absolutely, at every level. but u.s. and mexican agents never gave up on capturing el chapo. a 30-year veteran of the d.e.a., derek maltz, ran the special operations division and oversaw his agents efforts to bring the drug lord to justice. even though they were unsuccessful, in the sense, of capturing chapo guzman, they were very successful in the developing intelligence, the knowledge of how these cartels were operating. drew hogan and diego first joined the hunt with a daring move by infiltrating el chapo s sinaloa cartel. when did he get on your radar in a way that i think i might be able to get him, or i want to hunt him? that would have been 2010 into 2011, where diego and i started moving sinaloa cartel money. he and diego worked as part of a task force. diego was a local detective not a federal agent like drew. these are photos taken during their operations. diego passed himself off as a big-time operator as drew coordinated behind the scenes.