The Militarization of Drug Cartels (with Luis Chaparro)

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The Militarization of Drug Cartels (with Luis Chaparro) | Borderland #19

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On today's Borderland, Vince talks to renowned journalist, Luis Chaparro.
Luis is based on the U.S./Mexico border, and has over 15 years of experience in reporting on Mexican organized crime. He has extensively covered drug cartels, detailing their operations, leadership, and societal impact. He has interviewed fentanyl dealers and human smugglers, and his reporting also highlights the hardships faced by migrants traveling through Mexico, including encounters with human traffickers and corrupt officials.
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@thisisironclad 2 ай бұрын

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@Robs-pl1jv Ай бұрын

😊

@aerok111 2 ай бұрын

Luis forgot to mention a lot of stuff. He forgot to mention that the cartels hire ex colombian soldiers to help them train their forces, and fight rival cartels. They also hire local army and police deserters.

@jonathanramos8414 2 ай бұрын

Even Colombian FARC with bomb making skills

@jonathanramos8414 2 ай бұрын

Remember the FARC used to be on the American FTO list a few years ago

@arielvega6344 2 ай бұрын

Dude former Mexican American marines are down there training people. You can't take that knowledge once you leave. And those people do it on their own. It's big money. They don't need the FARC, the Cartels contract everyone and they have the money to buy the best. It would be of no surprise to me if rogue former special forces were down there or up here training people. (Military service as a path to citizenship is not goodwill, but a weakness) Cuba is the heart and soul of communism, in latin America those foreign fighters have Russian training. One example of gangs in the military was a Suereño who shot and k illed two officers in CA with an SKS he had under his rain pancho. Edit: Andres Raya, was that marines name. And that happened in the 90s.

@ElGeeSpot 2 ай бұрын

They also hired US soldiers, and border patrol agents help them to cross the drugs and all the guns they use are from US

@mostdefrecords4334 2 ай бұрын

Mexicans dont like colombians 😂 There are only a few hired a sicarios . Most Colombians have there separate operations

@_nick_d 2 ай бұрын

Luis definitely has his finger on the pulse of what’s going deep in cartel organizations. Great guest & questions

@jonathanramos8414 2 ай бұрын

He's somewhat of an "activist" but not has overt and in your face as other journalists

@jonathanramos8414 2 ай бұрын

He's obviously very biased towards American border patrol Just for being border patrol.....

@EvanAndHell 3 күн бұрын

You finally have a real Mexican to talk on Mexico! Luis Chaparro even better!!

@geronimo6615 2 ай бұрын

Well done on the interview. Very engaging. Funny story, I watched a “product” transfer yesterday. It was between an older Hispanic couple in an old Chevy truck with Mexican plates and a couple of hardened looking Hispanic dudes in a blacked out Chrysler 300 with paper plates. Just another day in south TX.

@blueduster74 2 ай бұрын

As someone who’s grown up in Vegas and SD, I’m glad someone is trying to expose this for everyone. I’ve been in and out of Baja dozens of times, I’ve been stopped at the border coming back and searched. I clearly am not a smuggler, it makes me wonder if that bait tactic wasn’t used on me. 😂 if you saw my truck you’d get it. The sex trade is something he needs to expose as well. There are cartel “kids” recruiting girls in SD malls for various bs and they get grabbed and disappear forever. I’m sure it happens all across the southwest.

@Acordionista509 2 ай бұрын

Americans always say " the cartel" 😂😂 like if there is only one 😂😂 oh boy 😂

@officialPROCLUBGOD 2 ай бұрын

Finally, been waiting for Luis to tap in with ironclad! !

@theone6two3 2 ай бұрын

It is always so informative, much appreciated

@Acordionista509 2 ай бұрын

Anyone who says "the cartel" should automatically be dismissed. It is not one "cartel" it's about 200 of them

@vincentgarzoli3197 2 ай бұрын

True. But, in the generic sense, their operations are roughly similar, so "the cartel" functions as a stand-in for any form of cartel business activity.

@victorygarden556 2 ай бұрын

Naming them often puts you in danger

@ulissesm2686 16 сағат бұрын

@@victorygarden556not really these guys actually like the attention lol

@rainmetal 2 ай бұрын

How is this dude still alive and breathing? Hes one of the best but hes also taking so much risk.....

