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210: Part 2: Wes Tabor – Corruption, gang violence, and integrity under fire

Game of Crimes

Game of Crimes

True Crime

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2025

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Summary

With decades of experience, Wes Tabor shares intense DEA war stories, reflecting on generational changes in policing, the relentless rise of gang violence, and the deadly complexities of drug trafficking in Latin America. He reveals the harsh truth about cartel power, corruption, and the constant fight to uphold personal integrity in the face of danger.

You’ll hear about joint operations with other agencies, life-threatening confrontations, and the evolution of investigative techniques. Wes also discusses life after the badge, the importance of resilience, and lessons from his book Infiltrate America, which exposes the rise of Latin American gangs on U.S. soil.

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I mean, one case that we worked, we worked a cartel out of Ecuador, which is an emerging source country, you know, for cocaine, a huge transit and source.

0:08.3

And then we worked at Colombian cartel as well. And that merged. And we seized, seized over 60 metric tons in about a year and a half.

0:18.9

60? 60 metric tons in a year and a half.

0:22.8

We were picking up the dope from the Coast Guard.

0:25.3

In fact, I think I sent you a picture of me sitting on, that was 27 tons.

0:29.7

That was 27 pounds.

0:30.8

And we were, we were, we were killing it.

0:36.9

We were. we were killing in.

0:51.9

All right, gang, we're back for part two of this week's episode of Game of Crimes with Murph in the morning.

0:52.7

Our guest this week is West Tabor, former Hernando County, Florida sheriff's deputy, veteran of the drug enforcement

1:00.6

and registration retired. But as we left yesterday, we just finished up talking about Wes's

1:05.8

career down in Guatemala where he was having a freaking blast. I tell you, this is what I try to get across to people.

1:12.9

This is why DEA is so exciting, the opportunities that are out there that are just waiting

1:18.2

for you to take advantage of them.

1:20.7

You know, Wes, I hear now that like you were talking yesterday, 75 people applied to go

1:24.7

to Guatemala, that some of the positions now, they're lucky if they get two.

1:29.7

I mean, what the heck? Is this a generational gap thing?

1:32.9

Back when I was on, and I'm the next phase after you, because I think you came on in the 80, no, 7.

1:43.0

87.

1:43.3

And I came on 10 years after swore in 97, Bob Mitchellotti swore me in Tampa in December of 97.

1:51.2

So, but it was, you're going for, you're going for the adventure.

1:54.6

You're going for the excitement.

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