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The Cartel Heroin Queenpin Who Ran Juarez for 50 Years with Benjamin Smith
The Cartel Heroin Queenpin Who Ran Juarez for 50 Years with Benjamin Smith
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Length:
43 minutes
Released:
Jun 13, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Before El Mencho or El Chapo, even before Pablo Escobar, there was Ignacia Jasso, otherwise known as “La Nacha.” She was the Queen Pin of Juárez who ran the border heroin trade for 50 years from 1930 to 1980. Declared public enemy number one by the Americans, she still managed to escape the law by pretending to be an evangelical Christian and with the help of some extremely crafty lawyering. Danny is joined by Benjamin Smith, author of The Dope: The Real History of the Mexican Drug Trade to talk La Nacha.
Buy The Dope: https://www.amazon.com/Dope-Secret-History-Mexican-Trade-ebook/dp/B08CZ2BW3T
Buy The Dope: https://www.amazon.com/Dope-Secret-History-Mexican-Trade-ebook/dp/B08CZ2BW3T
Released:
Jun 13, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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