How a Cartel Built Their Own Cell Phone Network

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  • @DrHazard1206
    @DrHazard1206 4 роки тому +8768

    Did he really send any entire drug cartel after a UA-cam lawyer?
    Our man's on another level!

    • @johnladuke6475
      @johnladuke6475 4 роки тому +658

      "Hey LegalEagles, when you're naked and filthy, and chained to a pile of cinderblocks in a shack somewhere in central america, how do you escape? It's time to think like a lawyer who hopes that the next time the door opens it's just a beating, not execution time."

    •  4 роки тому +65

      @@johnladuke6475 Serving lawsuits via window bricks...?

    • @axlrose76
      @axlrose76 4 роки тому +70

      Maybe he's "amigo del cartel".

    • @kugalus
      @kugalus 4 роки тому +59

      Next thing we know is that Sam is sued by the LegalEagle

    • @DoctorWhom
      @DoctorWhom 4 роки тому +16

      Legal Eagle wont be in danger from the drug cartel. do drug cartels have fans? I hope we don't find out.

  • @LegalEagle
    @LegalEagle 4 роки тому +26367

    Well, I guess we know which UA-cam channel Sam hates the most...

  • @Bshue123
    @Bshue123 4 роки тому +3174

    Legal Eagle like: Wait, why are there a dozen black SUVs at my office?

    • @sirBrouwer
      @sirBrouwer 4 роки тому +44

      that is just business as usual.

    • @mbedj1974
      @mbedj1974 4 роки тому +43

      Maybe a ton of guys are looking for good counsel before a trial

    • @TheSquidPro
      @TheSquidPro 4 роки тому +13

      I hear he was peeled all over with a chainsaw when they found the first piece of him.

    • @TrimutiusToo
      @TrimutiusToo 4 роки тому +6

      Nah he will just see them in court in a jiffy...

    • @AndrewVaughanOfficial
      @AndrewVaughanOfficial 4 роки тому +14

      Nah more like 7 Honda civics

  • @adamhenriksson6007
    @adamhenriksson6007 4 роки тому +2131

    4:10 The joke is that the Mexican drug cartel has more service engineers on standby than AT&T.

    • @maritoguionyo
      @maritoguionyo 3 роки тому +37

      AT&T Nextel

    • @deleted-something
      @deleted-something 2 роки тому +6

      Lol?

    • @christopher9727
      @christopher9727 10 місяців тому

      ...
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      For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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      16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
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      15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
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      The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
      Hebrews 11:6
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      Jesus

    • @deebear321
      @deebear321 10 місяців тому +7

      This aged fantastically...

    • @silent4198
      @silent4198 10 місяців тому

      @@deebear321 fr

  • @mattchandler2387
    @mattchandler2387 4 роки тому +2273

    I count 6 jokes in the first minute, five jokes in the second minute, four in the third minute, two in the fourth minute (but one of them was really long), four in the fifth minute, and one in the sixth minute that took up most of the remaining - non-sponsored runtime. This means there were a total of 22 jokes for a joke density of one joke every 14.8 seconds

  • @programmer437
    @programmer437 4 роки тому +4259

    What us nerds can take from this:
    When the cartel hires you to run their infrastructure, if you get caught, claim you were “kidnapped”.

    • @CoolAcid
      @CoolAcid 4 роки тому +358

      I know one of those engineers, he went to school with me. They basically told him "hey, we need you to build this infrastructure and we will pay you lots and lots of money, or you can decline and we will kill you and your family. :)". Now he has a lot of money. I would've done the same.

    • @brianrivera0
      @brianrivera0 4 роки тому +30

      @@CoolAcid Damn

    • @creativedesignation7880
      @creativedesignation7880 4 роки тому +376

      I am sure they were just hired, since cartels are famous for being non-violent, kidnapping and threatening nobody and generally being super kind and never doing anything illegal.

    • @TheJerbol
      @TheJerbol 4 роки тому +29

      cartels kidnap people left and right wtf u on m8

    • @guycross493
      @guycross493 4 роки тому +123

      @@TheJerbol wooooosh

  • @kickballfever
    @kickballfever 4 роки тому +2617

    Imagine you're just a regular engineer and the cartel kidnaps you to work for them, then you get caught in a raid and arrested for being a part of the cartel that you never even wanted to join in the first place.

    • @leonardoaguado2501
      @leonardoaguado2501 4 роки тому +307

      Or they hire you and then the cops come so you claim to be kidnapped

    • @prodbycxrlos
      @prodbycxrlos 4 роки тому +333

      This sadly doesn’t just happen to engineers, but to everyday innocent people as well. I know of a smith who was kidnapped to help make makeshift armored cars (think mad max) and was subsequently killed in a raid. Sad situation.

    • @phuckyoutube5927
      @phuckyoutube5927 3 роки тому +24

      @@leonardoaguado2501 best idea ever lmao

    • @rypdx
      @rypdx 3 роки тому +6

      Fr that’s what be happening everyone else Lying

    • @MiriamLizeth-ic9sb
      @MiriamLizeth-ic9sb 2 роки тому +14

      The reality of some poor people here, they have no choice but to serve the narcos to survive :((

  • @BattlewarPenguin
    @BattlewarPenguin 4 роки тому +1939

    2:53 The conversation taken would have been hilarious
    Cartel Drug Dude: Should we use gasoline to power up the electricity?
    Cartel Leader: Are you nuts? Do you have any idea how bad would it be for the environment?

