Inside Mexico's Most Dangerous Drug Cartels

Will Cain Country

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4.7 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2022

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

On this episode, Will sits down with former paramilitary law enforcement officer from Mexico, Ed Calderon, who draws on his first-hand experience taking on the vicious drug cartels of Mexico. Ed goes deep inside how the cartel work and explains why the introduction of fentanyl to the drug market is killing thousands of Americans. Plus, Will and Ed break down the intricate geopolitics of who is involved with the Mexican drug cartels that turn the issue into something that goes far beyond just the southern border crisis. Tell Will what you thought about this conversation by emailing willcainpodcast@fox.com Follow Will on Twitter: @WillCain Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:14.0	Fox. For as long, really honestly as I can remember, I've not just been curious, I've been obsessed with Mexican drug cartels.
0:36.0	And I really don't know why. Yeah, I'm attracted to stories of action and violence.
0:41.0	I know that I'm attracted to stories that are in the realm of Game of Thrones.
0:47.8	I watched Game of Thrones on HBO and what I loved about it was kind of the political machinations of various houses trying to win power.
0:56.0	Even the power struggles within those houses.
0:59.0	And I guess that's kind of what I was attracted to when I started learning about Mexican drug cartels, starting with Guadalajara cartel which is featured in the first season of Narkos Mexico into the
1:13.3	evolution of the Cenoloa cartel, the Guarese cartel, and then eventually
1:16.7	the former Mexican Special Forces that created their own cartel,
1:21.3	the Zetas.
1:22.3	I just, I love it for its game. created their own cartel, the Zetas.
1:22.6	I just, I love it for its Game of Thrones.
1:25.9	I also know how incredibly corruptive and dangerous
1:31.2	and violent and horrendous. This entire. and dangerous
1:34.0	this entire power struggle is not just for Mexico
1:38.0	but for the United States of America.
1:40.0	My conversation today is with Ed Calderon.
1:42.0	Ed was a police The conversation today is with Ed Calderon.
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