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Meet the PCC: 30,000 Members, Bigger Than Any Cartel, and Flying Under the Radar
Oct 12, 2026
47m 37s
El Mencho Was Just a Decoy? INSIDE the Real Leader Who is Running CJNG (with Pierre Rausini)
Oct 5, 2026
49m 32s
China's Plan to TAKEOVER the Drug Trade and Use Canada as a Backdoor into the U.S. (with Scott McGregor)
Sep 30, 2026
41m 40s
The Capture of El Mayo Was NOT What It Seemed: The Violent Real FBI Operation That Brought Him Down
Sep 23, 2026
54m 38s
Canada's Cartel Crisis: Assassinations, Extortion & the Bishnoi Gang's Reach (with Kim Bolan)
Sep 17, 2026
45m 52s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 10/12/26 | Meet the PCC: 30,000 Members, Bigger Than Any Cartel, and Flying Under the Radar | Stephen Dudley is the co-founder and co-director of InSight Crime, a think tank focused on organized crime in the Americas. Video Chapters: (00:00) Brazil's Organized Crime Landscape: PCC and Red Command (07:15) Marcola, the PCC's Leadership, and the 2006 São Paulo Shutdown (10:41) How the PCC Compares to Mexican Cartels (15:05) PCC's Global Partners, U.S. Presence, and $1B Crypto Laundering (20:05) Red Command, the Amazon Cocaine Corridor, and Tren de Aragua in Brazil (26:10) Ideology, Criminal Governance, and the U.S. Terrorist Designations (35:40) CJNG After El Mencho and Why the Kingpin Strategy Fails Borderland: Narcosis is an IRONCLAD Original. Sponsors: 1st Phorm: Go to https://www.1stphorm.com/borderland and get free shipping on any orders over $75, free 30 days in the app for new customers, and 110% money back guarantee on all of our products. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 47m 37s | ||||||
| 10/5/26 |  El Mencho Was Just a Decoy? INSIDE the Real Leader Who is Running CJNG (with Pierre Rausini) | Pierre Rausini is an author, former Los Angeles trafficking kingpin, and cartel expert. To learn more about Pierre's drug case and arrest, check out: https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/drug-kingpin-who-ordered-slayings-gets-40-year-2759011.php?cmpid=gsa-sfgate-result To learn more about Pierre's story, check out: Devil Exposed: A Twisted Tale of Drug Trafficking, Corruption & Murder in the City of Angels Video Chapters: (00:00) The $25M Reward and the Failure of the Kingpin Strategy (02:54) Juan Carlos Valencia: Family Lineage and Rise to Power (09:41) CJNG Money Laundering and Why Jalisco Is Different from Sinaloa (16:17) Paramilitary Wings and the U.S.-Directed Mexican Special Forces (23:49) Billionaire Financiers, La Plaza System and CIA Operations in Mexico (30:05) Sinaloa Civil War and Who Comes Out on Top (35:08) How to Actually Take Down the Cartels: Protection Networks, Finances, Choke Points Borderland: Narcosis is an IRONCLAD Original. Sponsors: 1st Phorm: Go to https://www.1stphorm.com/borderland and get free shipping on any orders over $75, free 30 days in the app for new customers, and 110% money back guarantee on all of our products. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 49m 32s | ||||||
| 9/30/26 | China's Plan to TAKEOVER the Drug Trade and Use Canada as a Backdoor into the U.S. (with Scott McGregor) | Scott McGregor is a former Canadian military intelligence operator, intelligence advisor to federal law enforcement, former Senior Intelligence Officer, policy analyst under a provincial Attorney General, and a Senior Fellow and Security Advisor to the Council on Countering Hybrid Warfare. He is the Founder and Principle Commentator at HybridWar.ca and is the co-author of the book, “The Mosaic Effect: How the Chinese Communist Party Started a Hybrid War in America's Backyard.” Borderland: Narcosis is an IRONCLAD Original. Chapters (00:00:00) Intro (00:00:58) Scott McGregor's Background (00:04:08) China Named a Major Drug Producing Country (00:09:26) The Scope of China's Network in North America (00:14:16) How Precursors