Narco Wars - Season 1 - Eps 6: Rise of the Narco Army
One drug lord uses millions of drug dollars to bribe soldiers to desert the army to form The Zetas, the most feared cartel in Mexico’s history.
About Narco Wars
Title: Narco Wars
First Air Date: 2020-12-09
Last Air Date: 2022-09-07
Status: Returning Series
Rating: 6.4/10 (from 5 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 3
Total Episodes: 24
Network: National Geographic
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: Wall to Wall
Synopsis
Narco Wars explores how opportunistic smuggling networks in Latin America turned into powerful and ruthless drug cartels with the power to destabilize and tear apart whole countries. The series combines gripping access to cartel members and the law enforcement agencies opposing them with a deep dive documentary exploration of the geo-political, social and cultural factors that led the cartels' rise.
