Cartels Have Now Infiltrated Montana: John Nores Returns I IRONCLAD
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- Опубліковано 28 тра 2024
- John Nores served as a Game Warden for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife for more than 25 years and was a sniper on and led the Marijuana Enforcement Team (MET), an elite tactical unit targeting cartel drug operations.
He is the author of the book Hidden War: How Special Operations Game Wardens Are Reclaiming Wildlands From the Drug Cartels as well as War in the Woods: Combating the Marijuana Cartels on America’s Public Lands. The 2nd edition of Hidden War is out now. He is the co-host of the Warden’s Watch and the Thin Green Line podcasts
He first appeared on Change Agents last summer to discuss cartels operating in America’s wild lands, and today, he returns to talk about how they’ve infiltrated all the way into Montana
He recently testified in the House of Representatives National Resources Committee during their Securing Our Border, Saving Our National Parks oversight hearing to discuss the scope of the cartel infiltration in America: • Hidden War: Congressio...
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This video is intended for educational and informational purposes only. It aims to shed light on the important work of game wardens, the environmental impact of illegal grow sites, and the complexities of black market operations. The content herein is based on research, interviews with professionals, and publicly available information.
We do not glorify or promote illegal activities. Instead, our goal is to increase awareness about the challenges faced by law enforcement and environmental protection agencies and to highlight the efforts being made to combat illegal operations and protect natural habitats.
Viewer discretion is advised. The discussions may include descriptions of practices and operations related to illegal activities that some viewers may find disturbing. All efforts have been made to present this information responsibly and with respect for all parties involved.
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00:00 - Cartels In Montana
08:20 - China's Infiltration In America's Drug Crisis
14:20 - How to Keep Cartel Out: Border Policy Transformation
17:00 - The impact of Catel's in America
20:22 - Montana knife company
22:43 - Providing Drug Testing Kits and Education to Kids
26:00 - The dark reality of Cartel's Super Meth
29:00 - The Futur Of Cartels In America
32:22 - The Terrifying Truth of Drug Cartel Poisoning
41:00 - MTNTOUGH
45:00 - Undermanned Law Enforcement vs. Cartels in America
50:10 - Special forces raids against ruthless cartels - Розваги
He hit the nail on the head when he said quit spending money on proxy wars and fix America first.
That's the exact same argument made against America entering WWII. Both can be done.
50 percent of this country is in a brainwashed fog. They don’t even know what they don’t know.
Where do they get the money for these wars?
@@_droidobviously not since it’s not happening.
it is all done by design by the globalists to implode America from within
If our government won't defend us against threats, foreign and domestic....us citizens must step up. Soon.
Lol, you won’t. Just keep mooing at your screen. Shhh, it will all be over for you soon enough.
I've been telling people to start forming gangs since 2013. Americans a like babies.
@Random-JustAnother: Yeah we should have already done something but it’s not too late. We need to act soon tho before it is too late. Idk what’s up with conservatives just sitting back allowing this to happen.
Many lost their lives, and others are losing their homes.
Stand up? Like the rancher in Arizona that stood up that is now in prison.
Cartels are not going anywhere unless we go after the departments that protect them like the DEA and CIA
It's profitable because it's illegal the government is the cause of this
There's too much $$ in it, they will never turn on the cartels.
Payoffs to agents and politicans are a great way to suppliment retirement ! Soooooo dont hold your breath !
100%Correct!!!!
60 years, DEA gettin paid
By American tax donkies 🤪😩🤮🙈
This podcast deserves 100000x the attention it's getting
It's been up for 5 days & I just found it. Others will too. I plan to tell people about it. You do the same! It'll get out there!
I am just watching it. I just found it.
I just found this while scrolling my feed
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This site just came up on my site and I subscribed. Hitting LIKE improves the algorithm. Excellent information here, critical public information.
I work for Tribal Law Enforcement in Oklahoma and know some BIA agents and this is the truth and unbelievable at the same time but spot on.
RIGHT IT IS UNBELIEVABLE BUT IT IS HAPPENING WHAT A SAD MESS THE USA IS IN GOD DAMN THOSE CARTEL CREEPS
But the FBI is busy censoring dissent online and persecuting Republicans. Both the Cartel and DNC work for China
Thank you please be safe
RealDeal - Appreciate your professional and expertise service. As a citizen of this country I respect the necessary work you are doing for our country. Please keep your 'white hat' clean and protected!! God speed.
Oklahoman here, I have seen an explosion of illegal immigrants in Tulsa along with more crime.
The spotlight should really be focused on the POLITICIANS, both State & Federal. Montana, Wyoming, Idaho and Colorado are all experiencing these problems yet there are people in elected office who are professionals at running their mouths, diverting attention and getting nothing done for their constituents.
