DEA Agent Exposes Drug Lords Shocking Reality, Reveals Why He Favors 'El Chapo' Extradition

If you have not watched Chelsea Handler’s new show on Netflix, “Chelsea,” you are definitely missing out.

The controversial TV host decided to take advantage of the online streaming service’s “freedom of speech” policy to tackle topics that are usually vetoed or censored in other media outlets.

This week, Chelsea invited DEA agent Javier Peña, one of the real-life characters “Narcos” was based on, to talk about his time persecuting Pablo Escobar in Colombia, tackle the shocking truth behind drug lords and their business, and express his opinion on Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán’s possible extradition to the U.S.

“These kilo packages [of cocaine] back in Colombia in the ‘80s, to produce it was about $1,000 USD to produce a kilo,” Peña said. “To transport it to Miami was about $5,000 USD. Initial investment is 5,000 $USD, right?”

He continued, “And remember the ‘Scarface’ movie? That was all true. In the mid ‘80s, we started seeing the killing of innocent people, Colombian cartel members…The kilo of cocaine in Miami was going for about $60 to $80,000 USD, New York about $90,000 USD, LA about another $80,000 USD. Pablo Escobar was shipping about 2,500 kilos of cocaine on a daily basis. That’s where he got his wealth.”

Throughout the interview, Peña pointed out that mules are regularly not used by major cartels as some films and TV shows describe. Instead, large containers are shipped to America through Mexico and the Caribbean and once they arrive in the U.S., dealers cut them with all sorts of chemicals in order to make more profit.

Peña also revealed that there is only one thing that drug dealers all over the world fear, “A jail cell in the United States. That makes me very proud.”

However, “El Chapo’s” recent request to be extradited is an exception to the rule.

“Their corruption is very, very enormous,” the agent said of the Mexican traffickers and their relationship with the Mexican Government. “They pay off politicians, judges, police officers. You know what? I hope ‘El Chapo’ comes to United States. And you know what? I hope he talks. There’ll be a lot of people nervous.”

Statistics presented by Peña show that cocaine produces $84 billion dollars in annual revenues in the U.S. $24 billion more than big companies such as Google.