195: Part 1 – Leo Silva – DEA Agent battling the Mexican Cartels

Game of Crimes

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🗓️ 5 May 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Murph talks with Leo Silva, a 28-year DEA veteran and former Texas musician turned elite Special Agent. Leo shares his incredible true crime journey — from the DEA Academy to high-risk undercover operations battling drug cartels across the U.S. and Mexico.

Hear firsthand how Leo survived dangerous undercover missions, faced the brutal realities of drug trafficking organizations like Los Zetas, and built critical trust with local law enforcement. His powerful stories reveal the mental toughness and heroic resilience needed to fight crime without backup in hostile environments.

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0:00.0	Let me ask you, Leo, tell our listeners, what type of protection did you have when you went into Mexico to live?
0:07.2	I'm talking about diplomatic immunity, weapons permits, bodyguards.
0:11.6	What did you have to protect you down there?
0:13.4	We had zero, just our own wits.
0:15.8	You know, we have zero diplomatic immunity in Mexico.
0:18.8	I'm not allowed to carry weapons because it's against the law in Mexico for a citizen to carry
0:23.5	a weapon, even us, you know, as law enforcement.
0:26.7	So we had zero protection.
0:28.5	I mean, if they caught you with a gun on you, you're going to get arrested and you're going
0:31.8	to get thrown in jail.
0:33.8	Jeez.
0:34.9	Lord help you then.
0:36.0	So we had zero protection.
0:37.7	People watch the movies or whatever.
0:40.0	It's all.
0:40.3	They have diplomatic community.
0:41.9	No, not us.
0:43.4	We had zero.
0:44.3	I mean, there's other countries that do offer that to agents.
0:47.8	But in Mexico, we did not have that.
0:50.1	And to this day, we still do not have it.
0:53.7	The United States. And to this day, we still do not have it.
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