On 2Wheels he doesn’t seem like a sociopath/narcissist. I don’t really consider that badass bc again, evil is easy. Esp when you feel nothing anyway like sociopaths. It’s not living. Only consequence being white collar prison aka “vacation from life”, where all you have to do is wipe your own ass, everything else is taken care of. Easy.
There is a saying in Mexico by cartels that says “take my silver, or take my lead”. Which means you can either follow the rules of what the cartels tell you to do and be rewarded, or you can be killed by the lead of the bullet. Ed has definitely killed for the cartel and most likely kidnapped and tortured people for the cartel too. He says he was a good cop who never got involved with the cartel, but he would die in not even a whole days time, maybe within the hour. It’s not possible to not be corrupt when working for any Mexican police force. Let alone Tijuana, probably the most corrupt and dangerous place in Mexico. I look at Ed as somewhat a fraud by coming on Joe Rogans podcast and completely lieing about what his true intentions were with the Mexican government and cartel. I would respect him a lot more if he would’ve truely told him what he had to do to be a police officer in Tijuana, instead of making him seem like this one of a kind special law enforcement officer who was just the route of all good. Just put it this way, he may of not liked the cartel, but to stay alive in the law enforcement agency in TIJUANA, he had to listen and abide by everything the cartel told him to do, and that’s definitely murder, torture, kidnapping, trafficking, burying people the cartel has already killed, and more that our brain can’t even comprehend.
@@APimpNamedBubbleWithNoTrouble where’s your proof for this ? This was when the cartels were starting to take over , so they didn’t have their thumb on the police force like they do now . He also just said he’s been forced to look the other way many times
I hope people dont overlook at the fact that this man was a med student. Just goes to show the type of problem solving skills he had just walking into this hell hole.!!!
Agreed. They are business men. They are extremely intelligent. And they can look anyway either to be incognito or to try and be slick. Most of all, they can be cool and charming. Speaking from knowing a few from experience
@@mrwhatsup71 did you hear about el chapo going to eat at a Mexican restaurant? His men took everyone's phones. All they're meals were paid for and all the witnesses claimed he was a nice person. Dont fuck with them, they dont fuck with you.
@@mjohnson1741and they know where your family stays. I bet when a new recruit gets in all his information gets sent to the higher ups by his own colleagues
I am from Michoacan México one of the most affected Narco areas in the country, just yesterday there was a confrontation between the Viagras and the CJNG it was bloody. And the only way to stay safe from those people is having nothing to do with drugs, alcohol, prostitution or being wealthy.
Robert Dominguez that sucks because I love Mexico. I also love drugs, alcohol, the idea of someone being able to sell sexual favors for money because it’s been done since the beginning of time and the idea of becoming wealthy hahaha
There is a saying in Mexico by cartels that says “take my silver, or take my lead”. Which means you can either follow the rules of what the cartels tell you to do and be rewarded, or you can be killed by the lead of the bullet. Ed has definitely killed for the cartel and most likely kidnapped and tortured people for the cartel too. He says he was a good cop who never got involved with the cartel, but he would die in not even a whole days time, maybe within the hour. It’s not possible to not be corrupt when working for any Mexican police force. Let alone Tijuana, probably the most corrupt and dangerous place in Mexico. I look at Ed as somewhat a fraud by coming on Joe Rogans podcast and completely lieing about what his true intentions were with the Mexican government and cartel. I would respect him a lot more if he would’ve truely told him what he had to do to be a police officer in Tijuana, instead of making him seem like this one of a kind special law enforcement officer who was just the route of all good. Just put it this way, he may of not liked the cartel, but to stay alive in the law enforcement agency in TIJUANA, he had to listen and abide by everything the cartel told him to do, and that’s definitely murder, torture, kidnapping, trafficking, burying people the cartel has already killed, and more that our brain can’t even comprehend.
