Part 3/17:
Insights from a Veteran DEA Agent
To shed light on the realities of drug enforcement, Borderland Dispatches interview featured Steve Murphy, a renowned DEA agent with a career spanning over 38 years. Murphy detailed his extensive experience working in the drug war, starting in Miami in 1987—at the height of Miami’s cocaine boom—as a naive rookie. His stories paint a vivid picture of a chaotic and dangerous environment, including a shootout in 1989 that resulted in fatalities among law enforcement and informants alike.