I'm Maria Inojosa, and I am Penileira Mides.

And on this new series, we're going to get to know the most powerful Mexican government

official ever to face trial in the US for his alleged ties to the infamous drug lord, El

Chappo.

But this is not your regular narco story.

It's like true crime, myths, telenovela.

This is our new series, USA versus García Luna.

Find it whatever you get your podcasts and at futuroinvestigates.org.

Dear listener, it's Maria Inojosa.

And before we start, I wanted to give you a heads up.

This is not your typical Latino USA episode.

Because today we're presenting the first episode of USA versus García Luna.

It's a new podcast series from futuroinvestigates in partnership with Lemonada Media.

And I'm one of the co-hosts of this series.

But you're going to hear me like you've never really heard me before.

And I mean, it's really different because this story is not just a deep investigative

story.

It's about the war on drugs.

It's about the millions of dollars that flow between Mexico and the US.

And at the center of all of this, we have some very serious accusations against one man.

But at the same time, listening to this is a story that's going to feel a little bit

like watching a telenovela while also listening to a true crime podcast.

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