el chapo s home base, the mexican city of sinaloa comprises part of it. culiacan, the biggest city there, is the reputed narco capital of mexico. and el chapo essentially owns the town. it would be like in the heyday of prohibition when al capone completely owned chicago. for somebody to come into just try and throw handcuffs on a couple. it was a police were king pins who died in mexico s drug wars were policed in the large ornate tunes. they seemed to stand as reminders of the violence and the danger that engulfed the city. i think it s very dangerous. those areas are completely controlled by the drug cartels. but drew was relentless. for instance, just before he arrived in mexico, he came upon a treasure trove of evidence. el chapo had left his safety even for this mansion in kabul
el chapo was in their sights. at last. coming up chapo knew instantly somebody was corrupt. drew hogan smells a rat and makes a move. we had to go into enemy territory and root him out. a bold strike with deadly stakes. the city is lighting up. it s on fire. something is not right. when dateline continues.
culiacán? so, the heat around duck dynasty deterred him from coming around. he stayed holed up in his safe house were sent 90% of his time in culiacán, and he was not coming out. it is the last place you would want to have to go get, right? right. brady had flown to mexico to join drew in person. the clock was ticking. because of the leak, el chapo now knew something big was about to go down. the team had no choice. we had to make a move. and that move was to go into enemy territory and root him out. the task force leaders approved a bold action, to do what they did not want to do, and strike at el chapo in his fortress city, culiacán. you went in with the mexican marines into culiacán. they had to trust him? right. truth was recording on his cell phone as the operation began. this particular operation in february, 2014 was the first time that the mexican marines had ever done an operation, on the ground in this area. because of the danger, the compromises, th
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base with another contingent of mexican marines. drew much of the operation on his phone. i said, perfect. it s done. he is done. what followed was a tense cat and mouse game. as the mexican marines redid el chapo s safe houses and stash pads throughout culiacán, in search of their prize. first message that comes in from my guy says, cameras everywhere. the place is a fortress. drew understood that when he and brady arrived at one of the safe houses. i see the steel reinforced door. it s about six inches thick. it took the team of marines 10 to 15 minutes to get through that door.