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  • @PopoMedic
    @PopoMedic  Рік тому +1099

    What story should I cover next? >:]

  • @zachfausett3693
    @zachfausett3693 Рік тому +7958

    For those who don't know, Los Zetas are no joke. They were formed by ex-Mexican Special Forces soldiers and quickly became the most brutal cartel in Mexico. The fact that CJNG took them on and adopted the nickname of "Zeta Killers" speaks volumes.

    • @ev6827
      @ev6827 Рік тому +809

      Now most of their founding members are all dead or imprisoned. Plus not all of their founding members were ex-special forces if I remember correctly some were regular soldiers or cops. I believe there was one who was one of the president’s guard at that time.

    • @NateCreed07
      @NateCreed07 Рік тому +238

      I thought this doc was about los zetas, not really familiar with CJNG

    • @lighterthansome3781
      @lighterthansome3781 Рік тому +483

      @@ev6827 yes sir they are but extinct and a shell of their former selves. The Leaders of Los Zetas were former GAFE and the rest were made up of former soldiers. Osiel Cardenas who was the leader of the Gulf Cartel wanted the best possible men money could buy, and was told the only men like that were in the military, and he said that’s what he wanted then. Boom, creating Los Zetas.

    • @tetov1620
      @tetov1620 Рік тому +305

      My parents' town in Mexico was taken over by the Zetas. Heard plenty of horror stories of what they did. This violence hasn't stopped, I don't know if it's still the zetas or another cartel but there are still body parts found in coolers and bags on the street

    • @ev6827
      @ev6827 Рік тому +71

      @@lighterthansome3781 of course I have heard of the story of how they were formed. To this day the horrors that El Z3 or Lazcano & Z30 did were horrific & crazy.

  • @bosmith4560
    @bosmith4560 Рік тому +2499

    The fact that this content is free instead of high budget docs on netflix or something is insane. One of the best channels on youtube.

    • @seanjenkins6947
      @seanjenkins6947 Рік тому

      At a drug caucus hearing June 11, senators heard testimony from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and several experts. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), the caucus co-chair, began her remarks by noting: “The illicit drug trade is a business, valued at anywhere between $426 [billion] and $652 billion. Its reach is global. Its distribution is growing. Its leadership is criminal.”
      Those numbers come from a 2017 study by Global Financial Integrity, a Washington think tank studying illicit flows of money. The report estimated $426 billion to $652 billion in the retail value of transnational drug-trafficking crime.

    • @dh.k363
      @dh.k363 Рік тому +11

      @@greenbean3098 tell him again... ain't nothing free

    • @universalenergy2311
      @universalenergy2311 Рік тому +11

      @@greenbean3098 You know what he means dude. Let me guess, he has to wake up, go to work, pay for the internet, etc.

    • @evil993
      @evil993 Рік тому +4

      Could definitely use some more audio balancing. So many points where the music in the background isn't in the background.

    • @redacted5035
      @redacted5035 Рік тому

      ​@Giligan Slayer like what? Literally give 1 example, go on, I'll wait 🫴

  • @subiludo1928
    @subiludo1928 Рік тому +1296

    My family is from Jalisco and I cannot begin to explain how frightening and frustrating it is to see absolutely nothing major being done about the CJNG. They've made it to my dad's very small hometown and it just makes me worry for my family there. It's sickening how brainwashed Mexico has become into loving the cartels.😞

    • @hurdygurdyman3134
      @hurdygurdyman3134 Рік тому

      Americans are brainwashed into loving Cartels as well, and into supporting the U.S government which created them.

    • @cesar9572
      @cesar9572 Рік тому

      Dude it’s not being brain washed, the cops out there are they’re own cartel. I myself have been shaken down by cops themselves and even witnessed them working with bandits out there. It’s deep man shit is crazy out there

    • @iuniorx
      @iuniorx Рік тому

      I have a theory that this love for Cartels is one of the strategies made from American gov to keep Mexico destabilize. You know it's weird how suddenly corridos become popular among Mexicans just as American propaganda is embedded in Hollywood, Marvel, Disney etc.

