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MAN: Shake this square world
and blast off for Kicksville.
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RICHARD NIXON: Public enemy
number one is drug abuse.
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NANCY REAGAN: Just say no.
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RONALD REAGAN: Halting
the drug problem in America
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is like carrying water
in a sieve.
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GEORGE H. W. BUSH: Take my word
for it, this scourge will stop.
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KAMALA HARRIS:
There's now an understanding
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that the war on drugs
was an abject failure.
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MAN: You have to stop and ask
yourself, how did we get here?
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DONALD TRUMP:
We will build a wall.
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TERRY KIRKPATRICK:
First border wall was put up
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back in the days of the cowboys.
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No‐man's‐land, as they call it.
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I don't like it.
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It's not gonna stop the drugs,
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the lawlessness that
takes place out here
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and the shootings and
bandits crossing the border
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and cutting your fences and
transporting the dope through.
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My name is Terry Kirkpatrick.
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My nickname's the Grumpy Gringo.
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I was a customs agent
for 28 years.
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And I used to tell the new guys
that would come on board,
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I says, "This is the most fun
you'll ever have on a job
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with your pants on."
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(explosion)
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Primarily we worked narcotics,
gun smuggling.
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It was cat and mouse;
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you're chasing them,
they're chasing you.
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And then all of a sudden,
you get in trouble,
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you get a death threat.
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People are trying to kill you.
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Well, this ain't
the Ghostbusters,
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you can't call anybody,
what are you gonna do now?
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Well, our guys call you up
and say, "Pack one suitcase,"
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and you'll hide out
for 30 days, six months.
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Well, I wasn't the smartest
Johnny in the classroom,
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I was still that little kid
in the back raising my hand,
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saying, "I'll go back,
I'll go back."
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And so, finally, after
six months of investigation,
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we raided the place,
and as I wandered around,
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a worker picked up a water hose
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and started pouring water
into the big drains.
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No one would think that
it was anything other
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than just a water main
underneath.
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Watch your fingers there.
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Once we took out
the lower drain,
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there was a 8‐by‐10 room
down there.
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One by one, we descended
into the dark pit of Neverland,
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not knowing what was
at the bottom.
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Wow, what did these guys do?
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This tunnel was
so sophisticated,
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it wasn't a fly‐by‐night group
that did it,
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these guys had studied mining
engineering and stuff like that.
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We're probably
well over 30 feet down,
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and it goes like this for
about 150 yards into Mexico,
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up to another house.
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On the Mexican side
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there was a family room
with a pool table in it,
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and below that, was another room
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where they could
store drugs there,
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that's where the air ventilation
pumps were, the water pumps.
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Just when you think
us as narcotics agents,
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we've seen it all,
it was, like, shocking.
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We didn't know where we were
going next with this.
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What have we opened up,
a Pandora's box here.
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It was, find everybody involved,
find 'em now.
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JACK RILEY: We knew there was an
individual that was responsible
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for all the logistical movement
of marijuana and then cocaine,
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but we weren't sure who he was.
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KIRKPATRICK: So we raided
house after house after house.
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One name pops up,
and it continued to pop up:
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Chapo Guzmán.
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RILEY: People called him
"Chapo," which is "Shorty."
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KIRKPATRICK:
He was 5‐foot‐6 guy,
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who started out as
a little kid selling oranges
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on the side of the road
down in Sinaloa.
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At that time, he was well down
the ranks in the Sinaloa Cartel.
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RILEY: He was a border rat.
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He knew virtually
every corner of the border,
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where it was, the most
highly patrolled area;
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where were desolate areas;
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where was the most
valuable part of it
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in terms of cocaine trafficking.
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KIRKPATRICK:
Cartel bosses recognize
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that he was extremely smart.
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He was years ahead
of anybody else
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that ever came into
the drug smuggling scene.
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The flipside to that is
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he was also a ruthless,
cold, calculated killer.
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30 guys were used
to dig this tunnel,
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night and day
for months and months.
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They kept 'em locked up
in a house,
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and the cartel wanted
to keep it secret so bad,
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and they were worried that
somebody would talk about it,
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so, they executed 'em all
and dumped 'em into a well.
