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Ed Calderon was a police officer in Baja California, Mexico, for 12 years, working in counter-narcotics and organized-crime units in the northern border region. During this time, he witnessed gun smuggling and narcotics smuggling.
He has since worked with members of the US Army, and Mexican and United States intelligence service agents, doing security consulting. He specializes in anti-abduction training, edged-weapon training, and executive-protection work.
Calderon talks to Insider about the practicalities of firearms trafficking across the border. He discusses the point of sale in the US, methods of smuggling, and how the weapons end up in the hands of the Cartels. The Mexican government has estimated that 200,000 firearms are smuggled from the United States each year.
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Chapter 1: The Smuggling - 00:28
Chapter 2: The Border - 03:52
Chapter 3: The Recruitment - 5:30
Chapter 4: The Market - 7:34
Chapter 5: The Source - 9:53
Chapter 6: The Future - 12:50
Chapter 7: The Backstory - 16:27
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@theemissary1313 Год назад

Massive amount of respect to Ed Calderon and others who speak on here about drug crime in particular, especially when calling out law enforcements and governments for their corruption. These people have been in that trade and know and are known by others presumably still working it, so the threat to their lives must still be very real, so this is a level of bravery above and beyond what most of the rest of us will ever encounter.

@chill5978 Год назад

You literally know nothing and are just saying words. Keep it to yourself literally. Embarrassing.

@nonye0 Год назад

he's probably silence by now :P

@MrTakin00 Год назад

He was part of the corruption and is pretending to have the moral high ground 😂

@kingjoe3rd Год назад

the amount of cartel lackeys that exist in youtube comments associated with ed calderon is gross and typical for the most low of the human race.

@dustyclasso2012 Год назад

@@MrTakin00 yeah that's why he can't go to Mexico right

@docbp87 Год назад

Ed is an absolute legend. Been following him since way back in the day on the forums he used to post on, while he was still active south of the border. He's as real-deal as it gets. Highly recommend some of his more long-form content,/interviews/discussions he has done.

@jackjack4412 Год назад

Why is he trying to be famous?

@eldesmadres8945 Год назад

@@jackjack4412 he has become a journalist and is simply spreading the information on topics that many have a misguided idea of

@daveblueballz6659 Год назад

@@jackjack4412 why are you crying?

@TheeApple Год назад

ed is literally part of the cartel too, you guys are so gullible. you can't become a cop in Mexico if your not on their agenda

@docbp87 Год назад

@@TheeApple found the cartel plant.

@jerrydickerson1111 Год назад

First you join the ATF then you send agents to purchase large amounts of guns then you tell federal border agents to let specific cars across the border

@TheSprinklerNinja Год назад

Under-rated comment

@Ktmfan450 Год назад

You forgot the part where CIA sells the guns in exchange for Fentanyl that they offload to street gangs

@bedoy34 Год назад

first you allow American corporations and American citizens buy guns with out keeping track or account of any of it..

@KILLSWITCH14FP69 Год назад

@@bedoy34 gotta love 2A

@heathermillsphantomlimb9314 Год назад

@@bedoy34 they do keep track of a lot of it. But, why exactly does tracking matter all that much when the overwhelming majority of confiscated illegal weapons or weapons used in a crime have the serial numbers filed off?

@spornge Год назад

There is one story that sticks with me , I knew this guy from El Salvador in the Army, he was in the Army after moving to the US in his mid teens with is family, his father had been a federal officer, his father was third generation . One day he came across an attempted bribe and had to quit that day as his son told it, the problem is this, you do not go looking for the cartel bribe it is just made , in this case not even in person, you have the choice take the money and they own you, do not take the money and now you are threat. I can not imagine the nightmare of trying to be a good cop south of the border.

@__BenDiaz Год назад

What was the conclusion of your story?

@jonaak7 Год назад

@@__BenDiaz I would assume the conclusion would be there are no clean cops in Mexico. You either take a bribe and work for the cartel and live, or you refuse the bribe, stay clean, and die.

@4h844 Год назад

@@__BenDiaz he quit to not take the money and to not be a threat so he wouldnt be killed.

@dakistle Год назад

@@__BenDiaz Plata o plomo

@awsblacknight6956 Год назад

@@dakistle cool phrase

@dakiler2028 Год назад

So happy to see Ed on the Insider. This guy has been massively slept on. His podcast with Shawn Ryan was literally the first 4-hour podcast ive completed in my life. Listening to his insights only on audio is more engaging than the best action movie. Good on you bro, keep it up!!!

