China’s Ties to Mexican Drug Cartels and America’s Next War (with Ed Calderon)

Change Agents with Andy Stumpf

IRONCLAD

Society & Culture

4.9 • 648 Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Ed Calderon is a security specialist and instructor with extensive operational and law enforcement experience combatting Mexican drug cartels. Born in Tijuana, Ed spent years in Mexican law enforcement agencies specializing in counternarcotics, anti-abduction efforts, and high-risk close protection for high-profile individuals. He has since consulted and trained agencies including the FBI, BORTAC, Navy SEALS, and intelligence service agents. Today, he also hosts the Manifesto Radio Podcast. Today on Change Agents, Andy Stumpf talks with Ed about China’s ties to Mexican drug cartels and how the narco wars are being used to destabilize the U.S.SPONSOR: Change Agents is presented by Montana Knife Company. Use CODE "CHANGEAGENTS10" for 10% off your first order at ⁠https://www.montanaknifecompany.com/⁠MTNTOUGHGo to ⁠https://mtntough.com⁠ and enter code CHANGEAGENTS to receive 40% OFF - a savings of about $100 your MTNTOUGH+ annual subscription. Shop IRONCLAD Apparel: ⁠https://shop.thisisironclad.com/⁠ Change Agents is an IRONCLAD original. Visit ⁠https://www.thisisironclad.com⁠ to learn more.Be sure to subscribe to @thisisironclad on YouTube and major social platforms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.7	They're all feeding a giant organization that is also supplying the United States with drugs and other horrible things.
0:36.6	And they're also fueling a war that's killing and consuming humanity
0:41.3	in Mexico at a rate that is sometimes outfucking
0:45.3	surpasses a war setting.
0:49.3	How can I help? How can I be useful in ending needless suffering?
0:57.3	Do not be afraid of work that has no end.
1:02.3	We have to organize a social movement.
1:09.2	We have an opportunity to lead, by example, versus just talking, hot air.
1:13.6	I think the more people in this fight, the more we grow, eventually it could change. The people are the ones that can make the change.
1:21.0	Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to change agents in Ironclad Original, presented by Montana Knife Company.
1:31.1	Today's episode is about the rise of the Mexican drug cartel, the power that they wield from the perspective of former Mexican counter-narcotics officer Ed Calderon.
1:42.6	Ed Calderon is a security specialist and an instructor with
1:45.7	operational experience along the U.S.-Mexico border. He was born in Tijuana, and he spent years in
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