They also pass laws that seemingly protect the criminal from prosecution and yet , it makes the law abiding citizen a criminal if they defend themselves , or family members from said criminal. Fentanyl killed over a hundred thousand people last year , I read an estimate that this year it will be doubled , one to three million people die annually (CDC’s last report) do to medical malpractice. The lawmakers aren’t even trying to do anything there , just have more blue ribbon panels to study it further. I see many comments about how Leo’s are on the take , maybe we should look more closely at state gavernment , particularly those who want to disarm , the citizen , and again make the criminal exempt
Used to be legal !!! Once again government control and lies !!! It Really has caused a huge problem !!! But hey Billions in job creation and incarceration’s !!! Yay open borders , yay China , yay black market !!! Wake up America !!! 🇺🇸
The governor of the state is paid off. The cartel has unlimited funds.
That’s because the politicians, federal & state, are more corrupt than the criminals.
For sure
I was the sole deputy covering a rural patrol beat of 200 sq mi (130,000 ac) in NorCal. He’s spot on and absolutely right. Green dope was a huge issue. Often times my closest cover officer was a Cal F&W warden. We collected literally 10’s of thousands of plants from cartel grows. They are here and fully operational.
God bless you brother. I hope your dept. gives you all the equipment you need.
When you say plants you can’t be talking about pot right bc anyone that smokes responsibly just grows they’re own bc it’s legal everywhere and they can grow pot better than anyone else bc it’s personalized. I hope you’re talking about fentanyl. The worst I’ve seen is a childhood friend OD on that stuff not knowing bc it was supposed to be something completely different
@doggmansnapperdude3405 it's not legal federally.
@@doggmansnapperdude3405Pot has not always been legal. I retired 12 years ago from the sheriff's office and, at that time it was well on its way to being legalized. A person could legally grow their own "personal consumption" marijuana. Typically that was considered 6 plants. However, when you run across a grow, indoor or outdoor, in the 1000's of plants. It's prima facia not "personal consumption". Therefore, we would cut them down and destroy them.
Agree with you on the Fentanyl. It's tragic what it's doing to the unexpecting kids in thie country.😤
@@doggmansnapperdude3405 First, Yes, I am talking about Pot. It has not always been "legal". I retired 12 years ago after 20 years and while Pot was culturally and societally "acceptable" it was not legal. In the last 5-10 years of my career pot became legal and a person could grow enough for "personal consumption" so long as they had a card and prescription for use. Not for sale. That quantity of plants was considered to be ~6 plants per person. If you know anything about marijuana, it's a large plant.
So, let's at least be honest here, a person who is growing, indoor or outdoor, thousands of plants, is not growing them for personal consumption. I found several grows that were literally in the thousands and those grows were cut down and destroyed.
On the Fentanyl issue, I could not agree more. A drug that was used to sedate Rhino's is probably going to be deadly for the human. What it's doing to our children is is a travesty.
Good vs. Evil choose your team we gonna have to take it to the field
Sad but I see it coming!
I choose evil, actually.
It's easy for politics to blur the line between good and evil
Let us get on the line boy boy
It would be nice if it were that simple. Unfortunately, there’s a lot of trash in the LE community (and government as a whole), too. For every one guy out there who is keeping their oath and truly doing good, there are several others who are corrupt, petty or too cowardly to do the right thing.
I live in south eastern Montana. It seems to me like not many people are aware of what is going on or they really don’t care. But thank you for bringing awareness to this problem on your podcast. I hope it reaches many people.
On which point? When law enforcement is just as corrupt or enept at doing their jobs, what is the way to remedy the problem?
Most people have shown the last several years that they simply do not care what happens to anyone around them, unless and until it is their immediate family who they have close ties with.
I see that too
Why doesn't US gov send Marines & US ARMY? They are corrupt
I live in North western Wyoming and as an frequent traveler to Montana it’s sad what Billings Montana has become
This channel should be on Netflix and Amazon, just more recognition
Those places are for propaganda puff pieces not truthful info and exposés
@@FRDOMFGTHRthis^
@FRDOMFGTHR they do have a documentary section you know xD and Amazon has 98% of movies and shows available to buy or watch soooooo wtf are you talking about ?
@FRDOMFGTHR, you couldn't pay me to watch either one of them for that reason alone.
Too many other choices.
@KR-mt2zx kinda sad you're overwhelmed by options, but here you are on UA-cam with MILLIONs of options
Just listening to this podcast makes me sad how much this country has failed us….such a shame.
you are the country that failed you... Me too...
@@danbravoh2165 naw I served I did my part. It’s the white man that failed us.
Government and country are two different things. This what we get for letting subversive (((commies))) infiltrating our government.
Its terribly disheartening. 😢
We failed it.
