Ed Calderon is a security specialist and combatives instructor with over 10 years experience in public safety along the northern border area of Mexico. Follow him online @EdsManifesto edsmanifesto.com
Joe please have Anabel Hernandez. She is an expert in Mexican Cartels. She has a new book, El Traidor. Please like so Joe can see. Thank you in advance!
I got about 12 minutes into the Miley Cyrus one and it was just her her her and none of this global stuff he usually talks about and had to turn it off. TBH the shirt Joe was wearing made me angry also 🤣 that's never happened but thankfully I found this one as a replacement. Dude is SUPER interesting and has amazing insight and opinions.
@@Poppins242 it's just a fact. America is collapsing into a third world country (some areas faster than others). One day there will be no safe areas except Uber rich guarded neighborhoods. Enjoy the decline.
I'm a midwestern fella and everytime he's on I'm blown away by his vocabulary. Not only does he know two languages, but he knows English a lot better than me and most of the people I know. Not really on topic, but I appreciate well spoken people.
Yeah it is amazing to hear this guy talk , it clearly blows in the face of Trump's painted image of "browns "as being inferior brutes, this guy clearly has a superb intelect.
_proto_type_ worked & lived side by side with Mexicans for the better part of my life. I’d rather work with a Mexican than a useless American. Maybe if you took the time to speak to (not that they would take you seriously enough to have a conversation with you) then you’d realize the intelligence they have.
@@rozzer8290 what proof do you have? All i see in this video is a man with a lot of incorrect information. He got so many things just WRONG. He's Spanish is not of a Spanish first language speaker.
Thank you very much for doing the right thing, going the distance, and leading by setting a great example that through hard work and determination, you can earn a dignified place in what's left of our society. We still live in the greatest country in the world, but I'm genuinely sorry that you have to see it in this condition. Welcome home, friend.
This guy pretty much brings up everything a left leaning person just doesnt want to hear. Mexico could be the next war. That might be a good thing though. It could unite Mexico and the USA.
@Jesus Lara There is no freedom without order. Freedom is grounded in order, it springs from it. After all, the first Amendment is granted to you by the rule of law. Liberty cannot exist outside of order. Outside of order, liberty has no meaning.
Muh freedom! **politicians you vote for are bought by the elite** **Gerrymandering** **electoral college** **redlining** **media brainwashing** **nearly 1 in 100 Americans are currently in jail** **felons can't vote** **police militarization** Yes America is so free.
@@dorinoprea5835 the first amendment isn't granted to us by law. The constitution tells the government what they aren't allowed to touch. Those rights are granted to us by the ultimate creator.
Joe, I’ve lived in Mexico and the US. I went to school in Juarez from 2nd grade through high school and this fella is describing things as accurately as I’ve EVER heard.
I've seen stuff on Instagram that they're handing out care packages to the poor still, then again i lived in Mexico City and it didn't seem so crazy there
@@willfer6986 I live in El Paso (which as you surely know, borders Juarez) and it's BAD here. El Paso was the new epicenter as far as the COVID cases in the US. That was a few days ago, we got around 200 more medical professionals sent here and everyone knows handfuls of people sick in the hospital right now. Nobody can work without getting sick, no shopping, no dine-in over 50% capacity, no school whatsoever, and yet the border to-and-from Juarez is wide open!🤦🏼♀️ Gang activity in Juarez is also running (even more ?) rampant than usual. From my front yard I can see the street, then the border highway, and then the wall running parallel to the highway - and from my kitchen I was able to hear a gunfight just across the fence last night. AGAIN.
@@deen8232 if you look into it there's also allot of Chinese buying activity in Canada. And also in the US through proxy. I believe it's been a problem in Australia and New Zealand as well. They're gonna own us all before we realize what happened.