    • @OHLE312
      @OHLE312 Рік тому +12

      They're safe jslisco doesn't mess with people with out cause

    • @subiludo1928
      @subiludo1928 Рік тому +171

      @@OHLE312 imma just say to do your research on that claim lmfaooo, that's not true at all

  • @TK-hw2ph
    @TK-hw2ph Рік тому +4236

    Honestly every studio in Hollywood should be hiring you to direct, because these videos are seriously better than anything coming out of there

    • @ilikeboom100
      @ilikeboom100 Рік тому +76

      The rudy ridge and Waco videos where heavily biased towards the cops and missing key info, the last thing we need is more edutainment with an agenda.

    • @haveaday1812
      @haveaday1812 Рік тому

      @@ilikeboom100 Exaclty. All this guy does is take stories done by better channels and artsy them up. He’s a big time boot licker.

    • @robertharing7031
      @robertharing7031 Рік тому +36

      @@ilikeboom100 your excactly wrong!? Everyone knows what the gov did to those folks and we’re next

    • @ilikeboom100
      @ilikeboom100 Рік тому +17

      @@robertharing7031 try asking a normie about it they won't have a clue unless they where alive when it happened.

    • @jonhall2274
      @jonhall2274 Рік тому +10

      Well of course he overly "thin bLuE LiNe" because he was a known cop (ex? Maybe still current, I honestly don't know, just occasionally watch his videos!)
      While I'm definitely not as "boot licker" as him, he does help me see their perspective, and why many of them are always super overly cautious because some of videos show how 0-100 things can get.
      So he's definitely heavily biased towards cops. Still makes cool videos though! Hahaha!😂😆

  • @TheOscarsolis89
    @TheOscarsolis89 Рік тому +966

    Bro I can tell how much effort you put into your videos. Just wanted to say its not going unnoticed.

  • @CemeteryGates17
    @CemeteryGates17 Рік тому +701

    As a Mexican millennial who grew up watching these stories unfold around me, I feel this video has given it some pretty good coverage, which sadly isn't that common in most English-language reporting on the topic.

    • @ISeenmyDreams
      @ISeenmyDreams Рік тому

      Of course English media wouldn’t talk about their own government agencies/ forces helped create a deadly cartel . They never take responsibility for their actions

    • @Lame.....
      @Lame..... Рік тому

      Get the hell out of there.

    • @IsraelCountryCube
      @IsraelCountryCube Рік тому

      Yeah hermano I'm no millennial but gen z hIsPaNo. Ah type shit. I wonder why no good men from anywhere destroy those cartels.

    • @idkbro6195
      @idkbro6195 11 місяців тому +2

      I've been looking for info about the beginning of these cartels and their history, any good book you recommend or videos, English or Spanish? I'm learning Spanish at the moment as well so, send whatever

    • @ejvc4338
      @ejvc4338 8 місяців тому

      @idkbro6195 og shadow he tells you about the shit you dont

  • @austinh7110
    @austinh7110 Рік тому +1143

    Please do a video on Alejo Garza Tamez. He was a Mexican businessman that stood up to the cartel. Or the GIGN raid on Air France Flight 8969.

  • @JoeBurlas
    @JoeBurlas Рік тому +1634

    Hope this becomes a series. I was stationed in El Paso Texas at the end of 2007/beginning of 2008, when the drug war popped off in Juarez. They shot their police chief who made it over the border ad was treated at the Army hospital on base. It was crazy. You’re doing good work Dane and I’m proud of you. You’ve come a long way from when I began watching!

    • @ericsfishingadventures4433
      @ericsfishingadventures4433 Рік тому +29

      Thank you for your service! 🇺🇸 I know it seems cliché but I've got a lot of friends and family that were in the military and I really respect the guys who are on the in the field. Some of the top bureaucrats in charge though......

    • @JoeBurlas
      @JoeBurlas Рік тому +16

      @@ericsfishingadventures4433 It was my great honor. I appreciate this.

    • @matheenarif8645
      @matheenarif8645 Рік тому

      @@JoeBurlas Is the war worth it mate?. I dont know if its working out.

