What Mariana van Zeller has said about The Fall of El Mayo
2 quotes · 1 episode · Oct 16, 2026
Mariana van Zeller, Portuguese-American Peabody and Emmy Award-winning investigative journalist, host of Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller, has been quoted on The Fall of El Mayo 2 times in 1 episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, most recently on October 16, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Van Zeller notes that, unlike El Chapo, El Mayo pleaded guilty rather than cooperate.
“unlike El Chapo, who pled not guilty, he decided to plead guilty. And he's now facing life in prison”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2567 - Mariana van Zeller (Oct 16, 2026) · Listen from 1:37:08
Van Zeller says many doubt the U.S. government's claim that it did not negotiate El Mayo's handover.
“A lot of people don't believe that. And a lot of people think that there was obviously a lot of negotiating behind doors”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2567 - Mariana van Zeller (Oct 16, 2026) · Listen from 1:39:17
Episodes
#2567 - Mariana van ZellerThe Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 16, 2026 · 2 h 30 min
Joe Rogan and journalist Mariana van Zeller discuss romance and pig-butchering scams, Meta's profits from scam ads, Mexican cartels, the opioid crisis and drug policy.
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