There is a saying in Mexico by cartels that says “take my silver, or take my lead”. Which means you can either follow the rules of what the cartels tell you to do and be rewarded, or you can be killed by the lead of the bullet. Ed has definitely killed for the cartel and most likely kidnapped and tortured people for the cartel too. He says he was a good cop who never got involved with the cartel, but he would die in not even a whole days time, maybe within the hour. It’s not possible to not be corrupt when working for any Mexican police force. Let alone Tijuana, probably the most corrupt and dangerous place in Mexico. I look at Ed as somewhat a fraud by coming on Joe Rogans podcast and completely lieing about what his true intentions were with the Mexican government and cartel. I would respect him a lot more if he would’ve truely told him what he had to do to be a police officer in Tijuana, instead of making him seem like this one of a kind special law enforcement officer who was just the route of all good. Just put it this way, he may of not liked the cartel, but to stay alive in the law enforcement agency in TIJUANA, he had to listen and abide by everything the cartel told him to do, and that’s definitely murder, torture, kidnapping, trafficking, burying people the cartel has already killed, and more that our brain can’t even comprehend.
Young for obvious reasons, unmarried and no children to prevent what is known as a Tiger Kidnapping. First they take your wife and/or children, then they come for you and usually request something, and tell you if you don't do what has been requested your loved ones are dead. Common in a lot of high risk environments.
Lol 2004 is when my dad took me to Puerto Vallarta and we ventured out of the resort we stayed in to visit family and stay with them. I remember seeing some military, but for some reason it didn't shock me and I didn't realize until later what was happening. Hearing this man tell it makes it sound a lot more dicey than what it felt like at the time as a 12 year old.
I have unfortunately watched that gruesome video of a Mexican police officer and his son being in the hands of the cartel, it ended absolutely horribly for them. I had no idea humans can be that heartless cold blooded monsters. Glad this guy is safe.
@@osbaldohernandez9174don't know if they have specific vid OP is talking about. But lots of horrific stuff on Goresee and goredb. Gore online def shouldn't be glorified like lots of freaks end up doing. But it also shouldn't be banned (rip LiveLeak/best gore) cause it shows true reality of certain areas of the news that paint it in a diff picture since news doesn't show this graphic shi
I went to Tijuana back in 2012. I saw cops getting punked by dudes in black suits. Military on trucks patrolling at night... I noticed this in Guadalajara too.
A friend of my brothers went to TJ to have his upholstery done for cheap. He came back home to LA. Next morning, his front seats were slashed open. Obviously, he realized he unknowingly had smuggled drugs across the border😯😯
My dad was a judicial officer in Durango Mexico at around the same time this guy was. He served from 2000-2003. Everything he said unfortunately is very true. His experiences and my dad's experiences are very similar, it's almost as if I was hearing my dad tell the stories. Unfortunately, he left out alot of details about himself. This guy is no saint, but unfortunately he didn't have a choice. He said he made "good money". I wish he would have told where this money came from. Just like my dad always told me, "An honest cop is a dead cop" I can say for sure most of his "wages" came from extorting, beating, and carrying out the dirty work of the cartels on innocent civilians. Especially in the 2000 - 2005 era of Mexico. They were very dark times. We had to flee to the US in 2005 because my dad was next in line to share the same faith as the friends of Ed. We eventually came back in 2012. Again, you can't blame Ed, because the police had no choice. It was either that or your life. I just wish he was more transparent of the dark side that came with being a cop in that time. I know he is probably ashamed but not enough people talk about the sins that came with policing. My dad also went to the sierra with the military to fight Narcos, but what Ed seemed to leave out, is that they were sent by the cartels to fight the opposition. To this day the local police and the local cartels are one in the same. I had a very crazy experience not too long ago where one of my neighbors invited me to a birthday party at their house. Now everyone in the neighborhood knows that they work for the cartels, but it's quite normal here. (I'd also like to point out that people who work in the cartels aren't like in the movies, they look, act and talk just like everyone of us. They aren't mean, they aren't hostile, they act just like regular people, they're even very nice believe it or not) anyway there I was hanging out, eating and drinking when my neighbors dad came up to me and started talking to me. When I told him my name, he said, wait your [my dad]'s kid, he used to be a Judicial right? That's when my neighbor (his son) overheard and asked me kind of bewildered , "your dad was a judicial officer?" The crazy part of the story is after they found out who my dad was, they started treating me alot different. They were alot more friendly, they told me if I ever get into trouble to just give them a call and stuff like that. Cartels don't just offer those things to anyone. Now I knew that my dad wasn't a clean cop but It really made me wonder if in 2000 - 2005, if there was any difference at all from a cop and a Narco. I know this may all seems like it's straight out of a Movie, but this little anecdote doesn't even scratch the surface of how it was back in those times. This Podcast segment sugarcoated a lot of it.
you come off a bit judgmental. telling the story second hand behind a pseudonym online is a lot easier than telling the story to an audience of millions when your name and face are well known.