Enter Canada (00:17:09) Inside Canada's Domestic Super Labs (00:19:37) Indian Transnational Crime Networks (00:23:00) Iran, Hezbollah, and Organized Crime in Canada (00:26:55) Canada's Limited Law Enforcement Capacity (00:30:15) How Cartels Launder Money Through China (00:35:47) China's Long-Term Goal for Canada and the U.S. (00:38:49) Outro Sponsors: 1st Phorm: Go to https://www.1stphorm.com/borderland and get free shipping on any orders over $75, free 30 days in the app for new customers, and 110% money back guarantee on all of our products. Marek Health: Visit https://marekhealth.com/ and use code IRONCLAD to receive 10% off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 41m 40s | ||||||
| 9/23/26 |  The Capture of El Mayo Was NOT What It Seemed: The Violent Real FBI Operation That Brought Him Down | Joe Hefferon, a former New Jersey police captain with 25 years experience in law enforcement. Is a writer and investigative reporter, who recently published an incredible deep-dive piece on the arrest of El Mayo and what really happened. You can check out his piece on his Substack : https://substack.com/home/post/p-213457916 Borderland: Narcosis is an IRONCLAD Original. Chapters (00:00) – Cold Open (05:11) – Cartel Torture Tactics (07:06) – The El Mayo Extraction: How It Happened (18:20) – Did the FBI Know? The Cover-Up Questions (22:29) – Why Joaquin Set Up the Kidnapping (26:05) – The Pilot's Fate and Extradition (36:48) – Aftermath: Civil War and 4,000 Dead (44:46) – Cartels Expanding North and Abroad (48:16) – Joe's Next Investigation Sponsors: 1st Phorm: Go to https://www.1stphorm.com/borderland and get free shipping on any orders over $75, free 30 days in the app for new customers, and 110% money back guarantee on all of our products. Marek Health: Visit https://marekhealth.com/ and use code IRONCLAD to receive 10% off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 54m 38s | ||||||
| 9/17/26 | Canada's cartel crisisBishnoi gang+4 | Kim Bolan | Vancouver SunFBI+1 | — | CanadaBishnoi gang+6 | 1st Phorm | 45m 52s | ||
| 9/14/26 | The Cartel War That Turned Zacatecas, Mexico into a WAR ZONE: Katarina Szulc & Vince 'Rocco' Vargas | Vince “Rocco” Vargas sits down with Katarina Szulc to discuss her recent investigation in Tlaxcala, Mexico (which you can watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rXThHW2xeg ), an uptick in violence in Zacatecas, cartels operating Canada and more. Borderland: Narcosis is an IRONCLAD Original. Chapters (00:00:37) Being chased on camera while reporting in Mexico (00:04:09) The cartel's PR angle and the FTO designation debate (00:06:33) Claudia Sheinbaum's stress and Mexican political intrigue (00:12:38) Car bombings and cartel war in Zacatecas (00:17:10) Hells Angels' role in Canada's drug trade (00:21:23) Why prosecution fails in Canada (00:26:42) Record-low border seizures vs. ongoing drug flow (00:29:22) How smuggling methods have shifted — tunnels, aircraft (00:37:16) What's next for Katarina Sponsors: 1st Phorm: Go to https://www.1stphorm.com/borderland and get free shipping on any orders over $75, free 30 days in the app for new customers, and 110% money back guarantee on all of our products. Marek Health: Visit https://marekhealth.com/ and use code IRONCLAD to receive 10% off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices | 40m 25s | ||||||
| 8/31/26 | Cubainvestigative journalism+4 | Sean Williams | The New YorkerHarper’s Magazine+11 | CubaHavana+1 | CubaHavana+4 | 1st Phorm | 1h 01m 04s | ||
| 8/25/26 | CJNG expansiondrug cartels+4 | Chris Dalby | World of CrimeCJNG+1 | Czech RepublicSpain+2 | CJNGdrug cartels+8 | 1st Phorm | 36m 17s | ||
| 8/18/26 | Midwest CartelsDEA Operations+4 | Michael Gannon | DEASinaloa Cartel+2 | IndianaChicago | Midwest CartelsDEA+5 | 1st Phormnone | 56m 55s | ||
| 8/10/26 | livestreamed murderorganized crime+4 | Katarina Szulc | CJNGBorderland: Dispatches+1 | Mexico | livestreamed murderCJNG+5 | 1st Phormnone | 52m 34s | ||
