Cartel Sicario Exposes Life Inside The Sinaloa Cartel, Gives Update On "Los Chapitos"

The Connect- with Johnny Mitchell

Johnny Mitchell

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4.3 • 563 Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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A Sinaloa Cartel hitman (sicario) sits down for a rare and chilling interview, revealing what life is really like inside one of the world’s most powerful criminal organizations. Speaking from Nogales, Sonora, he explains how he was recruited as a young halcón (lookout), the brutal military torture he survived, and how he rose through the ranks to become a killer for Los Chapitos. He opens up about: -The rules, discipline, and punishments inside the cartel -The violence of the Sinaloa–Beltrán Leyva war in Nogales -His first missions as a cartel soldier and hitman -The split between Mayo Zambada’s faction and Los Chapitos -How cartel life affects his family and children -His thoughts on corruption, Mexico’s future, and whether he can ever escape this life This full-length episode provides a rare look inside a world few outsiders ever get to see — a place where silence means survival, and speaking out could mean death. This Episode Is #Sponsored By The Following: BRUNT! Get $10 Off at BRUNT with code MITCHELL at https://www.bruntworkwear.com/MITCHELL #Bruntpod HIMS! To get simple, online access to personalized, affordable care for ED, Hair Loss, Weight Loss, and more, visit https://hims.com/CONNECT AVA! Take control of your credit right now. Download the Ava app today, and when you join using my promo code CONNECT, your first month is totally FREE. Join The Patreon For Bonus Content! https://www.patreon.com/theconnectshow 00:00 – Torture at the hands of the military 04:30 – Early life & recruitment into the cartel 06:30 – Life as a halcón (lookout) 08:30 – Arrests & brutal torture by soldiers 12:40 – The Sinaloa–Beltrán Leyva war in Nogales 18:20 – Cartel rules, discipline & punishments 20:28 – This Episode Is Sponsored By BRUNT Workwear 22:57 – Transition from lookout to sicario 26:50 – First shootout & adrenaline of survival 28:20 – Missions, targets & plaza enforcement 31:20 – The split: Mayo vs. Los Chapitos 37:33 – This Episode Is Sponsored By HIMS and AVA 41:31 – Family life & hiding the truth from loved ones 46:20 – Guilt, morality & thoughts on killing 53:40 – Desert missions & living like an army unit 1:02:00 – Hopes for his children’s future 1:04:30 – Trapped in cartel life & dreams of leaving 1:06:30 – Mexico’s corruption & bleak outlook 1:08:10 – Closing thoughts & reflections Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What I've dedicated my life to is revenge.
0:04.8	A brand new drama based on the best-selling novel.
0:07.5	They think they're better than us.
0:08.5	Who do you think you are?
0:09.7	I'm going to prove to them that they're wrong.
0:11.5	She's punishing me.
0:13.0	You destroyed my family.
0:14.3	I will not rest until I've destroyed yours.
0:17.0	A woman of substance on Channel 4 starts tonight at 9.
0:20.1	Me pegged, like, no, any idea. Me, me sure you're going to die. If you're not to die, if you're not to die, and there's a bit more than you'd be, because desistpiration, well, I'd like to say me. I'd like to say, but no, no. This man is a cicadio, a hit manman for the Chapisa faction of the Sinaloa cartel.
0:41.0	We interviewed him outside of his hometown of Nogales in the state of Sonora, Mexico.
0:45.4	He's worked for the Sonora Plaza, which is controlled by the Sinaloa cartel for 20 years.
0:51.0	First is a lookout, and for the past eight of those years is a Sicario, a paid killer. He tells us what life is like as a soldier for the world's most notorious drug cartel, the missions that he goes on, how he's managed to stay alive all this time, and most recently, how his job in Nogales has been affected by the weakening of the Sinaloa cartel and the war in Kulia Khan between the Mayo faction and his bosses, the Chapitos.
1:13.3	Ladies and gentlemen, it doesn't get any realer than this.
1:16.1	Prepare for chills up your spine and enjoy my interview with a Chapisa hitman right here on The Connect with Johnny Mitchell.
1:26.3	You know, we's like we're not
1:28.5	we're in front of cameras.
1:30.5	I don't know
1:31.0	to take my
1:31.2	point.
1:32.7	But obviously
1:34.3	we need
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