As I've said for years now, you're naive if you think the cartel doesn't have someone in every state working for them.
@cjkolbeck8980 you're 100% right.
They're even in the state I live in and the population of the state itself isn't huge.
A lot of corruption involved
In office no less
60% of Drug Cartel money goes to bribing US politicians. (research further)
The cartel members are also "marrying" into reservation tribes. Actually marrying tribal women.
I live in Billings Montana for the last 25 years. Omgosh the things I have seen change in the last few years. The last year has been crazy.
Hi Sheila, if you have time, may I ask what the best places to live are in Montana are now? We're looking for land, homes, or even condos on water (preferably lake). We love outdoor sports -boating, fishing, hunting, snowmobile, ATV. (just not as challenging as when we were younger. We're in our early 50s now.) Thanks very much. ❤
Spent a few days there in October 2020.
@mainemermaid6596 I seen your comment. I live on the outskirts of Billings. I would advise anyone to wait a year or two after home prices fall. This place had prices almost double within a year and now there are a lot of bankruptcies and foreclosures after all the overspending. Property taxes and insurance are taking people out because of the stupidity.
@@mainemermaid6596 I'd go for Ronan, Stevensville, Hamilton, Polson etc if I went back. But I won't.
@@mainemermaid6596Lakeside is worth a look if you want waterfront or nearby
This IRONCLAD Podcast needs to be talked about in the mainstream media(i know it wont) This podcast brings so much knowledge about the darkness happening all around us.
Pass it on 🙏🏼
I meant pass on this video.
Yes this needs to be broad cast in mass media
@@claudetteweismantel3516 🇺🇲 Amen. 🇺🇲
I know I don't have to tell a SEAL to watch his back, but watch your back Brother. God Bless.
I'm from Libby Montana, it's crazy how this stuff impacts little towns.
I’m so happy I got clean I had to move out of California cuz I was selling and doing meth every dam day to the point it wasn’t doing nothing.. I just needed it to function. I’ll be 8 years clean in may
Congrats big dog! Keep it up! Your boy deserves it! One love from the PNW!
GOD BLESS YOU TO STAY CLEAN A M E N
👍👍🙏
Absolutely worth it to stay clean. Happy for you.
Congratulations!
When I became a teenager my grandfather always advised the same thing "Be good! And if you can't be good, be safe!"
He said 2020, good grief we are in 3-23-24 can anyone imagine what it’s gone to now.
I’m a native Texan and have only visited Montana one time. It really pisses me off to here the cartel are in your state. I wish y’all the best in dealing with the scumbags!
I FEEL THE SAME WAY YOU DO RANDY THEY ARE SCUMBAGS GOD DAMN ALL OF THEM
Unfortunately, they're in every state. Just the city limits alone in my county has gotten worse in the last 10 years. But it's gotten even worse just in the last 3yrs. So many people oding daily and at least one person dying from it a week.
And forget any kind of laws being enforced. It's sad
They are in Texas too. Flying under the radar in very small towns
They were in TX in 1970s when I was at ft Sam Houston.
What the hell does being from texA$$ have to do with with this subject?
Try 2 million acres in Fort Peck Reservation - I hope that the right people listen to this podcast thanks Andy Stumpf for putting together such a great topic
From what I know about the res., if it wasn't fentynal, or meth., it would be something else. There is already a terrible problem with alcohol. However, the tribal authorities are overwhelmed & do not have resourses to deal with it. For that matter, a lot of rural counties/ towns have same problem.
If they would have let us dirt bike riders continue using the forests where we're now banned, there would have been too much activity for the cartels to have ever considered setting up shop.
Which is why you were banned. From Arkansas, Bill Clinton and Hilary Rodham Clinton, daughter of drug king, check out boys on the tracks, Mena Airport/Clintons. It's the politicians in bed with cartels...hence the border free for all.
They always go after the law abiding citizens, we want to be good citizens and obey the laws we have. While criminals are left alone because they already have lawyers and huge amounts of cash to pay crooked law enforcement agents unlike us the criminal does not care about being a law abiding citizen.
I supported DEA and local partners across the country for 20 years. John is extremely well warmed and he is absolutely right and correct in everything. We are outgunned, outmatched, and our politician are facilitating the cartels and criminals in every way.
That is why they are traiters of their oath of office. This is a,situation where a well armed citizenship fighting in the right direction makes a difference.
As a Canadian this disturbs me to no end. I was completely blindsided by the fact that the cartels are on our doorstep...or worse...out in the mountains in B.C..... theres giant swathes of country in B.C. that sees absolutely no law enforcement presence... I hope our Govts are at least talking about this problem, I had no idea it even existed, and Im not a bury my head in the sand type of guy and thought I kept up on current events
Over on the eastern side of the US illegal crossings of our border are up 400% and more, so the cartels are very busy up in Canada and growing.
