Narco Wars

Narco Wars

  • 2020
  • 3 Seasons
  • 22 Episodes
  •  6.3  (7)
  •   Returning Series

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.

Narco Wars
Seasons
Opioid Apocalypse
6. Opioid Apocalypse
September 07, 2022
How rogue chemists and street gangs brought fentanyl to America - and the vicious Mexican cartel that controls this deadly opioid today - the CJNG
Pain Pill Nation
5. Pain Pill Nation
September 07, 2022
Party bro and convicted felon Chris George floods the U.S. with addictive pain medication, until the FBI hatch a plan.
Narco Jihad
4. Narco Jihad
August 24, 2022
DEA agent Jeff Higgins sets out to avenge 9/11 by taking on an Afghan heroin kingpin and proving the close link between narcotics and terrorism.
The Mob and the Mujahideen
3. The Mob and the Mujahideen
August 17, 2022
The mob connects with the Mujahideen to create an ambitious heroin pipeline.
Prince of Death
2. Prince of Death
August 10, 2022
Drug lord Khun Sa floods New York, N.Y., with purity heroin until the DEA hatches a plan.
How Sgt. Smack Hooked Up Harlem
1. How Sgt. Smack Hooked Up Harlem
August 03, 2022
In this enhanced episode, an army veteran helps flood Harlem with heroin.
Description
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.
  • Premiere Date
    December 09, 2020
  • Rating
    6.3  (7)