Sep 17, 2026 · 2 hr 47 min · 15 segments
Bubba and Pete continue their deep dive into the rise of Mexico’s modern cartel system, tracing what happened after the old Guadalajara structure fractured and independent networks began competing for…
Bubba the Love SpongeHostAnd so the American government has a practice of using the threat of drug trade prosecutions to extract concessions in other aspects of the relationship between the U.S. and Mexico.
And because all of the political class in Mexico are vulnerable to the U S can push that button.
Like right now, the Trump administration is very effectively using the threat of prosecuting more than a political party officials, but
They've indicted a couple of governors.
They're targeting high ranking officials, but
Yes.
Does our, military or whoever we would send to go get a bad guy in mexico do we have the jurist i mean we can't do that legally can we if if the city i'm sorry if the if the country of mexico says no i know you want johnny bad guy here but we're not we're not expediting him they the americans don't have the power to go in and get him do they legally
Like if you're part of a drug conspiracy and somebody gets unalived, everybody in that conspiracy is legally accountable.
got guys that were a thousand miles away when this happened.
Like they had no idea what was going on.
And we went and got those guys that we have to drop in like special ops and like some special ops kind of
deal.
Just American bounty hunters.
So an American bounty hunters, just some bad-ass dude that knows where this other dude is.
I had a friend who was, there's a state department program where today where they pay for, You know, the U.S. has a doctrine where the manner in which a foreign national arrives in the United States for the purposes of prosecution is not relevant to the court's jurisdiction to hear the case.
So you can legally snatch up someone, kidnap them, bring them to the U.S., hand them to...
And so the American government has a practice of using the threat of drug trade prosecutions to extract concessions in other aspects of the relationship between the U.S. and Mexico.
And because all of the political class in Mexico are vulnerable to the U S can push that button.
Like right now, the Trump administration is very effectively using the threat of prosecuting more than a political party officials, but
They've indicted a couple of governors.
They're targeting high ranking officials, but
Yes.
Does our, military or whoever we would send to go get a bad guy in mexico do we have the jurist i mean we can't do that legally can we if if the city i'm sorry if the if the country of mexico says no i know you want johnny bad guy here but we're not we're not expediting him they the americans don't have the power to go in and get him do they legally
Like if you're part of a drug conspiracy and somebody gets unalived, everybody in that conspiracy is legally accountable.
got guys that were a thousand miles away when this happened.
Like they had no idea what was going on.
And we went and got those guys that we have to drop in like special ops and like some special ops kind of
deal.
Just American bounty hunters.
So an American bounty hunters, just some bad-ass dude that knows where this other dude is.
I had a friend who was, there's a state department program where today where they pay for, You know, the U.S. has a doctrine where the manner in which a foreign national arrives in the United States for the purposes of prosecution is not relevant to the court's jurisdiction to hear the case.
So you can legally snatch up someone, kidnap them, bring them to the U.S., hand them to...
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