@@geekdiggy I don't know where judgemental came from lol. If anything I understand why he didn't say it. And of course it's easier for me. Do you think I go out and tell people this? I really don't see what you are trying to say lol.
This story is amazing wey, I’m Mexican and I’ve lived in Mexico most of my life and Texas a part of my life, I’ve always known that cartels are gruesome but I never understood to which extent, I can now say that I’m blessed for the life I got and learning from other perspectives is pretty interesting, Hope you, your dad and family are staying strong I can tell you’re definitely telling the truth
@@rake1087 multiple times you criticized him for not telling the story the way you would have told it. which, again, is easy to do from home, where none of JRE"s audience knows your name or face.
This is unreal, what an amazing guest. This is the type of dude we need to be hearing from, not vacant, over paid celebrities plugging their latest line of perfume/aftershave(not talking about any guest on Joe Rogan)
There is a saying in Mexico by cartels that says “take my silver, or take my lead”. Which means you can either follow the rules of what the cartels tell you to do and be rewarded, or you can be killed by the lead of the bullet. Ed has definitely killed for the cartel and most likely kidnapped and tortured people for the cartel too. He says he was a good cop who never got involved with the cartel, but he would die in not even a whole days time, maybe within the hour. It’s not possible to not be corrupt when working for any Mexican police force. Let alone Tijuana, probably the most corrupt and dangerous place in Mexico. I look at Ed as somewhat a fraud by coming on Joe Rogans podcast and completely lieing about what his true intentions were with the Mexican government and cartel. I would respect him a lot more if he would’ve truely told him what he had to do to be a police officer in Tijuana, instead of making him seem like this one of a kind special law enforcement officer who was just the route of all good. Just put it this way, he may of not liked the cartel, but to stay alive in the law enforcement agency in TIJUANA, he had to listen and abide by everything the cartel told him to do, and that’s definitely murder, torture, kidnapping, trafficking, burying people the cartel has already killed, and more that our brain can’t even comprehend.
well NAFTA took away a lot of jobs in northern mexico, keep in mind a lot of the people that lived there before NAFTA were ranchers and farmers that were now being replaced by the big corporations in the USA. Drug cartels then came over and gave people jobs in northern mexico, so now your a young guy with no job and your two choices are either go to the USA illegally and the border crossing is dangerous or work for the cartels. border crossing is also very expensive costing almost five thousand dollars.
i swear to god if cancel culture ever successfully cancels JRE, im going to fuckin lose my shit. Without channels like this we would never even know who these interesting people are. If you walked by him on the street you wouldnt think twice about "i wonder what he did in his life" na youd just keep going. Such an interesting person Ed Calderon is.
There is a saying in Mexico by cartels that says “take my silver, or take my lead”. Which means you can either follow the rules of what the cartels tell you to do and be rewarded, or you can be killed by the lead of the bullet. Ed has definitely killed for the cartel and most likely kidnapped and tortured people for the cartel too. He says he was a good cop who never got involved with the cartel, but he would die in not even a whole days time, maybe within the hour. It’s not possible to not be corrupt when working for any Mexican police force. Let alone Tijuana, probably the most corrupt and dangerous place in Mexico. I look at Ed as somewhat a fraud by coming on Joe Rogans podcast and completely lieing about what his true intentions were with the Mexican government and cartel. I would respect him a lot more if he would’ve truely told him what he had to do to be a police officer in Tijuana, instead of making him seem like this one of a kind special law enforcement officer who was just the route of all good. Just put it this way, he may of not liked the cartel, but to stay alive in the law enforcement agency in TIJUANA, he had to listen and abide by everything the cartel told him to do, and that’s definitely murder, torture, kidnapping, trafficking, burying people the cartel has already killed, and more that our brain can’t even comprehend.
