Cartels, Conspiracies, and Camarena

About Cartels, Conspiracies, and Camarena

An in-depth analysis of the 1985 murder of DEA Agent Enrique Camarena and the various conspiracy theories relating to his death, as well as the rebuttal to many of those theories in the newly published true crime novel Someone Had to Die. Subsequent seasons will also discuss other conspiracies, historical anomalies, and peculiar events and occurrences.

Publisher

Jack Luellen

Category

history · true crime

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

25 Feb 2022

Latest episode

12 Aug 2025

Latest episodes

130 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   12 Aug 2025

   Episode 129: No Death Penalties and the Possibity of Military Action in Latin America

   In this Episode, I look at the recent disclosure of President Trump's directive to the Pentagon to begin using military force against certain Latin American cartels and what it might mean for Mexico and Venezuela. I then discuss the Department of Justice's recent decision to NOT seek the death penalty in its pending cases against El Mayo, Vicente Carrillo Fuentes, and Rafael Caro Quintero.  In particular, I opine on the RCQ decision and what it does for the concept of closure in the Camarena case. Finally, I announce an indefinite hiatus from the podcast to focus on other matters, while I continue to investigate the Camarena case and other matters.  I also note the re-start of the Cartels, Conspiracies, and Camarena YouTube channel.

2. 

   14 Jul 2025

   Episode 128: Updates on Mayo, Ovidio, and Caro and the Turf War Between DEA and HSI

   In this Episode, I provide an update on El Mayo's case, discuss Ovidio's guilty plea, and look at the discovery provided by the government to Caro Quintero's defense team. I then look at the complimentary and sometimes competitive roles of DEA and HSI and examine realignments of responsibilities and oversight proposed by the Trump administration that could place the DEA in a subordinate role to the HSI.

3. 

   30 Jun 2025

   Episode 127: The CJNG - Los Chapitos Alliance: What is it and What does it Mean?

   The host examines the CJNG - Los Chapitos alliance, exploring its formation, its alignment with DEA threat assessments, and empirical evidence of CJNG's response to the CDS civil war.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.1 / 5

48 ratings

Spotify

3.2 / 5

126 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 35 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

35

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

89

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