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Drug Lords: The Takedown

Drug Lords: The Takedown

TV-142023•9.7/10
Documentary

Ratings

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9.7/10(3)

Cocaine kingpin Otoniel is the drug lord who scares all other drug lords.

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Production

National Geographic Channels International, Beyond Productions, National Geographic

Language

EN

Status

Returning Series

First Aired

April 26, 2023

Last Aired

June 28, 2023

Networks

National Geographic

Created By

Jeremy Adair

Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
US
No providers available for this region.
Seasons & Episodes
Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.
Season
E1
The Animal
Air date: 2023-04-26
The biggest jungle manhunt in Colombian history could take cocaine kingpin Otoniel down.
E2
Titan
Air date: 2023-05-03
Agents discover links between Middle-East terrorists and Colombian cartels.
E3
Target One
Air date: 2023-05-10
The story of Curtis Warren, the most successful drugs trafficker in British history.
E4
Invisible Cartel
Air date: 2023-05-17
Escobar is gone, the Cali Cartel is history a new mysterious and violent cartel emerges.
E5
Head of the Snake
Air date: 2023-05-24
The FBI takes down one of the biggest heroin traffickers of the 1990s.
E6
Made in America
Air date: 2023-05-31
American born La Barbie starts out as a marijuana smuggler, graduates to cocaine trafficking, and begins his rise to the top of a Mexican cartel.
E7
Cocaine Ceo
Air date: 2023-06-07
Drug kingpin Chupeta runs his cocaine empire like a Fortune 500 company. But can his ever-changing face, keep him one step ahead of the police?
E8
Cocaine Guerillas
Air date: 2023-06-14
The FARC, originally a liberation army becomes the worlds biggest cocaine cartel, until its leaders are taken out by DEA agents and U.S. prosecutors.
E9
Hell's Cartel
Air date: 2023-06-21
How a Hells Angels leader waged a deadly war to control cocaine in Canada.
E10
The Madman
Air date: 2023-06-28
No name, no photo, no fingerprints, this drug lord was the ultimate ghost.

Cast

Matthew Johnson

Detective Pigeon

Adam Nayel

DEA Undercover Agent

Derek Maltz

self

Jack Kelly

self

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