    • @Ogswol
      @Ogswol Рік тому

      They are already coming through the border because there’s nothing to stop them

    • @josiahgonzalez942
      @josiahgonzalez942 Рік тому +9

      @Matheen Arif easy to say from the safety of ya house typing from that keyboard bud Without past world wars you wouldn't even be speaking English 🤷‍♂️💯 should have went to history class

  • @fbg57
    @fbg57 Рік тому +71

    Former Navy SEALS, Army Rangers, Marines etc. are most definitely working for these cartels. Without a shed of doubt..

    • @varun009
      @varun009 5 місяців тому +30

      When your medical issues "aren't service related" and you have no transferable skills, it's a hard offer to turn down. Disappointing nevertheless.

    • @KristianHerdi
      @KristianHerdi 3 місяці тому

      Better money and higher chance to survive then with the Ukronazzis!

    • @vortolex
      @vortolex 2 місяці тому +4

      Not only that there are Mercs just like the Russian working for them but rare to see them as private soldiers contractors.

    • @stevenandre6008
      @stevenandre6008 Місяць тому

      @@vortolexOf course. Probably CIA funded cartel with anZionist agenda to take over the whole drug trade.

  • @woodchuckcider1
    @woodchuckcider1 Рік тому +1578

    The fact that CJNG is so new but gained so much power in such a short period of time. It's blatantly obvious they have been getting help from external entities outside of Mexico.

    • @JME1186
      @JME1186 Рік тому

      Including many, many corporations and individuals in America… the same nation that has the nerve to judge and denigrate the Mexican cartels. Story as old as time, no different than the beginning of the “War” on drugs that had our shady government both importing thousands of kilos to our own country and distributing firepower down in South America (purportedly for “anti-communism” efforts but if you believe that’s where it ended then lol) . Shame on us for helping to add fuel to a problem we then condemn everyone but ourselves when the violence surges or addiction issues cripple our own country. Our foreign policy in Mexico and South/Central America has never not been despicable.

    • @matthewsmiley3630
      @matthewsmiley3630 Рік тому +190

      They’re also smaller than other cartels, which is crazy

    • @fidelio9301
      @fidelio9301 Рік тому

      Yes it’s rumoured that China helps them, not sure who else.

    • @the_juice_factory3118
      @the_juice_factory3118 Рік тому +40

      Bc that’s never happened before…

    • @alexchavez3244
      @alexchavez3244 Рік тому +26

      It’s because of the Juarez cartel 😂😅💀

  • @WickedNemesis
    @WickedNemesis Рік тому +1249

    In 2013, My ex-wife and my kids went to the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico. My ex-wife is from Guanajuato, I had all three of my kids there and the Mexican cartel showed up to our villa, arm to the teeth because they thought that we were smuggling drugs. Every corner of where we were was covered by cartel and policia. It was something else. And it was the day before we left to come back to America

    • @chrishenderson420
      @chrishenderson420 Рік тому +68

      Scary stuff.

    • @WickedNemesis
      @WickedNemesis Рік тому +240

      @@chrishenderson420 at the time it was funny, we saw it as a show of force because I'm a big white American, but as a years have passed, we had no idea how very easily it could have turned south

    • @jonhall2274
      @jonhall2274 Рік тому +157

      Lol, you probably thought it was funny because you went in a weird state of shock, not *WANTING* it to be real, because you thought this was *"too overkill"* lol!
      When in reality, just like your 20/20 hindsight tells you now, the realization of how close and dangerous that situation really was!😆🙃

    • @WickedNemesis
      @WickedNemesis Рік тому +125

      @@jonhall2274 that makes a lot of sense. Im an independent wrestler and I just started waving like Forrest Gump and trying to speak broken Spanish. My youngest had just walked for the first time, the day before.

    • @based_male9293
      @based_male9293 Рік тому +77

      Hey, at least you got out alive bro

  • @Coltonmoore79
    @Coltonmoore79 Рік тому +356

    I love the work you do. Please don't stop. The way you explain the events, the incredible music, the way it's obvious you do hours of research. I wish every youtuber would create content using your formula. I thoroughly enjoy your content, please dont stop.

