The Spy Who The Spy Who Sold Codes and Cocaine | Prison Break | 3
16 snips
Feb 17, 2026 A tense true-crime tale of spies selling classified codes and dangerous drugs in 1970s Mexico City. Abrupt arrests, brutal interrogations, and high-stakes betrayals change loyalties. Daring prison escapes, a long wilderness manhunt, and life rebuilt after decades behind bars.
AI Snips
Chapters
Books
Transcript
Episode notes
Embassy Confrontation Ends Violently
- Dalton Lee sneaks into the Soviet embassy in Mexico City to demand payment and is bundled into a limo and dumped on the street.
- His cocaine use and desperation for drug-money drive risky confrontations with KGB handler Boris Grishin.
Pyramid Documents Promise Big Payoff
- Christopher Boyce shows Dalton a TRW file labelled Top Secret Pyramida and offers $75,000 to the Soviets for it.
- They plan one last big delivery to pay Lee's debts and exit the spy-drug game.
Mexican Interrogation Turns Brutal
- Mexican police arrest and torture Lee after finding his microfilm and a Soviet postcard linking him to embassy signals.
- They dunk his head in a filthy toilet and beat him until he confesses to crimes he denies.
