The Cartel's Highest-Ranking Smuggler EXPOSES Underworld

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(***TIMESTAMPS in description below) ~ Luis Navia is a former Cartel kingpin. For 25 years, Navia was the preeminent smuggling expert for the Mexican, Colombian, and European Cartels. He was taken down in one of the largest drug raids of all time, “Operation Journey” (2000).

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OTHER JDP EPISODES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

• Episode 140 - Ken Magee: https://youtu.be/KXyBnSRRMkY
• Episode 141 - Ken Magee: https://youtu.be/_gEQN9_jrlQ
• Episode 206 - Kenny Wong: https://youtu.be/ambZxyFv4o8

TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Intro
2:05 - Luis: The “Keyser Soze” of the Cartels; Cartels & Morality
7:56 - Luis born in Cuba before Castro; How Luis’ father got $$$ out of Cuba; Luis hated school
14:52 - Luis falls in love w/ music
18:47 - Hot Girl recruits Luis into Cartel Business
30:49 - Luis gets in w/ the Ochoa Cartel & “El Polli”
38:47 - Luis’ first roles working for Cartel; Old Days Cartel Logistics & Payouts
46:49 - Luis’ Great Santa Cruz Client Story; Who dealt w/ “clients” directly
50:41 - Luis becomes the Cartel logistics God; Surfer Smuggling; Luis really did this stuff
55:13 - Polli flees to Colombia; Joel gets killed; Why Polli trusted Luis
58:18 - Backstory of Hitman “Mario”; Why did Luis hang w/ Sicarios?; Luis views on Hitmen
1:05:00 - Luis goes “Plaxico Burress” on a gun story; Mario’s sad fate (Story)
1:11:13 - Mario Hotel Room Story
1:14:21 - Luis kidnapped by Guerillas in Colombia; Chokoloskee Island Smuggling Operation
1:20:22 - Luis begins working w/ Medellin Transporters; Luis’ scary debt to Mario Story
1:25:49 - Luis starts working w/ Mexican Cartel Kingpin Rafael Caro Quintero; “El Negro”
1:30:54 - The CIA’s man in the Cartel
1:37:11 - Luis expands his distribution network & connects w/ Mob; Buying planes
1:43:48 - Panama Papers; Luis’ Shell company set-up; Operation Bittersweet
1:52:39 - CIA Spy Brian Dennard; & Cartels; Kiki Camarena; CIA & C*caine Trade
2:00:43 - CIA’s “Southern Air” Plane Company Front; Legalization idea; Cali Cartel
2:10:23 - Cartel asks Luis to hide Kiki Camarena Killer; Cancun Op Spot
2:13:10 - Meeting & working w/ Pablo Escobar; The Christopher Columbus Plan
2:23:24 - Luis working w/ Northern Valley Cartel in Colombia during Los Pepes Escobar Era
2:28:14 - Sinister convo w/ Monoendo; Colombia crazy in early 90s
2:33:37 - Does Luis fear death?; Luis’ Havana, Cuba Scare (Story)
2:36:10 - Luis had many fake identities (Stories)
2:42:30 - Luis kidnapped by Cartel for 21 days (Story)
2:53:16 - Luis relationship with cartel kingpins “Rasguno” & Ivan Urdinola
2:57:57 - Merchandise Splattering incident; Urdinola’s wife allegedly kills him
3:05:01 - Luis threatened to be fed to Crocodiles

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Julian Dorey Podcast Episode 221 - Luis Navia

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