    • @PopoMedic
      @PopoMedic  Рік тому +68

      Thanks so much for your donation! I really appreciate it. Lots more to come. 🙌

    • @Coltonmoore79
      @Coltonmoore79 Рік тому +29

      ​​​@@PopoMedic I don't have any social media except for UA-cam and Google, and your videos are like an after school TV program for me. I'm constantly checking to see if PoPo is on!
      Officially the only youtube channel I've ever "Joined" lol

  • @sr71sr71
    @sr71sr71 Рік тому +519

    Each vid you make, you've gotten better. Your editing style, story telling, and choice of atmosphere, really paint these stories in a grounded and engaging format.

    • @gsav7886
      @gsav7886 Рік тому +2

      I swear to god I was thinking the same thing.

    • @galaxyproductions2076
      @galaxyproductions2076 Рік тому

      @@gsav7886 holy cow, i ALSO had the same thought! Shall we have aggressive buttsex now?

    • @nouveauprofil
      @nouveauprofil Рік тому +3

      And that music seals the deal. Cherry on top.

    • @Runatta
      @Runatta Рік тому

      just wait till is full length feature come soon

  • @lonkidonki2684
    @lonkidonki2684 Рік тому +931

    The CJNG embodies the quote, "You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain."

    • @nickgerr1991
      @nickgerr1991 Рік тому +103

      Happened to another smaller cartel. They wanted to clean up the mess but then started to do things....to fund themselves.

    • @rafaelalodio5116
      @rafaelalodio5116 Рік тому +191

      Except they were never a hero to begin with, they were just another cartel.

    • @dominus6224
      @dominus6224 Рік тому +93

      @@rafaelalodio5116Correct. All that crap about wanting to be good was bs

    • @TheOtherOne122
      @TheOtherOne122 Рік тому

      At their core they wanted to sell addictive substances to poor Americans. Morals go out the door by starting a drug cartel

    • @rafaelalodio5116
      @rafaelalodio5116 Рік тому +6

      @@TheOtherOne122 And Mexicans too, and for rich people as well

  • @stuartbuckley9200
    @stuartbuckley9200 Рік тому +158

    Great video, the intro gave me goosebumps at 1:54. However it is important to note that a lot of the equipment and weapons used by cartels such as Los Zetas, or CJNG are smuggled into Mexico by "gun runners," and for those who don't know, the entire purpose of the Bureau of ATF was to stop that kind of organized crime, relating to their acronym. (If you know much about the ATF's current state, they kinda abandoned that ideology.)

    • @808INFantry11X
      @808INFantry11X Рік тому +5

      Yeah ever since GWOT those agencies missions are so muddled together these days.

    • @bronsontolliver9027
      @bronsontolliver9027 Рік тому +12

      Those Fast and Furious "gun runners"?

    • @TR3NX6
      @TR3NX6 10 місяців тому

      Yea, Operation Fast and Furious was a total mess. They were supposed to supply weapons to the Mexican Mafia to be able to get intel on cartels and take high priority ranked members in the cartels. But the weapons were never recovered and those guns ended up in the cartels hands. Makes me wonder what else is happening with the U.S. government and their activities with border patrol.

    • @VideoSpectator1223
      @VideoSpectator1223 10 місяців тому +1

      Yeah i recently watched a documentary on gun smugglers from the 90s. It's called "Hot guns|1997" on youtube if you're interested.

    • @RetardOlympics
      @RetardOlympics 3 місяці тому

      They literally never participated in that. They've never done anything they were 'created to do'. They allow this to happen, and even help.

  • @0_O_0001
    @0_O_0001 Рік тому +202

    I remember I wanted to do a project in school on the drug and Narco Wars and my teacher said I'll never find enough research information and there isn't anything interesting about the subjects anyways and made me change my assignment. Still mad about it 10 years later.

    • @JK-vi3jm
      @JK-vi3jm Рік тому +1

      In a freshman college class, I actually got to debate what would happen if el cartel tried their savagery in America. I argued the city’s police force of the college I was enrolled could clean up the cartel within a month. The technology, strategy, cooperation, and civility of a White dominated police force would overwhelm these third world savages much like they did the Indians a couple centuries ago. Anyway I was called a racist and kicked out. Would have been better for me if the teacher just said no, as in your case lmao!

