{"podcast":{"title":"Danny Jones Podcast","slug":"danny-jones-podcast-462898","podcast_index_feed_id":462898,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/QCD2752074976","website_url":"https://www.daylightmedia.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/3458dfb4-3eff-11ef-98f1-ef379edc942c/image/50c9241ef432988e46fee20837d045c7.jpeg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Danny Jones","episode_count":432,"summary":"Danny’s quest to get smarter.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-19T06:18:58.127034+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/danny-jones-podcast-462898"},"episode":{"title":"#418 - \"It's All True\" DEA Operative Breaks Down CIA's Secret Sinaloa Deal | Hector Berrellez","slug":"418-it-s-all-true-dea-operative-breaks-down-cia-s-secret-sinaloa-deal-hector-berrellez","published_at":"2026-07-31T17:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/danny-jones-podcast-462898/418-it-s-all-true-dea-operative-breaks-down-cia-s-secret-sinaloa-deal-hector-berrellez","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/danny-jones-podcast-462898","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/433/claritaspod.com/measure/traffic.megaphone.fm/QCD9121540068.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/433/claritaspod.com/measure/traffic.megaphone.fm/QCD9121540068.mp3","summary":"Watch every episode ad-free & uncensored on Patreon: https://patreon.com/dannyjones Hector Berrellez is a retired DEA Special Agent. His signature case was investigating the 1985 abduction, torture, and murder of undercover DEA agent Enrique \"Kiki\" Camarena by Mexican drug cartels, where he uncovered a tangled web of CIA involvement in Mexican drug cartels. SPONSORS https://whiterabbitenergy.com/?ref=DJP - Use code DJP for 20% off. EPISODE LINKS The Last Narc book: https://a.co/d/01gWblpR FOLLOW DANNY JONES https://www.instagram.com/dannyjones https://twitter.com/jonesdanny OUTLINE 00:00 - Operation Leyenda & Kiki Camarana 06:25 - The golden age of Mexico's drug cartels 08:44 - Who killed Kiki Camarena & why 12:21 - CIA's involvement in cartel drug & weapon trafficking 18:33 - Kiki Camarena discovers cocaine trafficking 25:16 - CIA agent confesses to Kiki Camarena's murder 33:35 - CIA \"Larry Harrison\"'s REAL identity 38:10 - Felix Rodriguez aka 'Max Gomez' 44:38 - CIA vs. DEA 47:10 - Evidence Felix Rodriguez betrayed Kiki Camarena 56:42 - Recordings of Kiki Camarena's torture 01:01:19 - Kidnapping the doctor who tortured Camarena 01:10:30 - Felix Rodriguez today 01:13:05 - El Mayo Zambada was NOT kidnapped 01:23:50 - CIA & DEA collaboration with cartels 01:26:06 - China's silent war against Americans 01:33:22 - U.S. is more corrupt than Mexico 01:38:15 - How CIA infiltrated the DEA 01:45:47 - DEA director's response to Hector's claims 01:49:14 - Felix Rodriguez's alibi 01:53:25 - What CIA & DEA are doing in Mexico today 01:55:38 - Truth behind El Mencho killing 02:04:38 - \"Running with the wolves\" 02:09:58 - Cartels have biological weapons 02:13:11 - Cartels own our marijuana dispensaries 02:19:39 - Fentanyl wars in Mexico 02:25:08 - How to fix the cartel problem 02:27…","meta_description":"Watch every episode ad-free & uncensored on Patreon: https://patreon.com/dannyjones Hector Berrellez is a retired DEA Special Agent. His signature case wa…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":9858,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/danny-jones-podcast-462898/episodes/418-it-s-all-true-dea-operative-breaks-down-cia-s-secret-sinaloa-deal-hector-berrellez/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/danny-jones-podcast-462898/418-it-s-all-true-dea-operative-breaks-down-cia-s-secret-sinaloa-deal-hector-berrellez.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}