Kingpin to Informant: The Cartel Guy & The Street Narc
From the DEA's Most Valuable Informant to Street-Level Snitches, Get the Truth from the Source
There are things you can't learn in a classroom, and questions you'll never get to ask a CI on the job. Now you can.
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by Kingpin To Educator
Rare Training Opportunity
This two-day tactical training experience offers a rare opportunity to learn directly from Margarito "Jay" Flores, one of the most important informants in DEA history. Jay helped dismantle the inner circle of the Sinaloa Cartel, including El Chapo and El Mayo, and is now sharing the same intelligence that changed the course of cartel takedowns in the U.S.
Whether you're working a street-level buy-bust or a federal wiretap case, this class teaches how to identify, cultivate, and control informants in ways most officers are never taught.
Day 1: Street Informants & Flipping Local Offenders
Spotting Potential Cooperators
How to spot a potential cooperator during traffic stops or in jail
Understanding Motivation
Understanding why people flip: fear, loyalty, revenge, leverage
Building Trust
Building trust without compromising control
Effective Debriefing
Debriefing for usable intel & protecting your cases
Critical Mistakes
What NOT to do, mistakes that ruin your source and your case
Day 2: Cartel Cooperators, Federal Strategies & High-Risk Management
High-Level Trafficking
Insider look at flipping top-level traffickers
Federal Cooperation
What it's like to work with federal task forces and the DOJ
Safety & Security
Safety planning, WITSEC realities, and betrayal red flags
Case Studies
Real-life cartel case studies and Q&A with a federal cooperator
Strategic Thinking
Understanding the mental chess behind cooperation deals
Why This Training Is Different
Unfiltered Access
Ask real questions directly to Jay, the kind you'll never get to ask your CI
Instructor Credibility
Learn from those who lived both sides, cartel insider turned cooperator + veteran gang/narcotics detective
Practical Tools
Get actual tactics you can use on the street, in interviews, and in debriefings
Scenarios & Real-World Breakdowns
Walk through actual case examples involving gangs, smuggling, and flipped informants
Your Instructors
Jay Flores
Once the U.S. and Canada's top distributor for El Chapo and El Mayo. Now a trusted speaker for law enforcement and the intelligence community.
Bill Loucks
21+ year law enforcement veteran, subject matter expert on gangs, narcotics, wiretaps, and clandestine labs.
Who Should Attend
Narcotics detectives, gang units, corrections officers, undercover handlers, supervisors, federal agents, and prosecutors.