Former DEA agent details capture of notorious Memphis drug lord Craig Petties

For the first time in more than 10 years the former DEA agent responsible for capturing Craig Petties, a notorious drug lord from Memphis with ties to El Chappo, is talking about the experience. He sat down with FOX13 to detail how it happened. READ MORE: www.fox13memphis.com/news/for...
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[@copown]

9 live sentences just in case he identifies as a cat

[@Allison_Chaynes]

😂

[@jamescoleman5317]

leave it to the DEA to take 20 years to work a case. Job security - never solve anything

[@myview5840]

They were busy going after evil whyte peeps for jay walking 😊

[@Trytostopmeh]

@@myview5840dea stands for drug enforcement agency

[@Destroyer-Grizzly-BIH]

Meanwhile we’re all robbed via taxes.

[@Sirius39170]

Ukranians and migrants need it more than you.

[@danijones819]

the govt robs us everyday

[@Calipush75]

Move to a country that doesn't have taxes

[@Sirius39170]

@@Calipush75 lol that's a good thought, but you still have to pay US income tax if you're a citizen. Otherwise people would do exactly that

[@user-ql8ps6xn9g]

Yep

[@Tesla_ofthe_Skies]

He was such a Plug, La Barbie a Sinaloa Boss opened up his home to him in Mexico and was paying off the police and military to keep Craig safe. The flow of dope to Memphis didn’t skip a beat!

[@terraf3257]

Bigger then the twins who told on chapo ?

[@santiagopinzon6699]

Your right barbie was the owner of all Acapulco at one point

[@perma45ACP]

Dolphs plug

[@KaseemWalker-ow4wo]

He should fled to Mexico when his plug offered

[@Antuan_the_Swan]

Disgraceful.

[@expertcritic9547]

They speak as if he had hired killers for normal working civilians. I'm sure he used his hired killers for people who didn't pay.

[@205ken4]

I get what you’re saying but those people had parents, children, etc, etc that loved them, At least the families could go visit & hear their loved ones voices if they were locked up ya know

[@expertcritic9547]

@@205ken4 you're speaking morality. They knew they had parents, children, etc before they decided to get in the drug trade. They made there choices. No sympathy for criminals

[@flyboysneighborhood]

@@expertcritic9547talk that talk, where is their accountability ❗️

[@jdwool08]

@@205ken4they were in the streets which they know what comes with it.

[@205ken4]

@@expertcritic9547 Right. So it wasn’t their loved ones that should suffer

[@loveshangover5062]

The reporter looks just like him..

[@Heymanesaymane]

😂😂😂😂

[@sixthrees333333]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@Cocacola47862]

Not all black people look alike what is he were asian hispanic or white you wouldnt say this

[@sixthrees333333]

@@Cocacola47862 take the joke n keep it moving u crybaby

[@HandMeDeals]

Definitely a democrat lol i bet he has ebt too ​@@sixthrees333333

[@factz3475]

Fun Fact:Petties was in Project Pat booklet for Album Mista don’t play in Pictures!

[@snippits9451]

Yea he's DJ Paul brother

[@robertprince2651]

No way..

[@neanam]

That's a nice fun fact

[@barryirvingj1813]

Facts, he was mentioned ☝️💯

[@barryirvingj1813]

His named rang bells in Memphis and almost the entire South maybe except Florida☝️

[@revolutionaryhamburger]

Wow. The DEA man says Memphis had the largest illicit drug importation industry in the US. The corruption in the city is world class.

[@TejuanYoung-jt8xw]

Free big meech it's level to this shit

[@ryen49]

@@TejuanYoung-jt8xw nah they both where they deserve to be as losers lol

[@thomasandersen5349]

This fool ain't Frank MFin Lucas. Y'all acting like he's the King. He's just another gear in the machine. Back to you for weather and sports! (Booooo Chiefs!)

[@yrntmoney3745]

@@thomasandersen5349he was bigger than frank Lucas he had semi trucks full of cocaine coming in.😂😂😂

[@lionheart4529]

@@TejuanYoung-jt8xwthat f’kn agent. 😂

[@Beatlearl]

If I was in that kind of business the last thing I’ll do is buy things that will attract attention that cost thousands of dollars ESPECIALLY if you don’t have a job 🤔

[@acgillespie]

Yea, he should of just been wheeling and dealing in super bowl suites on the side. Stayed hidden from everyone

[@enochrry6024]

Well he eventually knew he would get caught after 29 years pushing that much volume of drugs, from the cartels it comes with the territory.

