Top Cartel Journalist on Jalisco Extermination Camps & 2025 Mexico War

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(***TIMESTAMPS in Description Below) ~ Katarina Szulc is a Mexico-based freelance journalist focused on reporting on Cartel Activity.

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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 – Kat’s edge as cartel reporter, Carolina’s Sinaloa roots, nails & cartels
07:16 – Sinaloa fentanyl labs in Canada, Juarez tunnel, skewed fentanyl stats
17:55 – Kat quits Canadian journalism, RCMP inflated gang stats, cartel in BC, Vancouver port loopholes, how cartels enter Canada
27:45 – Juarez tunnel for tr@fficking, tariffs & border, Mexico vs Canada security, WhatsApp recruiting, cartel hiring Canadians, U.S. guns at crime scenes
45:06 – Kat’s courage at 22, Canada’s weak cartel strategy, CIA drones over Mexico, U.S. boots in Mexico, intel leveraging cartels
54:44 – U.S. lets in El Chapo’s family, one cartel close to takeover, kingpin strategy failure
01:00:42 – Kat’s plan to fight cartels, social currency in recruitment, cartel oil theft
01:10:46 – U.S.–Mexico failing, beyond drugs, cartel recruiting Chinese chem students, U.S. watchlist for narco-linked officials
01:23:48 – Mass killings ignored, CJNG denies camps, cartel psychopathy
01:32:54 – Cartel culture + environment, narco glamorization, Sinaloa power vacuum
01:36:38 – Locals fed up, Carolina’s family in Sinaloa, corrupt politicians
01:48:37 – Faction power splits, CJNG success, risks for Kat
01:52:51 – Why cartels talk to Kat, her safety precautions, desensitized locals
02:03:48 – Advice to journalists, DEA ops, U.S.–Mexico intel sharing, why keep going
02:15:01 – Trump’s reelection & border impact
02:25:16 – Where Kat’s been, U.S. firms buying cartel avocados

OTHER JDP EPISODES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

• Episode 148 - Shawn Ryan: https://youtu.be/ib4atmvMqlk?si=iw3Rc5MUkBhiUpoe
• Episode 188 - Dale Comstock: https://youtu.be/3turgHTOS-I?si=7TEfGEtUe_8tPwFU
• Episode 189 - Dale Comstock: https://youtu.be/7rerXhVYqNA?si=SSErCojtCIrmbiqO
• Episode 238 - Taylor Cavanaugh: https://youtu.be/6zsj2CHonQk
• Episode 214 - Nick Shirley: https://youtu.be/DyZeoFWz-UA?si=hUIEYcTZPf-VPEbc
• Episode 229 - Jorge Ventura: https://youtu.be/Lut9cR18FAc
• Episode 243 - Rocco Vargas: https://youtu.be/PAUU6ajzDjs

CREDITS:

• Host, Editor & Producer: Julian Dorey
• COO, Producer & Editor: Alessi Allaman - https://www.youtube.com/@UCyLKzv5fKxGmVQg3cMJJzyQ
• In-Studio Producer: Joey Deef - https://www.instagram.com/joeydeef/

Julian Dorey Podcast Episode 313 - Katarina Szulc

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