@OG_HakunaMatata Год назад

I saw him on a different podcast and then I came across the S.R.S and it's amazing he's slowly being in other podcasts.

@ALCRAN2010 Год назад

Ed Calderon is not as he says he is. He sure has seen and experienced these things. But I personally see holes in his story.

@PP-ky2ji Год назад

@@ALCRAN2010 yeah on purpose nature of his past life

@__dur__bridge__ Год назад

@@ALCRAN2010 Another anonymous nobody commenting nothing of substance and devoid of proof.

@dirtydan9941 11 месяцев назад

@@__dur__bridge__ joined 1 year ago. How old are you MR/MS KLD

@joshmajor8662 Год назад

I’m shocked you all actually used Ed!! He’s a wealth of knowledge but rarely utilized

@nickdotson21 Год назад

Ed is a wealth of knowledge, keeps up with current trends in Mexico and has first hand knowledge. He’s been a guest on a bunch of podcast & shared insane stories

@mayito9100 Год назад

Years of living a dangerous life and being on the wrong side of the law has taught me that a tough man knows when and how to get out of a situation, but a smart man never gets himself into one.

@eciekoc Год назад

yeah...

@nightfighter7452 Год назад

yeah...

@METALMONKEYcarlo Год назад

Yeah...

@upload2137 Год назад

Sure buddy

@SkinniJ Год назад

Go back to playing Mario kiddo.

@pab1381 Год назад

Good to see Ed on this channel. Been watching him for a couple years now.

@twillis8729 7 месяцев назад

Ed is a national Treasure on both sides of the border. We are truly lucky to have him sharing his wisdom.

@Berm_Blaster 10 месяцев назад

I’d like to congratulate drugs for winning the war on drugs

@rosebudd2482 18 дней назад

Very true! A war that man won't be able to win.

@iamme3364 Год назад

Really appreciate insider for giving people like Ed a larger platform to help educate people on the world’s many problems.

@judetchua Год назад

This guy really knows what he's talking about. I've seen videos of ATF agents showing how stupid they are.

@smokingcrab2290 Год назад

The atf exists solely to oppress law abiding gun owners while trafficking guns to criminals

@Whateveryouwannacallme Год назад

Yeah the AFT is truly some stupid people. They can’t even decide what a pistol brace is. They can’t even tell the US what the rules are, that they themselves make up. It’s hard to have faith in them when they can’t even can’t tell us what they say is “okay” to own. And what’s “Not Okay” to own.

@alanfike Год назад

A volunteer for the ATF must be the type to watch Star Wars but cheer on the Stormtroopers.

@joshuasmith6346 Год назад

They're not stupid They're just in on it

@jebbus8387 Год назад

@@joshuasmith6346 no they'e stupid

@mountaindew3201 Год назад

Respect to Ed Calderon for continuing his work as a technical advisor with firearms and bringing up the topic of operation fast and furious reoccurring

@postingwhateveriwant Год назад

The Ed fandom is real. Happy to see him on this channel and all the support.

@GamerMarine89 Год назад

I love hearing Ed talk. All the podcasts he's on and just his insta page are all interesting and always a good interview.

@kendelvalle8299 Год назад

Excellent presentation. Informative and interesting.

@armandorc Год назад

Thanks for making this type of content. It's very informative and shines light on a different side of a multifaceted issue.

@mdog111 Год назад

Heart rending and one of the best so far in this series of interviews.

@benballer617 Год назад

My ex used to buy guns with her family and then smuggle them in a truck. She lied to her friends and never told them. They never suspected that she was using them. She used to tell them that they were going to party. She got 15 years and some of her friends got 5 and 3 years in prison. I truly feel sorry for her friends they never knew and they were innocent

@antoinemarous7308 Год назад

I wonder why she got 15 if the most you can get is up to 10 but they never give 10

@benballer617 Год назад

@@antoinemarous7308 something to do with conspiracy and I think she was connected to a homicide. I broke things off when she got arrested. So I don’t know the full story

@dragonf1092 Год назад

She should have used the second amendment, and title 18 U.S.C. section 241 conspiracy against rights and 242 deprivation of rights under color of law in the court. And title 5 U.S.C. sections 3331,3333,7311 Perjury in violating oath of office which is treason and a felony. U.C.C. 1-308 all rights reserved with extreme prejudice, Freedom of speech.