There is a saying in Mexico by cartels that says “take my silver, or take my lead”. Which means you can either follow the rules of what the cartels tell you to do and be rewarded, or you can be killed by the lead of the bullet. Ed has definitely killed for the cartel and most likely kidnapped and tortured people for the cartel too. He says he was a good cop who never got involved with the cartel, but he would die in not even a whole days time, maybe within the hour. It’s not possible to not be corrupt when working for any Mexican police force. Let alone Tijuana, probably the most corrupt and dangerous place in Mexico. I look at Ed as somewhat a fraud by coming on Joe Rogans podcast and completely lieing about what his true intentions were with the Mexican government and cartel. I would respect him a lot more if he would’ve truely told him what he had to do to be a police officer in Tijuana, instead of making him seem like this one of a kind special law enforcement officer who was just the route of all good. Just put it this way, he may of not liked the cartel, but to stay alive in the law enforcement agency in TIJUANA, he had to listen and abide by everything the cartel told him to do, and that’s definitely murder, torture, kidnapping, trafficking, burying people the cartel has already killed, and more that our brain can’t even comprehend.
Law enforcement in Mexico, man there's only so much you can do to survive in a place like that, most of you don't watch they videos regularly pouring out of there, but let me tell you the shit they're doing to each other makes movie torture look like nothing.
I went to Mexico once, first thing my old man told me was,, you better not buy no weed here chato,,,they'll throw you under and away the key,,,,not 5 min after walking out the airport a guy says to me ,,you wanna buy some weed,,one ounce for 10 bucks...I was fucking tripping,,HELL YES, I'll take 4 of em ,,,,MY MAN
It’s sad to see what drugs can do to a great country like Mexico. Mexico could be incredible to travel and visit if it was safe but these cartels just make it far to dangerous
Most of the 5 star resorts are owned by the cartels, they are basically the safest places you can travel in south america lol. Cartels will keep the tourists safe no matter what, they need the money they get from tourism.
Aw shut the fuck up. Do you even live in Mexico? This kind of comments are offensive to all the good, decent people who go out and do the best they can to earn a honest living every fucking day, making no excuses and cutting no corners, and then some asshole comes and talks shit about them just like that. So fuck you.
The president that this guy mentioned, Felipe Calderón, had a head of national security, Gerardo Luna, working with the Sinaloa Cartel. He protected members of the Sinaloa Cartel and the military went after the rival cartels. He missed that important part.
Theres a cartel video where they get a police officer and his 12-13yr old son. They behead the dad in front of his son. But they saved the worst for the son. They started carving into the kids chest and cut his heart out, fully continuous and alive. Unbelievable evil.
@@layoffme3346 check the Vladtv interviews with TK Kirkland. In all his stories he claims to have an interaction with almost every celebrity. One story is of him stealing a Rolex from Eddie Murphy. To Michael Jordan driving him to Madonna's house for a party. To Terry Crews sleeping on his couch lol.
There is a saying in Mexico by cartels that says “take my silver, or take my lead”. Which means you can either follow the rules of what the cartels tell you to do and be rewarded, or you can be killed by the lead of the bullet. Ed has definitely killed for the cartel and most likely kidnapped and tortured people for the cartel too. He says he was a good cop who never got involved with the cartel, but he would die in not even a whole days time, maybe within the hour. It’s not possible to not be corrupt when working for any Mexican police force. Let alone Tijuana, probably the most corrupt and dangerous place in Mexico. I look at Ed as somewhat a fraud by coming on Joe Rogans podcast and completely lieing about what his true intentions were with the Mexican government and cartel. I would respect him a lot more if he would’ve truely told him what he had to do to be a police officer in Tijuana, instead of making him seem like this one of a kind special law enforcement officer who was just the route of all good. Just put it this way, he may of not liked the cartel, but to stay alive in the law enforcement agency in TIJUANA, he had to listen and abide by everything the cartel told him to do, and that’s definitely murder, torture, kidnapping, trafficking, burying people the cartel has already killed, and more that our brain can’t even comprehend.
Th good ol days when we used to party in Juarez at the Tequilla Derby and in Paloma’s Mexico after basketball games pretty wild.. They had .50 cent beers and they had a house around the corner with a drive through window for cocaine all night long. At the Tequilla Derby they had drink and drown all night.. one night after the derby I was pissing on the side of a food truck and some police 👮 saw me and took me in.. they eventually let me go because I gave them my cocaine I had on me. And then I started trafficking 🤣🤣🤣 the good ol days high school.
