Part 1: AJ Collazo – Wild stories, undercover dangers, & truth about America’s drug war
Episode 229, Jan 05, 09:00 AM
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This episode perfectly balances dark humor and hard truth, revealing how cops and agents cope with stress, chaos, and danger through camaraderie and wit. AJ also reflects on the evolution of drug trafficking, the importance of community trust, and why some criminals make decisions so bad they’re almost unbelievable.
In this gripping and surprisingly hilarious episode of Game of Crimes, Murph sits down with AJ Collazo, a veteran law enforcement officer whose 38-year career includes 24 years with the DEA during some of the most dangerous years of America’s drug war.
AJ takes listeners inside the real world of policing—from outrageous Florida criminal stories that will make you laugh out loud, to the deadly serious rise of Colombian heroin trafficking in the 1990s. He shares what it was really like working undercover, the risks agents take that never make the headlines, and how interagency cooperation became a key weapon against powerful drug organizations.
AJ takes listeners inside the real world of policing—from outrageous Florida criminal stories that will make you laugh out loud, to the deadly serious rise of Colombian heroin trafficking in the 1990s. He shares what it was really like working undercover, the risks agents take that never make the headlines, and how interagency cooperation became a key weapon against powerful drug organizations.