#346 – Ed Calderon: Mexican Drug Cartels

Ed Calderon is a security specialist who worked on counter-narcotics and organized crime investigation in Mexico. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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OUTLINE:

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(00:00) - Introduction

(07:13) - Corruption

(40:55) - Cartels

(56:16) - El Chapo

(1:13:27) - Weapons

(1:25:33) - Assassinations

(1:34:20) - Counter-ambush teams

(1:57:46) - PTSD and alcohol

(2:20:25) - Improvised weapons

(2:23:57) - Street fights

(2:52:54) - Kidnapping

(2:57:10) - Escaping restraints

(3:06:38) - Imitation

(3:15:06) - Narco cults

(3:28:01) - Adolfo Constanzo

(3:32:29) - Fentanyl

(3:49:14) - Immigration

(4:00:34) - Advice for young people

(4:09:06) - Mortality