Dennis Hink Morales was a power hungry dictator who violated term limits of office. He was a corrupt leader who is responsible for the destruction of over 5,000,000 Acres of the Amazon rain forest. He became a terrorist after he was finally ousted by his own supporters. Here is a transcript of some leaked audio of him a day after an interview imploring piece: Morales can be heard urging one of his supporters (and a fugitive drug trafficker) "brother, don't let food into the cities, we are going to do a blockade, a true Siege from now it is going to be fight, fight, fight!'
@@jesseguy5296 not to mention his love of cartels and and providing cocoa, and his calls for domestic terrorism against whoever he disagreed with. As well as his disregard for human rights.
@Dennis Hink you're high as shit if you think he was a good leader in any sense of the word. Him and his government were one of the most corrupt in the world. The Morales administration had always said it was one of the most “transparent” and “incorruptible” governments in history. To keep their word, the legislative passed the anti-corruption law “Marcelo Quiroga Santa Cruz”. In its article 123, the rule legalizes retroactivity in corruption cases, meaning any corruption felony committed by a state official can be taken to trial even before the rule became law of the land. This clause violates several international human-rights treaties the country has signed, and Morales has used it to prosecute opposition leaders instead of applying it to his own government officials -many of them deeply involved in corruption scandals.
I came here to say this very thing and you beat me to it. I'm intrigued (not in a good way) by what's going on down in Mexico because so little valid information makes its way to the United States. Just like Joe was saying, I feel like I have my head pretty well around the situation in, say, Afghanistan, but I'm clueless as to the specifics of the Mexican situation, other than knowing that drug cartels are down there. And I live on the border and visit interior Mexico quite frequently. The information Ed provides in these podcasts is beyond invaluable.
Mexico is a beautiful county full of beautiful people who are in a constant struggle to get by under threat of poverty and violence. Pray for these people.
R S are you fucking stupid? Do you really think people love having a corrupt government? And do you think that the government is the same as the citizens?
Praying won't help. They need to change things for themselves. They've been an independent country for nearly as long as the United States. But despite having tremendous oil wealth all they've managed to do is make their country a violent poverty stricken shyte hole.
@@bernardoblanchetramirez6032 Whom else would you blame for the state of Mexico if not Mexican's?! It's not like aliens came down from outer space to run their country. The corrupt government and violent cartel members are Mexican organizations.
I’ve only watched 45 so far, but here is a few misinformation (or lies maybe) Ed said: The Cartel Jalisco New Generation did not start as Mata Zetas. CJNG started as a different cartel (Milenio) and all of their founding members were members of the now extinct Milenio Cartel, who were allied with the Sinaloa Cartel. Milenio splintered into 2 different groups and New Generation was one of them. Ovidio (El Chapo’s son) was not freed because they held the military’s family members hostage. He was freed because the Sinaloa Cartel said they would kill anyone and everyone (including innocent people) until he was freed. The government wasn’t prepared for that and Ed is trying to save face. About the Chinese involvement being involved with the autodefensas may be somewhat true, but what’s a fact is that the autodefensas were essentially the armed wing of another cartel to get rid of Los Caballeros Templarios in Michoacan, and their main purpose was to take the Templarios out and assume control of the state. The autodefensas are now a cartel called Los Viagras. One of the the former leaders of the autodefensas is actually fighting against El Mencho right now.
@@ainitiate9582 Mencho is fighting all over, the bloodiest is in Guanajuato, with a small cartel, that is going toe to toe with his people, the viagras are just 1 of the groups he's fighting in Michoacan, there is still templarios & Family Michoacan remnants, viagras got their name from hair gel, cuz it spikes it, go figure, comparing Viagra to a hair gel Matazetas is a cjng faction stationed in Veracruz, one of his cells splintered in his main state Guadalajara, & they include some of the young generation of the old Milenio Cartel, they suspect he gave up El Lobo to get the leadership. Sinaloa allied himself with other small cartels to battle him. Northeastern Mexico by Laredo he's trying to get that plaza, allying himself with cells from the Gulf Cartel, but cartel del noreste, exzetas who are fighting the Gulf Carte won't have it ,even do I think C. Noreste is almost extinct,police special forces are killing a lot of them, I had a close call with a big cat from that cartel but at the time I didn't know who he was, found out 3 weeks later, close call for me, but I'm no criminal myself.
