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

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October 04, 2023 Episode 1 - All or Nothing
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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52 min
September 27, 2023 Bonus Episode - Flores Wives Sentenced to Prison (EXCLUSIVE)
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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13 min
September 27, 2023 Season 1 Recap
Before you get started on Season 2, catch up on the story so far.
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23 min
September 27, 2023 Announcing: Surviving El Chapo Season 2
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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3 min
December 21, 2022 Episode 12 - Escape
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.

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1 hr 16 min
December 14, 2022 Episode 11 - Recording El Chapo
The twins ramp up their cooperation with the US government and start recording incriminating calls. But there’s one piece of evidence that the twins need to be able secure their deal: to get El Chapo on tape.

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44 min
December 07, 2022 Episode 10 - Negotiating with Fugitives
Pete and Vivianna meet Jay and Val in their bathroom in an attempt to figure out a plan to turn their lives around. Before they can get any taste of freedom, they must convince their attorney and the US government to work with them.

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51 min
November 30, 2022 Episode 9 - Choosing Sides
The Mexican federales and the cartel face off in an attempt to save the twins from being turned over to US Marshals. The brewing cartel war forces the twins to make some hard decisions. After watching a John Gotti documentary, Jay has an epiphany about how the twins could change their lives for the better. But first he has to convince his brother.

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1 hr 4 min
November 23, 2022 Episode 8 - Nothing Good Happens After Midnight
At a strip club in the island getaway of Punta Mita, the Flores family find themselves in an impossible situation. With the prospect of life in prison, or a life taken away by other means hanging over their heads, Jay is tasked with making a huge decision.

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46 min
November 16, 2022 Episode 7 - At The Table
Jay’s meeting with Chapo sparks a new business relationship. The twins find themselves at the table with the world’s biggest drug lords. El Chapo, El Mayo and Arturo Beltran welcome the Flores brothers into the cartel family with open arms.

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1 hr 8 min

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Identical twins Jay and Pete Flores, who were once North America’s biggest drug traffickers and El Chapo’s right hand men, turned themselves into the U.S. government with the hopes of starting a new,…