El Chapo's Sons Built a Fentanyl Empire: Los Chapitos

The Underworld Podcast

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.6 • 871 Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

With El Chapo locked up in a supermax prison and never going home, there's been a battle to maintain the power of his feared Sinaloa cartel. Many thought his sons, groomed to take his place, would falter. Seen mostly as spoiled rich kid "narco juniors" who possessed neither the intelligence nor the strength to outmaneuver older, more experienced druglords, the men known as Los Chapitos have surprised many by turning their faction of the cartel into a ruthless powerhouse pumping out fentanyl into the US. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Your life is full of times like this.
0:03.0	The gaps between the good stuff, like killing time and waiting rooms,
0:07.0	it's not long until you've had enough.
0:09.0	Listeners, it's time for some Tom Bola,
0:12.0	vibing on your tea break
0:16.0	Chilling with a sponge cake
0:20.0	Mmm
0:20.4	Get in just one 53 pounds.
0:23.6	Just a bit of bingo.
0:24.8	Tom Bola!
0:26.2	Open for fun.
0:27.6	Terms apply 18 plus.
0:29.1	Please play safely.
0:30.1	2019 in Koolia Khan, the capital of the Mexican state of Sinhala
0:35.0	and the Mexican National Guard is conducting a raid at a nondescript house.
0:40.0	Sinhalais, of course, what would be considered the capital of top-level
0:44.0	Narkos. Its mountainous and lawless territory has long been a base for
0:48.4	bandits and outlaws, though in recent years some of the Kimbins have barely bothered to conceal themselves, like the guy who's
0:56.1	just been arrested at this normal seeming house. He happens to be Ovidio Guzman, son of legendary cartel leader, Joaquin El Chappo Guzman.
1:06.7	He's cuffed and taken away.
1:08.9	Ovidio bears a slight resemblance to his infamous father, but he's handsome, square-jawed and short, just like his dad.
1:16.0	He kind of looks like an annoying rich kid you'd see out of Miami, except well, he's at the top
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