Real Narcos

Real Narcos

If the US Government asked you to move to Colombia to hunt down the world’s most brutal narco-terrorist, what would you say? Real Narcos meets the real DEA agents tasked with bringing down some of history’s most notorious criminal masterminds - from the King of Cocaine, Pablo Escobar, to the most powerful drug trafficker on the planet, El Chapo. For ad-free listening, bonus content, and early access to new episodes across the Noiser podcast network, join Noiser+. Click the subscription banner at the top of the feed or go to noiser.com/subscriptions to get started. For advertising enquiries, email info@adelicious.fm

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Introducing: Real Narcos

March 25, 2020 • 2 mins
If the US Government asked you to move to Colombia to hunt down the world’s most brutal narco-terrorist, what would you say? Real Narcos meets the real DEA agents tasked with bringing down some of history’s most notorious criminal masterminds - from the King of Cocaine, Pablo Escobar, to the most powerful drug trafficker on the planet, El Chapo. For ad-free listening, exclusive content and early access to new episodes, join Noiser+...
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Pablo Escobar Part 1: Baptism of Fire

April 17, 2020 • 32 mins
In the 1980s, a new generation of American special agents lands in Colombia, tasked with capturing the most infamous cocaine trafficker on the planet: Pablo Escobar. We’re embedded with the DEA as they track down a man who blows up commercial airplanes, bombs civilians and murders government officials virtually at will. For ad-free listening, exclusive content and early access to new episodes, join Noiser+. Now available for Apple ...
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Pablo Escobar Part 2: Making a Narco-Terrorist

April 17, 2020 • 45 mins
We pull back the curtain on Escobar’s empire and follow his rise to power – from the rough streets of Medellin to the forefront of the international drugs trade. Journalist Simon Strong goes in search of Pablo’s father. Agent Kane uncovers a plan to kidnap the children of DEA agents in Colombia… While Escobar himself begins construction on a lavish mansion, complete with bullring, waterpark, and a private zoo. For ad-free listening...
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Pablo Escobar Part 3: Murder at the Mansion

April 26, 2020 • 40 mins
Pablo Escobar launches all-out war on the Colombian government, firing RPG rockets at the man about to become President. A new DEA chief arrives in town with a maverick plan. And at a lavish party at Pablo’s mansion, a murder in the night threatens to turn the Medellin kingpin’s empire upside down… For ad-free listening, exclusive content and early access to new episodes, join Noiser+. Now available for Apple and Android users. Cli...
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Pablo Escobar Part 4: On the Run, the Game is Changing

May 3, 2020 • 38 mins
Pablo escapes from his luxury prison and vanishes into the Colombian countryside. Agent Ken Magee finds himself on a plane bound for Frankfurt, Germany… with Pablo Escobar’s wife. And Escobar’s teenage son makes a surprise appearance at the office of DEA Agent in Charge, Joe Toft. For ad-free listening, exclusive content and early access to new episodes, join Noiser+. Now available for Apple and Android users. Click the Noiser+ ban...
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Pablo Escobar Part 5: The Final Battle

May 11, 2020 • 38 mins
The DEA agents finally discover Escobar’s whereabouts. Pablo’s empire comes crashing down. Shot dead on a Medellin rooftop, the most powerful cocaine smuggler of all time meets a grisly end. The agents reflect on their journey, and where the death of their number one target leaves the war on drugs. For ad-free listening, exclusive content and early access to new episodes, join Noiser+. Now available for Apple and Android users. Cli...
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Barry Seal Part 1: The American Pilot

May 18, 2020 • 36 mins
Pablo Escobar couldn’t have reached the heights he did without smugglers willing to traffic cocaine by land, sea… and air. The story of Barry Seal starts in a bar in Baton Rouge in 1981. It will take us flying over the Gulf of Mexico all the way to South America, then back again to the South Louisiana swamps. This is the tale of the over-sized American airline pilot who gave up the dream of the white-picket fence to become the bigg...
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Barry Seal Part 2: Into the Lion's Den

May 25, 2020 • 51 mins
Tom Cruise played him in a Hollywood blockbuster movie. Barry Seal’s name has passed into legend. In this episode of Real Narcos, Barry Seal flips. The world’s most illusive smuggler becomes the DEA’s most highly prized informant. With a mission brief from his handlers, Seal embarks on a death-defying mission into the mountains of Colombia. For ad-free listening, exclusive content and early access to new episodes, join Noiser+. Now...
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Barry Seal Part 3: Sleep With One Eye Open

June 1, 2020 • 51 mins
Barry Seal has gone from smuggler to informant, and now penetrates further into the heart of the Medellin Cartel than any American before or since. But this daredevil pilot flies too close to the sun. As Seal’s identity is exposed, the tables are turned. Can he disappear into the ether before the Cartel track him down? For ad-free listening, exclusive content and early access to new episodes, join Noiser+. Now available for Apple a...
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Introducing: Real Dictators - Kim Jong il