    • @kainhall
      @kainhall Рік тому +14

      my teacher let me do a report on the Contras LOL
      10th grade
      .
      "TLDR, the CIA sold crack from the Contras to poor people..........the end"
      .
      she was a CLASSIC 60s hippie.... everyone knew her politics
      but she still taught it straight facts / text book
      no one gave a crap.....
      .
      still one of the best teachers i had (had ADHD bad.....)
      got me motivated, let me turn in work late ON OCCASION|!! (i did it, i just lost it... so i could write down the same answers in like 5 mins if i got a new sheet)
      .
      .
      lot better than a college prof selling his own book..... required to buy at the college bookstore to take his class
      got into an "argument" over lake effect snow on fort peck lake (i said its worth an additional 1 to 3 inches over the year....before the lake freezes to ice)
      "no no, its too small"
      .
      i asked NOAA glasgow if i was correct, and they actually make up every chart and graph id want
      average "lake effect" depth around the lake.... yearly totals VS 10 miles away for the last 100 years (aka, before the dam was built)
      ETC
      .
      gave it to the prof.... he got really mad (he knew the western side.... but not a lot about the eastern side where i come from...so wasnt the first time i corrected him)
      ended up getting F-ed on that "bell curve" of his for a lot of assignments
      .
      finished with a C-.....
      next year, new version of his book, another 300 dollars, or take that L
      bookstore offered 15 bucks for my PRISTINE text book (its out of date now)
      .
      .
      that one prof really "woke" me to the college scam LOL
      them gov't loans are KILLER

    • @spongebitchbobface
      @spongebitchbobface Рік тому +3

      Did your teacher also happen to be the school Chemist?.

    • @Threat1
      @Threat1 Рік тому

      @@spongebitchbobface I see what u did there

    • @_audacity2722
      @_audacity2722 Рік тому

      Your teacher was right.... All the documents about the CIA funding, arming, and training cartels are still classified and sealed.

  • @georgebanuelos1
    @georgebanuelos1 Рік тому +269

    Last year my farm was overrun and taken over by the drug cartel see the true force and brutality of them something I’ve never seen before shocked me. I hope the government can tackle this problem to liberate us

    • @nickgerr1991
      @nickgerr1991 Рік тому +52

      You down in Texas?
      The government? The US government? They're in on the drug trade too lmao

    • @neft5449
      @neft5449 Рік тому +33

      Probably Mexico, not Texas

    • @fsaari
      @fsaari Рік тому +2

      Where is this?

    • @allent1152
      @allent1152 Рік тому +95

      Im sorry they took your swamp Shrek, hopefully Lord Farquad can send his soldiers too help you out.

    • @ghostsniperable353
      @ghostsniperable353 Рік тому

      You pay?

  • @escobar8617
    @escobar8617 Рік тому +20

    Your choice of music is spot on. Love it.

  • @cerberusgroup
    @cerberusgroup Рік тому +188

    I want to redo my own video on Sinaloa because of how well you made this. New Generation scares the crap out of me. Fantastic work as always Popo!

    • @Me-eb3wv
      @Me-eb3wv Рік тому +1

      Come to Tamaulipas

    • @cerberusgroup
      @cerberusgroup Рік тому +2

      @@Me-eb3wv gotta brush up on my Spanish but sure!

    • @jongallardo8006
      @jongallardo8006 Рік тому +2

      I hope that was sarcasm. The only 2 states without high or significant travel advisories in Mexico are Campeche and Yucatán. I’d suggest those to visit if you don’t want to die or be tortured to death

    • @cerberusgroup
      @cerberusgroup Рік тому +1

      @@jongallardo8006 very sarcastic don’t worry. Unless my country needs me to fight in these places, I’m happy to stay on the North side of the border.

    • @angelpesinaa4354
      @angelpesinaa4354 Рік тому

      @Jon Gallardo you act as if your going to die the minute you step in Mexico😂

  • @LiterateDuck
    @LiterateDuck Рік тому +259

    Dude.. bravo. This was incredible. Feels wrong that this quality of content is just free.

    • @tristanmma8407
      @tristanmma8407 Рік тому +11

      Dude do you wanna start paying to watch his videos..??😂🤦‍♂️

    • @whatshisface1390
      @whatshisface1390 8 місяців тому +4

      Donate. That other boy gave $50 👀

  • @NA-lp2re
    @NA-lp2re Рік тому +4

    Whoever arranges music in your videos is really good. Usually I would prefer no music but yours is a value add.