    • @ciscobriones5904
      @ciscobriones5904 4 роки тому +116

      even the cartel know solar power is the future..., why destroy the planet even more?
      even the cartel have some morals. Unlike an American politician

    • @sockaccount8116
      @sockaccount8116 4 роки тому +97

      @@ciscobriones5904 Why "even the cartel"? They choose the technologies which are more efficient, productive and reliable to run their business not ways to satisfy all of the different lobby groups filling their pockets.

    • @waxpen3374
      @waxpen3374 4 роки тому +57

      @@sockaccount8116 literally, a solar-powered system could be set up automatically and would only have to be re-checked if maintenance was needed. Whereas refueling would require multiple and regularly scheduled trips to refuel it.

    • @JayElement13
      @JayElement13 4 роки тому +12

      @@ciscobriones5904 ya they don’t pollute the environment just the human body

    • @vrsce0178
      @vrsce0178 4 роки тому +6

      @@ciscobriones5904 LOL "morals".

  • @nikolavasic1947
    @nikolavasic1947 4 роки тому +222

    As a Serbian, I can confirm
    Halcones does mean halcones

    • @JovanLemon
      @JovanLemon Рік тому +2

      As another Serbian, I can confirm it still means halcones

  • @ElliotM2007
    @ElliotM2007 4 роки тому +401

    when he said "and the other is a drug cartel" we all saw that coming by now didn't we?

  • @HoennMaster
    @HoennMaster 4 роки тому +765

    0:18 I knew where this joke was going, and you're damn right I still enjoyed it.

    • @kaiwut
      @kaiwut 4 роки тому +5

      same

    • @jownadel1526
      @jownadel1526 4 роки тому +37

      He did the same thing for the difference between the dmv and dmz

    • @oscarword775
      @oscarword775 4 роки тому +3

      @@kaiwut same

    • @orchidquack
      @orchidquack 4 роки тому +2

      Exactly

    • @cerjmedia
      @cerjmedia 4 роки тому +1

      @@jownadel1526 exact same thought process

  • @DoubleOddJosh
    @DoubleOddJosh 4 роки тому +2296

    Is it listed the NASDAQ or NYSE? I'm looking to diversify my portfolio

    • @DoubleOddJosh
      @DoubleOddJosh 4 роки тому +105

      @@manthanf1
      NASDAQ actually refers to both an exchange and an index. Please consult with Professor Wikipedia before trying to correct me

    • @JPSGShow
      @JPSGShow 4 роки тому +10

      on the AMEX

    • @thomasrose2127
      @thomasrose2127 4 роки тому +3

      @@JPSGShow i thought it was on the VISA

    • @poodlescone9700
      @poodlescone9700 4 роки тому +5

      Big Pharma is very profitable!

    • @elijahernst843
      @elijahernst843 4 роки тому +11

      NASDAQ looks like an among us code

  • @hussey4826
    @hussey4826 4 роки тому +623

    *Devin Stone at 4am*: "Why do I hear Mexican music? "

    • @adamkwalczyk
      @adamkwalczyk 4 роки тому +3

      I wish Devin could cover 5 plausible conspirac theories that might actually come true in 2021

    • @somanynames781
      @somanynames781 4 роки тому +7

      Because Devin is stoned at 4am

    • @jarehelt
      @jarehelt 4 роки тому +3

      All im imagining is el jarabe tapatio 🤣

    • @xEEEa7iu231
      @xEEEa7iu231 3 роки тому

      next video on LegalEagle: silly me, of course it wouldnt exist!

    • @samuelele
      @samuelele 2 місяці тому

      DADADADADADADADADADAAA

  • @1Sportmode
    @1Sportmode 4 роки тому +382

    “ and the other is a drug cartel” 😂😂😂 beautiful execution

    • @kappxster
      @kappxster 3 роки тому +8

      literally LOLed 😂

    • @zaeroses1096
      @zaeroses1096 3 роки тому +10

      I could see it a mile off and it was still good

  • @FingeringThings
    @FingeringThings 4 роки тому +2187

    When a cartel is more competent than a tele company

  • @thiccnicc6848
    @thiccnicc6848 4 роки тому +1775

    The fact that drug cartels have legitimate infrastructure and teams of kidnapped nerds will always astound me.

    • @mt8956
      @mt8956 4 роки тому +29

      @Rider450 yes but no, if am correct at one point all of Mexico communications were own by one person.

    • @900108Chale
      @900108Chale 4 роки тому +41

      @@mt8956 Mainly 2 cos. Infrastructure is mostly owned by Carlos Slim (Mexico's top billionaire) owner of TELMEX and service is provided by 2 cos: TELMEX and another Mexican who recently sold to AT&T... A new CHEAP service for poor people in rural areas, created some years ago, seemed to have gone nowhere (crushed?).

    • @souparmsbarraza7206
      @souparmsbarraza7206 4 роки тому +25

      Some cartels have been caught using kidnapped scientist to develop a new breed of ballistic artillery...
      Known only as "Engranaje de Metal'

    • @JK-gu3tl
      @JK-gu3tl 4 роки тому +7

      @@900108Chale Mexican gov't in bed with big business.