[@cowanmichelle7120]

He from Memphis when you ain't never had shitt living in yhe dirty south,you gotta wanna go alllllll out 😊not knowing he PUT THAT RED BEAM ON HIS OWN ASSSS

[@gmon3y46]

Having a get together where you can be targeted like he doesn’t have people on the outside that’s helping him out won’t come for you is insane …

[@OffGridMusicEnt]

I swear listening to this crap I was like today's people truly a dumb as shit.😂😂 Yes go ahead put your face all over the media bragging about how u fucked his operation up and disrupt the cartels money see if they won't come for you. Just like they found him, ANYONE can find you too and they know what he looks like to 😂😂. I know it must suck always looking over their shoulder. The government they serving cannot protect them or anyone dispite what they might think.

[@user-se3hj5hr1q]

He’s a former agent, I’m sure all of his friends are highly trained legal killers. Him as well

[@salvadorhernandez8001]

Petties is a snitch I doubt any one will do work for him again

[@dnredd1811]

@@salvadorhernandez8001what did he gain by snitching? He got 9 life sentences

[@gmon3y46]

@@dnredd1811 he recently started ratting like in the last year or so to work his time down

[@papachub9528]

Craig Petties was the half brother of Paul Beauregard (AKA DJ Paul) and Ricky Dunigan (AKA Lord Infamous) one of the founding members of Three Six Mafia. Definitely something interesting to think about!

[@joecisneros2256]

No wonder the name sounded familiar. Crazy

[@tretso3]

Hypnotize minds

[@naturallytoasty556]

Dj Paul doesn’t even like to be mentioned in the same sentence as him tho

[@chris64k]

so thats the reason paul aint never got in no trouble for ripping off several people back then

[@rickymcgruder4868]

@@chris64k i was thinking the same thang. and the reason they never got robbed, or beat up in feuds and beefs. jeusus christ. i always wonder why nobody got revenge on them for all the artist they ripped off. if former members left in the mid 90s or late 90s. it probably would of been trouble for them.

[@FrankyIzumalakm]

"If you from where I'm from you look up to Craig Pettis" RIP Dolph

[@FredFlintstone234]

why

[@suprememagnetic4850]

Trash lyrics from a trash rapper. Why kids listen to this crap. Look up your Jesus

[@Riles3152]

Yea look up to a kingpen bringing death and destruction to his community, who's gonna spend the rest of his days in a human cage.

[@musiqsoul5354]

9 life sentences yeah look up and laugh out your dam mind

[@user-mw8to4ng9i]

And that’s why they never amount to nothing..it ain’t systemic racism

[@user-lz1pn8ih8k]

Must be thousands of druglords in this country

[@Underdog271]

In every corner of the country

[@deeray0604]

All hired by the C.I.A.

[@RealReelsRightHere]

@@deeray0604lmfao yeah don’t go out in the storms with that tin foil hat u got on

[@ekbanks]

Exactly you have regular ordinary looking white dudes selling much more weight than this guy... This guy off the streets make not a difference no one even cares, 10 times out of 10 these guys do much more good than harm with their money

[@eazypeazy33]

It’s all about who your related to and who you can pay off ….

[@stellabrooks9813]

9 life sentences 😱😱

[@princediamond5763]

We're is the book on capturing the white meth kingpin my ninjas 🥷 🤔

[@bairahrecordings]

🔥👍🏿😎

[@dwightchaos9449]

I see books and docs about them busting meth dealers, Motorctcle gangs, Rico’s on white organizations all the time. Arayan Brotherhood, Hells angels, and some skinhead group I don’t remember the name of are fighting rico right now. I see comments like yours often.. why is it just because you haven’t seen or heard of it, you actually think it doesn’t happen. Just because you rather quickly try to blame it on some kind of racism instead of actaully looking to see if they are busting white groups.

[@joeskiluv2661]

Harder to get dirt on politicians and other members of the Government.......😏

[@QueenCMB]

Now would we want that book? what about all this killing going on now. Craig is in federal prison who is responsible for the shyt that is going on now in the city? so what he is saying no one is taking the initiative to fight crime now? that's what i heard

[@marydavis2963]

Absofukinlutely the question I'd like to hear ; the King of Memphis Dolph an The King Of Dallas Mo3 assassinations an the pipeline was all connected . An out the blue here's jeremy ass popping bk up after all this time that's suspicious .wowzer

[@chardin1900]

New ninjas

[@princediamond5763]

I bet the news lady didn't has ishhh to say when them 6 black officers beat up that innocent civilian

[@QueenCMB]

@@princediamond5763 💯 that part.

