Welcome back Ed. Good to see again, man. Thank you for having me back.

Well, I'm happy you're back, but I'm not happy that there was a motivation to bring you back based on the

violence you know the violence that is going on between the cartels and it was the

Mormons and then there was we were just talking about this other person that got shot because they

ran what would you explain that again they were ran a cartel roadblock yeah

basically in time a leap as a lot of the cartel groups actually make they build their roadblocks in the on the state

and local roads and according to what I've heard from some of the people that I

know there this family ran one of those roadblocks. They didn't know if it was

cops or not and they apparently decided to run the roadblock and the cartel guys shot

them. What should someone do if they encounter a cartel roadblock?

Slow down.

I mean if anything I would probably avoid traveling through those areas. That's the number one avoidance.

Usually, you know, and I've actually gone through some of those myself.

Really?

Yeah. And it's all about, they're all, they're looking out for the for rivals moving through their territory

They're looking for government personnel may be spying on them and usually it and usually they'll just shake you down for some money and they'll let you go on your way

unless you have a four by four truck that can use for their you know their own purposes

which is what they might take your truck yeah specifically in time alipas four by four trucks are a commodity

for them they use them for their ongoing turf war oh right especially someone

else they don't mind getting shot up.

Yeah, I mean, most of the trucks that you see that are up armored or they have the rifles on top are usually

stolen vehicles. All of them are stolen vehicles and a lot of them are you know Americans crossing into Mexico some of them are

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