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So, basically,
all the tunnel diggers
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dug their own grave
for the cartel.
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It was a gold mine for 'em.
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Kilo of cocaine, back in those
days, about $24,000 a kilo,
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this tunnel probably
would have ran, who knows?
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One truck a day.
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Two trucks a day.
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Three, maybe.
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Chapo went from the little guy
over here in Douglas
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to captain in the cartel.
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He was such a rising star.
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J. JESÚS ESQUIVEL: El Chapo was
nicknamed by the Colombians
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as El Rapido, because he was
so fast in moving the cocaine.
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He didn't share his methods
of transportation,
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but he was a genius
and troublemaker.
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Chapo's ambition
was to get Tijuana.
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Tijuana is an important city.
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It's a door for drugs
to cross the United States.
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MARTIN CORONA:
They were known as the most
vicious crew in Mexico.
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They had no qualms about making
an example out of somebody.
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They have a reputation for being
the most violent and bloody,
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and they were responsible
for thousands of murders,
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more than 10,000 murders.
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JUAN CARLOS REYNA:
To me, to tell this story
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of Benjamín Arellano Félix
and his brothers
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is a way to tell
the story of Tijuana.
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ESQUIVEL: Tijuana was always a
very important piece of the cake
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for the drug business,
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and it's an easy place to move
drugs to the United States.
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But to control that city, you
have to kill a lot of people.
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(crows)
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REYNA: Narcos in Mexico,
like El Chapo Guzmán,
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are campesinos, peasants,
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that live in the mountains
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In Tijuana,
narcos were different.
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(engine revs)
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Imagine fashionista narcos
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that enjoyed listening to
Joy Division, for example.
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They're wearing suits,
designer sneakers
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with huge mink jacket
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and a medallion, pure gold.
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Everybody wanted
to be like them.
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My name is Juan Carlos Reyna,
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I'm an author, I was born
and raised in Tijuana.
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While growing up in Tijuana,
the Arellano Félix Organization,
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the Tijuana Cartel,
were like a living myth;
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both fascinating and terrifying.
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Benjamín Arellano Félix
was the leader and founder
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of the Tijuana Cartel.
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He was a very charismatic
character.
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And the younger brother, Ramón,
was the muscle.
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He was a very
unattractive person,
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with a high‐pitched,
annoying voice,
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and a complete psychopath,
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that assumed the position
in the cartel as an enforcer
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and to naturally embrace
his thirst for killing people.
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ESQUIVEL: Benjamín and Ramón,
especially,
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they don't even think twice
to order killing of anyone
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involved in their business.
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They wanted to be the only ones
in Tijuana.
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The kings of Tijuana
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and the kings of
the U. S. market in California.
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REYNA: Benjamín Arellano Félix
was a pioneer.
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He opened the Tijuana route
into California and Los Angeles,
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creating an international
enterprise of drug trafficking
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in such a perfect way.
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IOAN GRILLO: The Arellanos
had an idea of,
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well, let's find rich kids
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who were attracted by
the easy, big money and glamour
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and recruit them.
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Because if you have somebody
who is educated,
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who can speak English,
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who has connections
in the United States,
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they could smuggle drugs
into the United States.
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Connections and ideas
about business,
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about moving the money,
that can be useful,
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rather than just having some guy
who's from the mountains,
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who can barely read or write.
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REYNA: They began calling
themselves the narco juniors.
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Belonging to a cartel
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became part of the party vibe
in Tijuana.
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The Arellano Félix family
provided 70% or more
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of the cocaine consumed
in the United States.
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At the time, it was the most
powerful criminal organization
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in the North Hemisphere.
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NEWSCASTER: Rich and ruthless,
U. S. drug enforcement officials
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say the Arellano Félix family
has amassed a dirty fortune
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in the billions of dollars.
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REYNA: Among Mexican drug lords,
everybody became jealous,
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especially El Chapo Guzmán,
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who wanted what
Benjamín built up,
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this highly successful,
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million‐dollar operation
in Tijuana.