[@YELLE85ATME]

A documentary is coming soon......(I'm being sarcastic)

[@BlackDynamite901]

Nah, just trying to make a few book sales 😅

[@salvadorhernandez8001]

@@BlackDynamite901that how it turns to a movie or documentary are made

[@juniorried7703]

Yup and those pale creatures we benefit the most off it 🤦🏿‍♂️. The only thing I hate about drug dealers is that most of them destroy their own communities instead of the mfs who put you in the predicament in the first place.

[@Shhhstopit]

I bet you can't wait, huh?

[@YELLE85ATME]

@@Shhhstopit I was being sarcastic🖕🏾

[@jerry8830]

I live in Memphis. F around and find out for real. Don't come through Memphis bsing or you might not make it home

[@jus10bone1]

Yea just like most places lol

[@jerry8830]

@@jus10bone1 yeah, nowadays. I'm just saying I see murders on the news every day. Most the time every news show throughout the day. It's actually terrible. Wouldn't recommend living here but I have heard their are worse places

[@Gunmannn.]

Ok “Jerry”

[@MIMILEWIS01]

My family is from Memphis and still live there and u ain't tell no lies😂

[@MM-et2jf]

Tourists and legits straight.street shit u pulled up on most likely

[@Derrick4Davidson]

Thanks

[@starfire810]

Imagine letting these two capture you😂

[@mariej.richard5114]

😂

[@rizzb4011]

Right. Homie, sounds slow as hell.

[@VegasElement]

Why? They're qualified, trained, educated, & smart men. They caught the guy after all, and I'm sure many more as well.

[@432Tx]

That Texas to Memphis connection 🚛

[@bossblck6399]

Craig was bigger than BMF

[@naturallytoasty556]

Fr? That’s crazy af bro…from dmv area so had no clue he was that big but believe it if he was w Sinaloa and Barbie

[@Sesamestreet9080]

Ehh probably around the size or bmf was bigger just cause their operation was quite impressive on how far they went on concealing drugs. They been investigating bmf since the 80’s

[@bph5070]

​@@Sesamestreet9080 BMF was only supplied 400 units per month. CP was getting 5000 per month directly From Columbia

[@Sergyrozay]

“Yeah, I’m from the same streets that made Craig, that’s why I’m in my traphouse runnin’ up this breaaaddddd!” - Long Live Dolph 👑🐬

[@imakeherskeet-wj8jz]

💯

[@verticalintegration5222]

You goin be broke forever

[@thetruthsayer8347]

And he forgot to pay top dollar to take out his enemies so his enemies put him 6feets under

[@cowanmichelle7120]

​@@thetruthsayer8347petties not dead but he might feel dead with them 9 life sentences 😊

[@thetruthsayer8347]

@@cowanmichelle7120 one is s breathing the other is sleep.

[@factz3475]

Another Fun Fact: Petties was in La Chat Video Yeen Mad Iz Ya!!!!

[@barryirvingj1813]

Really?

[@lionheart4529]

He holding’ up them Rollie wrists like he 2Pac. 😂😂😂

[@omarashby3183]

Memphis wild af for airing this content lololol

[@user-ql8ps6xn9g]

🤣😂😅, GlaDEAtors

[@terrellsimmo.s7271]

Wtf

[@GOLDENCHILD49]

Craig was pure pressure, and you didn't wanna play WITH LIL DUDE

[@getoutyourfeelings2613]

@@GOLDENCHILD49He ain’t no lil dude bra 😂

[@GOLDENCHILD49]

@@getoutyourfeelings2613 this is wat we called him, I know him

[@Guillermo_Carratero]

These are the kind of guys our youth should look up to, not drug lords like Petties.

[@lankyprepper8139]

Well the government planned this remember

[@samtrump1658]

That’s Dj Paul’s of 3-6 Mafia brother!

[@SouthernSoul-lh4mb]

Well that explains all the missing people

[@KP-ht4in]

He sounded like a businessman, how do the drugs even get here that’s the question 😒

[@lankyprepper8139]

President Reagan started that

[@rightlanegang8800]

He had a trucking company Craig did... I know him personally..Craig

[@TexasASF]

This dude was chilling with La Barbie in Mexico. This dude was a real OG. Who knows how many people he had decapitated

[@jaeeluv]

🌽

[@freshcrave4276]

Started as a teenager, wow, just wow. Young people please go to schools and learn more than how to go to prison.

[@PapiGrande1]

This what y'all broadcast on Memphis TV for the kids to see and got the nerve to ask "how did we get here".

[@leroyf57]

What about REGAN and OLLIE NORTH...i think that they were the BIGGEST

[@DreadHeadTruckerTV]

Exactly

[@neanam]

Shhhh 🤫 no one supposed to know that 😉

[@loungepuppy799]

Stupidest comment I've seen in at least a year dude.