June 8, 2020 • 55 mins
From the creators of Real Narcos comes Real Dictators, the show that explores the hidden lives of history's tyrants. Kim Jong-il built a volatile rogue state with nuclear missiles trained on its enemies – all while living a life of the utmost luxury. In the first episode of Real Dictators, we piece together the early life of this tyrant and that of the country he came to rule. Follow Real Dictators for more episodes. Learn more abo...
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Griselda Blanco Part 1: The Cocaine Godmother

June 22, 2020 • 42 mins
In the early 1980s, the US Coast Guard are inundated with speedboats, propeller planes and helicopters loaded with ton upon ton of high-grade cocaine. Sleepy towns find themselves on the front line of the war on drugs. Miami goes from quiet southern resort to international front-page news. Behind this tidal wave of white powder? The world’s first female narco-terrorist - a fearsome woman they call The Godmother. For ad-free listeni...
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Griselda Blanco Part 2: The Black Widow Devours Her Mate

June 29, 2020 • 42 mins
Griselda Blanco outhustled and outwitted the men in her orbit to rise from desperate poverty on the streets of Colombia to remarkable wealth on Miami Beach. In Bogotá, a domestic dispute between Griselda and her husband snowballs into a shootout in a nightclub parking lot. In Miami, a rookie cop is called to a homicide bearing all the hallmarks of a Godmother hit. An informant is planted at the heart of Griselda’s family network. A...
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Matta Ballesteros Part 1: The Faceless Phantom

August 2, 2020 • 42 mins
The drug lords in this series tend to be larger than life. This guy is a little different. The man they call ‘El Negro’ – ‘The Black One’ – is an elusive, faceless phantom. Hunting him is like trying to catch smoke. But in September 1981, the DEA make a huge cocaine bust in Los Angeles, California. The raid throws up clues that point the agents towards a Honduran cocaine chemist. The hunt for Matta Ballesteros begins... For ad-free...
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Matta Ballesteros Part 2: Face to Face With the Cocaine Chemist

August 9, 2020 • 48 mins
Everyone assumed Matta Ballesteros was just a low-level pusher. But it turns out he’s the shady mastermind funnelling eye-watering quantities of cocaine into the United States. After a long and gruelling pursuit across multiple borders, US agents hatch a plan to snatch Matta off the street. Finally, Mike Vigil of the DEA comes face to face with the man he’s chased halfway across Latin America. For ad-free listening, exclusive conte...
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Félix Gallardo Part 1: The Mexican Godfather

January 25, 2021 • 40 mins
In 1981, DEA Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena lands in Mexico. His task is to bring down the man known as El Padrino (The Godfather). This drug lord's real name is Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo. Gallardo sits atop an industrial scale cocaine and marijuana operation, propped up by millions of dollars’ worth of bribes. He’s a man intertwined with the upper echelons of the Mexican establishment, a deadly spider at the centre of a web of co...
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Félix Gallardo Part 2: A Kidnapping Like No Other

January 31, 2021 • 32 mins
In Guadalajara, DEA agents search frantically for their missing friend and colleague, Kiki Camarena. The US-Mexico border is almost shut down as 50% of all cars crossing at San Ysidro are searched for leads. The massive effort soon pays off. Meanwhile, on the runway at Guadalajara Airport, DEA agents are caught in a Mexican stand-off with the Godfather’s right-hand man. And out in the remote countryside, a farmer makes a gruesome d...
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Félix Gallardo Part 3: The Fall of El Padrino

February 7, 2021 • 38 mins
With one of the Cartel leaders behind bars, the DEA have taken a big step in rounding up Agent Camarena's killers. The search is ramped up for the remaining fugitives. The noose tightens around Félix Gallardo, as DEA agents raid properties across Latin America. But the end of Gallardo will not close the curtain on the North American narcotics trade. Into Gallardo’s shoes will step his former understudy. He’s a fresh-faced, fearsome...
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El Chapo Part 1: Public Enemy Number One

February 14, 2021 • 38 mins
El Chapo: the scourge of Mexico and America’s most-wanted. Joaquín Guzmán Loera, to use his real name, escaped from custody multiple times and dodged death many more. For years, he rode roughshod over Mexican justice and evaded the long arm of the US Government. He became an A-list celebrity criminal - a subject of fascination and even reverence - despite a never-ending list of heinous crimes and innocent victims. But how did this ...
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El Chapo Part 2: The Tunnel King

February 21, 2021 • 41 mins
In the early 1980s, Chapo Guzmán is still in his mid-20s. But he’s already grabbed the attention of the Guadalajara Kingpin. Promoted to the Cartel's inner circle, he uses tunnels, ships and even submarines to transport contraband. Chapo assumes personal control of Sinaloa State and the Pacific Coast, turning his own operation into a supersized cartel. As a brutal drug war breaks out, DEA agents go undercover in an attempt to unpic...
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El Chapo Part 3: Showdown at the Border

February 28, 2021 • 37 mins
After escaping a hit at Guadalajara Airport, El Chapo disappears from view. Acting on a tip-off, the authorities close in on a hotel in the border town of Tapachula. Returned home in handcuffs, Chapo can look forward to a lengthy stay at a top-security penitentiary. But he'll soon win over the prison guards. The flow of drugs into the United States continues unhindered. DEA agent Joe Bond prepares to go undercover into the jail for...
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