@XoeCox Год назад

Was the money good?

@redlion7578 Год назад

@Dragon F Well, if she got caught in Mexico trying to smuggle guns in, there is no Second Amendment or any other vague or illogical laws, concepts or excuses to committing crimes in another country that will excuse or get you off. If you don't want to do the time, don't do the crime.

@ozzy919 Год назад

Ed is the best thank you for everything brother

@jaysonxxx6971 Год назад

It's great to see Ed on this channel, greetings from El Salvador.

@jimmay1988 Год назад

Thank you for finally bringing up operation "Fast and Furious", lead by Attorney General Eric Holder under the Obama Administration!

@girby299 Год назад

Operation Wide Receiver took place under Bush. They were both part of Project Gunrunner.

@wood-wheel-wizard Год назад

Let me guess, all these issues we got are Obama’s fault.

@1dirkmanchest Год назад

Edit to add; The ATF pressured FFL (licensed Federal Firearm dealers) to make sales to young women that had no idea what they were buying. I talked to one female that had just been convicted of buying 3 .50 caliber rifles to give to her boyfriend to "walk" them across the border. The FFL refused sales and was threatened by our agents to make the sales anyway or face retribution. She was sentenced to three years and she stated that he got eleven years. So it was more than just watching purchases being made and following the smuggler. Just like the FBI/CIA put pressure on Twitter to censor news stories. There is corruption on both sides of the border and in our foreign terrorist task groups that influenced FB, Twitter, RU-vid, and others to ban questions about certain politicians' electronics.

@adamjensen8775 Год назад

Eric Holder and Fast & Furious. Ed talked about how FN Five SeveN pistols were suddenly being used around Mexico at the time

@jamesfarrell8339 Год назад

Thank you for your service and dedication

@Crashtechs Год назад

Ed is an amazing dude. Podcasts he’s been on are eye opening. He’s the real deal.

@fettywap1738 Год назад

Great to see Ed getting more recognition. Been an OG follower. Keep going Ed

@alext4758 Год назад

Love to see Ed around here, el sabe lo que tiene que saber.

@calebbrown6735 Год назад

I'm from San Diego and Tijuanas problem have been felt all over.

@larisaaviles5136 Год назад

Love that man!! So knowledgeable & doesn’t hold back on speaking the truth

@detritus10001 Год назад

You are a genuine hero, sir!

@Bleh693 Год назад

Big respect for this dude telling how it is.

@brandonjames3 Год назад

Wow… thanks AFT. Disappointed even knowing that the US still has that as an organization. I can’t think of 1 thing in the past 10 years that they’ve done positive for this country.

@turcitox Год назад

Usmail

@whodat9198 Год назад

@turcitox ATF does mail now?? Clearly public school hasn't been a positive since you can't read....

@Ktmfan450 Год назад

Alcohol and Tobacco should be part of FDA Guns should be overseen by the FBI

$@fracturedframe1462$

@fracturedframe1462 Год назад

@@Ktmfan450 i feel like alcohol and tobacco should be handled by the DEA instead

@kevinclause4p55p5 Год назад

I can name a few bad things. Operation fast and furious. Waco. Ruby ridge. Edit I can name 1 "good" thing. They help control the pet population.

@btrswt35 8 месяцев назад

Gotta give the man a lot of respect for speaking of the corruption on both sides. And he never put the blame on any one thing but pointed out a multitude of problems.

@WatchMilesTV 6 месяцев назад

Damn… I did not expect that last segment. That was deep man. You can tell that this man really put his whole soul into this life.

@Skhmt Год назад

Ah trebuchets really do solve everything

@rimwell Год назад

wait they can easily just cure cancer or I guess destory.

@cachecow Год назад

It's my favorite word!

@casedistorted Год назад

Text book trebuchet, not a catapult.

@MrBgglsWrth Год назад

This will give credence to Ed's story. I live 90 miles from the border. Years ago, my brother had a friend that did gunsmithing as a side hustle. One day, I went with my brother to his friends house, where I met a 'friend' of my brothers friend. This 'friend', as I found out later, had 'commissioned' my brothers friend to build 6 AR platform rifles, giving him a large amount of money as a deposit. I'm not the smartest person, but I figured out real quick what this guy was about and where the finished rifles were going to go. I wanted no part of this guy and couldn't put enough distance between myself and this 'friend', whom, thankfully, I never saw again. As a side note, my previous job was in a service industry that had me going into people's homes. I've seen firsthand on at least three occasions, evidence of people smuggling in the homes, one actually had two ladies in these 'hidey' spots (I walked in on them watching T.V. in this 'hidey' spot, believing it was some sort of storage room, just not for storing people). If you think for a second the U.S. government isn't complicit in this, you're a fool as it became a case of "nothing to see here" as a result of reporting it.