    • @TheNumbasign2
      @TheNumbasign2 4 роки тому +2

      @Rider450 real talk

  • @minisaiju7699
    @minisaiju7699 4 роки тому +6547

    His sound is the same as the wendover production guy

    • @bookrocker4945
      @bookrocker4945 4 роки тому +669

      I know it’s insane

    • @DoctorCyan
      @DoctorCyan 4 роки тому +433

      Only commenting because I know this is a top comment

    • @BolinTobySlothhood
      @BolinTobySlothhood 4 роки тому +396

      Damn now that you mention it I can totally see the similarities wtf. Wendover is way funnier though

    • @akorus_master
      @akorus_master 4 роки тому +438

      They sound the Sam indeed.

    • @nirajankhadka0123
      @nirajankhadka0123 4 роки тому +233

      Ohhh! That's interesting! Or Half as!

  • @NoorquackerInd
    @NoorquackerInd 4 роки тому +106

    Me years ago: "Google please hire me"
    Me now: "Zeta please hire me"

    • @Nerizwith
      @Nerizwith 3 роки тому +6

      The FBI wants to know your location

  • @wumwum42
    @wumwum42 4 роки тому +86

    Its so nice to see not every knowlege channel lost their humor !
    The commentary makes it very entertaining, while still very informative!

    • @AJ12Gamer
      @AJ12Gamer 3 роки тому +2

      And halcones means halcones.

    • @a..4255
      @a..4255 2 роки тому

      @@AJ12Gamer hawks

  • @jacksonbitzer3336
    @jacksonbitzer3336 4 роки тому +3192

    When he hates Wendover Productions the most...

    • @georgepaul341
      @georgepaul341 4 роки тому +15

      ? Can u elaborate?
      Edit: Ok guys thanks I understand now

    • @acebalistic1358
      @acebalistic1358 4 роки тому +92

      @@georgepaul341 HAI was made based on the old that Wikipedia list on Wendover productions. they are run by the same guy.

    • @LeoStaley
      @LeoStaley 4 роки тому +120

      @@georgepaul341 in the section where he says which UA-camr he hates most, masked by digital inversion, he said Wendover.

    • @heleneardleytaylor25
      @heleneardleytaylor25 4 роки тому +8

      Gush I think it might me league eagle

    • @calcavendish5430
      @calcavendish5430 4 роки тому +123

      @@georgepaul341 basically an insider fan joke. Wendover and HAI are running by the same group and the same narrator. Usually he will diss the "guy from Wendover" (which is himself) as a joke. Although Wendover narrator's tone was more serious back then, they pretty much shared the same tone now.

  • @gustavaaby2786
    @gustavaaby2786 4 роки тому +2595

    I decrypted the message and it sat "that wendover guy"
    Edit:
    I didn't actually 👉👈
    I just guessed

  • @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un
    @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un 4 роки тому +1984

    Hmm, halcones means halcones. Good to know

    • @900108Chale
      @900108Chale 4 роки тому +72

      KIM!!!! You forgot your Spanish? Remember Castro?
      It means Falcons my overlord of the poorest Asians...

    • @Luckman999
      @Luckman999 4 роки тому +25

      Why does the president have so few likes u will all get executed

    • @alqui84
      @alqui84 4 роки тому +20

      It means Hawk's 🤣

    • @marjimhip8487
      @marjimhip8487 4 роки тому +1

      things is stuff and are junk and other such crap

    • @retromichael2429
      @retromichael2429 4 роки тому +1

      Halkones is a type of a bird

  • @bigh213
    @bigh213 4 роки тому +176

    They probably had better service than I do with AT&T...

    • @DaFundraiser420
      @DaFundraiser420 4 роки тому +1

      Hahaha try Tmobile

    • @Eugenepanels
      @Eugenepanels 4 роки тому +3

      At&t is not bad at all but they bit off more then they cud chew with that merger bull

    • @patraisieigna9625
      @patraisieigna9625 4 роки тому

      U just dont know how to use the service

    • @syxepop
      @syxepop 3 роки тому +2

      Knowing that the service the cartel may have ended hacking after Nextel Mexico was bought by (ahem) AT&T may have ended been TelCel (or Claro, as is known in many other Latin American countries outside of Mexico)...
      (had until not too long ago like 70% of the wireless market in Mexico and as many monopolies it is not quite well respected for its' "customer service")

  • @MrSpankee02
    @MrSpankee02 3 роки тому +11

    How dare you call me a nerd! If you’ll excuse me ,I have to go play with my action figure collection.

  • @vomgrady
    @vomgrady 4 роки тому +446

    Thoughts and prayers for Devin Stone.

  • @dhevinkundu5156
    @dhevinkundu5156 4 роки тому +223

    Zetas: * need their own private communication system for their cartel *
    Zetas: modern problems require modern solutions

    • @simpleinverso8628
      @simpleinverso8628 4 роки тому +9

      They are called Zetas not veras

    • @ado6520
      @ado6520 4 роки тому +3

      That’s not funny it’s supposed to be something ironic instead of something good like the network

    • @liamhastings1385
      @liamhastings1385 4 роки тому

      Modem*

    • @dhevinkundu5156
      @dhevinkundu5156 4 роки тому

      @@ado6520 that's.... not my understanding of it. Apologies.