  • @peterlombardo8153
    @peterlombardo8153 Рік тому +20

    One of the only pages I actually watch the video as soon as I get the notification.
    Thank you!

  • @ifell3
    @ifell3 Рік тому +39

    This is one of the best ones you've done so far. Great imagery, voice-over and storyline. It's a borderline short film, I wouldn't go too far into the suspense pause.

  • @tywash2711
    @tywash2711 Рік тому +13

    The production quality of this video was amazing, the effort put in was WELL WORTH IT!

  • @joesgotya9930
    @joesgotya9930 Рік тому +305

    Delta Force and SEAL team 6 are obviously highly trained operators with a lot of cool gear, tools and assets..But what really gave them teeth and massive operational success over the course of the GWOT was the industrial intelligence infrastructure behind them. Delta and SEALs didn’t destroy entire Al Qeada cells and rat line’s because they were best shooters and warfighters in the world; it was because JSOC could take the captured intelligence from the battlefield and process it into actionable context at the (speed of war.) JSOC is a global network that was designed to (destroy) networks and that comes from the giant analytical and support nucleus of JSOC.
    They asked former Delta Operator Bob Keller on a podcast what a war would like between American tier 1 SOF and the Cartels…. Bob said almost instantly- “It would be over in a week”

    • @Maistheman274
      @Maistheman274 Рік тому +9

      delta force and seal team 6 are apart of JSOc

    • @gabrielbifano4256
      @gabrielbifano4256 Рік тому +67

      They surely would win in a week. Just like they won against Vietnam

    • @gabagabago0l
      @gabagabago0l Рік тому +75

      ​@@gabrielbifano4256Ah yes because jsoc existed 60 years ago

    • @Maximus667anonimus
      @Maximus667anonimus Рік тому +2

      😂😂😂 jajajajajaja

    • @TheTEMIBLEAK47
      @TheTEMIBLEAK47 Рік тому +18

      Yea because he's thinking and a Hollywood movie not Reality USA Special forces that best to create Hollywood movies but that's a different story when they come to reality

  • @KyleKalevra
    @KyleKalevra Рік тому +226

    Better with EVERY episode.
    The CJNG are friggin terrifying and I knew nothing about them, and that’s not good .Thank you for the amazing storytelling and for raising awareness about an expanding threat to the US.

    • @moose2143
      @moose2143 Рік тому

      Hey bud , they might kill me but sum are wtcing these comments.....china is supplying 3 cartels groups to fight cia' cartels

    • @Ricenoodles80
      @Ricenoodles80 Рік тому +1

      Check out the female cartels. Unbelievable, one female killed 150 people. Completely Diabolical

    • @KyleKalevra
      @KyleKalevra Рік тому +20

      @@moose2143 This is one of the many reasons Americans train as much as they do and stock so much ammo. I obviously don’t know everything happening south of the border, but I know enough to know that we should be prepared for it coming north.

    • @ulisesaranda3211
      @ulisesaranda3211 Рік тому +37

      @@KyleKalevra cartels will never operate in the states like they do in mexico. They would never harm their biggest clients north of the border.

    • @KyleKalevra
      @KyleKalevra Рік тому +13

      @@ulisesaranda3211 I hear they moved a lot of manufacturing north of the border already. California, Nevada, and Montana have been speaking quite often about it. I feel it’s better to be prepared if they drag their turf wars my way. Paranoia is just a heightened sense of reality.

  • @katmadison7607
    @katmadison7607 Рік тому +31

    I just found you last night while watching you and Donut Operator break down the fake Florida cop that escorted funerals..
    Your documentaries are absolutely AMAZING! People should be knocking down your door, BEGGING to buy these from you and have you produce more.
    Excellent job. Thank you SO MUCH for doing these.