[@check2000]

If you got the brains to be hustling in an organised fashion, you have the skills to be a legit entrepreneur. Step your game up

[@creamsicle007]

I wonder what he would’ve did if he knew he had uninvited guess trying to visit him while they were in Vegas?

[@bph5070]

More than likely they did.... Probably drove right by it several times....

[@jaykay3835]

That drug kingpin life is flashy for sure, but it never ends well man. You never live long enough to ever enjoy the fruits of the labor. Getting in, you’d literally have to have an exit plan out, but even that doesn’t mean much because when you’re in, you’re trapped in. Can’t just walk away lol it’s an overall lose lose situation.

[@stunna_CODM]

You ain’t bout that life clearly since you don’t understand. Most have different mentality short fun time than a regular long life is the goal. But most the dealers help their family out they are the crash cash cow so to speak they pay with life sentences but his family will never have to work again

[@AwokenEntertainment]

"if you from where I'm from - you look up to Criag Petties" - Young Dolph.. RIP 🐬🙏

[@primeminister66]

Ridiculous

[@aaroncortez8347]

JackAhh braindead.

[@teelynnofficial]

Now who's stopping the Govt...

[@ImIm-ns4xq]

Didn't know that was dj Paul half brother

[@thomasandersen5349]

Basic Bro, you play stupid games, you win stupid prizes.

[@ceeron7774]

Bernie Mac would be proud of Jordan and his new job

[@TopShotta2.23]

😂

[@tremailnutall5561]

😂😂😂😂😂😂awl Jordan 🫢😤😭

[@TippDrill]

Damn

[@user-ry6jq2or8m]

Narcos: Memphis

[@WingoTribe704]

He can’t be stopped. He taught and they learned

[@tashamilhouse2154]

There's even a bigger connection tied to him

[@LamontKing]

plot twist, craig petties is jeremy pierre

[@Sirius39170]

Did violence increase or decrease after he went away?

[@angelesquivel9688]

Gotta work the case long enough to be able to write a book

[@jerrydeem8845]

I lived in Memphis for 9 years. I'm glad i moved....in 1987.

[@christopherlittle579]

9 life sentences….WOW!!!!!

[@jcchambers7896]

9 life sentence is wild dawg 😮 stay out them streets kids power is just a show

[@devionhubbard5216]

But Craig Pettis is REAL LIFE

[@BS-hx5rj]

The community has to step up and not allow drug lords to form

[@keemdadream6500]

Now yall see where Gotti that picture pose from

[@tonyserrano5973]

Short lived lives absolutely not worth it.

[@user-lz1pn8ih8k]

They’ll probably give him a bond he’ll get out and he’ll be back in business tomorrow

[@zumaanandrade3961]

If he is willing to work for the (SEE EYE A)

[@JUNIER-qg4iu]

I cant wait for the based in true story movie to come out

[@HighPowerOptionsTrades]

These guys are some haters smh

[@Nemo71340]

It's crazy because Memphis really isn't that big. It seems crazy to think how connected this dude was and hes not some LA or Miami, NYC guy and hes got all these crazy latin connects.

[@DJXcalibur]

This is what I dislike. The people who commit the crimes can’t write books (while an inmate) and profit off their crime stories. Meanwhile the agents that arrested them can write books and shoot movies about the entire ordeal without issue! Even while still an agent! That ain’t right at all! Smh

[@NicoleCarson-vu2xd]

😮

[@nissanflexin7995]

#JeremyPierre the guy who's helping cover up the #YoungDolph murder 😢😢😢 He been seen around #GovanHernandez your a very sneaky guy buddy 😏 🙄

[@cflo4ever]

LONGLIVEYOUNGDOLPH 👑👑👑🐬🐬🐬🐬👑👑👑

[@Steph-qg4iw]

That’s were gotti n black youngsta come into play

[@dagmarwatson3104]

Right.

[@cashrules520]

Just say you want to promote the book. Look at the marketing. Now if only DEA cam go after pharmaceutical companies.

[@OPM4one9]

Dont know if its true but i heard Craig be getting his head whooped in the feds

[@Omerta-187]

🧢

[@Tampa_slotz]

Facts

[@Id_rather_be_golfing]

Great read to say the least…..

[@darcellafunches188]

Omg what hell wrong with people 😮

[@toorealforearth1981]

It’s hard you to breathe huh 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Dan.50]

I don't really care about these small time operations. I want to know more about the US government smuggling drugs.

