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El Chapo's Sons Built a Fentanyl Empire: Los Chapitos

2024/7/9
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Danny Gold 和 Sean Williams 详细介绍了古兹曼的四个儿子,即“洛斯查皮托斯”,他们如何继承其父的辛那罗亚贩毒集团,并出乎意料地将其发展壮大,成为一个强大的势力,挑战墨西哥政府,并建立了一个庞大的芬太尼帝国。他们分析了每个儿子的性格、行为和在集团中的作用,以及他们之间以及与其他贩毒集团之间的冲突。他们还探讨了“洛斯查皮托斯”的运作模式,以及他们如何利用各种手段,包括暴力、贿赂和洗钱,来巩固自己的权力和财富。 Danny Gold 和 Sean Williams 进一步分析了“洛斯查皮托斯”的崛起对墨西哥毒品战争的影响,以及他们如何改变了毒品交易的格局。他们指出,“洛斯查皮托斯”并非无能的“富二代”,而是精明的犯罪者,他们善于利用机会,并适应不断变化的环境。他们还讨论了美国政府对“洛斯查皮托斯”的打击,以及墨西哥政府在打击毒品犯罪方面的挑战。

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The episode discusses the rise of Los Chapitos, the sons of El Chapo, within the Sinaloa cartel. It details their surprising transformation from perceived narco juniors to ruthless leaders, highlighting their bold actions and the chaos they orchestrated to maintain power.

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With El Chapo locked up in a supermax prison and never going home, there's been a battle to maintain the power of his feared Sinaloa cartel. Many thought his sons, groomed to take his place, would falter. Seen mostly as spoiled rich kid "narco juniors" who possessed neither the intelligence nor the strength to outmaneuver older, more experienced druglords, the men known as Los Chapitos have surprised many by turning their faction of the cartel into a ruthless powerhouse pumping out fentanyl into the US.

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