#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