S21 Ep77: Killing The Lieutenant w/ Lt. Raul J. Diaz & Sean Oliver
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🗓️ 30 June 2026
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Summary
True Crime Tuesday presents: Killing The Lieutenant with retired Lieutenant/Sargeant/Private Investigator/ Author Raul J. Diaz and Podcaster/Author, Sean Oliver!
The infamy of Miami's cocaine wars of the 1970's and 80's is forever etched in the darkest chapters in US History, and Lt. Raul Diaz was on the front lines for it all! The decorated and controversial lawman had his finger on the pulse of the Magic City when law enforcement lost its grip on crime when a new breed of criminal flooded South Florida's streets! Lt. Diaz has seen it all, from the aftermath of the French Connection to going up against Griselda Blanco. His successes came at a cost, both professionally and personally!
On Today's program, Lt. Diaz and Sean Oliver join us to talk about Raul's family's history in Cuba and emigrating to the US, the difficulty in ascending in the ranks of the MDPD, his relationship with Monkey Morales and his dealings with Griselda Blanco, the extreme personal and professional toll serving on not only the narcotics division, but the counter-terrorism division as well, and more!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome into the best in True Crime Podcasting. |
| 0:25.5 | This is True Crime Tuesday. |
| 0:26.4 | I'm your host, Tim Dennis. |
| 0:27.3 | Excited about today's show, folks. |
| 0:29.0 | We're heading back into True Crime this week after we had a couple of fictional books the last couple of weeks, which we've had some great authors on. |
| 0:38.0 | Caitlin Rothier among those authors the last couple of weeks. |
| 0:41.9 | This week, we're diving right into the Miami Cocaine Wars. |
| 0:46.4 | A great book over the last weekend that I got to read. |
| 0:49.3 | I know I sound like Yoda when I say that. |
| 0:51.4 | Killing the Lieutenant, fighting Miami's Cocaine Wars, hunting Griselda Blanco, and my fight |
| 0:57.5 | to stay alive. |
| 0:59.3 | Folks, this book is amazing. |
| 1:01.5 | Got the chance to read this over the weekend, and I've got two great guests this week. |
| 1:06.1 | I've got Sean Oliver and Lieutenant Raul Diaz with me this week. |
| 1:13.0 | And I tell you what, we're just going to jump into it. |
| 1:19.5 | Both men have distinguished backgrounds that we can get to here in just a bit. |
| 1:21.6 | But I tell you what, let's just bring them in and let's talk to him. |
| 1:28.0 | I want to start first, I want to bring in Sean Oliver first. |
| 1:33.0 | Sean Oliver, distinguished author, a podcaster, and much, much more. |
| 1:35.0 | Sean, first of all, welcome into the program. |
| 1:37.2 | We'll bring Lieutenant Diaz here in just a minute. |
| 1:43.3 | But Sean, I want to first talk about how you met Lieutenant Diaz, because this, I think, |
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