Episode 80: DEA Agent + Supervisor Leonardo Silva

Episode 80: DEA Agent + Supervisor Leonardo Silva

Jeff is joined today by DEA Agent Leo Silva. For nearly 20 years, Leo worked on the Southern border in Texas building cases and ultimately arresting some of the most powerful cartel syndicates in Mexican history. He told the story of his career eventually becoming a supervisor in Monterrey Mexico and together we discussed the Gulf Cartel and subsequently the violent reign of terror of Los Zetas all the way to his retirement in 2015. Follow Leo on Twitter @@LXSilva1 We hope you enjoy the show, please leave us a deserving rating and review! FOLLOW US ON YOUTUBE and please subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMYV0eyKQFhNZwLXpx7I0Ng FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @sitdowncrimepod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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27 Years In Prison With The Mob - John Bartolomeo

27 Years In Prison With The Mob - John Bartolomeo

In Episode 175, I welcome on what some people would call an East Boston legend. John "Johnny Bart" Bartolomeo was a patched in member of the Hells Angels. Ultimately through his criminality he was sen...

11 Sep 20241h 27min

Episode 174: Andrew Campos

Episode 174: Andrew Campos

In Episode 174, I delve into the life of Andrew Campos. Campos is alleged to be a current capo in the Gambino Crime Family. He came up in the 90's as a budding associate in the old LoCascio crew up in...

4 Sep 202434min

Episode 173: Frank Coppa

Episode 173: Frank Coppa

For the entire history of the Bonanno Crime Family up until 2002, the Mafia group NEVER had a cooperator in their ranks. That was until July of that year when family capo Frank Coppa decided to flip a...

28 Aug 202448min

Episode 172: Gambino Associate Peter Zuccaro

Episode 172: Gambino Associate Peter Zuccaro

After a week off we are back with a brand new episode. Today we delve into the  life of Queens gangster Peter Zuccaro who was a longtime Mafia associate of the Bonanno Crime Family and then the Gambin...

21 Aug 202436min

Episode 171: Philly Mob Associate Roger Vella

Episode 171: Philly Mob Associate Roger Vella

Today we delve into the wild story of "Crazy" Roger Vella, a young South Philly kid who idolized Joey Merlino. In the end he became Joey's driver, got involved with his own dirt and tried to frame Joe...

7 Aug 202447min

Episode 170: Gambino Family Scores Case

Episode 170: Gambino Family Scores Case

In this episode for the first 15 minutes or so we delve into the recent arrest of Sinaloa Cartel founder and kingpin El Mayo Zambada. After that I talked about Michael Blutrich who was the owner and f...

31 Jul 202432min

Episode 169: The Mafia & The Fulton Fish Market

Episode 169: The Mafia & The Fulton Fish Market

The original Fulton Fish Market opened on the lower half of Manhattan in the early 1820's. For nearly 200 years it operated as one of the biggest East Coast fish markets in the world. Sadly though whe...

24 Jul 202428min

Episode 168: Hoboken Joe Stassi

Episode 168: Hoboken Joe Stassi

Today we delve into mobster Joseph Stassi who was a complete Mafia enigma. He goes way back to the early 1920's when he gained the respect of people like Meyer Lansky. He operated with a cold demeanor...

17 Jul 202436min

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