In this powerful episode, we sit down with Retired Long Beach Police Department Homicide Detective Hugo Cortes, a legendary investigator known for working some of the city’s most dangerous and complex cases.

Detective Cortes shares firsthand stories from his career investigating Mexican Mafia–related murders, high-level gang assassinations, and the intense manhunt that led to the capture of the killer responsible for the 2008 Long Beach homeless encampment murders, where five people were shot and killed.

This deep-dive true crime podcast interview pulls back the curtain on real homicide investigations, street-level intelligence, and what it takes to solve mass murder cases in Long Beach, California.

🎧 If you’re into true crime, unsolved murders, gang investigations, police interviews, or real homicide detective stories, this is an episode you do not want to miss.  @aproperscoundrel      https://youtu.be/bmw09pWgQhg