@@RolasPerronasYPesada 100% agreed I've just recently discovered her work. Extremely compelling and eye opening would go hand in hand with this interview.
My parents live in south Texas and they travel through Tamaulipas whenever they go visit family. I’m always terrified telling them to stop going through there. They keep saying it’ll be fine
@@gamerman360 federal agents did not almost capture Ovido by accident. They were special ops with the mission of capturing him. No they were not surprised that they randomly came across him. No you couldn't tell by their facial expressions. Because they had mask on. No Ovido didn't calmly put his gun down. It was his phone.
@@gamerman360 the auto Defensas aka vigilantes did not work with the Chinese. A cartel leader who did a interview you can find it on RU-vid said that about them. They were after that cartel leader he jusr wanted to smear them. Also that is the only person who has said such a ridiculous thing
When Joe says "What would happen if there was no border" at about 1:38:10 is chilling to hear in 2023. We're literally watching that question being answered and it's so much worse than we could've ever imagined. God help this country.
H man shhhhhh that’s the dirty little secret to nationalism But in all honesty man has become so powerful via technology Fighting each other is just flat out retarded
My grandfather was a reporter up until the 1960s when he got so disgusted with how things had become that he just quit but he used to say the only difference between an investigative journalist and a cop when he started was that the cops were their guns on the outside of their clothing basically saying the journalist were tough you know working class people they weren't considered celebrities or anything of that nature and with that being said if politicians or anybody in power for that matter was trying to hurt the little guy well the journalist was part of that he was one of those little guys himself
@@doom9242 no its not. maybe you don't understand it?. do not wait to reason with the tiger when your head is in its mouth. i.e don't let it get that far. if you are trying to reason with it at the point where your head is in its mouth, you messed up. reason before this happens.
He strikes the nail on the head with his understanding of the second ammendment. "I have never seen a criminal with a California compliant rifle." " To ban guns because criminals use them is to tell the law abiding that their rights and liberties depend not on their own conduct, but on the conduct of the guilty and the lawless." - Lysander Spooner
This quote is too perfect in so many ways. Every extreme leftist that thinks banning guns is the answer needs to read this over and over again until it becomes reality for them.
He also fails to mention that 99% of the weapons that the cartel uses are American made and legally sold and smuggled into Mexico. So in other words, your ability as a us citizen to get 50 cal rifles and semi automatic rifles is killing hundreds of thousands of people in Mexico. He completely fails to explain this scenario because he's super biased to conservative agenda. Whether it is in Mexico or here in the US.
Chupeke A I want to hear him talk about the Chinese influence and how America and mexico will have to come together in the future. That was extremely interesting and only got a minute or two
I agree! I’ve been super interested in the cartels and the way things really are in Mexico. I’ve read a lot and I don’t wanna hear the American version I wanna hear the real version.
A guy I work with use to work for the sinola cartel laundering money he spent 10yrs in prison for it and never ratted anyone out that’s probably why he’s still alive.
By pure luck of destiny I met that lady The Queen of the Pacific almost 20 years ago, good looking woman at the time, & her Colombian boyfriend, she was NO high ranking member, she had relations with about 3 mayor traffickers for the Sinaloa cartel she married 1 for sure I know. Get Grillo again and put him with this guy. I want to see this guy stutter.
everybody is buying land here except the citizens, the Americans own most of Rosarito Baja california beaches, china and korea basically control the factory markete in BC, Mexico has been for the taking since 1800s and the only ones actually making money are the government and the rich.w
this is new to me, but i know that alot of chinese american and chinese immigrants are taking up a lot of American properties and are in the housing market.
Socket Face How do the Americans own the beaches? You have to be a Mexican to own the beaches or land near the border! Otherwise as a foreigner if you have a business or property on the beach, it is held in a special trust.