@ALCRAN2010 Год назад

Ok. Do all folks from Baja guys speak English as native as Ed? Also, do all Baja guys talk Spanish like a pocho?

@Ktmfan450 Год назад

Border Control hates the migrant caravans because they can't make any money off of them

@kevinm8865 Год назад

LoL. Crazy but I believe it.

@stefanmolnapor910 Год назад

100%

@luisarturoorduna2098 Год назад

Your friend must have had access to serious equipment and tools and skills to build AR platform rifles, AR-15/M4 rifles are very complex when it comes to parts.... not at all like the stamped steel for the AKM's

@allanj917 Год назад

Very accurate. He's a great consultant & specialist.

@alexandersumrall6408 Год назад

Wow amazing story and well put together. Thanks so much for everything and I’ve learned so much from this!!

@stefanflood2457 Год назад

This has been a huge problem for many years. I grew up in Point Loma, San Diego. I went to school with people who brag online about moving guns around.

@jess500texas Год назад

They have a job opportunity at the atf

@otfcody7623 7 месяцев назад

Yeah there was kids at my school who used to bring guns from mexico and sell them on snapchat crazy

@claytonberg721 7 месяцев назад

Honestly most of our illegal guns in canada come from the south.

@mauryballstein8863 Год назад

I always worry about Ed. He’s taught a lot of people including me things that we may have never found out otherwise and ALOT of people in Mexico have a problem with what he does I’m sure .

@Noredlac_ Год назад

Having family from all sorts of paths of life, Ed might even be one of my distant relatives, I always told people about this stuff but it was just brushed off as conspiracy theory lol

@mindfulnessorganix1588 Год назад

How if he be going to Mexico

@danieldelrancho5749 Год назад

Ppl in Mexico we have no issue with him at all.

@James_Edward59 Год назад

@@Noredlac_ What makes you think he’s your relative?

@Noredlac_ Год назад

@@James_Edward59 same last name with family in tj

@josebonito6013 Год назад

Again thank you sir for enlightening us in many many points that although I suspected were so, hadn’t heard from experienced said issues were factual. Thank you.

@maxcullen3427 Год назад

Amazing interview one with The shawn ryan show is so impressive not disrespecting this one but just free flowing chat between a seal and this man just incredible

@T3hderk87 6 месяцев назад

The actual scariest part that Ed spoke of was the insistence on how he had to get out fast.... You don't normally do that with a job you've been at for 12 years. I pray for him and his family's safety because that sounds like he was in a serious situation and had to make like a ghost or become one. Thank you Ed!

@daehr9399 11 месяцев назад

6:30 this is very accurate. Once my grandfather accidentally smuggled a straight razor so sharp it could cut air through not one, not two, but three airports. We only realized it had been in his pocket by the time we landed at our destination. TSA would wave him past security because he wore a "KOREAN WAR VETERAN" hat and usually they'd salute him or thank him for his service. It still find it funny to this day.

@williamwolfkiel3652 9 месяцев назад

I had a little credit card shaped folding knife that I bought on a whim and forgot about. I took it through maybe ~6 US airport security points in a backpack and only had it taken by Taiwanese airport security.

@yommish 9 месяцев назад

It seems like everyone had a story like this. TSA doesn’t seem to find much.

@pellabologna 8 месяцев назад

@williamwolfkiel3652 i did the exact same thing lol

@ctown14 8 месяцев назад

It’s funny now that u mentioned this, i used to work on refineries shut downs so the company had the crew flying from city to city and one of my coworkers made it thru 2 tsa check points with 2 gs of coke on his carry on bag, inside the watch pockets of one of his jeans, he didn’t realized that untill he wore them couple of days after lol

@claytonberg721 7 месяцев назад

I carried a hammer in my EDC because I'm a bus driver and we use them as a quick pressure check on tires. I forgot to take it out and only realized it was there when I got home and had gone through four different security checks at airports.