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ESQUIVEL: Chapo's ambition was
to eliminate those brothers,
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to have Tijuana
for his own purposes.
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RILEY: He wanted 'em dead.
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That's the fundamental issue
in narco trafficking:
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No one's ever happy,
everyone wants more.
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And greed and guns
lead to a lot of death.
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REYNA: Benjamín Arellano Félix
throws a huge party.
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It was attended by El Chapo's
best friend and compadre,
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El Rayo Lopez.
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El Rayo Lopez had kidnapped
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one of the Arellano Félix
sisters years before,
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and that was something that
the Arellano Félix brothers
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could not forget or forgive.
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As soon as
El Rayo Lopez appears,
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Ramón, he picks up his gun,
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points it at El Rayo's head
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and blew his brains off.
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That moment was a pretext
for El Chapo engaging in a war
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with Benjamín Arellano Félix
and his brothers.
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(radio chatter)
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(siren)
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(siren)
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(siren)
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ESQUIVEL: The start of the war
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between Chapo and
Arellano Félix brothers
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was pure, pure massacre
of people in Mexico.
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Even children were killed.
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NEWSCASTER: Killing is a party
for the Arellanos.
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They laugh after a murder
as if it were nothing,
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show no remorse,
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and go off and have
a lobster dinner in Rosarito.
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ESQUIVEL: The Arellano Félix
brothers were convinced
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that it was the end of
Chapo's adventures in Tijuana.
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But they underestimate
Chapo's ambition.
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Chapo found out that
the Arellano Félix brothers
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were having a party
in Puerto Vallarta.
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And he always had a second plan.
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(gunfire)
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(screaming)
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CORONA: My name's Martin Corona.
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I was a hitman for
the Arellano Félix cartel.
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I was sent out to do
their dirty deeds.
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Emotions you go through
when you take a life,
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of actually looking
in that person's eyes
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and watching their life
leave their bodies,
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you're not happy about it,
you're nervous, you're scared,
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it weighs heavy
on your conscience,
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but you dealt with
your emotions inside.
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When I was recruited by
the Arellano Félix cartel,
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I had already had a history
of violence, gangbanging,
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being in prison, doing hits
in prison, stabbing people,
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and so, when it was time
to actually take that life,
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I was already prepped
for this moment.
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I did a triple homicide.
264
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These were the guys that were
the gunners for Chapo Guzmán,
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at the Christine's nightclub,
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the night that they ambushed
the Arellano Félix brothers.
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As I was shooting the guy
and he's pleading for his life,
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I told him, "This is for Ramón."
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STEVE DUNCAN: The Arellano Félix
family were very visible.
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It was like the Miami Vice
of the cartels.
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My name's Steve Duncan,
I'm a retired special agent
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from the California
Department of Justice.
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They would have private parties,
just your typical family event,
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but with people
in very bright clothing,
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trying to show off
their wealth, their jewelry,
278
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their expensive clothing.
279
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And they looked like
an idyllic family.
280
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But what you don't see
is the dysfunction.
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They killed anybody
that would get in their way.
282
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They ruled by fear.
283
00:26:13,640 --> 00:26:16,240
From the time they went
to war with Chapo,
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they started policing Tijuana.
285
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If somebody was driving a car
with Sinaloa plates,
286
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they get pulled over,
because that's the enemy.
287
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That guy would be taken
to a safe house
288
00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:36,800
and interrogated, tortured.
289
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(man screaming)
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(screaming)
291
00:26:45,520 --> 00:26:47,240
DUNCAN: And they would either
force him into service with them
292
00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:48,800
or they would kill him.
293
00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:52,720
CORONA: I've done 'em
with knives,
294
00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:54,120
I've done 'em
with a sledgehammer,
295
00:26:54,120 --> 00:26:56,520
I've done a lot
of gruesome things.
296
00:26:56,520 --> 00:26:58,920
They wanted people hanged,
chopped up.
297
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They wanted heads cut off,
298
00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:03,520
they wanted people disappearing
in vats of acid.