Ed you are a class act and a spokesperson for everything that is good. I admire you. Gotta go now Heepa! Heepa! Andale! Heepahhh!! I’m from Belize dude I just have to find humor somewhere the fuctup world we live in. Some snob or ignorant American telling you you’re a good one? Wtf? You’re a good MAN. TY for everything you do
Really? I would point out that when applying to become a US citizen you have a reason to not speak liberally against the US agenda. Speaking about Evo Morales as some left wing extremist giving the impression that he was detrimental to the Bolivian people. Look at the poverty levels pre Evo Morales and Post. Please, do a little fact finding to discover who the US backed government is, talk about right wing racist religious extremist. Much as historically the US has backed right wing government strongman by any means it continues in Brazil, Honduras, etc. He brings up Chavez from Venezuela again look at the poverty levels pre Chavez and during his presidency. Mind Chavez was democratically elected multiple times and till this the day the majority of Venezuelans approved of his presidency. He was maligned by the US because he nationalized Venezuelan oil. The same Chavez who donated heating oil free of charge to low income Americans who needed it to keep warm through the winter because our government couldn't care less. Talk about facts don't matter. No sooner than he mentions only one school shooting one happens.
For English being his second language, dudes vocabulary is very impressive. This guy is awesome Edit: for all the dyslexic commenters I was complementing his vocabulary, dont see anything about his accent 🤷♂️
Martin Hernandez But for a guy who grew up and spent his entire adult life in mexico, and then moved to the US just a handful of years ago, it’s very different than someone who grew up speaking both languages
Im encouraged to learn there are still a handful of people that don’t have a price, of course the powers that be have no use of such hero’s. Mexico and the US lost light in a sea darkness when Ed left. Let’s make sure he is kept safe.
Dude this is literally like my favorite guest, also from sentimental reasons of walking at night in Switzerland listening to this podcast. Anyways dang nice
Joe’s right about Canadian immigrants to the states. My wife and I are year 7 into what used to be a 1.5 year process. Were right back to square 1 as though we never started.
i love how everyone is so surprised when they hear how sophisticated these cartels are. i think alotta people just think they spend their money on tequila and gold plated aks.
I live in El Paso texas. People here go to Juarez Mexcio all the time and get shot . Just happened last week. You never hear a peep about it in the national news.
I agree with you 100%. Its a mind fxk how people dont see this sleeping giant tht has been awake the last 20 plus yrs. How cant anyone see this. They are stealing our tech and stealing our resources tht we steal from other contries ( by building schools and infrastructure etc etc) Those 2 alone is enough to go to war
@@Likeaworm they already are. They are mining the bottom of the sea between Hawaiu and south america along with 12 other countries ( a few tht are 3rd world countries mind you) They use custom built caterpillars made in germany. Actually its not even mining. Its scooping up. Its literally sitting on top of the ocean floor. Yet the USA wont get its head out its ass for a treaty with the UN. FCKING DUMB
Back in 2018 when I was working & Ford Motor Company… We got a few teams from Mexico and I remember one of them said jokingly don’t take your (Jeep Wrangler) around Mexico. It was so weird to hear it again and that it is getting worse! I don’t have a problem with drugs (except Fentanyl). I am a little worried about the Cartel. That’s scary…
I'm impressed how good this guy can speak English.. Lots of people don't know when you are born in the border you know everything that's going on on both country's when others only focus their life in the country u are in .
@@ventzp2133 I consume NONE of those and I am happier and healthier than 99.99% of people. By consuming those, you actually support the cartels and corruption. Just say NO to legal and illegal drugs. If you have money for legal/illegal drugs, you have money for healthy foods. The choice is YOURS.
1:21:32 I know Joe Rogan for over 30 years, THIS statement about that they do not address pharmaceuticals involvements in mass shootings made me respect him a whole lot more. He could do an entire show about this and how the same people (big pharma) attacking natural remedies to be banned.