@MasterZero99 Год назад

Props to Mr. Calderon. Stories like his are an inspiration to those that do the job he did.

@angierox6964 6 месяцев назад

These videos are very well done. Thank you!

@briancrawford69 Год назад

Ed is a more patriotic American than many natural born Americans. We're lucky to have him here

@russell28533 Год назад

Ed's Manifesto!

@mungo75 Год назад

Ah man, love Ed Calderon! Absolute master of his craft!!!

@alanfike Год назад

This was immensely informative.

@blue39503 Год назад

Informative and interesting. Following the trail of bodies to get a bigger bust. Isn't that how the old school narcotics units used to operate?

@kevinm8865 Год назад

Thank you sir for your service. When I was teenager I wanted to be an agent (DEA or ATF). After some college experiences with the legal system I realized very quickly that corruption was a thing. I decided it wasn't worth risking my life trying to do what's right (the law) and have to battle my own government and the people we claim to be going after. Thank you for staying legit and sharing the truth about law enforcement.

@stevenewton7787 10 месяцев назад

As you probably know now "the law" isn't really the right thing it's more to keep us plebs in check as most of the time it doesn't apply to politicians and the 1%.

@gqluomo Год назад

My friend thank you for who you are, many BLESSINGS to you and your battle buddies...🙏😇👍🙏

@nigeldeforrest-pearce8084 Год назад

Excellent and Outstanding Analysis!!!!

@guyanon9792 Год назад

He was trying so hard not to say white people when he was talking about people camouflage lol

@SaiquanCanty Год назад

I was thinking the same s***

@liamdresser530 Год назад

What’s funny is that this is a perfect example of how racism is both still a thing and is being used by people smart enough to see it still being a thing. Border agents see white Americans as those who do no wrong, but it’s easy to take advantage of that, it’s not like all white Americans are rich lol but that’s the assumption.

@pasta-and-heroin Год назад

isn’t it absolutely insane that not only have white people literally carved into POC around them to create their world, but they also have crafted poisonous presumptions of guilt for certain types of people - and those presumptions even seep into the same types of people that these judgements are about

@liamdresser530 Год назад

@@pasta-and-heroin yea, well said. It’s kinda dystopian in a sense. You can really start to feel the history in everything when you push the boundaries even a little bit. It’s crazy to really imagine the type of subjugation some people experienced in the past for the amount of control white people have set up.

@Matt-xc6sp Год назад

Eric Holder was a pretty good gun runner

@TheRealJakeRyanMusic 10 месяцев назад

Ed's JRE Episodes are some of my favorites

@ignorant_frombirth4958 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for the tutorial 🙏

@cachecow Год назад

So much better than the "Film expert reviews 10 movie scenes"

@TheRailroadBastard Год назад

Cool to see Ed out here like this

@randomtourist6656 Год назад

Wow Speechless

@rickreallysthespeakeasy5424 Год назад

Shot out to Ed Calderon. One of Mexico’s finest, now one of The U.S’s finest. 🙏🏽

@Crosbie85 Год назад

So glad to hear Ed standing up for what’s right

@alientitimilk9073 Год назад

Thanks for the tutorial!

@charchar4335 Год назад

More of Ed Calderon is the right choice. Give me more please.

@msimon6808 Год назад

Prohibition is always an incentive for criminals.

@rp4712 7 месяцев назад

Sure but doesn’t help the fact that you have the most armed country to the north. You’re asking for legal guns to be sent to Mexico

@urbn8699 Год назад

I've seen a lot of Ed's videos, he's absolutely the real deal. The growing anti-American sentiment in the Mex is real.

@neckbone4941 Год назад

Hey man. The radio thing was one time. Now we do like the bop it. Radio off opens nitro chamber. Volume up loads piston. Push volume releases interior hatch that reveals weapon. Pull brake drops the main door.

@joelrasdall7662 7 месяцев назад

Holy crap is that guy hardcore. Super glad he made it through alive and major respect for keeping some shred of his soul intact through it all.

@rexpopham3388 Год назад

Bravo. Brave man. Hoping the widows and orphans get some compensation. Hope you have lots of luck raising these issues and a long, healthy life. The "war on drugs" really was/is a dirty war.

@DannyRose843 Год назад

MY BOY ED!!!!

@Svensk7119 11 месяцев назад

I am so sorry for your experiences, sir.

