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Narco Wars

Narco Wars

TV-142020•45m•6.3/10
Documentary

Ratings

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6.3/10(7)

Narco Wars explores how opportunistic smuggling networks in Latin America turned into powerful and ruthless drug cartels with the power to destabilize and tear apart whole countries. The series combines gripping access to cartel members and the law enforcement agencies opposing them with a deep dive documentary exploration of the geo-political, social and cultural factors that led the cartels' rise.

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Production

Wall to Wall

Language

EN

Status

Returning Series

First Aired

December 9, 2020

Last Aired

September 7, 2022

Networks

National Geographic

Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.
Season
How Cocaine Came to America
E1
How Cocaine Came to America
Air date: 2020-12-09
Despite $1 trillion spent on enforcement and 2.5 million death toll, more illegal drugs are being produced, trafficked, and consumed than ever before. Featuring interviews and action filmed with key players on both sides of the law, this 10 part series will examine the drug wars - both past and present - to explain why.
Mexicos First Cartel
E2
Mexicos First Cartel
Air date: 2020-12-16
How a group of marijuana traffickers created Mexico’s first-ever drug Cartel and committed murder to protect their billion-dollar operations.
The Battle for the Border
E3
The Battle for the Border
Air date: 2020-12-23
El Chapo Guzman’s rise to cartel leader through his ingenious cocaine-smuggling tunnels and a war with the Tijuana cartel unleashes narco terror.
Escobar's Empire
E4
Escobar's Empire
Air date: 2020-12-30
Pablo Escobar goes from cocaine tycoon in the late ‘70s to full-blown narcoterrorism by 1985, waging war against the Colombian state.
Escobar Goes to War
E5
Escobar Goes to War
Air date: 2021-01-06
Pablo Escobar goes to war against both authorities and his rivals, the Cali cartel, as his terror sees airliners blown up and politicians assassinated.
Rise of the Narco Army
E6
Rise of the Narco Army
Air date: 2021-01-20
One drug lord uses millions of drug dollars to bribe soldiers to desert the army to form The Zetas, the most feared cartel in Mexico’s history.
After Pablo
E7
After Pablo
Air date: 2021-01-27
Upon Escobar’s death, the Rodriguez brothers take over as the new cocaine kings, specializing in corruption and buying Colombia’s presidents.
Narco Cult
E8
Narco Cult
Air date: 2021-02-03
Meth kingpin Nazario Moreno turns a drug cartel into Mexico’s first narco cult: the gruesome Knights Templars.
Chapo Public Enemy No. 1
E9
Chapo Public Enemy No. 1
Air date: 2021-02-10
The search for the world's most-wanted drug trafficker - El Chapo - as told by two women in Chicago whose drug-dealing husbands turned against the man who supplied nearly half of America's narcotics and the key DEA agents who finally brought him to justice.
The Last Don
E10
The Last Don
Air date: 2021-02-17
In the mid-1990s, left-wing guerrillas and far-right paramilitaries plunge Colombia into a civil war financed by the profits from cocaine trafficking

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