El Mayo Pleads Guilty in New York Ioan Grillo 2025-08-25 | Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada pleads guilty in New York. For more info, go to www.crashoutmedia.com
Carlos Lehder Describes Super-Max Prison Ioan Grillo 2025-08-20 | For the full interview of Carlos Lehder, click here. youtube.com/watch?v=GyGbMSkX2Pc&t=10s You can find Carlos Lehder's book by searching Amazon cutting and by clicking this this link here.amazon.com/DEATH-MEDELL%C3%8DN-CARTEL-CARLOS-LEHDER/dp/B0FDL8D66MTo find out more or support CrashOut, go to www.crashoutmedia.com
Carlos Lehder Says What Pablo Escobar Was Like Ioan Grillo 2025-08-18 | For the full interview of Carlos Lehder, click here. youtube.com/watch?v=GyGbMSkX2Pc&t=10sYou can find Carlos Lehder's book by searching Amazon cutting and by clicking this this link here.amazon.com/DEATH-MEDELL%C3%8DN-CARTEL-CARLOS-LEHDER/dp/B0FDL8D66MTo find out more or support CrashOut, go to www.crashoutmedia.com
Ex-Narco Carlos Lehder Denies Being A Naz1 Ioan Grillo 2025-08-12 | For the full interview of Carlos Lehder, click here. youtube.com/watch?v=GyGbMSkX2Pc&t=1sYou can find Carlos Lehder's book by searching Amazon cutting and by clicking this this link here.https://www.amazon.com/DEATH-MEDELL%C...To find out more or support CrashOut, go to www.crashoutmedia.com
Exclusive With Carlos Lehder, Founder of Medellin Cartel Ioan Grillo 2025-08-07 | You can find Carlos Lehder's book by searching Amazon or by clicking this link here.amazon.com/DEATH-MEDELL%C3%8DN-CARTEL-CARLOS-LEHDER/dp/B0FDL8D66M/ref=sr_1_2?crid=R02IO3OAUBPR&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.hPLMhNe8eTICab6dteap29vdlrCzoasp-0:00 - Introduction 4:10 - Growing Up and Start In Crime 15:14 - Norman's Cay22:31 – Founding Medellin Cartel31:49 – Accusation of Being a Nazi35:56 – Cartel and Contras37:27 – Involvement in Politics42:24 – Alliance With Guerillas59:19 – Pablo Escobar Killing the Cartel01:15:53 – Solitary Confinement01:25:00 – Testifying Against Noriega01:35:18 – Last WordsThe Medellin Cartel rose in the 1980s by flooding the United States with cocaine, providing dope to dance floors in Miami all the way to crack houses in Los Angeles. Forbes magazine once estimated the tidal wave of powder made the cartel’s top trafficker Pablo Escobar $9 billion and its No. 2, Carlos Lehder, another $2.7 billion. While these numbers are likely major over-estimates of how much individual narcos actually keep, the cocaine trade certainly served up billions of dollars to Colombia, fueling an armed conflict with the cartels, army, leftist guerillas and right wing paramilitaries that tore the South American nation apart and left a lot of families weeping.Escobar gained an infamy alongside Al Capone and later El Chapo as the most well-known mobsters of all time. Yet Lehder was also a fascinating character. He personally piloted planes and had his own private island in The Bahamas, which he used as a trampoline to bounce blow stateside. The son of a German, he was portrayed on Netflix Narcos with a swastika tattoo as a neo-Nazi narco (a charge he denies). And he went on to become the star witness against the Panamanian dictator General Noriega, who was a CIA agent and an ally of Medellin Cartel before the U.S. invasion of Panama took him down in 1989.So when I recently got a message that I would have a chance to interview Lehder, who is now free and back in Colombia after a 33-year stint in prison, I scrambled to get there as quick as I could. The man I discovered was more humble and less boastful than one might expect, but then decades in a cell, including four years in solitary, changes you. He has written a memoir of “Life and Death of the Medellin Cartel,” which you can find here that provides a revealing first-hand account to understand the period. We spoke for hours in what I believe is Carlos’ first English language interview. He goes into fascinating details about how the Medellin Cartel really functioned, its relationship with guerillas and paramilitaries, and how they owned governments as well as supplying the U.S.