Episode 11: An Unwinnable War

About this episode

The episode discusses the aftermath of Genaro García Luna's trial and reflects on the unwinnable nature of the war on drugs.

Genaro García Luna’s trial is over, but María and Peniley’s investigative work is not. In this episode, they learn that a U.S. senator has requested the DEA and the FBI information on García Luna, including the names of the U.S. officials who vetted him. We listen to some of our series' protagonists react to the guilty verdict, and Peniley digs into what’s next for García Luna. Finally, our hosts reflect on why the war on drugs was always unwinnable, and they get into some chisme , going behind the scenes of this series. Want to support our independent journalism? Join Futuro+ for exclusive episodes, sneak peaks and behind-the-scenes chisme on all our podcasts futuromediagroup.org/joinplus . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: María, Peniley

Topics covered

• trial
• drug war
• investigation
• U.S. officials
• guilty verdict
• behind the scenes

Keywords

• García Luna
• trial
• drug war
• investigation
• U.S. senator
• DEA
• FBI
• guilty verdict
• chisme

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: DEA, FBI

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