@9Riders 2 ай бұрын

The cartel pays people in arizona $1000 a head to take them from Tucson to Chandler/ Mesa

@theone6two3 2 ай бұрын

Big facts

@ghernandez2263 2 ай бұрын

The human smuggling business is just as lucrative as drug trafficking but those human trafficking charges are very serious

@el0013 2 ай бұрын

It's not the cartel

@tedwunderlich2741 Ай бұрын

Just discovered this channel, this is fantastic info. Great interview, will be binging more

@thisisironclad Ай бұрын

Awesome, thanks for tuning in! Enjoy the binge-watch session!

@REMYSCH 2 ай бұрын

Great one

@prescotttirepros1513 Ай бұрын

WOW!!!!!!! Thank you.

@henrylau8122 2 ай бұрын

Al cien compa chaparro

@maxcullen3427 2 ай бұрын

Vinnie another great podcast still waiting for book these make me so more interested as English education is power 👏🏻👏🏻

@alexrandytang 2 ай бұрын

I like this guy.

@soldieron9965 2 ай бұрын

Very busy man? Nah he’s been hiding for months already, some one has him shook. He’s getting to close to the sun.

@OlliePete 15 күн бұрын

I have alot of time for Luis. The amount of negative comments about him are mind blowing. People criticise him, but never acknowledge the fact that hes extremely brave for covering cartel news in the 1st place. Hes risking his life for our sake. Its highly likely that he will, and already has, trodden on the toes of some really dangerous people with his journalism. He sticks his neck out so we can stay informed. But people will still complain about his work. I tell you what. If you want to leave a comment critcising luis. How about you move to Mexico and start reporting on the cartels. Only then will your comments hold any validity.

@davidantoniomoreira4118 2 ай бұрын

Asking where the weapons and knowledge is coming from is beyond naiveness... unless the US take accountability to a problem they are directly responsible for there wont be any change in things in the US or Latin America

@BamaSquirrel 2 ай бұрын

Flying the black American flag ✊🏻 we won’t surrender and NO quarters given

@chrisvldz Ай бұрын

There's a flag for black Americans?

@ealas12 Ай бұрын

What???

@chuckweber542 20 күн бұрын

Why is everything race all the time.if you are a American citizen then we all have one flag and that's the American flag.stop dividing us.

@atomicgeisha 2 ай бұрын

I am a white woman who grew up in san Antonio Texas married to a beautiful Hispanic man for 24 years and people here are mostly kind to me as I am kind to them

@jonathanramos8414 2 ай бұрын

I'm Hispanic too. But I adore white babes ❤

@soldieron9965 2 ай бұрын

I am Mexican, love those white girls. I prefer only white girls. But who the hell cares. What does you being married to a Mexican dude really matter in the grand scheme of things.

@MortRouge 2 ай бұрын

"There are no solutions. There are only trade-offs." - Thomas Sowell

@watkinsinc.7147 2 ай бұрын

I am debating watching this because it sure seems like America is being attacked from every angle and I am trying to overcome the terror because I don't like it one bit. I refuse to give up and will overcome, but holy hell

@popeye1313 2 ай бұрын

It's reality and you should keep up on current affairs as to what's going on in the world and try to be as prepared as possible whatever it is that you need to prepare with whether it be food water shelter ammo whatever it need you need but most of all God almighty Jesus Christ our Lord and savior first and foremost so watch it and don't worry for if God is for me who can be against me

@watkinsinc.7147 2 ай бұрын

@@popeye1313 I am.

@RaisedxFist 2 ай бұрын

You need to wake the hell up woman, We are LONG past that 'America is being attacked from every angle'. We are past that. We are being dismantled and taken down from the inside and being attacked and invaded from the outside. Rome fell the same way and so will America if We don't get Trump back in office asap, He can buy Us time till he picks someone who can come after him to keep the fight going. Right now the U.N. is taking bets on how much time America has left before it collapses in on itself and then come swarming in U.N. 'Peace-keeping' Troops.