-backed Contra rebels. He also gets personal about what years in solitary does to your brain.I’m proud to say this episode of the CrashOut Podcast showcases an important testimony that helps understand the history of the eighties in the Americas. It’s also very intriguing to see the flesh and blood behind the myth. Get your tea or beer, zap it onto the screen and soak it up.If you prefer to listen to the pure audio on the go, you can also get the podcast audio track here.To find out more or support CrashOut, go to www.crashoutmedia.com
Mexican Soldiers Gun Down El Perris Ioan Grillo 2025-05-24 | On Friday, Mexican troops shot dead Jorge Humberto Figueroa, a paramilitary commander of the Chapitos faction of the Sinaloa Cartel. Here is my update video.For more info, check out: www.crashoutmedia.com
The Canada Cartel Connection Ioan Grillo 2025-03-25 | While all eyes are focuses on the U.S. southern border with Mexico, the United States has a northern border that is almost three times as long. We look at cartels in Canada and how fzntanyl crosses south from there. For more on this and other stories and to support the podcast, please go to www.crashoutmedia.com
The Jalisco Cartel Extermination Camp Ioan Grillo 2025-03-23 | Two weeks on from the macabre discovery of the training and alleged extermination camp of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, the case continues to shake Mexico. But is there hope it will ever be resolved and justice will be delivered to the families of loved ones lost? Katarina Szulc and I go through all we know about the camp and the worrying developments.With video production by Omid Visua and additional photos and video from Marcela Turati, Guerreros Buscadores de Jalisco and Fiscalia de Jalisco.Check out more on: www.crashoutmedia.com
Trump Sends (Alleged) Gang To Salvador Prison Colony Ioan Grillo 2025-03-18 | On Sunday, a U.S. flight packed with alleged members of the Tren de Aragua gang flew to El Salvador to be sent to one of the world’s most feared prisons - despite an attempt by a U.S. judge to halt it. The measure fits in with a more radical approach to fight gangs and cartels across the Americas, but will face a legal fight as many of the measures of President Trump will. Here is the video analysis.For more stories, got www.crashoutmedia.comCredits to Omid Visua on the video controlsAdditonal images released by Presidencia de El SalvadorVideo copyright Ioan Grillo and CrashOut Media 2025
Mexicos Cartel Drone War Ioan Grillo 2025-02-21 | I went to the Costa Grande of Guerrero, Mexico. to see how cartels are using drones to drop makeshift bombs. This is an updated "pukka cut" by Omid Visua of a report I did in May. I worked on this story with Guerrero journalist Servando Mellin. You can see more of his work at: @Canal6TecpanOficial With additional photography by Javier VerdinPlease check out more of my work on: www.crashoutmedia.com
These Cartels Are To Be Named Terrorists Ioan Grillo 2025-02-14 | A list of nine cartels and gangs was leaked to the New York Times (and later Breitbart), showing groups that are supposedly going to be designated as foreign terrorist organizations by the Trump White House. In this CrashOut Chronicle video, I go through who they are, how we got here and what impact the terrorist designations will have.Credits to CrashOut’s Omid Visua (Instagram @omidvisua) for the filming and edit.For more info and stories, go to: www.crashoutmedia.com
The Sinaloa Civil War Ioan Grillo 2024-12-16 | Here is 16-minute guerilla documentary on the cartel war raging in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. I have censored some violence for YouTube. To support my work, you can go to: www.crashoutmedia.comThe video is edited by Omid Visua. It includes footage taken by me Ioan Grillo and Fidel Durán and John Dickie, who I worked with in the field.
