This is the story of how the biggest cash bust in the history of the War on Drugs never uncovered any actual drugs. In 2007, federal police raided the Mexico city mansion of the high-flying businessman Zhenli Ye Gon. Inside they found $207 million dollars – over two tonnes of $100 dollar bills – along with luxury cars and automatic weapons. But who was Zhenli? How did a Chinese-Mexican businessman go from photo-ops with world leaders to allegedly supplying the Sinaloa Cartel? And how did he supposedly blow $157 million gambling in Las Vegas? In this episode we uncover one of the outright weirdest, least-known stories of the entire War on Drugs. Watch more from this series: Did the CIA Actually Sell Crack in the 1980s? www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE2-zYEldGc&list=PLDbSvEZka6GGanXjSfH1bQNVheppFQWWo Why Mexican Cartels Use American Guns www.youtube.com/watch?v=388wlVWxGz0&list=PLDbSvEZka6GGanXjSfH1bQNVheppFQWWo&index=2 How Mexican Drug Cartels Make Billions www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dti7i1z6DNo&list=PLDbSvEZka6GGanXjSfH1bQNVheppFQWWo&index=3 Click here to subscribe to VICE: bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE About VICE: The Definitive Guide To Enlightening Information. From every corner of the planet, our immersive, caustic, ground-breaking and often bizarre stories have changed the way people think about culture, crime, art, parties, fashion, protest, the internet and other subjects that don't even have names yet. Browse the growing library and discover corners of the world you never knew existed. Welcome to VICE. Connect with VICE: Check out our full video catalog: bit.ly/VICE-Videos Videos, daily editorial and more: vice.com More videos from the VICE network: www.fb.com/vicevideo Click here to get the best of VICE daily: bit.ly/1SquZ6v Like VICE on Facebook: fb.com/vice Follow VICE on Twitter: twitter.com/vice Follow us on Instagram: instagram.com/vice The VICE YouTube Network: VICE: www.youtube.com/VICE MUNCHIES: www.youtube.com/MUNCHIES VICE News: www.youtube.com/VICENews VICELAND: www.youtube.com/VICELANDTV Broadly: www.youtube.com/Broadly Noisey: www.youtube.com/Noisey Motherboard: www.youtube.com/MotherboardTV VICE Sports: www.youtube.com/NOC i-D: www.youtube.com/iDmagazine Waypoint: www.youtube.com/WaypointVICE

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