Well your Prime Minister is a communist so...
Our government is not talking about it.
Oh they are talking .... Probably about how to exploit them to their advantage.
I live in Indiana, 15mi south of Indianapolis.. Moved out and away from the city due to gang & drug violence.. The cartel's have been here for well over 10yrs.. They are 100% in Canada and have been for a long time.. I have a good friend that is a recovering addict, he said the Mexicans have ran everything in Indy for years.. The black gangs distribute for them, and do any dirty work needed to keep the heat off their race.. Everyone sees them as "landscapers" when really they making money off connections..
So this is interesting on many levels. I am Montanan, I didn't just move here like you and many others have over the past decade (specifically to the Kalispell area).
I've also worked in the intelligence/analysis diaspora for much of my career and have spent a fair amount of time in tracking and identifying a lot of the cartel activity in my home state and the cartels are not new to Montana, they've been around in some capacity for more than 30 years.
The border isn't the main issue - it's economics. You could theoretically shut the border from north to south and it ultimately would not matter one iota because the incentives for drug production and consumption trump outweigh the current incentives that exist in traditional economics of our society as it is currently and as it has existed in it's current framework for the past 20 some years.
100%
Deeply true 😮
If there were real consequences and a real effort to curb the problem it could be drastically reduced. Its happening because we're (the voters and the government) letting it happen and its gone on for so long that it became a monster. I can imagine if there was an open season and rewards paid, the people themselves would take care of the problem. But we all know or should know that youre not even allowed to protect your own land anymore.
All part of the Deep States plan. WAKE UP. Voting has consequences.
Should have never been made illegal in the 1970’s !!! Just know that was the start of the lie and control of people !!! Reafer Madness campaign !!! Make it legal again not a schedule number one controlled substance !!!! However a little too late …. This is a huge Cluster F….k caused by government !!! There is more of this to come !!! No gardens ,no chickens , no cattle …. No carbon emissions / farming ….. yay open borders…. Yay China…… no fire…… rms Wake up Americans 🇺🇸
I gave up on dope in '84. I need all the brain cells I have left. I lost my memory for 3 days and wanted to take off my clothes and jump out the window. Luckily someone was there.
What dope as in green? Doubt it
I live in Billings Montana, granted its always had a sketchy vibe to it.....but the past 2 years have gotten really bad. Murders daily, the destruction is terrible. But our city council and state legislation refuse to take action. They are enabling it.
They are paid off
@mrfisherman6020 oh they have to keep the the numbers rising or they wouldn't get any funding and they wouldn't have anything to campaign on either. it's a for pocket profit scheme. Homeless rising = funding crime rising = funding
What Billings, Montana city council is doing is called treason.
That because your city council and state offices are now full of the far left liberals who left California, moved to Montana and then voted for all all the same things they claimed they left California to get away from!
They are too worried about the liberal weed dispensaries who pay taxes to actually go after the death dealers organized with guns.
I'm a recreational smoker in BC. The cheap pot is being sold on reservations-'I had no idea about the neurotoxic spraying, thank you!!!
I watched a show on Cali game wardens busting cartel grows and in one episode the wardens busted a field w no growers on site. Within minutes of being near the plants there warden was vomiting his guts out from pesticide exposure. They smuggled in pesticides that are banned in the USA. The warden didn't smoke it or eat it or roll around in it or climb through a dense patch. He simply walked around the perimeter and within a couple minutes was close to death. I think they said they had a similar event before and they had to medivac the officer. Sad that's what's being sold to people...
Yes this is real
The first time I heard of fentanyl in weed, I had another thing to categorize as evil.
Cartels still run rampant in Northern California!! How long are we going to put up with this! ?
They vote Democrat and that's all that matters in California!!!!!!!!!!
@@learningcurve3212 thats the cities voting dem.
Especially in norcal lots of repub.
But those are just red gang blue gang neither has citizens interest in mind
Two wings of the same dirty bird
Thinking its as simple as voting for the other of 2 choices is foolish.
It is just as victim mentality as anything else.
“The democrats fault their fault. They did it to me”
Face the fact that even in rural CA where conservative people drastically outnumber liberals the system does not work to protect one from the other.
It makes no sense to not start looking at a third party option
@@pakmatherdiverb these men have been highly trained hundreds of thousands of dollars if not millions spent per person to be the best . they are trained in subvert tactics , they are trained to eliminate systematically. they also took an oath to defend this country against enemies . the cartel is an enemy that has killed innocent children in the hundreds of thousands , cartels have destroyed families and lives. these men possess the skills required to slow the enemy down . make it hard for cartels to exsist in this country . same with the political infiltration . the ones who americans have financially funded and supported with the agreement (by oath)" to defend america against those who have a desire and commitment to destroy it , have a duty to take action within the guidelines of the constitution .