Trump Threatens Tariffs Over Fxntanyl and Migrants Ioan Grillo 2024-11-26 | Trump has threatened 25 percent tariffs on goods from Mexico if it doesn't clamp down on migrants and fxntanyl. Is it a threat or a promise? Should we take him seriously but not literally? And how much can Mexico stop fxntanyl? My analysis at.For more of my work, go to: www.crashoutmedia.com
Inside the Narco Submarines Ioan Grillo 2024-11-22 | Narcos could be moving a submarine of cxcxine a month from the Brazilian jungle to Spanish coast. Imagine the terrifying trip. I talk to Guillermo Galdo who made a docu for Unreported World about the narco subs. Check out the full documentary at:youtube.com/watch?v=UfKs6xbQ0XsCheck out and support my work at:www.crashoutmedia.com
What Went Wrong With Vice News? Ioan Grillo 2024-10-16 | I talk with Max Daly, former global drugs editor of vice. For more on my work, check out: www.crashoutmedia.com
UK Drxg Journalism with Ex Vice Editor Ioan Grillo 2024-10-15 | I talk to Max Daly about his decades covering drxgs in the UK and his work as international drxgs editor for Vice. Check out more on his work and books at: http://www.maxdaly.comCheck out of my stuff at: www.crashoutmedia.com
CrashOut Theme Tune - Casualties of War Ioan Grillo 2024-10-11 | Here is the full track of the theme tune to the CrashOut Chronicles podcast and CrashOut newsletter (www.crashoutmedia.com). The tune is by my good friend and great producer Leon Ricciardi, AKA DJ Drift. Please check out his work at: leonricciardi.bandcamp.com/track/casualties-of-war
Mexicos New Plan To Fight Cartels Ioan Grillo 2024-10-09 | President Claudia Sheinbaum launched a new security strategy and I break it down. For more info and to support my work please go to: www.crashoutmedia.com
Confessions of a Florida Smuggler Ioan Grillo 2024-09-09 | Ken Behr describes his years taking in herb and power to the Sunshine State. You can find out more about his crazy stories and read his book here: onestepovertheline.comTo follow more of my work and support go to: www.crashoutmedia.com
Rehabs That Lock Addxcts Up For Years Ioan Grillo 2024-08-31 | I talk to anthropologist Angela Garcia about the "anexos" in Mexico City that keep dozens of so-called addicts locked up in a single room for years using harsh methods such as chaining them to the wall. She has written about these for her new book, "The Way That Leads Among The Lost." I also talk to her about addiction in the New Mexico where she is from and any hopes of breaking the cycle.Check out Angela's book at: us.macmillan.com/books/9780374605780/thewaythatleadsamongthelostFor more stories and to support my work, go to: www.crashoutmedia.com
Asias Mini Narco State Ioan Grillo 2024-08-21 | I talk to Patrick Winn about his new book Narcotopia on the Wa State - a crazy narco state in the middle of Asia. For more on the book, go to: http://patrickwinnonline.com/bookTo find out more on CrashOut, get stories and to support, go to: www.crashoutmedia.com
How The Taliban Smashed Opiuxm Ioan Grillo 2024-08-08 | I talk with bad ass journalist Hollie McKay who reported in Afghanistan about how the opixm was trafficked massively under the Allied occupation and how the Taliban destroyed it.You can check out Hollie's Subtsack on: holliesmckay.substack.com/To read more CrashOut stories and support the Chronicles go to: www.crashoutmedia.com
Venezuela: Entre la esperanza y la frustración Ioan Grillo 2024-08-05 | En este episodio de CrashOut Español hablo con el periodista y amigo Jorge Benezra sobre la situación de Venezuela con las disputadas elecciones.