[@bairahrecordings]

🔥👍🏿😎

[@tamelaydillards631]

If y’all know he is connected like this why would you make a bookthecartel will come for you just because you have badge doesn’t mean u are safe from the cartel

[@ronramey3760]

This aint mexico. People have tons of guns over here.

[@heightsofsagarmatha]

Mexican organized crime doesn't assassinate American cops, last one was Kiki Camarone and the US government severely punished them for that

[@regilee9003]

FREE CRAIG‼️

[@changingworldllc1157]

What a waste of time! You shit him down but another guys easily takes his place! wtf is the point!??! It’s a shame! A joke! Law enforcement is failing non stop at the highest levels!

[@TruthTella40]

So who bringing and got all the drugs in Memphis now?

[@systagurrl4754]

YoGotti 😂😂

[@chardin1900]

New ninjas

[@abrafovictory7193]

FBI and the CIA

[@Edd0614]

@@systagurrl4754😂

[@jimmycain8669]

Ain’t nothing changed

[@TonioCapo]

The show do a documentary on his life

[@QuivisionT.V]

Capturing drug lords is not going to stop drug trafficking going in detail really never makes sense to me

[@trusno7751]

10k will get a person hit....That's alot of time that they gave cuzin, he may Never touch the streets again!😮

[@NoClue-rat]

It took DEA 20+ yrs to build a case? 😂

[@1Yogaboy]

They were in his payroll he just didn't pony up enough when they demanded it

[@nuzhinga]

Why do Wall Street criminals get a pass? They do more than this guy in one month.

[@Glenn-lg3rx]

That seems to be unacceptable in any form of treating anyone individual

[@craigpetties1476]

🔥🔥🔥🔥💎💎💎💎

[@DV-ol7vt]

This was just a commercial for a book drop

[@mikee6571]

The plug 🔌

[@BLACKPANTHER0386]

then y’all write books on these people this country is a big as corrupt place

[@daybagodiswithyou9302]

Damn another black men brought him down smh

[@masonbrandon3549]

Duhhh that's ALWAYS

[@Cmorrison626]

But you not mad about the black men who were casualties of the drug trade?

[@daybagodiswithyou9302]

@@Cmorrison626 stfu who’s in prison mostly so do they force people to get high who benefits mostly from prisoners and prisons.

[@mts4611]

Shiiiiiiii where his movie at? Hell they give everybody else one!

[@abrafovictory7193]

It sounds like He works for the FBI and the CIA.

[@EvangelismforGod]

Did they send him to Colorado Supermax Prison?

[@Zudkvf38502]

The movie. They prepping

[@yani2499]

It's not the fall that gets you, but the sudden stop at the bottom. 9 Life Sentences. Bruh, stay in school. 😂

[@factz3475]

One More Fun Fact: Project Pat went to The Feds While Mista don’t play Album was being Pushed and Petties was Being Watched!!!! Do the Math!!!

[@KwamePenny]

I’ll be mad if my last name was Petties . Don’t ask me I just think it’s goofy lol 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@MykoDrako]

petty. lol it's cool how they pronounce it as Perez. Big bro was living in Mexico and most likely called by a mexican name also.

[@federal6616]

Each one them are really nonchalant about it. And now a book with a live signing 😮. Kinda shady.

[@MykoDrako]

this is DJ Paul's brother most known unknown. His story is like a damn movie you are patiently waiting to see.

[@tonynguyen3246]

The Japanese in the Chinese mafia sit back and collect money why every gang is getting locked up😂😂 When you become a criminal don’t let your right hand know what your left hand is doing

[@DRACOFURY]

Uuuuuh... They Gettin locced up too and departed...

[@Johnnyjingles87]

In the end the only winner is the White man.

[@blackshatemyplaylist8643]

@@Johnnyjingles87 😂 of course. No one forced blackie to do it

[@Underdog271]

@@Johnnyjingles87bingo , and they are the biggest drug dealers in this country

[@zumaanandrade3961]

How about the white drug dealers? It's never televised when they get busted. What about the biggest drug dealer period Uncle Sam. ( See Eye A)@@blackshatemyplaylist8643

[@223twan5]

Free Craig pettiss

[@lordalmighty322]

Guess who's next...

[@Steph-qg4iw]

Gotti n youngsta pending🎰

[@francesjones7709]

Ny do JP think yotti is dangerous man give the media the story on yogotti

[@Dwan29]

Brothers took him down 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@demongaming398]

What about all the people that died in slavery murder has no statue of limitations and all the police that killed people that they thought had weapons

[@mariej.richard5114]

She said Pen …..”” love it she got street with that ..