Borderland: Narcosis with Vincent 'Rocco' Vargas

In this supercut, we look back at three recent interview with Jon Griggs, as he tries to solve a strange mystery on a cattle farm in Kentucky.

Jon began his career in law enforcement in 2006, serving in various capacities including Corrections Officer, Corrections Supervisor, Police Officer, Special Investigations Unit (SIU) Deep Water Horizon and Gang Task Force. But, when his security company was hired to look after a cattle farm in Kentucky after the owner died, things took a strange turn.

Chapters:
(01:23) - Part 1: Jon is hired to watch over the farm and makes strange discoveries

(38:16 )- Part 2: Jon digs deeper and finds possible connections to the crypto underworld

(01:04:59) - Part 3: The case gets stranger, and makes connections to trafficking rings and well-connected powerbrokers.

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Today's guest is Dr. John Sullivan. He is a retired Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department lieutenant. He is currently an Instructor in the Safe Communities Institute (SCI) at the Sol Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California.

Dr. Sullivan is a researcher, author, and one of the country's leading scholars on transnational organized crime.

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Ali Hopper is a nationally recognized expert in human trafficking and serves as the President of GUARD Against Trafficking, a nonprofit she co-founded to combat exploitation through research, education and advocacy. She has testified before Congress on child trafficking and has delivered numerous congressional briefings on human trafficking and conducts on-the-ground research in the U.S., Mexico, Central and South America.Learn more about GUARD here: https://guardiangroup.org/Borderland: Narcosis is an IRONCLAD Original

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Today’s guest is Jaeson Jones. He is a retired Captain from the Texas Department of Public Safety's Intelligence and Counterterrorism Division, and a recognized expert of Mexican drug cartels and transnational crime. He is also a correspondent for Newsmax.

Borderland: Narcosis is an IRONCLAD Original

Chapters
(00:00) Intro
(02:33) Landing the Interview with Secretary Omar Harfuch
(05:58) Inside the Operation That Killed El Mencho
(09:27) The Shift From Cartel Bosses to "The Company"
(12:54) Why Cartel Figures Are Turning Themselves In
(16:47) Current Border Conditions in Roma, Texas
(21:15) Meth Trafficking Ties to Sinaloa Factions
(28:41) Cartel Infiltration of Oil and Mining in Texas
(35:02) "It's Over": Jones' Prediction on Cartel Collapse
(40:06) What's Next for Jaeson Jones

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David Holthouse is a journalist, writer, and documentary filmmaker best known for his immersive "gonzo" reporting style and his work infiltrating extremist groups, criminal networks, and other hard-to-access subcultures. His films and series include Narco Mennonites, Sasquatch, The Last Narc, Krishnas: Gurus, Karma, Murder, Night Stalker, and more.

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Chapters:

00:04:29 Building Trust with Cops and Criminals
00:07:07 Patterns Across Criminal Organizations
00:10:21 The Hells Angels & Cartel Connections
00:13:11 Cartels: A Global Enterprise
00:17:41 Under-the-Radar Threats: Militias & White Nationalists
00:19:23 Kratom, Designer Drugs & the Legal Drug Wave
00:21:07 Why the War on Drugs Isn't Working
00:35:31 Undercover with Neo-Nazis
00:39:35 The Gun Trade to Mexico
00:46:28 What's Next: Ryan Wedding & CIA in Mexico
00:50:07 Should We Legalize Drugs?

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