299
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300
00:27:08,320 --> 00:27:10,120
DUNCAN: Anybody associated
with the enemies
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00:27:10,120 --> 00:27:12,040
of the Arellano Félix
Organization,
302
00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:16,920
in particular, Chapo Guzmán,
would be hunted down and killed.
303
00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:18,480
CORONA: There was
no hiding from us.
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MAN: It's dominance,
it's greatness, it's power.
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00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:35,480
REYNA: In 1993, most narcos
in Mexico drove Grand Marquis,
306
00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:39,400
the cars of the businessmen
and the politicians.
307
00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:43,600
DUNCAN: The Arellanos had
information that Chapo
308
00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:46,400
was gonna be at the airport
in a white Grand Marquis.
309
00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:54,520
ESQUIVEL: They send a killer
unit to assassinate him.
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311
00:28:01,320 --> 00:28:02,560
(gunshot)
312
00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:05,600
(screaming)
313
00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:10,520
(gunfire)
314
00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:16,040
(gunfire)
315
00:28:51,280 --> 00:28:54,080
DUNCAN: Everybody's celebrating
'cause they've killed Chapo.
316
00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:27,080
CORONA: It was just an accident,
and it wasn't intentional.
317
00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:29,160
Nobody meant to kill
the cardinal.
318
00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:32,520
We were after Chapo Guzmán;
wrong place at the wrong time.
319
00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:37,320
(bell tolls)
320
00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:25,160
ESQUIVEL: The whole of Mexico
wanted justice.
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00:30:25,160 --> 00:30:29,920
That cardinal was seen as
a martyr of the war on drugs.
322
00:30:32,120 --> 00:30:35,000
The Arellano Félix brothers
went to hide
323
00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:40,320
and El Chapo left Mexico
and hide in Guatemala.
324
00:30:40,320 --> 00:30:43,920
So both sides feel the fire.
325
00:31:00,040 --> 00:31:01,480
CORONA: Benjamín made
a personal visit
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00:31:01,480 --> 00:31:03,400
with the government of Mexico
327
00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:06,520
and discussed how we could
get this heat off of us.
328
00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:58,640
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00:32:24,840 --> 00:32:30,440
♪ ♪
330
00:32:30,440 --> 00:32:33,480
CORONA: Their hands reach far.
331
00:32:33,480 --> 00:32:36,880
Presidents, generals,
police officials,
332
00:32:36,880 --> 00:32:39,160
how far does the corruption go?
333
00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:40,520
If you've got that
kind of power, dude,
334
00:32:40,520 --> 00:32:43,120
I mean, your head's
gonna be this big.
335
00:32:43,120 --> 00:32:45,480
You think you're invincible.
336
00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:56,320
♪ ♪
337
00:32:56,320 --> 00:32:58,680
DUNCAN: The Arellanos'
enforcement squads were sent
338
00:32:58,680 --> 00:33:01,680
on missions throughout
the United States and Mexico
339
00:33:01,680 --> 00:33:06,240
to kill anybody associated
with Chapo Guzmán.
340
00:33:06,240 --> 00:33:08,680
NEWSCASTER: The U. S.
State Department is offering
341
00:33:08,680 --> 00:33:12,520
a $2 million reward
for information
342
00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:15,600
leading to the capture and
conviction of cartel leader
343
00:33:15,600 --> 00:33:19,720
and muscle man
Ramón Arellano Félix.
344
00:33:19,720 --> 00:33:22,040
DUNCAN: We were very desperate
to find Ramón,
345
00:33:22,040 --> 00:33:24,200
to find the other
Arellano Félix members,
346
00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:26,240
but we haven't
seen them in years
347
00:33:26,240 --> 00:33:30,720
and we don't have really
good photos of anybody.
348
00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:33,240
All it takes is for somebody
to tell us where Ramón is,
349
00:33:33,240 --> 00:33:35,440
and they have $2 million.
350
00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:40,720
♪ ♪
351
00:33:40,720 --> 00:33:46,320
And then we received a VHS tape.
352
00:33:46,320 --> 00:33:49,320
And here he is walking down
Hollywood Boulevard,
353
00:33:49,320 --> 00:33:52,720
the land of the stars,
in this ridiculous disguise.
