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Alex Montanez returns to the Honor Among Thieves Podcast for Part 2, sharing his story of cocaine dealing, two years on the run, and five years in Florida state prison. Joining host Nelson Rodriguez Jr., Alex discusses his family’s connections to the Medellín cartel, Rafa Salazar, and Jorge Ochoa—and how his own involvement in the drug trade led to betrayal, arrest, and incarceration.

Alex recounts how his right-hand man became an informant after an arrest involving a stolen Rolex, the close calls he experienced as a fugitive, and why he eventually surrendered. He describes hiding in an empty grave during his brother’s funeral, being bunkmates with Jorge “Rivi” Ayala, and the prison fight that delayed his release before his father’s death. Throughout the conversation, Alex reflects on the consequences of pride, addiction, and the choices he made.

The episode also explores Alex’s return to dealing after prison, his work in music production, and his friendships with artists including Nicky Jam and Pitbull. He discusses more than a decade of sobriety, fatherhood, and his business ventures, including On the Run Vegan. Subscribe to Honor Among Thieves for firsthand conversations about organized crime, prison, and rebuilding life after incarceration.

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Chapters

00:00 Intro

02:39 Alex on Pablo Escobar, Carlos Lehder & Popeye

11:42 Cuba, Castro & Drug-Smuggling Allegations

17:33 Meeting John Gotti & New York Mafia Stories

24:07 His Father’s Warning About Drugs & Prison

30:38 The FBI Raid on His Birthday

37:32 Selling Cocaine at 17 & Following His Father

46:43 Escaping a Manhunt in the Bronx

55:19 The Stolen Rolex & His Right-Hand Man’s Betrayal

1:01:51 Prison With Jorge “Rivi” Ayala

1:05:29 The Prison Fight That Delayed His Release

1:11:01 Returning to Drug Dealing After Prison

1:17:54 Pitbull, Miami Hip-Hop & Celebrity Friendships

1:20:41 On the Run Vegan, Billionaire Water & Redemption

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Marcos Santibanez joins Nelson Rodriguez Jr. on Honor Among Thieves Podcast to recount building Miami’s Cuban Cartel and supplying major drug dealers through his Colombian connections. From growing up in Hialeah to cocaine deals in New York and Puerto Rico, Marcos shares his account of rising through Miami’s underworld and building a distribution network that moved hundreds of kilos.In this true crime interview, Marcos describes a 500-kilo cocaine shipment, the money laundering he says financed businesses and construction projects, and the luxury lifestyle that came with the drug trade. He also recounts friends getting arrested, his growing paranoia, and an unexpected turn: after handling enormous quantities of cocaine, he was arrested in Oklahoma over just seven grams.The conversation also explores the personal consequences behind the money: losing family, his mother’s pleas to quit, and returning to dealing after attempting to walk away. Marcos reflects on addiction, loyalty, faith, and the difficulty of leaving a life built around cocaine and fast money.
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Chapters
00:00 Marcos Santibanez: Inside Miami’s Cuban Cartel04:10 Growing Up in Cuba, Hialeah, and Carol City12:51 New York Drug Deals and 13 Kilos of H22:58 Cocaine Connections in Puerto Rico37:44 Building the Cuban Cartel in Miami43:31 Drug Money, Luxury Living, and a $12,000 Parrot47:54 Five Colombian Suppliers and a Growing Drug Network55:52 Moving Money Through a Miami Beauty Salon1:07:15 Cocaine Use, Paranoia, and Life as a Drug Dealer1:17:44 Supplying Drug Dealers in St. Petersburg and Atlanta1:29:26 Money, Power, and Miami Nightlife1:38:08 Laundering Drug Money Through Construction1:49:02 Living in Oklahoma While Still Dealing in Miami1:54:14 The Cocaine Package That Led to His Arrest2:01:53 Arrested for Seven Grams: Jail and Release on Bond2:12:37 Returning to Cocaine Dealing After Jail2:25:57 The IRS, Business Partners, and Losing His Money2:35:42 Informants Inside Miami Nightclubs2:42:03 A Police Search Finds a Hidden Car Compartment2:48:23 For This Reason: His Book and Redemption

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Former South Florida drug smuggler Ken Behr returns to Honor Among Thieves Podcast to explain how he became a DEA confidential informant. Facing up to 25 years in prison after a marijuana bust, Ken recounts his decision to cooperate and the two years he spent working undercover while trying to stay in his young daughter’s life.

In this Part 2 interview with Nelson Rodriguez Jr., Ken shares stories of recorded drug deals, paid informants, undercover sting operations and asset seizures. He describes a close call in Jamaica, a $100,000 payout he says he witnessed another informant receive, and his role in an investigation involving a proposed 10,000-kilo cocaine deal linked to Canadian organized crime.

The conversation also explores the pressure of a RICO case, the personal cost of becoming an informant, and the operations that still trouble Ken decades later. He reflects on receiving probation, raising his children and leaving drug trafficking behind in this firsthand true crime account of cooperation, consequences and second chances.

