236: Part 2: DEA Agent Stationed Across from Juarez During Cartel Wars Tells All

Retired DEA agent J. Todd Scott takes us inside his most intense assignment — serving as Assistant Special Agent in Charge in El Paso, Texas, during some of the bloodiest years of cartel violence in Juarez, Mexico. From 21st-century drug trafficking operations to old-school smuggling straight out of the Wild West, Todd saw it all unfold from the front lines of America's border crisis. Todd reveals what it's really like working drug enforcement in a border city where cartel wars are happening right across the bridge, how he transitioned from DEA headquarters in Washington D.C. to the chaos of the southwest border, and why his time leading complex operations in Phoenix became the career highlight of nearly 30 years in federal law enforcement. This is real border security — told by the man who lived it.

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236: Part 2: DEA Agent Stationed Across from Juarez During Cartel Wars Tells All is an episode from Game of Crimes.

This episode is 60:59 long.

This episode was published on Feb 25, 2026.

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