| 8/3/26 | cartelsorganized crime+5 | Sam Cooper | The BureauIRONCLAD | CanadaVancouver+5 | Canadacartels+8 | 1st Phormnone | 53m 30s | ||
| 7/27/26 | terrorismnational security+3 | Joe Kent | National Counterterrorism CenterCIA+3 | Iran | terror suspectscounterterrorism+3 | 1st Phorm | 50m 33s | ||
| 7/24/26 | Kentucky Cartelmystery+4 | Jon Griggs | BORDERLAND: NARCOSISIRONCLAD | KentuckyDeep Water Horizon+3 | Kentuckycartel+5 | 1stPhormnone | 1h 44m 31s | ||
| 7/20/26 | transnational organized crimecartel networks+3 | Dr. John Sullivan | Los Angeles Sheriff’s DepartmentSafe Communities Institute+3 | — | cartelorganized crime+3 | 1st Phormnone | 57m 29s | ||
| 7/13/26 | human traffickingCJNG cartel+4 | Ali Hopper | GUARD Against TraffickingIRONCLAD | U.S.Mexico+1 | human traffickingCJNG cartel+4 | — | 59m 50s | ||
| 7/6/26 | CJNGSinaloa Cartel+5 | Jaeson Jones | Texas Department of Public SafetyNewsmax | — | CJNGSinaloa+5 | 1st PhormCODE | 43m 18s | ||
| 6/29/26 | criminal networksdrug trade+4 | David Holthouse | CJNGHells Angels+6 | — | cartelRussian mob+6 | 1st PhormCODE | 54m 02s | ||
| 6/22/26 | Mexican drug cartelsorganized crime+5 | — | Borderland: NarcosisIRONCLAD+3 | Juárez | drug traffickingcartels+6 | 1st PhormCODE | 1h 52m 17s | ||
| 6/15/26 | cartel warfareforeign fighters+5 | Katarina Szulc | Ironclad | UkraineLatin America+1 | cartelsUkraine+5 | 1st PhormCODE | 56m 53s | ||
| 6/12/26 | cattle fraudcriminal enterprise+3 | — | BorderlandIRONCLAD | Kentucky | cattle fraudKentucky+5 | — | 2h 17m 50s | ||
| 6/8/26 | money launderingCJNG cartel+4 | Jon Griggs | CJNG | KentuckyFlorida | money launderingCJNG+5 | 1st Phormnone | 53m 08s | ||
| 6/1/26 | cartelscorruption+5 | Karlo Villalpando | SinaloaDEA+1 | — | cartelscorruption+6 | 1st PhormCODE | 57m 52s | ||
| 5/26/26 | Sinaloa Narcosborder security+3 | Jason Owens | IRONCLAD | — | SinaloaNarcos+5 | 1st PhormCODE | 50m 25s | ||
| 5/18/26 | cartel operationssmuggling+3 | Roger Reaves | SmugglerMedellín Cartel+1 | — | smugglingPablo Escobar+5 | 1st Phorm | 48m 11s | ||
| 5/11/26 | border securityimmigration+5 | Cory Gautereaux | GOAT InitiativeBorderland+1 | San DiegoCalifornia+5 | border patrolRussian nationals+6 | 1st PhormCODE | 56m 39s | ||
| 5/4/26 | drug traffickinglaw enforcement+4 | Ray Donovan | DEACJNG+1 | — | Iván GuzmánEl Chapo+5 | 1st PhormCODE | 46m 43s | ||
| 4/27/26 | Kiki Camarena murderCIA involvement+5 | Hector Berrellez | CIADEA | — | Kiki CamarenaHector Berrellez+8 | 1st Phorm | 38m 49s | ||
| 4/20/26 | Sinaloa Carteldrug trafficking+4 | Johnny Mitchell | The Connect | — | Sinaloa CartelEl Chapo+6 | FIRECRACKER FARM | 1h 00m 13s | ||
| 4/13/26 | national securitycartel smuggling+4 | Jorge Ventura | BorderlandIRONCLAD+3 | TijuanaU.S. border+3 | Tijuanacartel+8 | 1st Phormnone | 45m 16s | ||
| 4/7/26 | China's infiltration of CanadaU.S. national security+4 | Scott McGregor | Chinese Communist PartyBorderland+1 | — | ChinaCanada+5 | 1st Phorm | 1h 10m 25s | ||
| 3/30/26 | drone warfarecartels+4 | Matchmaker | WolverinesIRONCLAD | — | CJNGdrone technology+7 | 1st Phorm | 51m 52s | ||
| 3/23/26 | Mexico security crisisCJNG+5 | Katarina | CJNGSinaloa Cartel+1 | MexicoUkraine | CJNGEl Mencho+6 | 1st Phorm | 1h 00m 53s | ||
| 3/16/26 | Mexican CartelsEl Mencho+4 | Ed Calderon | CJNGMexican Army+3 | — | El MenchoCJNG+5 | 1st Phorm | 48m 11s | ||
| 3/9/26 | transnational crimeMexican cartels+5 | Samuel Cooper | CJNGTrudeau | CanadaNorth America+1 | CanadaCJNG+8 | 1st Phorm | 56m 44s | ||
| 3/2/26 | El MenchoCJNG+5 | Pierre Rausini | Jalisco New Generation CartelSinaloa Cartel+2 | MexicoChina | El MenchoCJNG+7 | — | 52m 43s | ||
| 2/23/26 | cartel activitylaw enforcement+5 | Chad Bianco | Jalisco New Generation Cartel | — | CJNGRiverside County+5 | 1st Phorm | 53m 23s | ||
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