    • @dhevinkundu5156
      @dhevinkundu5156 4 роки тому +1

      @@simpleinverso8628 i kinda forgot what it was but i edited it now sooo

  • @Naruedyoh
    @Naruedyoh 4 роки тому +194

    3:38 The singular of "halcones" is "halcón"

    • @D4CLVT
      @D4CLVT 4 роки тому +21

      @The Real Talk with Jacob Wilson halcón means hawk not falcon

    • @llamadasinrespuesta4631
      @llamadasinrespuesta4631 4 роки тому +6

      @@D4CLVT The word halcón can be used for both.

    • @kele8559
      @kele8559 4 роки тому

      @@iykury que?

    • @kele8559
      @kele8559 4 роки тому

      @@iykury oh

    • @luxoficial4149
      @luxoficial4149 4 роки тому

      Yo también hablo poquito serbio

  • @neweracarz8526
    @neweracarz8526 4 роки тому +104

    Halcon in spanish means falcon... so halcones- “falcons”

    • @baltazarresendez3990
      @baltazarresendez3990 4 роки тому

      Halcón is hawk

    • @Belzeh
      @Belzeh 4 роки тому +13

      @@baltazarresendez3990 stop spreading misinformation. "Halcón" is a falcon, "gavilán" is a hawk.

    • @ipablol
      @ipablol 3 роки тому +3

      and the singular form is halcón, not halcone

    • @awcy6902
      @awcy6902 3 роки тому +4

      Nice try Google already told us it's Serbian

    • @nab11111l
      @nab11111l 3 роки тому +1

      thats not true halcones means halcones

  • @thebasketballhistorian3291
    @thebasketballhistorian3291 4 роки тому +20

    How many stock video clips do you want to use?
    HAI: Yes.

  • @Bahmani
    @Bahmani 4 роки тому +396

    when a cartel is more competent then the goverment of the country I live in

    • @kevinolmedo675
      @kevinolmedo675 4 роки тому +6

      Same

    • @angelrobles7201
      @angelrobles7201 4 роки тому +16

      Basically, nearly all the countries' govs would fit that sentence. Which is truly sad.

    • @kriptonita8030
      @kriptonita8030 4 роки тому +1

      Specially latinamerica

    • @johnladuke6475
      @johnladuke6475 4 роки тому +25

      Part of the problem is that even having a monopoly on taxes just isn't as profitable as selling cocaine.

    • @OtakuUnitedStudio
      @OtakuUnitedStudio 4 роки тому

      Lo ciento

  • @channel_no_longer_active
    @channel_no_longer_active 4 роки тому +608

    The cartel seems more smart than the government themselves.

    • @simpleinverso8628
      @simpleinverso8628 4 роки тому +73

      They simply have the motivation and nescesity to do it.
      While government pigs keep allowing them to do so.

    • @williamkeffer8234
      @williamkeffer8234 4 роки тому +7

      Because they are

    • @johnladuke6475
      @johnladuke6475 4 роки тому +81

      It's not that they're smarter, exactly... it's just that government runs on taxes, and telecom companies run on cell phone profits... and neither one of those allows you spend as much money as when you sell cocaine, opiates and methamphetamines. Also if you can just kidnap the best techs in the business for your sysadmins and network admins, it really cuts down on recruiting costs.

    • @CaptainClod0981
      @CaptainClod0981 4 роки тому

      You'd be amazed

    • @cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245
      @cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245 4 роки тому +4

      *RAGING BOOTLICKING GOVERNMENT LOVING PUNISHER NOISES*

  • @shivpatel7506
    @shivpatel7506 4 роки тому +132

    HAI: Basically it was as good a cell network as you could get...
    Me: Cannot talk to my friends because of bad Wi-Fi
    ...

  • @ananya.a04
    @ananya.a04 2 роки тому +6

    The video itself was very informative and interesting, but the humour was top-notch as well! Half as Interesting is one of my favourite channels on UA-cam to visit whenever I want to learn something new. Keep up the good work guys!

  • @paulomontalvoestrada1608
    @paulomontalvoestrada1608 4 роки тому +50

    I'm studying infrastructure of digital networks and with the stuff you learn in first semester I feel ready to start my own network lol

    • @darin7553
      @darin7553 2 роки тому +1

      You should get in to the drug busines! What could go wrong?

    • @JatPhenshllem
      @JatPhenshllem Рік тому

      @@darin7553 Yeah, lemme know when it gets started up, I'd love to... uh - a friend would love to take part

  • @ke6gwf
    @ke6gwf 4 роки тому +791

    What you described is not a cell network, but a radio repeater network.
    Source: a nerd with a license! ;)

    • @R3lay0
      @R3lay0 4 роки тому +38

      Where can I get a nerd licence?

    • @videotaper2272
      @videotaper2272 4 роки тому +33

      @@R3lay0 Look up "amateur radio" or "ham radio", there is probably a club in your area that runs a course on how to pass the test which you can usually take at the end of the course through a "volunteer examiner".
      I was thinking from this description it sounded more like the linked repeater systems that ham radio operators use...just hams don't use the encryption...and can't talk about selling drugs (or even most legal things) on the air. ^_-
      Some links mostly relevant to where I live:
      links.ve4.ca

    • @LowOutput
      @LowOutput 4 роки тому +3

      Is Yreka the read-headed step child of Eureka? And is the “reka” part pronounced the same in both?