Forever. Our rulers are more interested in capturing protesters from J6. How sad is that?
@@learningcurve3212Cartels are in red and blue counties. Both parties are corrupt and stupid.
Excellent and thanks for sharing. America has changed forever
Countries always change. There’s never been any nation or power that has held constant. It sounds like you happened to have grown up in an era that was better than the current one. Look at the 1,000 years of Rome. It was constantly changing. Some of the times were much better than others. The only problem is that people like you thought you’d never have to do anything about it. Now, we’re long past due because of it. Do something other than mooing the most obvious statement at a screen.
Sorry if that hurt your fee fees.
Cartels doing the CIA's dirty work.
China runs them both
Your comment is utter bullshit.
@@chuckhaggard1584lol no it ain’t, read more.
@@chuckhaggard1584your out of your mind. The CIA has facilitated the drug trade in this country for eighty years, since the MK ULTRA experiments.
@@chuckhaggard1584 Is it so unfathomable instead of fighting us China just bribed people at the top, like the children of the CIAs top 3. Hunter Biden is just an example of what's been happening across government
Awesome video presentation Andy. Living just 85 miles north of El Paso, this topic is very interesting to me. Retired 28+ year LEO and in very rural area. There are two Border Patrol checkpoints near us and I see agents in their vehicles in the nearby areas from time to time. I keep in touch with the Sheriff of our county and try to do whatever I can to keep up on any suspect activity in the lands in our area. The fact that the cartels are that active in Montana is amazing. Thank you for being one of the most well versed Tier One individuals I have ever been aware of & listen to via podcasts, guest of Joe Rogan, etc.
It’s almost like no one alive today remembers Al Capone, et al.
Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it, and we have been with the war on drugs, same as prohibition, for 40 years.
@@jtjones4081 you know thats where this is going.
This was a great Interview. Thank you Andy to educate people on what's really happening in America.
Great podcast, like this guest! Age old problem with drugs and addiction... will never be beat with education and safety nets. Remove the dealers if you want to put a dent in it. Stiff penalties, life in prison, death penalty, no plea bargains, etc....
Exactly correct. I'm not for decriminalization but the focus shouldn't be on the user. The laws for production and distribution should be stiffer than anything we've seen. This is a whole different problem and calls for a different approach than the past. These dealers are knowingly poisoning people, selling a counterfeit product that will kill you. It's terrorism and should be treated as such. Get caught with fentanyl, tranq, fake prescription pills as a distributor and you shouldn't be seeing the light of day for a good 20.
That’s never worked
The Philippines has entered the chat. President Duterte formed death squads and wrecked every drug gang in the country because the dealers were sending money to ISIS. Remember when the Philippines was at war with ISIS on its own islands? I remember.
Meanwhile Farma gets to be the official cartel, those bastards should be there with El Chapo
What do you know you sound defeated.
Maybe we can't "plug holes", but i have to believe - hitting delete - on ... participants should help. I know that sounds over the top but the Nation isn't talking this serious. "Pot doesn't hurt anyone". That attitude has led to complacency
All the cannabis grown & sold needs to be completely owned by legit US citizens.
The problem seems to be affecting states that have not legalized. Going to the black market will get you killed these days. I'm not for decriminalization of drugs but I think it's time for the focus and resources to be used in a more productive way than pot.
Absolutely! Even the pot heads I do know are too complacent because they just want everything to be easy going maaaaaaan. They don't like anyone whose a "buzzkill". They're soft.
@@Project_Algiz guess I'm not that much of a pothead then, I like weed but I am not complacent about anything except the occasional load of laundry
@@Project_Algiz I’m a Union Carpenter (usually a foreman) and heavy weed smoker, I hike over 100 miles a year, weed helps me slow down to normal people speed, won’t take aderall but I’ll roll some homegrown 🫡
thanks for mentioning the PJs. I'm USAF 72-76. USAF Specwar OPERATORS get zero PR. PJs, Combat Controllers, JTAC and more are just as badass as any others in the SF community.
my brother is a retired PJ. I went LE and he went AF.
I agree. I failed the swim test for pjs. I was 82nd airborne infantry.
The iron ad show.
Thank god we can skip them, because the subject matter is a hell of a lot more important than the ad.
Especially an ad that I’ve heard so many times that I can sing along to it.
I cuss up a storm every time I have to stop what I’m doing and clean my hands just to skip through an ad. Go ahead and make fun of me. I’ve got limited mental real estate, I can’t let any of it go to waste.
The same ads play over and over to the point that I'll never patronize any of the products or services being advertised
Same here, about as obnoxious as the channels who interact with their chats while presenting their research. Maddening!
