2012

S1.E1 ∙ The First Kingpin: Juan Raul Garza

Thu, Jul 19, 2012

This episode follows the case of Juan Raul Garza, the first drug kingpin. Garza and his gang made millions of dollars running drugs across "Marijuana Boulevard," the Gateway bridge linking Mexico and the U.S. in Brownsville, Texas. He became the first felon targeted for death by the federal government in more than 30 years.

7.5 /10

S1.E2 ∙ The Ultimate Outlaw: Harry 'Taco' Bowman

Thu, Jul 26, 2012

Bowman, as international president of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club, ordered kidnappings, firebombings, assaults and murders. He joined another exclusive club in 1997, the "FBI Ten Most Wanted" list. Bowman was brought to justice with the help of an informant on the inside of the Outlaw brotherhood.

6.8 /10

S1.E3 ∙ The Godmother: Griselda Blanco

Mon, Aug 13, 2012

Drug lord Griselda Blanco, aka The Godmother, is suspected of scores of murders while transporting cocaine from Colombia to New York, Miami and Southern California; includes exclusive interview footage with her son, Michael Corleone Blanco.

7.8 /10

S1.E4 ∙ The Mayor of Harlem: Alberto 'Alpo' Martinez

Mon, Aug 20, 2012

This episode profiles the rise and fall of Albert "Alpo" Martinez, dubbed the Mayor of Harlem. Alpo and two childhood friends, Azie Faison and Rich Porter, would become kings of the inner city in the mid-1980s. But like the high itself, the cocaine brotherhood did not last. Azie narrowly escaped with his life. Rich Porter would not be so lucky.

7.9 /10

S1.E5 ∙ Machine Gun Johnny: Johnny Eng

Mon, Aug 27, 2012

This episode features the rise and fall of Johnny Eng, one of the most notorious drug traffickers in the history of Manhattan's Chinatown. A one-time informant for the DEA, "Machine Gun Johnny" thought he could snitch on all his rivals to monopolize the heroin trade on the eastern seaboard.

6.9 /10

S1.E6 ∙ King Blood: Luis Felipe

Mon, Sep 03, 2012

This episode explores the case of Luis Felipe, also known as "King Blood." From a prison cell, Felipe founded the New York chapter of the Latin Kings street gang. Felipe's own writings would incriminate him as the orchestrator of murders and crimes against his own members. He is now serving a life sentence in solitary confinement.

6.8 /10

S1.E7 ∙ Anthony Shea and the No-Name Gang

Mon, Sep 10, 2012

Anthony Shea, one of the most prolific bank and armored truck robbers.

7.6 /10

S1.E8 ∙ The Queenpin: Jemeker Thompson

Mon, Sep 17, 2012

Jemeker Thompson was the top of the cocaine trade at the peak of the 1980's crack epidemic in Los Angeles. On the run for 2 years, she was captured in 1993 at her son's 6th grade graduation. Released from prison in 2005, she's now an evangelical minister.

7.3 /10