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American Greed Podcast

Inside El Chapo's Empire

American Greed Podcast

CNBC

True Crime, Documentary, Tv & Film, Society & Culture

4.61.9K Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Few are familiar with the betrayal that helped land Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán Loera, billionaire drug lord and for years the world's most wanted man, in prison; the Flores twins earned El Chapo's trust and then helped the Feds put him away for life. (Original television broadcast: 06-07-2021) Want to binge watch your Greed? The latest episodes at: https://www.cnbc.com/american-greed/

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0:00.0

This is the American Greek podcast presented by CNBC. I'm Stacey Keach.

0:07.0

In this episode of American Greet, El Chapo's American Prodigies.

0:13.0

The twins were probably the largest cocaine and heroin traffickers Chicago's ever seen.

0:18.0

Peter and Jay Flores, two working-class Chicago brothers who reached the heights of the drug trade.

0:25.0

The twins were directly responsible for moving $2 billion.

0:30.0

Earning the trust of the world's most wanted man, notorious international drug lord Joaquin Guzman Loera.

0:37.0

We were living every drug dealer's dream.

0:39.0

Tonight, Peter and Jay Flores are in hiding, but for the first time on television, their wives are ready to tell the whole story.

0:47.0

Our husbands were making $10 million a month in profit for talking to LeBron James Money.

0:54.0

It's a life of extravagant cars, private zoos, and gold-plated narco luxury.

0:59.0

But when the twins end up in the sights of Uncle Sam, the Prodigies will make the faithful choice to betray their mentor.

1:06.0

And El Chapo's empire will never be the same.

1:16.0

It's crystal clear what would happen to you and your family if you didn't do what he wanted.

1:22.0

All of a sudden, these men just run in, and we're down on the floor with AK-47s who are heads.

1:43.0

The sun comes up on an undisclosed location not far from the U.S. Mexico border.

1:49.0

For the locals, it's just another day in paradise.

1:52.0

But for one family that crossed the Sinaloa drug cartel, it's another day in hiding.

1:58.0

Over the lifespan of their drug empire, our husbands moved 100 tons of cocaine.

2:05.0

Meet Olivia and Mia Flores.

2:08.0

They've been in hiding ever since their husbands, Peter and Jay Flores, decided to exit the drug trade and cooperate with the U.S. investigation of Joaquin Guzman Loera.

2:18.0

AKA El Chapo.

2:21.0

Chapo was a very serious man.

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