> 01:25:32,779 And it translates as, "War feeds itself." 1584 01:25:32,823 --> 01:25:35,086 Police! Police! Search warrant! 1585 01:25:35,130 --> 01:25:37,697 [ Indistinct shouting ] 1586 01:25:37,741 --> 01:25:43,181 Once you create the enemy, once you build the institutions, 1587 01:25:43,225 --> 01:25:46,402 it will keep perpetuating itself forever.