#427 - “Complete DESTRUCTION!” - Narco Death Zones, Iran & CIA’s Mexican Hit Squads | Stefano Ritondale

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🗓️ 27 May 2026

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0:00.0	Stefan, thanks for coming, man.
0:12.0	No, thank you so much for having me.
0:13.1	This is great.
0:14.0	Canterina Schultz said you're like one of the guys to talk to when it comes to Intel
0:17.8	on the ground in Mexico with the cartels.
0:20.0	I mean, Katarina is a great friend of both of viewers cartels. I mean, Katerina is a great friend,
0:21.1	both of viewers of mine. You know, she's awesome. So shout out, Katerina. Thank you so much. I know she was the one who put us in touch. So I really appreciate it. But yeah, I mean, I've been focusing on Mexican cartels and started out as a hobby. A hobby. It was. I have a hobby of like focusing on the cartels, just like one day.
0:37.3	You know, all right.
0:38.2	So that's a good question, right?
0:39.6	So how did this happen?
0:40.8	Well, You know, all right.
0:38.2	So that's a good question, right?
0:39.6	So how did this happen?
0:40.8	Well, you know, I was, you know, former Army.
0:44.2	And while I was active duty still, I did a lot, I deployed to Jordan during, you know,
0:51.8	Operation Inherent Resolve, which was the whole counter ISIS fire, right?
0:55.2	And when I was in Jordan, and even before that, when I was in college, I really liked back then
1:00.9	Twitter, like the growing of this open source intelligence community, right? Like, oh my God, like,
1:05.6	these guys are really good at what they do. And I even saw during my time when I was deployed, like, oh my God, Twitter, there's a lot
1:14.8	of information that gets pushed there that is extremely well that a lot of us use.
1:21.2	And so I thought to myself one day, you know, I was an active duty and I realized that on the
1:25.4	English speaking sign, because, you know, I'm a first-generation
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