The Disappeared, Part One - Parlour Games | Investigation

True Spies: Espionage | Investigation | Crime | Murder | Detective | Politics

SPYSCAPE

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary, History

4.6 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

In this two-part True Spies story, The New York Times’ Azam Ahmed tells the unbelievable tale of Miriam Rodriguez, a 56 year-old housekeeper turned rogue agent – and thorn in the side of one of Mexico’s most feared gangs. In Part One, we meet Miriam as her world is turned upside down by news of her daughter’s kidnapping. Soon, she embarks on a quest for answers and for vengeance. It will bring her face to face with the Zetas – a powerful and dangerous criminal organization who terrorize Miriam’s native San Fernando with impunity. But in this grieving mother of three, they may have found their match. From SPYSCAPE, the HQ of secrets. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Series producer: Joe Foley. Produced by Max Bower. Music by Nick Ryan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Warning. This episode contains references to strong violence throughout.
0:06.0	This is true spies.
0:09.5	The podcast that takes you deep inside the greatest secret missions of all time.
0:15.0	Week by week, you'll hear the true stories behind the operations that have shaped the world we live in.
0:22.0	You'll meet the people who live life under cover. What do they
0:26.7	know? What are their skills? And what would you do in their position?
0:33.0	I'm Riana Neads, and this is True Spies,
0:36.8	from Spiescape Studios.
0:39.5	In my time in Mexico, I've talked to hundreds of victims families, people who've been disappeared and one of them described the most compelling reason for why these families are haunted by the search for remains and it's not
0:52.1	I don't even
0:53.2	I don't even have anywhere to cry
0:59.5	the disappeared part one. Parlor games.
1:04.0	January 24, 2014.
1:10.0	Macallon, Texas.
1:14.0	Positioned immediately north of the Rio Grande River, which demarcates the US-Mexico
1:19.7	border, the town has long attracted migrants from its southern neighbor and Mexican mother of three
1:26.2	Miriam Rodriguez is one of them. Escaping a loveless marriage, Miriam had headed north, seeking independence from her estranged husband.
1:37.0	She found work as a housekeeper and nanny, and reveled in her new found existence.
1:43.0	But at 4 a.m. that January morning,
1:46.0	her peace was shattered by a phone call.
1:49.0	Seeing it was her daughter Azalea back in San Fernando, Mexico, she picked up.
1:56.0	What's happened? Miriam asked.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from SPYSCAPE, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of SPYSCAPE and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.