354
00:33:52,720 --> 00:33:55,320
It was a shock
and it was amazing.
355
00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:12,640
♪ ♪
356
00:34:12,640 --> 00:34:14,280
DUNCAN: My partner
was given a video
357
00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:18,240
of the David Letterman show
in Los Angeles,
358
00:34:18,240 --> 00:34:20,720
by a family member
of two brothers
359
00:34:20,720 --> 00:34:22,800
that had worked
for the Arellanos,
360
00:34:22,800 --> 00:34:25,120
that were killed
by the Arellanos,
361
00:34:25,120 --> 00:34:28,200
and on it was
David Letterman's cameraman,
362
00:34:28,200 --> 00:34:33,680
harassing this long‐haired,
large Hispanic man
363
00:34:33,680 --> 00:34:35,400
with a Michael Jordan jersey.
364
00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:36,400
CAMERAMAN: Excuse me, excuse me.
365
00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:37,560
Are you Michael Jordan?
366
00:34:37,560 --> 00:34:38,840
Are, are you Michael Jordan?
367
00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:42,880
CAMERAMAN: Huh?
368
00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:43,680
CAMERAMAN:
Oh, he speaks Spanish.
369
00:34:43,680 --> 00:34:44,640
LETTERMAN: Oh.
370
00:34:44,640 --> 00:34:46,000
DUNCAN: This gentleman,
371
00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:49,200
who was Ramón Arellano Félix
in disguise,
372
00:34:49,200 --> 00:34:51,320
was trying to avoid
the cameraman.
373
00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:53,000
CAMERAMAN:
Michael, hey, Michael.
374
00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:55,160
Here you go,
tickets to Showgirls.
375
00:34:55,160 --> 00:34:56,960
DUNCAN: It's funny that
he was in disguise,
376
00:34:56,960 --> 00:35:01,080
but he was so noticeable
because of his disguise.
377
00:35:01,080 --> 00:35:02,880
CAMERAMAN: You sure?
378
00:35:02,880 --> 00:35:05,040
DUNCAN: So, it was
a hilarious thing.
379
00:35:05,040 --> 00:35:07,040
CAMERAMAN: Hey, everybody, it's
Michael Jordan, look, everybody.
380
00:35:07,040 --> 00:35:08,600
Hey, everybody,
Michael Jordan, look.
381
00:35:08,600 --> 00:35:11,480
CORONA: He was a character,
but he was ruthless,
382
00:35:11,480 --> 00:35:15,360
I can tell you first‐hand that
he didn't have a conscience.
383
00:35:15,360 --> 00:35:19,400
Everybody knew he'd kill you
from just looking at him wrong.
384
00:35:19,400 --> 00:35:22,480
He was a stone‐cold killer.
385
00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:25,000
DUNCAN: It was a shock to us
that he would have the nerve
386
00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:27,480
to be on our soil,
right in front of us,
387
00:35:27,480 --> 00:35:31,280
and very frustrating
that we didn't get him.
388
00:35:31,280 --> 00:35:51,200
♪ ♪
389
00:35:51,200 --> 00:35:55,040
RILEY: It was essentially
a refuge for Chapo,
390
00:35:55,040 --> 00:35:57,880
because he was safe
from his rivals,
391
00:35:57,880 --> 00:36:01,280
and he basically
turns the prison
392
00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:04,920
into his business headquarters,
and life is good.
393
00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:09,920
♪ ♪
394
00:36:09,920 --> 00:36:12,680
GRILLO: He gradually managed
to bribe his way
395
00:36:12,680 --> 00:36:14,480
to a lot of influence
in the prison.
396
00:36:14,480 --> 00:36:17,160
He could still continue
to run operations,
397
00:36:17,160 --> 00:36:20,320
continue to deal and still
have access to lawyers
398
00:36:20,320 --> 00:36:23,720
and to visitors and
get words out and make calls.
399
00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:28,720
Apparently he had quite
a rampant sex life.
400
00:36:28,720 --> 00:36:31,520
Prostitutes coming
into the prison.
401
00:36:31,520 --> 00:36:33,360
At the time, talk of him
also getting Viagra smuggled
402
00:36:33,360 --> 00:36:35,200
into the prison as well.
