Ex-Narco on America’s Only Solution To Drug Cartels | Ep. 665

Luis Navia worked for nearly 25 years as a cocaine trafficker for the deadliest Colombian and Mexican cartels until the law caught up with him in 2000. He is the co-author (with Jesse Fink) of Pure Narco: One Man’s True Story of 25 Years Inside the Cartels.

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What We Discuss with Luis:
0:00 - Intro
0:06 - Despite wealth and top education Luis got into the narco cartel
11:58 - Luis' early days starting out solo
26:20 - Why Luis was one of the most in demand smugglers
32:58 - Luis laughs at Jordan for thinking $10k is a lot of money to keep in a shoebox
37:08 - Cuban vs Columbian vs Mexican turf war for distribution
40:38 - Luis' insane spending habits (he also accidentally literally threw $60k in the trash)
45:09 - What happens if Luis' clients notice missing product
47:36 - Luis was nonviolent and never carried
52:28 - Why you'll get in bigger trouble for 50 kilos than 50k kilos
58:07 - Luis considers himself ethical but unlawful
1:03:53 - The crocodile story (Luis was almost fed to crocodiles)
1:12:58 - If you tell people you're retiring from the cartel, that's bad
1:15:14 - How much Luis made over his career
1:22:04 - Why we need to legalize (the solution to cartels)
1:26:29 - The government works with Luis as a consultant
1:29:41 - What would Luis do if he could restart his career?

How does a young student majoring in Portuguese at Georgetown University in Washington, DC become one of the biggest drug smugglers on Earth? And how does he survive 25 years in the trade — and encounters with some of its most powerful and ruthless figures, from Pablo Escobar to Narcos: Mexico’s Alberto Sicilia Falcón — when he hates violence and never carries a gun?

On this episode, we consult the source directly and find out how it all went down in our conversation with Luis Navia, co-author (with Jesse Fink) of Pure Narco: One Man’s True Story of 25 Years Inside the Cartels. Here, we discuss what he did to maintain trust among some of the most paranoid and brutal kingpins in the international drug trade — including Pablo Escobar — and avoid being fed alive to crocodiles during a lapse in this trust. We’ll also learn how he went from being an internationally wanted fugitive moving $10 billion of cocaine to becoming a consultant for the US government’s anti-narcotics trafficking efforts. Listen, learn, and enjoy!

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