Thanks Andy and John....
Montan doesn't have polar bears...They have grizzly bears. Big difference. My wife and I are from Glacier county. This entire story breaks my heart. It was an amazing place to grow up.
USA the new BABYLON. the native american are laughing. they saying this is how we felt 300 years ago
Thank you both for what you do and who you are. Much appreciated
Amen brother. Over here in three forks and Bozeman has been completely compromised. It’s getting dangerous out there.
Moved to Lincoln County 3 years ago. I’ve been sadly surprised at what I’ve seen.
Great episode!!! Spot on with your information. Only caveat I gotta say is unfortunately organizations have been in Montana since at least 1990.
I’m in polson, MT.Saw the headline for this episode, holy shit. This is insane guys
Hey, neighbor! You can bet they're here in our area too.
Ronan man here
This is something that should be prioritized and started immediately.
Kalispell, over 20 years ago, was considered fairly speedy.
I visited for skydive events….. but it had the reputation of being methed up back then
Another very informative interview! Thank you for your conversation.
Thank you for the comment.
Another great informative podcast episode 👏
All hope is not lost. The problem is out in the open.
Incredible interview. Thanks for all that you do.
I was born and raised here in Montana as were my parents, grandparents, etc.
This is not, nor will it ever again be, the Montana I was born in 50 years ago.
Overall, according to the 2022 census, only about 54% of the population here were born here. In many areas such as Kalispell and Missoula, only 45% were born in state and in Bozeman less than 40%.
Make no mistake, many that move here have good intentions, but they have no clue as to the real impact it has had in making it unrecognizable by bringing their ways from other places.
Most locals hate it here now and are leaving because out of staters are getting into government positions here be it city, county, or state and are fundamentally destroying it through growth policies, property valuations that price locals out and drive up taxes, zoning changes for major sprawl, etc.
I am here to tell you if Texas, Montana, Idaho, and many other once great and self sustaining states have, or are falling this country is done for.
This country was done for when they inslave Africans and displaced natives Americans! Y'all are getting your just due
It's so irritating. All these people move here and blow up MT. Everyone wants to advertise that they live in MT. I grew up in the Flatehead. All these social media platforms(people) just wanna promote it and then talk about how it's being ruined. Wish I could go back before the internent/people brought the masses here.
I’m an EMT- B in a mid-sized town, and I have friends who are medics in bigger cities. We’ve been seeing these super drugs being deliberately marketed to kids for a while now. (fentanyl and other drugs that look like smarties, for example). People need to be aware, especially parents. I live on the northeastern coast of the USA. Nearly as far as you can get from the southern border, and this crap is already here. Kids are dying, and our government isn’t doing nearly enough to handle this- be it on a regional, state, or federal level. Very well done Andy for helping to put the spotlight on this.
God Bless all you parents out there. You are truly the great Americans!
Thank you so much for educating! May God bless and keep you. 🙏😪💔
Everyone needs to share this on their social media platforms. It's the best way to get this awareness out there.
My mother was told by my cousin who was working for a cartel that they would hurt her to get to me because I was threatening their business and I sent back the message that they would be putting sparks on a very short fuse that has yet to be lit and they backed off me but they didn't go anywhere. They just know not to be on my radar anymore. At this point if I saw one I'd recognize them and I don't agree with everyone that the same laws apply how you deal with them. They have no human rights in my eyes.
Beware.. they will ruin you if you poke the bear.. They will take your loved ones from you to watch you suffer before coming for you personally.. I have seen a man broken by his own choices that provoked retribution from his actions.. I pray for you and feel sorry for you being in that kind of situation..
@@Clutch_Kick187 I'm not worried. They consider me more trouble than I'm worth. They are only men. If you fear men so much than how do you call yourself one?
The cartels laugh at our laws because we are slow to go into action.
Being about 12 hours from Montana, makes me wonder if there's something going on here too
If you have large Indian reservations with alot of uninhabited land you definitely have this going on!
Every state has cartel infiltration
we should be able to put a stop to stuff like this. Minding your businness is one thing but enough! We can barely defend ourselves in our own home without going to jail.
Moooooooo!
Yeah, that’s all you’re doing. Now, shhh, and go back to sleep.
@@NoOneToNoOne89 haha think what u want
Great content, thanks for sharing your knowledge and experiences.
Thank you!
We need to start policing our own communities taking swift and decisive action. The measures that would be necessary for law enforcement to solve these problems would jam up our court systems to no end. I won’t expound in my meaning, but I’m sure you’ll figure it out.
"...Swift, decisive action..." That's good! S.S. & S. Work on it. You'll figure it out.
Outstanding information! Thanks for bringing the truth!
Great content men 🙏🇺🇸
Build up a strong community that exposes these issues.
