#346 – Ed Calderon: Mexican Drug Cartels

Ed Calderon is a security specialist who worked on
counter-narcotics and organized crime investigation in Mexico.
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the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click
the timestamp to jump to that time. (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