The True Story of the Arrest of El Mayo? Ioan Grillo 2024-07-30 | I get into the seismic detention of Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada.For my full story please go to: crashoutmedia.com/p/exclusive-sinaloa-cartel-operativeYou can also see more of my pieces and support my work at: www.crashoutmedia.com
Why Mexico Elected A Leftist Female President Ioan Grillo 2024-06-03 | My Day-Two Take On Mexico's Election 2024Support my work at www.crashoutmedia.com
Why Did They Kill The Aussie Surfers In Baja Ioan Grillo 2024-05-06 | I look at the tragic killing of two Australians and an American in Baja California, Mexico. To support my work please go to: www.crashoutmedia.comorbuymeacoffee.com/ioangrillo
Inside Mexicos Cartel Drone War Ioan Grillo 2024-05-02 | I went to the Costa Grande of Guerrero, Mexico. to see how cartels are using drones to drop makeshift bombs. Please check out more of my work on: www.crashoutmedia.comI worked on this story with Guerrero journalist Servando Mellin. You can see more of his work at: @Canal6TecpanOficial With additional photography by Javier Verdin
I talked to Colion in B-more before his death Ioan Grillo 2024-03-20 | In Baltimore, Maryland, I interviewed teenage killer turned anti violence activist Tyree "Colion" Moorehead. In 2022, Colion was himself shot dead by a police officer while assaulting a woman and having a knife drawn. For more of my work, check out: www.crashoutmedia.com
I Talk To The Chicago Cocxaine Twin Ioan Grillo 2024-02-24 | I talk to Margarito Flores, who along with his brother trafficked more than 60 tons of cocaine for the Sinaloa Cartel. They then became cooperators and gathered evidence that was used to indict more than 50 traffickers, including El Chapo. He is now working giving classes to law enforcement on the workings of cartels and trying to make a difference. Check out more on him at: kingpintoeducator.com or dynamicpolicetraining.comTo read more of my work and support this podcast go to: www.crashoutmedia.com
Did La Barbie Finance AMLO? Ioan Grillo 2024-01-31 | I look at the bombshell accusations that have dropped in Mexico.To follow and support more of my work please go to:www.crashoutmedia.comOr: buymeacoffee.com/ioangrillo
I went undercover to a Chinxse Fentanl Lab Ioan Grillo 2024-01-26 | I talk to journalist Ben Westhoff about his work covering the overdose crisis and gun violence. You can check out Ben's newsletter at substack.com/@benwesthoffTo support this podcast and my work, you can go to: buymeacoffee.com/ioangrilloor www.crashoutmedia.com
The Murders of Californias Mano Negra Ioan Grillo 2024-01-18 | I talk to Christian Cipollini about California’s Homegrown Sicario: El Mano Negra.You can read the story on the years of interviews with El Mano Negra at:www.crashoutmedia.comYou can also support my work at: buymeacoffee.com/ioangrillo
Ecuadors Gangster insurgency Ioan Grillo 2024-01-14 | I break down what is happening with the gang uprising in Ecuador. To support my work, you can go to: buymeacoffee.com/ioangrilloOrwww.crashoutmedia.com
Narcas: Investigating The Cartel Queenpins Ioan Grillo 2024-01-10 | Luis Chaparro and I talk to Deborah Bonello about her investigation into the cartel queenpins and her book Narcas. You can support this podcast on: buymeacoffee.com/ioangrilloOr subscribing to: www.crashoutmedia.comAlso check out Deborah's Substack at: dbonello.substack.comand her book at: amazon.com/Narcas-Secret-Americas-Cartels-English-ebook/dp/B0BKKF4DHKCheck our Luis' YouTube channel at: @Piedenota And his Substack at: lchaparro.com
Biggest Narco Stories Of 2023 Ioan Grillo 2023-12-21 | Luis Chaparro and myself review the biggest narco stories of 2023. This is a two part video twinned with another video on the channel of https://www .youtube.com/@luischaparro(You can watch them in either order)Also, check out the stories and loads more reporting on www.crashoutmedia.comPeace out and felices fiestas
The Narco El Plaga Gave Me An Interview Ioan Grillo 2023-11-28 | Compa Luis Chaparro @luischaparro scored another exclusive with an interview with El Plaga, a narco who is meant to be in federal prison but says he out on the streets and still operating. You can read it here in English: crashoutmedia.com/p/narco-el-plaga-gives-me-an-interviewO aqui en en español:crashoutmedia.com/p/entrevista-con-el-plaga-mexico-asegura
Son of El Chapo, Ovidio, in a Chicago Court Ioan Grillo 2023-09-18 | Ovidio Guzman, son of El Chapo, was extradited on Friday, Sept. 15, Independence Day, and went to his first hearing in a U.S. court this morning.For more on this and other stories, go to -www.crashoutmedia.com
American Homeboy Movie: A Love Letter To Chicanos Ioan Grillo 2023-08-13 | I talk with journalist Brandon Loran Maxwell about his new documentary feature American Homeboy. For me info on the movie and where to see it, go to:americanhomeboy.com
Mexico City Has Lower Murder Rate Than Portland Ioan Grillo 2023-08-11 | In Narco Report, 230810, Luis and I discuss the murder rates in Mexico City and how they have gone down and compare them to cities in the United States. We also answer a question by @Raja-DaYooshoowal-Suzpek-Jaxon You can read more on the issue of Mexico City murder rates at: crashoutmedia.com/p/mexico-citys-murder-rate-is-lower
We Translate Narco Slang Ioan Grillo 2023-07-19 | In Narco Report 007, Luis Chaparro and myself Ioan Grillo dissect the narco dictionary from Buchonas to Belico. Thanks to Viliam Stefanik for the question that prompted the idea. Check out the Narco Report chats between Chaparro and Grillo on both our channels.