@thothtahuti5509 Год назад

Good for you brother, tell your and their stories! :)

@artcamp7 Год назад

good man

@brettjeremiah7466 Год назад

Every American needs to look up operation fast & furious, and understand the unjust things our government is doing.

@aluisious Год назад

We invaded Iraq over a lie. Fast and Furious sucks but I have to laugh at the idea that there's some awakening people can reach by searching for info. It's right in front of our face, most people choose not to look at it.

@nightfighter7452 Год назад

They do so many unjust things every day. What's knowing about another illegal activity going to do😂 respectfully. I already don't trust them

@jamaljames2578 Год назад

Always watching from Georgetown Guyana south America 🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾🇬🇾

@Uger92 Год назад

Very well spoken man

@osmondvaude-mielsh6714 Год назад

it's so wild. This guy seems like an articulate upstanding guy. Carries himself well, not the kind of guy you would initially see as dangerous. I guess people can have all sorts of biases.

@siyabonganqayana Год назад

I was not thinking about who has lost but now that you actually spoke about them I want them to just think about people like you who wanted their loved ones to still be around to be the ones who still know where their loved one's souls are resting, automatically those you had in mind , I don't know much

@siyabonganqayana Год назад

If you have heard about people claiming to know something about God, you have been listening, I am the one who is going to make them keep quiet, they have been making noise here and I was just waiting for them to stop talking, now I need a challenger or something,so we can rectify what they spoke like they know about to be really something they don't know, I can do more but the ones you spoke about first, I am around I don't think I will be going away soon

@Acrow. Год назад

Master Class!

@Justin-us1tb Год назад

14:10 You mean to tell me a federal agency that’s supposed to stop irresponsible usage of firearms directly influenced the irresponsible usage of firearms? Color me shocked

@Piensamalyacertaras 10 месяцев назад

NRA ties their hands,so they have to resort to other means.

@andrewchapman2024 Год назад

The fun part of this is that humanity always adapts. No matter what we do to get rid of guns. Somebody will always have them.

@maciejkaim Год назад

Yes, the government for sure, that's why each free person should be able to get some too for protection.

@CharlieNoodles Год назад

@@maciejkaim getting into a gun fight is not the solution you seem to think it is. All it does is increase your chance of getting shot.

@DarkGensis Год назад

Fun fact bad guys don't care about laws. Gun Laws are meant to punish those following the laws set in place.

@DoubleGoon Год назад

Let's not pretend like if the U.S. stopped the manufacture, sale, and purchase of firearms and ammunition that it would look anything like what is happening in Mexico. They are getting their guns from the US and not the other way around. Do not be discouraged into inaction by what you've seen happen on our Southern boarder. If we stop the sale, manufacture, and purchase of firearms and ammunition it will make it harder for those cartels to get ahold of new guns.

@andrewchapman2024 Год назад

@@DarkGensis Yes! Exactly! I'm glad there are some educated people out there.

@samnafiszahinsunny8725 Год назад

He is very well spoken

@TheUmer. Год назад

Whoaaaa Good seeing Ed here!

@ibaconbits8997 9 месяцев назад

Got arrested at the Tijuana border when I was 18. He's not wrong when they say they do find ya straight outra high-school. Like 6 of my classmates and multiple kids from the junior and following senior years were also busted in either drugs, people, or running money. But yeah the x-ray wasn't always accurate at the time, and (can talk about we all did our time that were connected, and are out) but yeah he was border patrol who got me involved. It's not worth it to everyone who thinks it's easy money and can get away with it, stay out and stay up.

@claytonberg721 7 месяцев назад

I go to TJ a lot. The mexicans have an x-ray machine at San Ysidro, they don't look very hard at your paperwork, and only make you fill out the FMM about 1/4 of the time, but your stuff is always x-rayed, and they usually open my suitcase. I've never seen, nor have I ever been patted down but I wouldn't walk across at San Ysidro with a weapon.

@ibaconbits8997 7 месяцев назад

@claytonberg721 yeah it's crazy I used to cross when they had the spinning gate to go into Mexico now it's annoying having to have paperwork before ID was enough

@raulthepig5821 7 месяцев назад

Wasn't always this way between Mexico and US. What changed?

