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

Episode 10 - Aftermath

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

Episode 9 - Life After Prison

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

Episode 8 - Freedom

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

Episode 7 - Testifying Against El Chapo

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 b

Episode 6 - Trial Preparation / Re-Capturing El Chapo

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 pros

Episode 5 - A Life Sentence

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.  See omnystudio

Episode 4 - The Politics of Prison

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 fo

Episode 3 - Separated

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

Episode 2 - The Three Bs

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

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 coop

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 sam

Season 1 Recap

Before you get started on Season 2, catch up on the story so far. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 inc

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

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 secur

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 co

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

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 aw

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 Belt

Episode 6 - Meeting El Chapo

Jay comes face to face with the world’s most notorious drug lord. To negotiate his brother’s release, he must find a way to convince El Chapo that he’s being lied to by o