Every weekday, we recommend a podcast related to a movie or TV show you can watch at home: This vicious leader had very little regard for human life as if it stood in the way of his business. Pablo Acosta Villarreal commanded a 500 person operation on both sides of the border—before his downfall and death in 1987. For more episodes like this one, subscribe to Kingpins on Spotify. The series Narcos: Mexico is now available to stream!

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