200 Kilos of Cocaine and a Gun to His Head | Border Static: NARC Agent Stories

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Saturday, August 1, 2026

Former DEA Special Agent Sal Martinez takes listeners inside one of the most dangerous undercover operations of his career.

After successfully fooling the Juárez Cartel during a previous controlled delivery, Sal and his team were trusted with an even bigger assignment: transport 200 kilos of cocaine from El Paso to Riverside, California, hidden inside sealed 55-gallon oil drums.

But the operation quickly became a pressure cooker.

A stranger nearly exposed Sal’s identity inside a Walmart. A cartel operative inspected Sal’s Glock and pointed it directly at his head. The transport truck broke down in the Arizona desert, forcing the agents to improvise with a dirty U-Haul van. Then, after the cocaine reached a stash house in California, a surveillance mistake allowed more than 100 kilos to disappear.

Sal reveals how undercover agents maintain their stories, earn the trust of violent traffickers, make decisions without an instruction manual, and continue operating when one wrong answer could mean death.

This is a true story of deception, controlled delivery tactics, cartel transportation networks, courage under pressure, and the unforgiving reality of the drug war.

Border Static: NARC Agent Stories features real accounts from former DEA Special Agent Sal Martinez, author of NARC: Convictions of an Undercover Agent.

Subscribe for new episodes featuring undercover operations, major drug seizures, cartel investigations, border crime stories, and the cases that shaped Sal’s career.

Listen Saturdays at 2:30 p.m. Central on 930 AM The Answer in San Antonio.

Sal’s memoir **“NARC: Convictions of an Undercover Agent”** is available now on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/NARC-Convictions-Undercover-Agent-Martinez/dp/1703630645

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