#264 - Inside the Most Dangerous Cartel Territory on Earth | Cartel Journalist, Kat Szulc

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Julian Dorey

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4.6 • 649 Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2025

⏱️ 167 minutes

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SPONSORS: 1) Get 15% off with code JULIAN at oneskin.co 2) Rocket Money: Go to www.rocketmoney.com/julian to start saving today! (***TIMESTAMPS in the description below) ~ Katarina Szulc is a Mexico-based freelance journalist focused on reporting on Cartel Activity. PATREON https://www.patreon.com/JulianDorey FOLLOW JULIAN DOREY INSTAGRAM (Podcast): https://www.instagram.com/juliandoreypodcast/ INSTAGRAM (Personal): https://www.instagram.com/julianddorey/ X: https://twitter.com/julianddorey GUEST LINKS Substack: https://katarinaszulc.substack.com/?utm_source=navbar&utm_medium=web&r=3h3gxb X: https://x.com/katarinaszulc?lang=en YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@katarinaszulc/featured Instagram: https://katarinaszulc.substack.com/?utm_source=navbar&utm_medium=web&r=3h3gxb ****TIMESTAMPS**** 00:00 - Katarina Getting into Journalism, Mayor of Sinaloa & New Female President Controversial 16:11 - Katarina’s First Journalist Job, Reporting on Child Murders (Heavy Story) 25:09 - Moving to Mexico to Report on Cartels, 1st Time Reporting on Cartels 32:45 - First Female President (Cartel Associated) Story 38:14 - History of the Mexican Cartel, Mayo vs Chapitos Cartel Turf War 44:17 - Typical Day for a Cartel Journalist in Sinaloa Territory, Ruining Citizen's Lives 58:38 - Chapito’s Cartel (White Hat) Openly Corrupt Police/Military 01:01:33 - News Outlet Shot Up Story, Corrupt Politicians in Mexico Targeting Journalists 01:14:02 - Cartel Sensational Violence and Widespread Network, Canada’s Drug Issues 01:22:27 - Cartel Workers Who Leave (Why?), Source Who Knew El Mayo Was Done 01:29:03 - Cartel Entering Canada & Current Canadian Border Crisis, Investigating Trap 01:38:14 - Canadian Dr&g Mule Controversy, Matt Cox & Threshold for Crime, Luis Navia Greatest 01:52:07 - Recruiting Cartel Smugglers, Fentanyl Ink Book, Chinese Influence in America/Canada 02:01:06 - Most Desirable Dr&gs on the Market, Cartel’s Pushing this Drug!, Carl Hart 02:11:13 - Who Was El Mayo 02:22:03 - Leaf Lets Cartel Story (Hotline Number), CIA Connection 02:32:41 - Atrocities of Border Smuggling & Multiple Bodies, The Future of the Cartel Business 02:39:41 - Katarina’s Future Journalist Work CREDITS: - Host, Producer, and Editor: Julian Dorey - In-Studio Producer: Alessi Allaman - https://www.instagram.com/allaman.docyou/ Julian Dorey Podcast Episode 264 - Katarina Szulc Music by Artlist.io Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Katerina, that is a hell of a way to spell the last name, Schultz.
0:14.8	I didn't even choose it.
0:17.0	Has anyone ever spelled that right in your life? Like not in North America. See, that's where
0:24.2	we are. That's the problem. Okay. Well, you know what? Sometimes we have to adapt. Where do they
0:30.6	spell it right? In Poland. Bangladesh. No, Bangladesh. What the... Yeah, I feel like that's exactly
0:36.3	where I belong, right?
0:39.3	No, no, you belong right where you are.
0:40.6	You're doing some crazy... And it's highly interesting to me.
0:42.6	So thank you for coming in here from California, like last minute notice, too.
0:46.7	Thanks for having me.
0:47.5	Of course, of course.
0:48.8	And shout out to our mutual friend Jorge Ventura for making this possible.
0:53.3	When Jorge is given, like, a huge compliment about someone's reporting on the ground,
0:57.1	I know it's got to be pretty goddamn good.
0:58.9	I appreciate that.
0:59.7	A lot of journalists have been really good about supporting cartel girl.
1:05.3	You thought I just had that mug out there.
1:07.2	I did.
1:07.6	I was like, I can't believe you ordered that so quick.
1:10.2	Like I just got here. What was that like Amazon overnight? Holy shit. No, I've just been since episode one. I just write something on the mug right before we start. Whatever comes to mind. That one felt like it hit pretty good. It's so good. I was able to order one. Yeah. You know what? Well, maybe we'll stick that on our, on our mug sales online. sales online. That's when the next one's up. We have like a couple of them for sale. I think this will be your best seller. It might be. It's not hard. I think we sold four of the other two. So just get a few family members to buy it. You're number one.
1:38.0	Perfect. But you are only 23 years old. Yes, sir. And you've been living down in Mexico for basically like the last two years or so.
1:48.1	Mm-hmm.
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