    • @n3ssaya972
      @n3ssaya972 4 роки тому +3

      73!

    • @rogvelsan
      @rogvelsan 4 роки тому +7

      @@videotaper2272 it was actually a GMSR network, illegal of course but repeaters can be bought by anyone and resellers do not ask questions about the final purpose.

  • @lxvi84
    @lxvi84 4 роки тому +328

    Fun fact, The earliest fired bricks appeared in Neolithic China around 4400 BC at Chengtoushan, a walled settlement of the Daxi culture. These bricks were made of red clay, fired on all sides to above 600 °C, and used as flooring for houses.
    You’re welcome

    • @SummerSausage1
      @SummerSausage1 4 роки тому +11

      I remember back when I was a kid I used to throw bricks into higher end cars I saw in Rodeo drive. I wonder if any of those bricks were fired bricks. Would be poetic haha

    • @UnQuacker
      @UnQuacker 4 роки тому +3

      You're*
      *angry grammar nazi noises*

    • @SummerSausage1
      @SummerSausage1 4 роки тому +2

      @@UnQuacker thanks! your a saint! ;)

    • @UnQuacker
      @UnQuacker 4 роки тому +1

      @@SummerSausage1 *even angrier grammar nazi noises*

    • @lxvi84
      @lxvi84 4 роки тому

      @@UnQuacker thank you so much, I’ve been making this mistake for years 😬 (English is not my first language)

  • @eonferdinand2917
    @eonferdinand2917 4 роки тому +40

    Having heard stories about Pablo Escobar I can't say I'm surprised by a cartel making their own phone company

  • @Karl_Kampfwagen
    @Karl_Kampfwagen 4 роки тому +27

    This was awesome... Mostly because I worked for a company which supplied V&V with computer servers... 💀 I always thought their operation seemed sketchy-at-best, and now I know why.

    • @ray.upside-down
      @ray.upside-down 2 роки тому

      Well, I am afraid you went to the wrong place

  • @kinglongmoney1037
    @kinglongmoney1037 4 роки тому +32

    the weird jokes definitely makes this half as interesting

  • @aquarocket8165
    @aquarocket8165 4 роки тому +155

    halcones means hawks for those that want to know

    • @angelrobles7201
      @angelrobles7201 4 роки тому +14

      And the singular is "halcón", not "halcone"
      (Same goes with "tamal" and "tamales". No relation, but damn! It irks me when I found the word "tamale"!!)

    • @simpleinverso8628
      @simpleinverso8628 4 роки тому +1

      @@PlaneguyAN225 no, go to your corner

    • @Otzkar
      @Otzkar 4 роки тому

      @@PlaneguyAN225 nah you look like you would watch wendover productions

    • @Alex-fv2qs
      @Alex-fv2qs 4 роки тому +1

      Also, the h in halcón doesn't make any sound

    • @صدامحسين-ب6و3ح
      @صدامحسين-ب6و3ح 4 роки тому +2

      It sounds like it means "falcon".

  • @locketom
    @locketom 4 роки тому +31

    Should have sent the cartel after LockPickingLawyer. The cartel would finish chaining him to a wall, close the door, and the next thing they'd hear is "nice click out of one"

  • @RachelTension
    @RachelTension 4 роки тому +120

    I cracked the voice distortion at 3:40, he said "wendover productions" anyone know who that is?

  • @rebeccakenworthy4623
    @rebeccakenworthy4623 4 роки тому +20

    I've got a good question for you. It became evident to law enforcement in Victoria, Australia in the early 2000's that certain underworld identities had cell phones that did not get bills and the telecommunications companies didn't know existed- making them hard to tap into for law enforcement. There was no private network, like this story... It was apparently some phone hack of some sort... What the heck were they doing???

    • @AliBaba-vw7mo
      @AliBaba-vw7mo Рік тому +2

      I’m no expert, but they could have gained access to cellular infrastructure and made a private network. I mean- the knowledge to create a private cellular network is freely available. Cellular standards such as LTE are not too hard to set up given enough time

  • @ironman4do
    @ironman4do 25 днів тому

    4:57
    Five hundred twenty-five thousand moments so dear
    The tiny little bits like this are why I LOVE your channel!

  • @drac124
    @drac124 4 роки тому +34

    Next on their plan: Launch satellite communication.

  • @ZexyS
    @ZexyS 4 роки тому +306

    As a Serb, I will just say that a word "Halcones" doesn't exist here lol

    • @doommagic
      @doommagic 4 роки тому +38

      I'm pretty sure that was the point he was making. It was a joke about it not being a Serbian word.

    • @OscarDriftz
      @OscarDriftz 4 роки тому +24

      Halcones is Spanish for hawks 😂

    • @victorhs258
      @victorhs258 4 роки тому +1

      Which is why there is a hawk @1:28

    • @rafaelmendoza7933
      @rafaelmendoza7933 4 роки тому +1

      @@OscarDriftz falcon

    • @cplcabs
      @cplcabs 4 роки тому +1

      @@doommagic yank humour

  • @baylinkdashyt
    @baylinkdashyt 4 роки тому +45

    This isn't really cellular, it's more trunking radio - the thing which Nextel originally was before it morphed.

    • @c1ockworx
      @c1ockworx 4 роки тому +7

      Came to say the same thing. Looks like a DMR, P.25 or other commercial encrypted radio network - in which case the pics of people using cell phones and cell towers aren't relevant. Maybe we're missing part of the story?