As long as they don't destroy Adelitas Bar I don't mind what happens. Plus Caliente Casino in Tijuana is the closest place to go for sport betting because California does not allow it in their casinos. I love TJ.
J Dtown I’m sorry to tell you this, but as someone who lived and goes back to Jalisco, where there’s heavy pressure for cartels, not all organized groups target innocent people. When you hear innocent people being brutally killed or kidnapped, it’s MAINLY (not always but most of the time) the Zetas. With other the usual cartel, you simply don’t mess with them in ANY way, and they won’t mess with you. Ofc they’ll always be some bad people, but most members have a sense of working for easy money, not to terrorize or kill innocents.
@@danielperez-duenas5097 bro I hear you but what I'm saying is criminals are criminals. And most have no honor. If they can victimize you to make money they will do it whether it's by physical harm or exploitation or demanding payments for physical protection. Most, not all.
For the people of the USA if you go to Mexico and see big trucks and and hear loud music and people on the back of the truck dont talk to them unless you need drugs or if you at a taco shop and they pull up and say they paying everything jus say thanks
@@daniellozada3408 without a doubt but accents are hard to master in various languages. Like some well resourced organization could teach a person how to do that , that’s not Hollywood. Someone like The CIA LOL
@@dixztube bro.. cia is the cartel.. drugs are how they source massive amounts of money beyond congressional oversight.. they literally made up the game and have been directly and indirectly involved the whole time since the late 50’s.
You wanna know why this guy survived and thrived in Mexico cause I can see in his eyes he’s just as fucking savage as every single one of them I bet you this man literally has a BIG STACK OF BODIES on his soul
Imagine the us declared martial law and went after all the GANGS 🤤 white black brown yellow what ever your skin color if you're a gang you would have to go... 🤤😓😮 wooowowooooa
Roger Smith watch El Infierno it’s means Hell in English, you could probably find it in English subtitles. By far the best movie that can show you what it’s like down there. Seriously a great but horrifying movie.
Iforgetmygoogle Account or they don’t want the cartels to have leverage over the officers. If your family is placed in danger your more likely to cave and bend to what they want you to do.
What is it about him that makes him so fucking like able.... in my OPINION, he talks like he’s just another guy who just so happens to have a more dangerous job than the next, in a more dangerous area. It doesn’t seem like he’s condescending or trying to show that he’s some hardened badass. Ed’s the man!
***don’t be scare people, we have deal with this issues for years. Today it’s a career, is part of life, it’s your family members, your boss, your job the neighbor, your tv shows, the news and the only way to survive in a culture that’s been dealing with this problem from the time of the Spanish conquistadors, the natives already had political issues that’s why many other tribes helped the Spanish conquer the Aztec it’s a country full of MALINCHES***
Trump needs more public servants like this Mexican American law officer. The Problem is Trump's "learning" ability on new info. This of course is just one of his problems. Joe gets good interviews.
being robbed of my only means of survival has left me super depressed with not one option i can survive. im going to die the most miserable man on earth which is all ive known since 3 years old.
And yet Trump is an asshole for cracking down on Mexico... Most Americans have no idea what freedom and true security means until in the near future it’s all gone and they’re fighting for their existence
@@mrsanchez3036 but the gangs useually have to listen to what the cartels say tho you fool, so either way the cartels run the gangs n the gangs do shit for the cartels fuckon pendijo
One of my friends close friends in CO went missing and no one had seen or heard from her in like months. They found her car in Mexico burned up but no bodies were ever found. My friend said some of her friends that were close to the missing girl started messing with ouji boards and seance and contacting spirits to try to find out what happened to her. They say they finally got a message saying to please let her rest in peace and stop trying to find out what happened because it'll give them all nightmares if they knew what really happened to her. They all stopped immediately.
Turns out her husband killed her a year ago. Her sister and family for over a year didn't know what happened to her, even though cops knew all that time. They just told the family a couple weeks ago. She married some dude and lived in Mexico with him and tried to leave to go back home idk to visit or leave him/divorce him and he kidnapped her. Apparently she escaped and headed to the airport and he caught her again and raped, beat her up, then shot her in the back of the head. Police found her near the airport buried in a cave or something. He even sent pictures of her dead body to the family a few weeks ago. Poor girl.
