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207: Part 1: Sam Trotman 💥 Bringing down Pablo Escobar's most notorious hitman, La Quica!! 🇺🇲

Game of Crimes

Game of Crimes

True Crime

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Retired DEA agent Sam Trotman joins host Steve Murphy (of Narcos fame) for an unforgettable deep dive into the true crime underworld.  Sam shares raw, unfiltered stories from his time battling the Medellin Cartel, including chilling details of the infamous La Quica case, a key operative of Pablo Escobar.  Get a rare look at the camaraderie and emotional toll faced by agents on the frontlines of America’s drug war.

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Joe Wiley. And I'm Soie Ball. And we're here to tell you about a brand new podcast, Digit.

0:06.3

Digit is all about the things that Joe and I love. From the kids to the parents and all the stuff in between.

0:13.5

There's a lot going on when you get to this age. Listen wherever you get your podcasts and watch every episode on Spotify. Dig it. Every week.

0:23.6

Every week. For the rest of time. Yes. Okay. Good.

0:26.6

We got word from Columbia that they've been tracking this guy, then Danny Muniz Mascara.

0:36.6

Also knows Lekeka, that he had escaped from several prisons down then Danny Munoz Mascara, also knows Likika,

0:40.5

that he had escaped from several prisons down in Columbia.

0:42.4

He was part of the Medellian cartel?

0:45.6

Not only was he working for Pablo Escobar,

0:49.4

he was one of Pablo's main Sicario's.

0:50.3

Correct.

0:53.6

I just remember getting them fingerprinted and being there when we arrested them for the bombing of the plane and the indictment later on it came. And you could just look into the guy's eyes and there was nothing there. It was just, it was black. You just look right into the soul. And it's like looking into the double. It was bad. I actually

1:12.8

got the chills when I was fingerprinting.

1:14.4

This guy's a bad dude. Yeah, I came across

1:16.4

one statement that he committed

1:18.5

his first murder at 12 years old.

1:37.8

I Hey everybody. Welcome to the next episode of Game of Crimes with Murph in the morning.

1:42.9

You see I got a big smile on my face today. That's because I'm with an old, old friend here.

2:17.5

I can't believe I've finally got him on the show. I've been talking to him for four years now about coming on the show, and I finally trapped him. I tricked him. Yeah, you did. We had a hard time hit the record about it because we started reminiscing and telling war stories. Like, well, crap, let's just wait and tell this while we're doing the recording here. So, ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming an old, old friend here, retired DEA, special agent, Sam Trotman. Sam, welcome to the Game of Crimes, brother. Welcome. Thank you very much. Glad to be here. Good to see you, man. You as well. You as well. It's like old home week. I got to see Sam and his family down here in Orlando, what, two or three years ago, I guess it was? Two years ago, right? Two years ago. And then we missed you this year. We had death in our family, and we were out of state for that. But looking forward to seeing you next year when you come down. Absolutely. I think we owe you of dinner. Yeah, I think you do, actually. There you go.

2:18.1

I'm going to claim that, too.

2:19.6

I'll tell you what.

2:20.3

Beanberry. down. Absolutely. I think we owe you of dinner. Yeah, I think you do, actually. There you go. I'm going to claim that, too. I tell you what, bean burritos at the 7-Eleven. You can't beat him. Couture's own, right? We'll drink. There you go. You know, this is going to be a great interview here. I mean, I don't even call this an interview. I was telling Sam before we started, this is just more of a conversation between two old friends telling war stories and you get to hear some of the silliness and some of the serious stuff that we were involved with. I just want to point out, if you've ever seen the Rambo series, this is not Colonel Sam Trotman, we're talking to. Okay. This is DEA special agent Sam Trotman.

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