@claytonberg721 7 месяцев назад

@@ibaconbits8997 In the trump era to mitigate some of the migration the US gave mexican officials a bounty of like $50 a head for every undocumented migrant traveling through mexico. Biden never repealed it. There's youtube videos on this subject. They never used to be that tight with the FMM but now when buses go through checkpoints and if you don't have your FMM or it's expired they take you to jail. Figure in the fact that mexican jails are for profit as well, they make like $10 a head per night for every inmate, you can languish in those cells for quite some time. One german travel youtuber spent a month in a mexican jail because his FMM was expired and he thought it was 'no big deal'. Essentially if you're not going any further south than Rosarito you'll be fine, but if you're on the toll roads and your paper work is checked you'd better make sure your FMM is in order. As for having your bag checked, Mexico is what is left of one of the great ancient civilizations and despite it's troubles is still one of the great countries in the world. If they don't want people crossing with weapons that's their prerogative. And Mexico being sticky about the FMM is from pressure from the north.

@ibaconbits8997 7 месяцев назад

@@raulthepig5821 drugs and money sadly.

@adriantween584 Год назад

Gracias por el trabajo que has hecho y debo decirte que como gringo, como crecí en Guate, empatizo mucho con lo que dices sobre el crímen organizado. EEUU puede y debe hacer más para controlar la venta de armas, porque desgraciadamente las condiciones en México con los carteles son peores. Agradezco la franqueza de tu video.

@octaviorocha27 Год назад

Love Ed been a fan of his for years!

@TheBenjaca 8 месяцев назад

You skipped the first step where they are legally purchased and manufactured

@AjninHaru Год назад

70% of the firearms they decide to trace may come the US however there are plenty of weapons that come from other places. The Cartels get lots of weapons from Eastern Europe, Pakistan, Far East etc.

@Ponchov009 Год назад

The other 30% 🙄

@nsahandler Год назад

Not as easily nor as plentiful.

@angy6949 Год назад

That's how they get grenade launchers and guns like those

@westnilesnipes Год назад

I like the trebuchets, it's like such a "simple" method. Just straight up catapult your illegal items across the border at breakneck speed haha.

@John_Hoover Год назад

Great story. Compelling and rich. - Ron

@lerch400block Год назад

When I worked at a very large beverage company that is now owned and based in Mexico. I ordered my dad an optic from optics planet. They took my money and gave it back because my work phone ip address was from somewhere in Mexico. They explained why and extended the awesome discount I got like 4 days after the sale. Shoutout optics planet, doing their due diligence

@Hegde- Год назад

You forgot to tell about the FBI and CIA supplying arms to cartels in south america.

@tacioob2337 Год назад

And electing far right extremists with anti crime speech. War is business for the USA

@Hegde- Год назад

@@tacioob2337 American economy literally runs on wars.

@chris.3711 Год назад

Or the Taliban. Guess who those guns were used on for 20 years?

@dakiler2028 Год назад

Oh trust me, he mentions it. Go watch his podcasts

@Hegde- Год назад

@@dakiler2028 what is the name of his podcast?

@surfboy8141 Год назад

Thank you for speaking out and informing blind americans. This is a very important topic that needs to be addressed. and brought to light. I understand you putting yourself out there makes you a further target of Cartels for exposing theyre business. I wish you and your family love and protection.

@brianmead7556 Год назад

Don’t blame us for your peoples inability to act like civilized human beings and not kill each other for money and shirt colors.

@arguekayes Год назад

Ed is a legend

@fablopez 11 месяцев назад

This guy is a great speaker!! Habla sin pelos en la lengua and knows his stuff.

@cokesquirrel Год назад

Yeah my friend had a trap guy install a really good secret Drop in his door . You had to hit 3 different buttons On the radio and air conditioning to have the trap open. Very tough to find a good trap guy anymore At least in the United States

@cokesquirrel 8 месяцев назад

My guy had the exact same trap. Chicago?

@alexanderwaite9403 Год назад

Excellent video. Just sad what is happening in Mexico and we in the USA have some responsibility for what is happening. We need to figure out how to fix it with both of our countries.

@TheSundayShooter Год назад

1. Disband ATF (Operation Fast & Furious) 2. Secure borders

@dragonf1092 Год назад

Easy eliminate all illegal unconstitutional gun laws,in both countries, make guns cheap, every citizen armed to the teeth crime disappears. Laws exist only to rob, kidnap,beat, torture, murder citizens for profit, power, and control. U.C.C. 1-308 all rights reserved with extreme prejudice, Freedom of speech.

@dragonf1092 Год назад

@@TheSundayShooter ATF is a illegal unconstitutional agency.