Mike Vigil is the former Chief of International Operations for the Drug Enforcement Administration. He is also the author of DEAL, Metal Coffins: The Blood Alliance Cartel, Narco Queen, and The Land of Enchantment Cartel.
He is responsible for numerous multinational operations, the largest involving 36 countries, and was involved in the real-life story told in Netflix’s Narcos: Mexico involving the murder of his friend Enrique "Kiki" Camarena.
Today on Borderland, Vince and Mike discuss his career, going undercover in the early days of the cartel wars, his thoughts on the border crisis, and what it will take bring down the cartels.
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00:00 - Mike Vigil Undercover Life
02:20 - Inside the Heroin Trafficking Underworld
08:00- Infiltrating the Cartel
11:00 - Undercover Drug Trafficking Operation Gone Wrong
14:20 - The History Of Drug Trafficking In Cartels
17:43 - How Immigration Boosts Drug Trafficking For Cartles
23:00 - Inside the Toxic Business of Cartels: From Drugs to Avocados
28:00 - Organized Crime in Immigrant Communities
30:22 - The Deadly Truth Behind Corruption Fuelling Cartels
36:00 - How American Guns are Fueling Violence in Mexico
38:00 - Operation Fast and Furious
42:10 - Mexican President's Approach on Cartels
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