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Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord

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  • Identical twins Jay and Pete Flores, who were once North America’s biggest drug traffickers and El Chapo’s right hand men, turned themselves into the U.S. government with the hopes of starting a new, safer life for their family. But after years of cooperating to get the world's most powerful drug kingpin behind bars, and finally gaining their freedom with a chance to start again, everything for the Flores family began to unravel. In Season 2 of Surviving El Chapo, hosts Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson and Charlie Webster hear Jay and Pete reveal for the first time what really happened during their turbulent 14-year prison journey and what it was like to come face-to-face in court with El Chapo. Plus, find out the shocking backstory to the prison sentence that the Flores wives are currently facing.

    Hosted and executive produced by award-winning artist and producer Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson and critically acclaimed broadcast journalist and producer Charlie Webster. Brought to you by Lionsgate Sound as a world exclusive with iHeartPodcasts.
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  • Introducing: Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord

    Introducing: Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord
    Oct 5 2022

    Speaking publicly for the first time ever, Chicago-born identical twins Jay and Peter Flores share the incredible story of how they went from dealing $2 billion worth of drugs across the country as North America’s most successful cocaine traffickers, to government informants who brought down the infamous drug lord, “El Chapo.”

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  • Episode 1 - Little Village

    Episode 1 - Little Village
    Oct 19 2022

    Identical twins Pete & Jay Flores built America’s biggest drug trafficking empire and made international news because they are the reason El Chapo is now in jail. But this isn’t just another narco story. 50 Cent and Charlie take you to the beginning - the streets of Little Village, Chicago, where Pete and Jay, at the age of seven, begin learning the family trade, taking their first steps on the journey they were born to be a part of.

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    46 mins
  • Episode 2 - Twin, Call Me

    Episode 2 - Twin, Call Me
    Oct 19 2022

    Three months into their drug trafficking career, the twins have a million dollars stashed under their bed. They are just seventeen years old. Pete and Jay are enjoying a meteoric rise to the top: building a complex logistical chain in Chicago from scratch, shipping their ‘product’ all over America. And as it turns out, they learn how to build a successful empire in the same place many kids get their first job: McDonald’s.

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The most addictive podcast I’ve ever listened to

This podcast is amazing! It has had me hooked from the beginning until the end. It is wildly, entertaining. I listen to each podcast at least twice. There’s so much information in each one. Wednesday cannot come around fast enough. The only problem that I have is sometimes it’s hard to understand the twins. I wish there could be subtitles. It would also be good if they could provide a little bit more background on some of the characters that they introduce because there are so many. Please release the rest of the episodes all at once because one hour just isn’t enough.

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I'm not a reader but I would read this

the only thing I didn't like is that I had to wait until the next week to listen

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Good story telling

Great story telling by the Flores twins and 50 cent! Have been listening for hours a day!

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Well done, but hard to get past the glorification

Listening to the story it is obvious these kids had drive and stones but it is difficult to 'enjoy' once you remember the estimate of 164,000 murders attributed to El Chapo. These deaths includes innocent journalists, priests, politicians, families. Being 'rich 'business men' is one thing, but off of the backs of so many other. Listening to them complain about the hardships of wedding inconveniences is galling.

Not being able to move around freely - well the kids in the streets of Chicago, D.C, and L.A. could not play outside safely.

Kudos to the producers but I can't find much pity for their hardships.

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Great listen

Hang on because the curiosity and suspense gets ramped up on every subsequent episode. You won’t be disappointed.

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Definitely worth a listen

Very good podcast overall. Definitely an interesting story. Just a shame that the brothers talk so quietly for most of it.

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Awesome 👌 Story

This was a fascinating Story they was telling! they need to make a Movie or a Show about this!

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best podcast ever!!

listened to lots of podcasts, but this is the best.. big ups to 50 cent

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