Parents need to be very involved with their children early on and continually through life.
Remove people running policies and get people from your community in those positions and support the while holding them accountable.
I was just up in Montana my home to bury my uncle a recon army medic, and when returning i saw in Great Falls casinos everywhere.
I was in the teams and now on civ side...troubling all this is...i am at the point that i feel compelled to take action.
Reaching out ... we need to take action...
If you don't mind "running" with an element of "retired" squared away 0321(FR) guys up here in TF We'll show you a thing or two about the problem and if you want in you're good to go.
Driven the entire Montana Border on hwy 2. Vast area.
Thank you for bringing this forward.
I spent almost half the year near Marion for 15 years, returned after retirement to work with themeth problem in Kalispell...broke my heart to see the poisons surface in my beautiful Montana. One strength that you have is your ability to network. Kalispell is huge now by comparison BUT people talk to each other! Please form local groups and meet regularly to gather anddisburse info...please no guns to roust themout...Represent yourselves at county,state AND federal levels. You willget somewhere...don't give up! The gentlemenpresenting today are excellent examples...offer your support to them. I join you in Spirit.
Mexican cartels have been in Montana from at least the 1990's. Billings was a huge hotspot. I'm sure it still is.
Yes.
Just drive down the main drag from the Billings airport and just look at the questionable characters working the intersections and hanging around the sidewalks. There’s a hospital across the street so they’re probably accessing that for whatever they can get and there’s probably other government handouts around the women’s prison. I spoke to a woman whose husband is a police officer in Billings and she said it is a complete nightmare. They’re looking for an escape as most sane people do from insane places.
Capitalism dictates supply goes to market. As Montana is sparsely populated, supply is always only limited by the available customers.
I am sort of surprised the Cartels haven’t realized how bad fentanyl is for business, as un alive people aren’t customers, and fentanyl brings more heat, but maybe they’ll realize it’s not in their best interest to peddle that garbage.
They have other products.
It is, they run between Gillette Wyoming and Billings.
It's only gotten worse
Thank you.
I live in NM the cartels are all over the place here. I work out on the rez and it's infested with them. Many places out there are not policed and the politics there keeps all law enforcements hands tied. If you find yourself here on the rez do no one break down, two stay really strapped. I love camping and hiking out here and I'm always strapped in full kit when I do it.
Living just north of the Montana border this is eye opening.
Thanks!
I read John’s book hidden war, great read
The Sinaloa Cartel has been here for a long time. This is the super highway for the North Dakota Oil Fields "Bakken", Canada, and Washington. It comes up through I-15 to Butte then continues up to great falls into Canada. It also splits off onto I-90 to North Dakota and Washington. They use reservations and to stop State Police and local law. Then when Reservation comes for them they cross into Montana.
THANK YOU FOR THAT INFO
I live in SW Montana approximately 3 miles from I-15. Probably more drugs in this county than most realize, partly due to I-15. Law enforcement works hard at trying to get drug busts.
Thank God for law enforcement! Am aware of a lot of drugs going to the Native Indigenous Communities in Montana. So worried for my grandchildren and all the youngers.
You're exactly correct! I live above the I-15 between Butte and Helena, we've also got trafficking moving through from Seattle as well
Hypothetically the government could put military bases along south and north borders and have a fairly secure border.
Never happen but it is possible.
Hypothetically, American citizens could do something about this, and finish this problem in a very short period of time.
Never happen, but it is possible.
Now, shhh, and keep mooing at your screen.
How many veterans would take a job in a tower like in the yard in the Pen.. A tall tower every mile, many veterans, snipers, expert marksmen, that can shoot a 300win, or 338 lapua at a half mile easily when elevated.. there is just shy of 2000mi, that would put veterans in a job, and you wouldn't have to shoot very many times until people wouldn't dare set foot near the line.. The word would spread like wild fire that you will get shot if you touch that line.. This is a simple, way to restore border security rather than a stupid wall.. We must set an example of power and force to stop this invasion..
It was done prior to and during WW1&2
I am Native American and am very angered by this.
One of the problems is the corrupt tribal governments on some of these reservations. It would not be hard for the cartels to bribe a tribal council member or members including the chair. None of that bribe money would ever go to tribal members. It would line the pockets of tribal council members.
Unfortunately many of these governments have the same tribal council members voted in year after year. That makes them ripe for corruption. I’ve seen it personally.
I’ve heard this is happening in South Dakota too.
Thanks for telling the absolute truth about some tribal government officials.
ND here, seeing what’s happened to eastern Montana and central is absolutely crazy. Billings used to be a nice place. The way it has changed in specifically the last 8 years is mindnumbing. The amount of shootings and crime has gotten absolutely ridiculous.
I won’t advocate for any one solution to this problem. Because I believe it’s a tiered problem. That said there is plenty of things the people who know these areas can do.
