American Greed Season 14 Continues With Everyone’s Favorite Drug Lord El Chapo And The Protégés That Took Him Down

We’ve got him! The second time is the charm, am I right? Nope. El Chapo after his second arrest by Mexican Marines but it wouldn’t be his last. Photo by All That Is Interesting.

Season 14 of American Greed is another journey through stories of Made In America greed that might shock, might offend, but usually makes you think “huh.” The story of El Chapo’s daring escapes and arrests are common knowledge and have even begun to work themselves into pop culture but with this episode, we get a look into the lives of the cartel wives, but not of Emma Coronel Aispuro ( El Chapo’s wife) but that of Olivia and Mia Flores, the wives of Joaquín Guzmán’s American protégés Peter and Jay Flores, who ultimately handed their mentor over to Federal authorities in an effort to save their families from the ever-increasing violence of the drug trade.

Joaquín Guzmán after his third and final arrest during a tacos-and-porn run. No joke. Photo courtesy of Huffington Post.

Peter and Jay Flores grew up in the drug trade during the ’80s when Chicago truly blossomed into the massive drug hub we know today (no offense Chicago.) It didn’t take long for the Flores brothers to hit their stride and cultivate a respectable reputation among the cartels, including the Sinaloa Valley cartel owned and operated by El Chapo himself who took a liking to the brothers and brought them into his fold like one of his own. Along the way, Peter and Jay met Olivia and Mia whom they married and eventually moved to Mexico where the brothers could evade capture by the American DEA for their drug crimes and just live the sweet cartel life. When the reality of cartel life sinks in the Flores brothers have a change of heart and decide to work with American authorities on a plan to bring their boss down, and did so in spectacular fashion although there were a few missteps along the way that involved escape tunnels (again) corrupt authorities (again) and one freed Joaquín Guzmán (again.)

  Peter and Jay Flores photo courtesy of Canadajournal.net

The Flores wives, however, were stuck into limbo while waiting for the fallout of their husband’s corporation with the Feds but the show doesn’t really hit on what happened between the time the arrests went down and Olivia and Mia went into hiding and if they are still currently in some kind of protection program. I mean it’s a full-on, exclusive interview with American Greed where their identities are not concealed and they share a few personal stories of their experiences, including how and why they got involved, so things have obviously different now we just don’t get to hear the rest of their backstory, which is a real shame.

How Mia and Olivia Flores used to give interviews. Photo courtesy of Univision

All in all the show was everything you’d expect from an episode of American Greed, and that’s not a bad thing. The show is highly rated for a reason, and with shows like  “Inside El Chapo’s Empire,” it will continue to be the CNBC staple its audience has come to know and love. Catch it here starting Monday, June 7th at 10:00 ET/PT. American Greed is narrated by Stacy Keach