He Hid Heroin In His Mouth As A Teen - Then Led 150 DEA Agents On The Border

In this episode of the Danny Li Podcast, Richard T. Sanchez rises from a childhood shaped by addiction, prison, and abuse to wear the Texas tan uniform and command complex narcotics operations along the border. Forged in poverty and doubt, he turns the hunger that once bound his family to heroin into disciplined service, leading with grit within the DEA while fighting private battles with depression and betrayal. In the end, he lays down the badge not in defeat, but to become the steady father he never had. Richard's book "Chasing the high" - https://www.oneteamg.com/cthbook Want a brief weekly email when new episodes go live? You can sign up here: https://dannylipodcast.com/newsletter (Unsubscribe anytime.) Theme song produced by the Z3halindorian Embassy, zhalindor.