#346 – Ed Calderon: Mexican Drug Cartels
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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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(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
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