The Headhunting Burmese Tribe Running the World's Biggest Cartel: The Wa w/ Patrick Winn

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The Weed Kingpin who Hired Woody Harrelson’s Hitman Dad

Ever hear about how Woody Harrelson's dad was a hitman who killed a federal judge? The Chagra brothers came up along the El Paso and Juarez border when smuggling weed became one of America's booming industries. With Lee a prominent criminal defense attorney and Jimmy an outlaw, t ...  Show more

A Cocaine War and the World’s Dumbest Bust

When the son of Suriname’s president offered to ship drugs and guns for a major terror group in 2013, it was the dimwitted denouement to decades of narco-fueled madness in the small, South American nation — which began when the two belligerents in its bitter civil war made so muc ...  Show more

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