This like many things is going to be remedied by the people who love those areas. Who live there. The Outdoorsman and the backwoods locals working together. Then involving authorities. Like most things their greatest asset can and will become the greatest threat to their existence. Their remote access. Only it won’t happen until YALL have had enough. Until YOU lose enough.
Until the local populations make it unbearable it will only become worse. Local authorities have rules and protocols to follow that they exploit, whether it’s officers on the payroll, red tape or Simply handcuffed by the process.
You wanna make a difference in this fight take it to them. Find your people and be the change.
Start the conversation everywhere and don’t implicate yourself. It’s not uncommon for accidents to happen to people involved in that game. Play stupid games and win stupid prizes. Guerilla games, Claude Dallas style. Ultimately if you’re an outdoor type, redneck, honky cracker. Talk about it or be about it, but don’t do both.
I live in one of those tiny rural Maine towns that was mentioned. Fentanyl has destroyed plenty of lives here.
Thanks for the truth....!!
Shine the bright light.....!
Your truth is truly frightening ....!
I live in North West Montana. The drugs are destroying our state. Our young people are at risk. It is easy to get any drug you want. What use to be a big city problem has moved to rural Montana.
Survival of the fittest. Anyone stupid enough to get involved with drugs after seeing the dangers isn't!
If there’s a demand, there will always be someone who will fill it, especially when there is a ton of money involved
It still kills me that anyone would say, let’s legalize drugs and tax it and that’ll fix the problems. 🙄
Portugal? Success or failure?
Why are drugs profitable? Because they are illegal
Did prohibition work? It Created a black market
We are supposed to be the land of the free. Legalize all drugs and DON'T tax them. The drug problem will fix itself if we stop interfering with drug addicts. All addicts, not just drug addicts, are just people who value their personal gratification over anyone or anything else.
Just left my 45 year high school reunion and a 15 YO girl of the current class OD'd from vaping fentanyl by accident. I reflect on how OD'ing in 1978 required actual effort and it did not happen by accident at school.
Wow,, we at 2024..would LOVE to have you do an update!! Thanks for all you do.
This is unbelievable!
This is why Militias are important.
You haven't even mentioned, Rocky Boy , near Haver , Fort Peck, near Glasgow, Scobey, and Plentywood. I live about 14 miles from the Northern boarder of Fort Peck Reservation . I used to shop in Wolf Point no more. The town is scary now. Won't even stop for lunch or gas. So very sad , so heartbreaking for our Native friends that have to live there.
Learning much here as well as from Staci Zinn -DEA of Montana! It’s war!! From Central Montana.
I recently got into the TV show Called Yellowstone. And the whole time I was thinking to myself: “What would it be like if the cartel moved into Montana, and really raised some Hell?”
Now It’s happening…IN REAL LIFE! You can’t make this stuff up! ☠️ 🤣
not just Montana, even here in a very small rural town in Alabama
I grew up on the High-Line in the 80's...no pun intended...moved away to go to school. I go back as much as I can to visit friends and such, I have family planning to move back there....on or near one of the Reservations.....this sickens me to my core.
So I'm a Canuck my neighbour was from Columbia came here to escape M13 ( the #'s gang ) turns out they found her and her family here in Canada , they had recruited her daughter back in Columbia and this woman ran here with her 2 Grandchildren. They wanted to use her home as a safe house for gang members and threatened to kill her family , she contacted R.C.M.P. and moved. They are in Canada have been for a few years now , we more remote than you in MANY areas. We have more illegal guns now. Did I mention I'm in Vancouver , British Columbia area ? BIG PORT CITY and just a few kilometers from Seattle. The Chinese were firmly established here decades ago of course the illegal elements in the worlds second largest Chinatown are going to make deals as well as the CCP with illegal police stations. It's a nightmare.
You can either leave, move or stand your ground- as untold millions of people that nobody knows who comes the last four years.This is a big one. Never have one administration let in 10% of the population without any vetting. Stay frosty.
I had Jose Monterey as an I/M in Edmonton 5 years ago and he was a member of La Familia
Trudeau removed the visa for Mexican nationals and the cartels have flooded us.
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What's I/M?
@@prestonpowers7376 Short form for Inmate
So sad but amazing interview.
I remember hiking up logging roads behind our Boulder Creek cabin as a kid and stumbling onto a grow op. Can only imagine what it is like now.. lots of places to hide up there.
Carfentanyl serial killers are hard to track..
They aren’t here so when they get erased no one will ever know that it happened. If they aren’t here then there’s no crime.
I'm kind of thinking the same way.
Wyoming is a windswept hell with brutal winters and miserable summers i won't even drive through there. Colorado is lovely though.
Grow your own food and herbs!