Press Play with Madeleine Brand
El Chapo trial: $100 million bribes and nighttime sewer escapes
There’s been plenty of drama this week at the El Chapo trial, where it was revealed that he allegedly bribed a Mexican president. He also performed a movie-like escape in the dead of night as agents came to arrest him.
By Madeleine Brand • • 48m ListenThere’s been plenty of drama this week at the El Chapo trial, where it was revealed that he allegedly bribed a Mexican president. He also performed a movie-like escape in the dead of night as agents came to arrest him.
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