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Chapters

00:00 Ken Behr: Drug Smuggler Turned DEA Informant

05:01 The Marijuana Bust That Led to a RICO Case

09:22 How a One-Pound Bust Exposed a Smuggling Network

17:35 Facing 25 Years: Pressure to Become an Informant

27:52 Why Drug Smugglers End Up Broke

37:18 How Ken Was Recruited as a DEA Informant

41:12 Paid DEA Informants and a $100,000 Payout

44:03 Meeting His DEA Handler: Code Name Kilo Bravo

50:23 Inside Ken’s First DEA Drug Sting

1:01:32 Wearing a Wire for a West Palm Beach Drug Bust

1:11:12 The Recording Equipment Ken Used for the DEA

1:22:09 Undercover in Jamaica: Ken’s Emergency Extraction

1:31:10 The 200-Kilo Hashish Sting in Fort Lauderdale

1:36:21 The Personal Cost of Becoming a DEA Informant

1:43:05 Canadian Mob: The Proposed 10,000-Kilo Cocaine Deal

1:52:09 DEA Cooperation and the Pressure to Name Names

1:59:46 Ken Behr on the War on Drugs

2:05:23 Leaving Drug Smuggling Behind: Ken’s Lessons

2:09:32 Ken Behr’s Book, Podcast, Crime Nightly and Redemption

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Former Miami drug dealer Westchester Stevie, an original member of the Miami Westchester Boys, gives a firsthand account of his rise through Miami’s nightclub drug trade. He explains how he went from selling small bags as a teenager to operating a 450-pound pill press, turning 25,000 ecstasy pills into 50,000 and beginning a 15-year drug run supplying street dealers, bars, restaurants and nightclubs across Miami.

Stevie recounts moving bricks, throwing a box of kilos from his car while escaping federal agents and fleeing to Disney World after federal agents raided his home. Following a two-year federal investigation, he turned himself in, received a 12-year sentence and ultimately served nearly seven years in federal prison.

Now working as a successful car salesman, Westchester Stevie reflects on the Westchester Boys, Miami’s cocaine and ecstasy eras, the consequences of fast money and how prison permanently changed his life. This episode of Honor Among Thieves Podcast offers a raw look inside Miami crime, drug trafficking, federal prison and one man’s journey away from the streets.

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Chapters

00:00 Intro

01:52 Origins of Miami’s Westchester Boys

05:54 Scarface and Miami’s Fast-Money Era

10:06 The Wildest Westchester Boys Street Brawl

13:56 Building Miami’s Ecstasy Pill Operation

19:34 From 1,000 to 25,000 Ecstasy Pills

24:24 The Collapse of Miami’s Ecstasy Era

30:00 From Ecstasy to a 15-Year Cocaine Run

35:28 Escaping Police With Kilos of Cocaine

40:24 Surrendering and a 12-Year Federal Sentence

42:09 FDC Miami, Gustavo Falcon and a Prison Brawl

46:48 FCI Oakdale and the Prison Cellphone Business

49:47 FCI Bastrop: Cartel Drones and Prison Gangs

52:53 Refusing a Mandatory Prison Head Tattoo

56:36 From Drug Dealer to Successful Car Salesman

1:01:38 Miami Grow Houses and a 450-Plant Police Raid

1:07:11 Aggravated Assault and Boot Camp at 18

1:09:34 His Warning to Young Drug Dealers

1:11:42 Legacy, Redemption and Faith After Prison

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Former Stripper turned drug dealer Danielle Sachs reveals how painkiller addiction pulled her into fake prescriptions, pharmacy fraud and Florida’s pill-mill economy. In this unfiltered Honor Among Thieves Podcast interview, Danielle explains how she sold prescription pills from Miami and Palm Beach to Kentucky, landed on Gainesville’s Most Wanted list and eventually became involved in a murder case featured on A&E’s The First 48.

After her arrest was captured by The First 48, Danielle spent nearly four years in county jail before receiving a 15-year sentence and serving 13 years in Florida state prison. She breaks down Florida’s principal law, life inside a women’s prison and the dangerous prison-contraband economy that continued her cycle of criminal behavior.

Danielle also shares the moment confinement forced her to confront who she had become, how faith transformed the final years of her sentence and how she rebuilt her life after prison. This is a raw true-crime story about prescription drug dealing, opioid addiction, murder, women’s prison, prison contraband, redemption and second chances.

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Chapters

00:00 Intro

06:18 Rebellion, Running Away and Early Trouble

18:17 Stripping at With a Fake ID

26:09 The Fake Prescription Drug Operation

34:22 Landing on Gainesville’s Most Wanted

40:11 Drug Court and Florida’s Pill-Mill Era

42:42 Selling Florida Pain Pills in Kentucky

57:27 Rehab, Sobriety and the Halfway House

1:05:40 Relapsing Into Prescription Drug Dealing

1:27:31 Cocaine, Pills and a Total Downward Spiral

1:32:29 The Night That Became a Murder Case

1:59:27 Homicide Detectives Close In

2:05:31 Arrested on Camera for The First 48

2:09:07 Bonded Out and Going on the Run

2:14:03 Captured on a First-Degree Murder Charge

2:22:33 County Jail and a Forbidden Relationship

2:31:39 Building a Drug Operation Behind Bars

2:37:57 Smuggling Contraband Through Prison Visitation

2:44:41 Confinement and a Spiritual Turning Point

2:52:44 Life After Prison and Danielle’s New Mission

2:59:05 Danielle’s Message About Second Chances

3:01:32 Redemption

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