Uncovering Drug Cartels In Canada - Ep 83 - Luis Nájera

Luis Horacio Nájera is an experienced crime analyst and journalist who has lived in Canada since 2008 when he was forced to seek asylum from Mexico. He reported for “La Reforma” media group in Ciudad Juarez and other hotspot areas along the US-Mexico border. He is also the co-author (along with Peter Edwards) of a book called The Wolfpack. Self described as a book about the millennial mobsters who brought Chaos and the cartels to the Canadian Underworld. This is his second time on the podcast. We talked about life after writing the book, working as a janitor and being one of the top 10 most influential hispanic Canadians in 2022.
0:00 Intro
0:50 Life after the book
6:40 The Wolfpack: The Millennial Mobsters Who Brought Chaos and the Cartels to the Canadian Underworld
11:00 Leader of the wolf pack escaping prison
13:40 Luis' memoirs
18:40 Luis' discovering a serial killer in Juarez
23:20 Luis having to work as a janitor
33:20 Most influential hispanic Canadian of 2022
37:20 Applying for grants
44:00 Rationalizing success and failure
48:00 opioid crisis
57:00 ending on a positive note
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