Surviving El Chapo: The Twins Who Brought Down A Drug Lord

Episode 10 - Aftermath Dec 06, 2023

Charlie finds out what information the feds used to indict Val and Viv, how they tried to fight their charges and their reaction to being sentenced to prison. Former DEA agent Michael Ferrara who worked the El Chapo case gives his take on the wives’ prosecution and the broader impact the twins’ cooperation had on the war on drugs.

With his wife now going to prison, Charlie poses the question to Jay: Has it all been worth it?

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Episode 9 - Life After Prison Nov 29, 2023

Charlie sits down with the children to get their perspective. Jay discusses adjusting to life on the outside. Within months of the twins being released, their wives, Val and Viv, are arrested on money laundering charges.

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Episode 8 - Freedom Nov 22, 2023

COVID hits the prisons so the twins can’t see their families for months. Jay spends 56 days in hospital. Finally, after 12 years in prison, the twins are released on the November 5th, 2020.

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Episode 7 - Testifying Against El Chapo Nov 15, 2023

Pete takes to the witness stand to lay out the case against El Chapo. He explains to the jury the details of the recorded call and his relationship with El Chapo before being turned over to the Drug Lord’s defense team for questioning.

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Episode 6 - Trial Preparation / Re-Capturing El Chapo Nov 08, 2023

After an intense manhunt, Mexican authorities recapture El Chapo and extradite him to the US. Pete holds the key piece of evidence and spends 18 months prepping with prosecutors to go face-to-face against El Chapo in the courtroom.

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Episode 5 - A Life Sentence Nov 01, 2023

With El Chapo finally captured, the Flores twins can now be sentenced. They are brought together for the first time in five years to discover their fate.

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Episode 4 - The Politics of Prison Oct 25, 2023

Jay and Pete adjust to their separate realities in prison. Jay ends up in a prison with better conditions, while the opposite happens for Pete. Jay puts on a spectacle for Val in the visiting room. Pete’s family visit gets canceled, and the prison is put on lockdown when El Chapo is arrested.

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Episode 3 - Separated Oct 18, 2023

Inside prison, the twins are separated for the first time in their lives. On the outside, their wives are forced to adjust to a life living under the radar. Jay is taken to MCC New York, known as the ‘Guantanamo Bay’ of New York.

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Episode 2 - The Three Bs Oct 11, 2023

Pete and Jay continue cooperating from prison. With a few special privileges they are allowed to see their families. Pete takes advantage of some downtime in the bathroom. This is the start of the infamous three B’s: The Baby, the Bentley and the Billboards.

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Episode 1 - All or Nothing Oct 04, 2023

The Flores twins arrive in the US after turning themselves in to authorities and end up in the Special Housing Unit - the SHU. They are faced with a choice: continue cooperating against all of their customers in America or spend the rest of their lives in prison.

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Bonus Episode - Flores Wives Sentenced to Prison (EXCLUSIVE) Sep 27, 2023

On September 25, 2023, Jay’s wife Val was sentenced to prison for her role in a money laundering conspiracy. Two months earlier, Pete’s wife Viv was sentenced for the same crime. In an exclusive interview, Charlie jumps on the phone with Val to find out how she’s feeling about the fact she will have to spend three and a half years in prison.

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Season 1 Recap Sep 27, 2023

Before you get started on Season 2, catch up on the story so far.

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Announcing: Surviving El Chapo Season 2 Sep 27, 2023

After billions of dollars and thousands of decisions made over decades as powerful drug traffickers, Jay and Pete Flores are now free and living a new life. But their incredible story is not over. Every time the twin brothers seem to turn a corner, the consequences of their decision to cooperate with law enforcement come back to haunt them.

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Episode 12 - Escape Dec 21, 2022

After nine months of recording calls and feeding information to the DEA, Jay and Pete are given two hours to get their lives in order before being taken by US agents. As they make their way to the US, their families are left behind, scrambling in a desperate flee to get out of Mexico.