@officialPROCLUBGOD 2 ай бұрын

Buy firearms now

@benjaminp6924 2 ай бұрын

Observe the commandments of heavenly Father, No Fear

@GregBman 2 ай бұрын

Luis’ x profile indicates he’s a lefty, but seems sincere about raising alarms on the US border. I’m thankful he’s doing this because I’m sure it doesn’t make him popular in liberal circles.

@soldieron9965 2 ай бұрын

He’s a double headed snake. Dude is all over the place. I wonder who he really works for.

@gusbatcho96 2 ай бұрын

So what if he is a Lefty 😂

@chuckweber542 20 күн бұрын

That's cause he sees first hand what these cartels do.most people from the left live in a bubble and have no clue about anything.

@willjones6677 7 күн бұрын

Lefty Lmaoo why does that matter

@ryanb1757 2 ай бұрын

Luis is a G

@et2012te 2 ай бұрын

I feel like KZfaq monetize your guys' videos pretty hard.

@patriciariley5922 2 ай бұрын

I know Las Cruces well...I was born there and still live in the area... Luis is correct about the cartels down here...been going on all of my life all 58 years . nothing new under the sun 😎

@jonathanramos8414 2 ай бұрын

I don't know if Mexico will ever rid themselves of these crime syndicates. Unless they find more honest ways to make a living but it seems you have to be cruel to survive in Mexico

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@everythingisinfinite4602 2 ай бұрын

I feel like the only reason we haven't liberated mexico is because our own gov cares more about money than helping people.

@user-cc5ve4nh1s 2 ай бұрын

That's worldwide policy

@gusbatcho96 2 ай бұрын

You guys couldn't even liberate the middle east relax Rambo 😅

@robertnelson1098 2 ай бұрын

They love money and power more then help people..... ANY PEOPLE.....

@everythingisinfinite4602 2 ай бұрын

@@gusbatcho96 your what's wrong with the world. You care more about self satisfied greed over helping others.

@gusbatcho96 2 ай бұрын

@@everythingisinfinite4602 we should probably focus on our own issues before we try to fix someone's else problem. Examples are drug addiction in America that would definitely help

@ohms497 2 ай бұрын

Luis Chaparro. Cool!

@jonathanramos8414 2 ай бұрын

Luis chorro

@josephshaff5194 22 күн бұрын

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@GreekLady188 Ай бұрын

🎉🎉

@marcocano8399 25 күн бұрын

Why they never mention CIA meddling? 🧐

@davinxi5926 2 ай бұрын

Your thoughts on the Rachel Morin Killed by a El Salvador cartel member? Just happened today …. Seems like there’s much more going on

@jonathanramos8414 2 ай бұрын

El salvador has gangs not cartels

@ghernandez2263 2 ай бұрын

Never heard of a cartel from El Salvador

@SeanHarwood 2 ай бұрын

That's how stealthily the El Salvadorian cartel rolls lols @@ghernandez2263

@incredible3214 2 ай бұрын

You lost me at 7 minutes. Great job cookie.

@Isaac-sp9jg 2 ай бұрын

Es todo el compa luis chaparro

@jonathanramos8414 2 ай бұрын

Luis chorro

@craigelectric5241 2 ай бұрын

YOUR GONNA HAFTA BREAKIM OFF THOUGH 👀😳

@mimusic1853 2 ай бұрын

El ChAtO is his godfather not grandfather

@craigelectric5241 2 ай бұрын

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@craigelectric5241 2 ай бұрын

THAT'S GREAT ROCKSTAR PUBLICITY // YOU GO UP ON STAGE TELL EM I WANNA PLAY FUR Y'ALL BUT I'M SO BAD THE GANGSTA CARTEL WANCE TU SHUT ME DOWN !!! 🖕👶🚬🖕

@jimmyconway8025 Ай бұрын

All those guns from Afghanistan went to hamas

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@benjih2o792 2 ай бұрын

All roads least to american nationalism

@brian.castrejon6888 2 ай бұрын

Zzz

@hagestad 2 ай бұрын

1:00 - this guy is talking total nonsense that journalists probably asked him to. That policy in reality changed very little from Obama to Trump to Biden. it was mostly talk. If he was anywhere close to this subject he would know that.