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119: Part 2: Ed Calderon Fights Cartels, Corruption, and Crime in Tijuana, Mexico

Game of Crimes

Game of Crimes

True Crime

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Ed Calderon went from a young punk (his own words) to part of one of the most effective police forces ever in Baja and Mexico. Ed’s group was so effective in going after the cartel and getting rid of corrupt cops, they had to be stopped by their own government. When given the choice of staying and aligning with the cartel and putting his life and family at risk, Ed fled to America with only what he could carry. This is a story of sacrifice, perseverance, and defiance in truly the most dangerous game of all.

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0:00.0

How did that, that's got to be a weird feeling is that you realize you were in handcuffs,

0:17.4

you were kicked off, you were charged, and now you're back, I mean, you talk about

0:20.7

trust issues.

0:21.7

I mean, in reality.

0:22.7

Yeah, they were laughing in the office, you know, the cars that were in the parking lot,

0:28.8

you know, like I, you know, I didn't earn, I didn't earn, I didn't earn absurd amount

0:36.3

of money, and I basically drove the same car driving into that job as the one that I left

0:40.7

with, left that job just for discretion purposes.

0:44.8

But some of the absurdity you would see in the parking lots after, after these changes

0:48.7

were made, it was pretty fascinating, you know, the overt nature of the corruption was

0:52.3

like, oh, yeah, we're not going to hide anymore.

0:54.7

So let's take my Hummer H2 to work, you know, I was sent to work for the governor for

1:04.3

a bit, and I did, I basically ran security for the governor of Baja for about four years,

1:09.9

three years to be exact.

1:12.6

So I took care of him and his family, did a great job there, man was amazing, his family

1:18.5

was amazing, they did a lot of good for the, for the, the state as well.

1:24.2

Was he highly targeted?

1:26.2

Yeah, he was very targeted.

1:28.9

I ran a protection detail that was based off Muhammad Karzai's detail in Afghanistan,

1:36.1

because basically that's the same detail profile that we ran for the governor of Baja

1:39.9

during that time.

1:41.3

So he's dodging bullets too.

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