    • @imafuturecorpse2443
      @imafuturecorpse2443 4 роки тому +1

      I mean when you get into the more advanced features of trunked radio do you really blame them for thinking it’s a cellular service?

    • @ChiDraconis
      @ChiDraconis 4 роки тому

      @@imafuturecorpse2443
      Reminds me of London Interbank Overnight Rate running their cartel in the clear posting openly unenciphered

    • @WasatchIntercept
      @WasatchIntercept 4 роки тому +3

      @@imafuturecorpse2443 The creator of this video repeatedly used technical terms, in order to sound knowledgeable. So yeah, they should be expected to know what those terms mean, and to use them correctly. As it stands, this video is a minimally informative mess.

  • @cheekoandtheman
    @cheekoandtheman 4 роки тому +5

    I love the "it's easy to tell the difference " line, very witty

  • @neldert1397
    @neldert1397 4 роки тому +8

    The ending of this video can best be summarized as "How to attempt to indirectly assassinate another youtuber"

  • @shivpatel7506
    @shivpatel7506 4 роки тому +11

    0:51 The guy is a legend; he puts an ad in between drug cartel phone networks

  • @NANI-kp8rb
    @NANI-kp8rb 4 роки тому +38

    3:48 is obviously Legal Eagle, I work at the NSA. National Digital Invertor inversion place

    • @ashrocks8443
      @ashrocks8443 4 роки тому +1

      Allow me to introduce myself,i work with "time inversion"

  • @jordansumitomo2357
    @jordansumitomo2357 4 роки тому +21

    "My name is Devin Stone,
    My Channel is LegalEagle,
    any complaints must be send to the comment section"-Sam Denby.

  • @koharumi1
    @koharumi1 3 роки тому +1

    Criminals use brilliant.org to learn how to develop a phone network.

  • @SauceX8
    @SauceX8 4 роки тому +3

    Fun fact: The zeta cartels were formed by a group of ex military soldier part of a special forces group. They mostly hired police officers and military soldiers. This is the reason why the zetas fought a lot like military rebels and why they had so much knowledge about guns, communication, government, vehicles, and military tactics.

  • @farmertyler8087
    @farmertyler8087 4 роки тому +75

    You rlly outed their com center lol. They’re gonna go after you now

  • @sirloin33
    @sirloin33 4 роки тому +18

    I saw that “college students clawing their way up to a rotten heirarchy” joke coming from a mile away.

  • @logank
    @logank 4 роки тому +9

    How on earth does that stock footage exist at 4:34? Honestly, that’s amazing.

  • @GadgetAddict
    @GadgetAddict 2 роки тому +3

    So they built a UHF/VHF radio network, with analog/DMR radios.
    Not a cellphone network.
    Or am I missing something here?

    • @JackPribis
      @JackPribis 2 роки тому +1

      Based on the source article, the network can inhibit/unibhibit radios which indicates some digital signalling. But they use the term "inversion" or "scrambling" instead of encryption, indicating analog voice traffic. So I'm guessing it's an MPT network or similar, which has digital control with analog voice. Either way it's not a "cellphone network". Many private companies have similar private radio networks spread across entire countries.

  • @003Jetfire
    @003Jetfire 3 роки тому +1

    HAI: This video was made possible by ...
    Me: A cartel?
    HAI: Brilliant
    Me: oh

  • @tanmaysrivastav
    @tanmaysrivastav 4 роки тому +17

    3:49 We all know it's Real Engineering that he hated the most

  • @LadyViolet1
    @LadyViolet1 4 роки тому +9

    When I heard the name Jose Luis del Toro Estrada; I was like "Oh no am I related to this guy?" and then I remembered that Estrada is just a town name.

  • @JeffrevinYT
    @JeffrevinYT 4 роки тому +6

    5:08 "So if any Zetas are watching this video and are mad at me, I want you to know that my name is Devin Stone, I look like this, and any complaints should be directed to the comments section of my channel, LegalEagle."
    Wait, isn't that illegal?
    Quick! Somebody get Sam from Half as Interesting to explain!

  • @paullydeux2266
    @paullydeux2266 3 роки тому +4

    expectaion:"hmm these cartels must be using these cell network to commit crime"
    reality:"Hola boss i made sure the burrito you wanted me to order was in the fridge,adios!"

  • @ElectricityTaster
    @ElectricityTaster 4 роки тому +1

    everyone knows the best way to communicate with your cartel is using signs in a minecraft server.

  • @baconnator179
    @baconnator179 4 роки тому +150

    I thought this was gonna be about Apple

    • @Daniel_JS
      @Daniel_JS 4 роки тому +4

      I'd just like you to know you've got the biggest laugh out of me all week

    • @AxxLAfriku
      @AxxLAfriku 4 роки тому

      It's weird indeed. Everywhere I comment, people tell me how much they love me and my videos. Sometimes it is annoying. But right now it would be okay. So say something nice about my content, dear bac

    • @dvmien
      @dvmien 4 роки тому

      ??? Why

    • @DoctorCyan
      @DoctorCyan 4 роки тому

      LOL

  • @nullcandyy
    @nullcandyy 4 роки тому +19

    imagine if he did a collab with the wendover productions guy

  • @Alex-ll3ig
    @Alex-ll3ig 4 роки тому +6

    01:03 as I Serbian this is the proudest moment on this channel.
    And I don't even know what Halconies really is.