403
00:36:39,080 --> 00:36:41,400
RILEY: The safety of
the prison at that time
404
00:36:41,400 --> 00:36:46,040
actually enhanced his ability
to grow his organization.
405
00:36:46,040 --> 00:36:57,160
♪ ♪
406
00:36:57,160 --> 00:37:00,520
He chipped away
at people around them,
407
00:37:00,520 --> 00:37:03,120
and he tried to dominate
the market at the time, too,
408
00:37:03,120 --> 00:37:07,280
so he took customers from them.
409
00:37:07,280 --> 00:37:12,320
He alienated some of the people
that AFO needed.
410
00:37:12,320 --> 00:37:18,360
♪ ♪
411
00:37:18,360 --> 00:37:21,560
CORONA: I've been told that
I got out at the right time.
412
00:37:24,960 --> 00:37:26,640
When it came time
to kill a woman,
413
00:37:26,640 --> 00:37:28,000
and they asked me
to kill a female,
414
00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:32,560
that was something
I was truly against.
415
00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:33,960
But we're told,
416
00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:37,080
"Listen, you're gonna do
what we tell you to do."
417
00:37:37,080 --> 00:37:40,880
When you're told that,
what's the alternative?
418
00:37:40,880 --> 00:37:44,320
I was sent to San Diego.
419
00:37:44,320 --> 00:37:46,080
And I shot her,
420
00:37:46,080 --> 00:37:49,080
and there was a little girl
in the backseat,
421
00:37:49,080 --> 00:37:50,560
and I heard her scream,
422
00:37:50,560 --> 00:37:55,560
and I seen that, it just, it
freaked me out and I backed out.
423
00:37:55,560 --> 00:37:56,720
And it came out on the news,
424
00:37:56,720 --> 00:37:58,200
and when they said
the girl was pregnant,
425
00:37:58,200 --> 00:38:02,000
my wife was pregnant at the time
with my first child,
426
00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:03,760
it bothered me a lot.
427
00:38:03,760 --> 00:38:10,240
I didn't want my child born into
a world of me being a murderer.
428
00:38:10,240 --> 00:38:11,840
To this day, when I talk to her
and I tell her,
429
00:38:11,840 --> 00:38:14,360
"Baby, the day you came home
from the hospital,
430
00:38:14,360 --> 00:38:17,040
was the day I walked away
from the Arellano Félix Cartel."
431
00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:22,360
I've been told that after 2000,
432
00:38:22,360 --> 00:38:24,880
the Arellano Félix started
to lose their foothold.
433
00:38:24,880 --> 00:38:26,400
They started
to lose their power,
434
00:38:26,400 --> 00:38:30,200
they started to lose their grip.
435
00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:32,600
RILEY: I don't think anybody
in law enforcement
436
00:38:32,600 --> 00:38:36,760
or in the Mexican government
saw what was going to happen
437
00:38:36,760 --> 00:38:38,840
when Chapo was in prison.
438
00:38:41,560 --> 00:38:45,000
GRILLO: You start to see
the rise of Chapo Guzmán
439
00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:47,200
and the Sinaloa Cartel,
440
00:38:47,200 --> 00:38:50,320
and his story does not end there
by any means.
441
00:39:14,200 --> 00:39:17,600
RILEY: There's a lot of folklore
around it, how he escaped.
442
00:39:17,600 --> 00:39:21,640
Everybody said, "Oh, he just
went in a laundry basket."
443
00:39:21,640 --> 00:39:23,880
But he was the highest ranking
cartel member
444
00:39:23,880 --> 00:39:27,360
in custody in Mexico, so I think
he just got up one morning,
445
00:39:27,360 --> 00:39:29,720
put a guard's uniform on
that he had bought
446
00:39:29,720 --> 00:39:31,840
and he walked right
out the front door
447
00:39:31,840 --> 00:39:34,680
and got in a police car
and drove away.
