Episode 29 Part 2 Retired DEA Special Agent Larry Roberts

Years of Service: 1989-2012

Part two of the episode focuses on Larry with the Drug Enforcement Administration. From 1989 until 1997, Larry worked in the San Ysidro and San Diego California offices often working cases inside Mexico. From 1997 until 2001, Larry was assigned to the Tijuana Resident Office, and from 2004 until 2009 Larry was the Resident Agent in Charge in the Ciudad Juarez Resident Office. During his time with DEA, Larry was also a Group Supervisor in Fayetteville Arkansas, and was the Unit Chief and then Deputy Director at the El Paso Intelligence Center until he retired in 2012.

Part two primarily focuses on Larry’s investigations involving Mexico and many of the stories he tells appear very similar to those from the movie Sicario, the Netflix series Narcos, and the book Power Of The Dog by Don Winslow. While working in Mexico, Larry was awarded the Administrator’s Award which is the highest award a DEA Special Agent can be given by DEA. Larry was also awarded the Attorney General’s Award which is considered one of the highest awards an investigator can receive.