Mariana van Zeller
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
So he had worked as a journalist before and went back to the newspaper, which is one of the biggest newspapers in Sinaloa.
And was there when suddenly an American crew calls and says they're coming to do a story about the increase in violence in Mexico.
This was several years ago.
And he's like, how much do you guys pay?
Whoa, I want to be that.
And pretended like he had connections to the cartel and was going to give them access, but had zero connections to the cartel.
And then starts building connections.
His sister-in-law did the hair for one of the cartel boss's wives.
And an old high school friend was now involved in one of the distributions, all this stuff.
And he started trying to figure out
And he became the number one person to this day.
Any international news organization or American that wants to go to Mexico and do a story about the cartel, they will go through Miguel and he has the access and the know-how.
Our camera team is really good at showing the danger.
I think we're all afraid of different things.
That is not a situation that makes me nervous or afraid.
Yeah.
I'm afraid of not getting that interview, for example.
I'm afraid of big predators like sharks and tigers and shit like that.
I know.
And I was scared shitless.