How cartel drug smuggling actually works, according to a former trafficker

Jacob Diaz began working within Mexican drug trafficking networks at just 18 years old. After surviving a childhood of extreme poverty and being abandoned by his mother, he rose from a homeless teenager to a core operator running logistics and transit lines between Mexico and the United States. For seven years, Diaz managed complex smuggling operations, coordinated stash houses, and routed millions of dollars in cartel cash before a federal conspiracy conviction landed him in prison. Diaz spe...