  • @cryptocal7325
    @cryptocal7325 3 роки тому +1

    1:06 guy on phone: sir I think the soldiers are acting sus, I’m going to vote then out

    • @myak37
      @myak37 3 роки тому

      he said fun y word

  • @gekyumerising3152
    @gekyumerising3152 4 роки тому +2

    I love when sponsored content is back to back with an ad and the end of a video.

  • @Free_Krazy
    @Free_Krazy 4 роки тому +7

    "Cell phone coverage before 2005 was spotty"
    **LAUGHS IN MOUNTAIN**

  • @moosasoumahoro6440
    @moosasoumahoro6440 4 роки тому +29

    Even Murderous drug Lord's are eco-friendly.
    A cartel member: Professionals have standards

  • @hegecactus8938
    @hegecactus8938 4 роки тому +5

    That redirect at the end is just outright cruel
    Not even cartels deserve to be send to a lawyer

  • @krismatic_
    @krismatic_ 3 роки тому +2

    The dry delivery of interesting facts is a combo I didn't realize I needed

  • @notmenotme614
    @notmenotme614 4 роки тому +16

    When a drugs cartel can get better network performance than the cell phone operator you pay monthly

  • @jacksonbitzer3336
    @jacksonbitzer3336 4 роки тому +31

    This gives me vibes of Wendover Productions. Idk why ;)

  • @mrmarecki1
    @mrmarecki1 4 роки тому +6

    This video would have been a perfect advertising opportunity for a VPN company. It would be much cheaper and more practical to use one over existing commercial mobile network instead of building new infrastructure from scratch.

    • @nikkiofthevalley
      @nikkiofthevalley Рік тому

      VPNs don't do much for security. You can still see the traffic, it's just more difficult to work out where it's coming from.

    • @mrmarecki1
      @mrmarecki1 Рік тому

      @@nikkiofthevalley They also encrypt the traffic, so cartel's mobile operator would only see phones exchanging encrypted traffic with let's say AWS servers, which are used also by tons of popular services. If done right it would be very difficult distinguish from regular users, and impossible to read even if anything was suspected.

  • @pinksnail821
    @pinksnail821 4 роки тому +8

    That LegalEagle shoutout was amazingly subtle

    • @sockaccount8116
      @sockaccount8116 4 роки тому

      Was it really a shout-out? That liar is actively promoted by UA-cam all the time

  • @samuelgarcia5730
    @samuelgarcia5730 3 роки тому +3

    I’m new to this channel , I love this guys sarcasm 😂

  • @simulify8726
    @simulify8726 4 роки тому +24

    Fun Fact: There was a cartel responsible for reducing lifetime of light bulbs so people would continue to but bulbs after a specific period of time.

    • @jackroyaltea5034
      @jackroyaltea5034 4 роки тому +1

      Well. A cartel doesn’t legally have to be a criminal enterprise.

    • @Hauketal
      @Hauketal 4 роки тому +2

      Actually they were the good guys. Lightbulbs can last as long as you want by making them inefficient as heck. They will cost more for electricity use than for replacement.

    • @valerkand9270
      @valerkand9270 4 роки тому +1

      @@Hauketal Was thinking about this exact thing

    • @5roundsrapid263
      @5roundsrapid263 4 роки тому +3

      @@jackroyaltea5034 A cartel is any group that controls a commodity like a monopoly. OPEC was considered a cartel until the US started out-producing most of their members.

    • @jackroyaltea5034
      @jackroyaltea5034 4 роки тому

      5Rounds Rapid Yeah. I am aware of the definition. I was just too lazy to type it out. Thank you.
      That’s why i said that it doesn’t have to be a criminal enterprise.

  • @JC-on8sj
    @JC-on8sj 4 роки тому +10

    When he lists his identity as someone else in the video, but his name is still in the description.

  • @ericschultz4004
    @ericschultz4004 4 роки тому +10

    2:20 "This guy" looks more like the Subway guy instead of the Verizon guy

    • @samiam619
      @samiam619 4 роки тому

      Wonder how the Subway guy is doing in prison... not that I care that much, just wondering.

    • @ericschultz4004
      @ericschultz4004 4 роки тому

      @@samiam619 Prison rape is not funny unless it happens to a sex offender. And I hope the Subway guy is taking his footlongs prison style!

  • @devilchy
    @devilchy 4 роки тому +9

    As a drug cartel lord in the making ..
    I appreciate this video 🙏

  • @Cewu
    @Cewu 4 роки тому

    Kiddnaping a communication engineer and then giving him a communication network. Genious.

  • @saims.2402
    @saims.2402 4 роки тому +5

    “Cartel engineers”, something I got used to hearing after this video.

  • @shadoninja
    @shadoninja 4 роки тому +67

    This video didn't really explain much. The "how" part was almost completely summarized by "towers and kidnapped engineers." not much detail though.

    • @TripleDDDD
      @TripleDDDD 4 роки тому +17

      Strap the kidnapped engineers to towers, boom free phonenetwork.