448
00:39:34,680 --> 00:39:46,320
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449
00:39:46,320 --> 00:39:49,000
ESQUIVEL: It was not
a huge embarrassment
450
00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:51,960
for the Mexican government,
because when he escaped,
451
00:39:51,960 --> 00:39:54,520
Chapo was not well‐known
452
00:39:54,520 --> 00:39:56,800
as one of the biggest
narco traffickers.
453
00:39:56,800 --> 00:40:02,000
So he was not the main target
of Mexican and U. S. authorities.
454
00:40:04,120 --> 00:40:07,360
The Arellano Félix
were the main target.
455
00:40:07,360 --> 00:40:20,040
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456
00:40:20,040 --> 00:40:32,200
(bell tolling)
457
00:40:32,200 --> 00:40:37,960
The Sinaloa Cartel used Mazatlán
as a trap for Ramón.
458
00:40:40,360 --> 00:40:43,920
They let him know,
by informants,
459
00:40:43,920 --> 00:40:47,320
that El Chapo was
supposed to have dinner
460
00:40:47,320 --> 00:40:49,440
in one of the restaurants
of the place.
461
00:40:49,440 --> 00:40:53,160
So he was preparing to kill
Chapo in that restaurant.
462
00:40:55,680 --> 00:40:58,360
But he didn't know
the Sinaloa Cartel
463
00:40:58,360 --> 00:41:01,880
tip off the Mexican authorities
about where he was.
464
00:41:06,120 --> 00:41:09,160
(gunfire)
465
00:41:09,160 --> 00:41:11,880
There were several
federal police officers
466
00:41:11,880 --> 00:41:15,160
working with the Sinaloa Cartel
467
00:41:15,160 --> 00:41:18,360
attacking Ramón Arellano Félix
that day.
468
00:41:18,360 --> 00:41:19,640
(gunfire)
469
00:41:26,840 --> 00:41:28,880
(gunfire)
470
00:41:33,520 --> 00:41:36,520
NEWSCASTER: Witnesses say Ramón
was forced to his knees
471
00:41:36,520 --> 00:41:40,640
by crooked state police
and executed on the spot.
472
00:41:49,600 --> 00:41:55,960
♪ ♪
473
00:41:55,960 --> 00:41:59,280
ESQUIVEL:
After the death of Ramón,
474
00:41:59,280 --> 00:42:05,840
the Sinaloa Cartel knew the love
the brothers had for each other
475
00:42:05,840 --> 00:42:12,200
will force Benjamín
to the funeral of his brother,
476
00:42:12,200 --> 00:42:16,080
and that information was given
to the Mexican authorities
477
00:42:16,080 --> 00:42:20,160
and the DEA by members
of the Sinaloa Cartel.
478
00:42:23,960 --> 00:42:26,400
DUNCAN: Chapo himself
is helping us
479
00:42:26,400 --> 00:42:29,680
through the messengers
that they sent to us.
480
00:42:29,680 --> 00:42:31,120
You're playing with the devil,
481
00:42:31,120 --> 00:42:34,720
it's dirty, it's ugly,
but it worked for us.
482
00:42:34,720 --> 00:42:46,040
♪ ♪
483
00:42:46,040 --> 00:42:48,440
MAN: This morning
I am pleased to announce
484
00:42:48,440 --> 00:42:51,920
that at approximately 1:00 AM,
Mexican government authorities
485
00:42:51,920 --> 00:42:55,560
captured
Benjamín Arellano Félix.
486
00:43:13,000 --> 00:43:15,120
RILEY: Chapo orchestrated
much of the downfall
487
00:43:15,120 --> 00:43:18,800
of Arellano Félix brothers
while he was in jail.
488
00:43:18,800 --> 00:43:24,680
♪ ♪
489
00:43:24,680 --> 00:43:28,320
It may have also contributed to
when he was gonna leave jail,
490
00:43:28,320 --> 00:43:32,120
because he knew that they were
not the threat they were before,
491
00:43:32,120 --> 00:43:34,240
and it was his time
to ascend to the throne,
492
00:43:34,240 --> 00:43:36,000
and that's what he did.
493
00:43:36,000 --> 00:43:51,680
♪ ♪
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00:44:06,680 --> 00:44:08,360
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