In just the first week since its debut, Narcosistema con Anabel Hernández, Pitaya’s new weekly podcast series hosted by Mexico’s top investigative crime journalist, has become one of the most controversial and popular podcasts in release. Since its premier on August, 1, 2024:
- The series soared to #1 in Mexico on Spotify’s News chart and was the #6 most popular podcast in Mexico on Spotify’s overall Top Podcasts chart.
- The series charged to #1 in Mexico on Apple’s News chart and the #1 position in Mexico on Apple’s Politics chart. It also was the #5 most popular podcast on Apple Mexico’s overall Top Podcasts chart.
- The series was the highest-charting Spanish-language podcast in the U.S. on Apple’s Politics chart.
- Anabel Hernández’s TikTok account, her only social media account and which she used to promote the series, was suddenly and mysteriously blocked by Tik Tok without explanation.
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The President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, whose relationship with drug lord “El Mayo” Zambada was a central part of the first episode of Narcosistema, criticized Hernández by name in a press conference.
- The series has received glowing reviews from fans and the media.
As the most authoritative voice on Mexico’s cartels, their members, and their webs of corruption for the last 20 years, each week Anabel Hernandez will use her new podcast as a platform for her uncensored and unparalleled reporting on the connections between organized crime, governments and the business and financial worlds.
Narcosistema is available for free on all major podcast apps, including Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music, as well as on the Pitaya website (pitaya.fm) and YouTube. All episodes are in Spanish, with English-language closed captions available on YouTube. New episodes are released every Thursday.
About Anabel Hernández
Anabel Hernández is an award winning journalist with a career that spans over 30 years in journalism. She has investigated drug trafficking cartels in Mexico, corruption, human rights violations, forced disappearances and abuses of power. She is the author of six books, including Los Señores del Narco, which has been translated into Italian and English, La verdadera noche de Iguala, El Traidor, El diario secreto del hijo del Mayo and, the most recent, La Historia Secreta: AMLO y el Cártel de Sinaloa. In these long form investigations she has revealed, by name, who the top drug bosses and their accomplices are, putting her own life at risk.
In 2001 she received Mexico’s National Journalism Award. In 2003 she was recognized by UNICEF, the Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, the EFE Agency and the Santillana Foundation for her research on Mexican girls trafficked and sexually exploited in agricultural fields in San Diego, California. In 2012 she was awarded the Golden Pen of Freedom award by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA). In December 2017 she was awarded the Legion of Honor medal by the French government. In December 2018 she received the International Journalism Award from the newspaper El Mundo, in Spain. In February 2019, Germany's public broadcaster, Deutsche Welle, awarded her the 2019 Freedom of Expression Award.
About Pitaya
Pitaya Entertainment is one of the leading Latino podcast networks in the world. Its roster of shows includes some of the most popular and important Spanish language podcast series released today, many hosted by some of the biggest names in the Latin world. From entertainment to sports, comedy to self help, wellness to politics, news to true crime, Pitaya has a show for everyone, and its brand friendly content and broad demographic appeal are especially attractive to advertisers.
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