    • @timmyteabag69
      @timmyteabag69 4 роки тому +2

      And not to support the oil and gas industry even though you need oil to build solar panels

    • @excitableboy7031
      @excitableboy7031 4 роки тому +5

      As a computer engineer who has dabbled in wireless protocols, you dont want to know. Trust me.

    • @CallenderMan
      @CallenderMan 3 роки тому +4

      Welcome to Half as Interesting, where Sam only barely explains the titular question and spends the other half of the video elaborating on some barely related thing.

    • @WolfgangDoW
      @WolfgangDoW 3 роки тому +1

      Why it's only HALF as interesting

  • @aarzu10
    @aarzu10 4 роки тому +6

    DAAAAAMN! He's going to incur the wrath of the Divine 9 for this one! Those folks don't play!

  • @ithetruelegend
    @ithetruelegend 4 роки тому +11

    Halcones translate to “hawks” in english. That’s the name to people who keep an eye open from rivals, police, and everything else that they want to keep an eye on

    • @ericktellez7632
      @ericktellez7632 4 роки тому +1

      Wrong, halcones are falcons, there is a difference, for example an eagle is an aguila because they are different species.

    • @ithetruelegend
      @ithetruelegend 4 роки тому

      @@ericktellez7632 on a interview with people from cartels they explain why they use that term. The term would translate to hawk, you aren’t wrong about being two different species though.

    • @ithetruelegend
      @ithetruelegend 4 роки тому

      @@ericktellez7632 it could also translate to gavilan but they don’t use that word to specify a type of bird lol. It’s just something that they use to name the people who are scouting for them

    • @sandro7827
      @sandro7827 4 роки тому

      @@ithetruelegend umm, halcones clearly translates to halcones in English... did you not watch the video?! Sheesh.

    • @Belzeh
      @Belzeh 4 роки тому

      @@ithetruelegend "Halcón" is a falcon, "gavilán" is a hawk. Cartel people are translating it as "hawk" only because they don't know proper English, or possibly don't even know the difference between a hawk and a falcon. Someone calling a falcon "a hawk" out of ignorance is not a reason for everyone else to start making the same mistake.

  • @boahneelassmal
    @boahneelassmal 3 роки тому

    "[...] you're a nerd which I know because you're watching this video"
    _nod / sway my head slowly_ fair enough

  • @apollo7557
    @apollo7557 3 роки тому +3

    “Cartel engineer’s” is such an insanely bizarre term.

  • @majindydy8378
    @majindydy8378 4 роки тому +3

    For some reason, you are super quick and hilarious in this video ^_^ love it, great job!

  • @bone002283
    @bone002283 4 роки тому +7

    Sam, you’re hilariously funny. I chuckle every video. Thanks for being you 😁

  • @matthewboyer4212
    @matthewboyer4212 Рік тому

    One is full of conniving, ruthless, cutthroat sociopaths clawing their way to the top of a rotting hierarchy, and the other is a drug cartel.
    that's golden

  • @danielmaher9512
    @danielmaher9512 3 роки тому +2

    "Hmmm, how can I get Devin to 'see me in court'?"

  • @MaximNightFury
    @MaximNightFury 4 роки тому +7

    I was just looking at a new phone plan, I might just go with the cartel's

  • @JD-ym2hg
    @JD-ym2hg 4 роки тому +60

    Imagine being called “HALF as interesting” and making videos that are incredibly interesting.
    Also, why are you throwing shade at legal eagle?

    • @PrezVeto
      @PrezVeto 4 роки тому +4

      He's promoting him. Why he'd promote such a schmuck is beyond me.

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican 4 роки тому +14

    2:21 Why call that guy when the bois Mas Agus and Mas Pras can get the same job done smh

  • @ottopike6000
    @ottopike6000 3 роки тому

    Half as interesting? This deserves a spot on the main channel.

  • @amyshaw893
    @amyshaw893 Рік тому

    Says we aren't part of a drug cartel because we're a nerd.
    Describes a load of nerds hacking cell towers and creating a communications network for a cartel

  • @worldview2888
    @worldview2888 4 роки тому +5

    Does anyone else actually get how BRILLIANT the "cartel" are? They basically accomplished this plus powered all of this using SOLAR energy. Think of it, you actually need to make a satelite tower to achieve this telecomm tower. The minds behind such achievements are whom i admire the most.

    • @syed--2023
      @syed--2023 Рік тому

      People become geniuses when a cartel kidnaps them and forces them to make a network lmao

    • @worldview2888
      @worldview2888 Рік тому

      @@syed--2023 which part or who got kidnapped to be blackmailed into producing that? if you don't understand the content don't make irrelevant comments since English is not your native language.

    • @syed--2023
      @syed--2023 Рік тому

      @@worldview2888 What's your problem man? Can't take a joke? Or do you just hate me in general for some reason?

    • @worldview2888
      @worldview2888 Рік тому

      @@syed--2023 forgive me i'm sorry because i look very deeply into this stories and i work in NGO helping such problems in developing nations. when i see such problems i took it too seriously (as i always want to help because i work in NGO social care services.) i am sorry syed.

  • @RobbieEllis
    @RobbieEllis 4 роки тому +4

    So I’ve idly come across your videos for a while and, like, it’s been cool seeing you become a better comedy writer over time. You’ve got funnier and funnier, and it’s really gratifying to see unfold.
    I sound like a dick making what sounds like a backhanded compliment but it’s genuinely heartening.