  • @martincolvill5453
    @martincolvill5453 Рік тому +373

    In the 80s, I worked undercover narcotics in the Pacific Northwest. Very small stuff compared to what you covered in this excellent mini-doc.
    It got really scary the higher up we worked a case. It seemed like every time we got to a certain level, our CI or witness disappeared.
    It was very frustrating.
    I-5 is a lot like I-95 out east for being a fast funnel from Mexico 🇲🇽 to Canada 🇨🇦.
    Small towns along the way sometimes were the drop-off warehouses for either pickup and continuation or dispersal.
    My baliwick was 18 wheelers. Sometimes the driver knew and sometimes not.
    Got really hairy a couple of times when the driver didn't believe I was a cop and thought I was hijacking his load. Waiting for my backup was sometimes a pucker factor of 9.5 out of 10 until the marked unit showed up with the reds and blues flashing.
    Ah, those were the days ... NOT!

    • @RoySpray
      @RoySpray Рік тому +14

      Wow, you are not very good at being undercover. 🤣

    • @hankhohn5017
      @hankhohn5017 Рік тому

      @@RoySpray in the 80s numbnuts

    • @Spootythefoozler
      @Spootythefoozler Рік тому +30

      @@RoySpray can you read? The first sentence states "in the 80s"

    • @MrTangent
      @MrTangent Рік тому +16

      Thanks for wasting everyone’s time and causing drug prices to go up. 👍🏻

    • @angrydingus5256
      @angrydingus5256 Рік тому +18

      Seriously, I get that it was a job... but you know that all your years fighting the "war on drugs" were a complete waste of time, manpower and tax money right? I get that it was real and terrifying, but it was so dumb to put yourself in that position. Never will the US police have the manpower or apparently even skill, to overcome even 1 cartel. And lets not forget that Mexico isn't the only place with high level cartels in the US drug trade.

  • @DCYote1
    @DCYote1 Рік тому +54

    Your videos get better and better with each one! This is definitely your best yet. The music, the editing, everything about it is extremely well done.

  • @heavensfugitive6447
    @heavensfugitive6447 8 місяців тому +2

    This video is by far one of the best on this subject on the entire web. And the production is truly Bad Ass! Well done!

  • @gabrieljoselebron6762
    @gabrieljoselebron6762 Рік тому +102

    Your pocket edition commentaries mixed in with your editing skills is better than anything any streaming app, or TV provider has. I am imagine whatever small team you have behind you is dynamite! In other words love your storytelling, keep it up🙌

  • @spooki56
    @spooki56 Рік тому +39

    A former mexican special forces operator (Gafe423) said the mexican special force known as GAFE has encounter (and killed) foreing military working whit cartels.

  • @johnpush4585
    @johnpush4585 Рік тому +9

    CIA was probably the main source of contact for this organization. Great channel bro!

  • @Vorrb
    @Vorrb Рік тому +101

    Love you popo. Each episode gets better as you keep making them

    • @PopoMedic
      @PopoMedic  Рік тому +14

      Thanks so much for your support!

  • @smittywerbenjaegermanjense2350
    @smittywerbenjaegermanjense2350 Рік тому +266

    You should do one about the ongoing war between the remnants of Los Zetas (Cartel del Noreste) vs The Gulf Cartel (Cartel del Golfo). It’s been going on for 13 years now with no end in sight and it’s happening in the small border (frontera Chica) in Mexicos Tamaulipas State directly across the US Border. The warzone is located between the Cities of Reynosa and Nuevo Laredo. They go at it multiple times a week and you can hear the firefights from the US side regularly. Even Fox News and some correspondents were there one night in Roma, TX with CBP agents and Army National Guard Soldiers and they could hear the gun battle raging on the other side the camera even captured tracers flying back and forth. The news never reports it in Mexico, very little people know it’s happening unless you live on the border or have family living in that part of Mexico.

    • @dr.karloff5338
      @dr.karloff5338 Рік тому +19

      Those Are zetas clones, Original Zetas were eliminated by Mexican Marines

    • @XxMIKExFAILZxX
      @XxMIKExFAILZxX Рік тому +11

      Dude it's insane just how dangerous the border has become. I've heard a grenade during those fights go off.

    • @_audacity2722
      @_audacity2722 Рік тому +13

      @@XxMIKExFAILZxX what's insane is how safe the border is in California. I live 5 miles from Garita de San Ysidro and never hear stuff like this.