Do Cartels Sell Their Drugx In Mexico? Ioan Grillo 2023-06-16 | This is NarcoReport number 0006, in which Luis Chaparro and Ioan Grillo (the Chaparro Grillo combo) tackle another deadly question on crime and the narco war. Also check out:@luischaparrowww.crashoutmedia.com
Who Is El Mayo, the Original Narco? Ioan Grillo 2023-06-02 | In the NarcoReport 0004, Chaparro and Grillo get into the history of Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada.
The Narco Gangs of Ciudad Juárez Ioan Grillo 2023-05-19 | In NarcoReport0002, I talk with Luis Chaparro about the narco gangs of Ciudad Juárez - the Mexicles, Barrio Azteca and the Artist Assassins - the crazy tragic jail break and the seized Egyptian cat. Also check out my story on this mayhem on Substack - ioangrillo.substack.com/p/the-narco-gangs-and-human-smugglersCheck out Luis Chaparro's channel: youtube.com/@luischaparroand excuse my dodgy Pink Floyd t-shirt.
Ioan Grillo Speech On Winning Cabot Award Ioan Grillo 2022-10-28 | This is from the Maria Moors Cabot Prize, the oldest prize in journalism, at Columbia University, New York, October 11, 2022
Russia Is Becoming An Incel On World Stage Ioan Grillo 2022-02-27 | I talked to fellow crime journalist Niko Vorobyov about the situation right now in Russia, with the protests, war, oligarchs and crime bosses. Check out Niko's work on: @Lemmiwinks_IIIamazon.com/-/es/Niko-Vorobyov-ebook/dp/B0818Q395Q
The Honduran President Accused of Drug Trafficking Ioan Grillo 2021-04-09 | This is an interview with journalist Jeff Ernst about the accusation against the Honduran president of involvement with drug trafficking raised by U.S. prosecutors in two cases in New York. It comes as record numbers of Honduran minors are being detained at the U.S. southern border and held in overflowing detention centers in Texas and other states.
The Moment U.S. Agent Avila Is Shot By Zetas Cartel Ioan Grillo 2021-03-09 | On February 15, 2011, members of the Zetas drug cartel attacked two agents from ICE, or Immigration and Customs Enforcement, in the state of San Luis Potosi, Mexico. One of them, Jaime Zapata, was killed. The other, Victor Avila, survived. Here he tells his story.Full interview is available here:youtube.com/watch?v=bmDZwfE2SJ4
The U.S. Agent Who Survived An Attack By Zetas Cartel Ioan Grillo 2021-03-09 | On February 15, 2011, members of the Zetas drug cartel attacked two agents from ICE, or Immigration and Customs Enforcement, in the state of San Luis Potosi, Mexico. One of them, Jaime Zapata, was killed. The other, Victor Avila, survived. Here he tells his story.
Blood Gun Money - Book Trailer Ioan Grillo 2021-02-13 | This is a trailer for my new book - Blood Gun Money: How America Arms Gangs and CartelsIt's about the iron river of illegal firearms that floods into American cities, which are seeing rising shootings, and pours over the border to drug cartels fueling a hybrid crime war. It documents the corruption on both sides of the border that keeps the river of guns flowing.You can buy from any good bookseller, and find more info at:ioangrillo.com/books
¿Cómo salvar a la policía en México? Entrevista César Cuevas. Ioan Grillo 2020-12-23 | Esto es una entrevista con César Cuevas, policía de Guadalajara y autor del libro “Policiamiento, Planeación, inteligencia y prospectiva, aplicadas a la seguridad.”Hablamos de la corrupción y el narco, los muertos en custodia y los muertos de policías, la impunidad y la esperanza…Sorry, for the English speakers, but this one is in Spanish only.