    • @Ligma_Male-ub1ud
      @Ligma_Male-ub1ud Рік тому +2

      I’ve driven through Nuevo Laredo, we don’t stay very long and get and stay on the cuota.

    • @XxMIKExFAILZxX
      @XxMIKExFAILZxX Рік тому +9

      @@_audacity2722 sorry but even I don't wanna fight near California lol

  • @jonathananaya4299
    @jonathananaya4299 Рік тому +40

    This was a greatly informative video and the added cinematography brought this video to a whole other level. It is incredible to see in our generation, the cartels start to change and the need to stay informed and educated on this matter is growing more important every day. As a Mexican-American, I feel strongly passionate to do my part in understanding the fight against cartels as both countries have suffered violence, but more towards the people of Mexico, and should partner together to solve a problem both have responsibilities in creating, for the good of the people in both countries.

    • @vortolex
      @vortolex 2 місяці тому

      Excellent well spoken. But let’s never forget who build the cartel on the first place everything was plan out by both governments with Felix Gallardo the be the way is today.

  • @enderwiggin402
    @enderwiggin402 Рік тому +36

    I really love your content man, some of the topics you've spoken on recently hit close to home since I'm a native Texan. And since I'm currently station overseas and I'm looking to come back home soon, it's fascinating to get a different perspective on events. Please consider doing more on this topic

  • @Shane_Mane.
    @Shane_Mane. Рік тому +146

    I’m almost certain that i can speak on behalf of everybody when I say, PLEASE MAKE LONGER FORM VIDEOS AND DOCUMENTARIES cause we want more of your content.

    • @HellRazor228
      @HellRazor228 Рік тому

      I think you can ask him that by going to his Patreon.

  • @jrflo1244
    @jrflo1244 11 місяців тому +13

    I'm pretty sure the CJNG is already in the U.S. Mexican cartels have advantage over other cartels like Colombians or Cubans because of how many Mexican street gangs there is in the U.S. From Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee, Texas to the West Coast. Plenty of available connections that are willing to work.

  • @a1mb0t96
    @a1mb0t96 Рік тому +44

    This is your best video yet, not to much editing (like last video) and very hype and entertaining. This and Waco are the best videos you’ve ever made

    • @brandonc4576
      @brandonc4576 Рік тому

      Waco was missing info. Interesting videos but he’s clearly a fed sympathizer

    • @factsfacts17
      @factsfacts17 Рік тому +2

      i personally thought this was his worst video

    • @XanderFields
      @XanderFields Рік тому +3

      @@factsfacts17 right very little info on the group it self and more of sum up of mexican cartels

  • @andre-gn7sh
    @andre-gn7sh Рік тому +34

    This is literally a documentary, amazing quality for a UA-cam video. Well done

  • @theflyer68
    @theflyer68 Рік тому +18

    I was stopped by the cartel when I was a kid with my family and they were suprisingly pleasant to us and let us on our way. The Mexican Marines later that week, caught a high profile member hiding out in the area

  • @carter2671
    @carter2671 Рік тому +31

    The quality of these videos blows my mind! Feel like this is content I would find from a major news agency, not a youtuber!!! I love the narco topic, as I live on the US Mexico border. It is fascinating to learn more about what goes on down south. Keep it up!

  • @dollings4205
    @dollings4205 Рік тому +46

    I’m from Rosarito Baja California, 2009 was insane. It’s the reason we moved away from there due to the constant violence and death. This video was well researched and presented, cheers.

    • @raulisrael7342
      @raulisrael7342 Рік тому +2

      Hi I'm also from Baja specifically Mexicali and when me and my parents were going to San Felipe we saw a dead body in a car. Pobre Mexico, esto da lastima

    • @LagrangePoint0
      @LagrangePoint0 Рік тому

      @@raulisrael7342 pero ustedes glorifican los carteles y la violencia, hasta le rinden culto a la muerte, ¿de qué se quejan entonces?

  • @Canelo3
    @Canelo3 Рік тому +8

    Wow, such compelling storytelling and visuals. Really felt like I was watching a movie but learned a lot at the same time. Thank you!

  • @SergioHernandez-vr8bx
    @SergioHernandez-vr8bx Рік тому +71

    If you guys want to know more about the Zetas and their history, including some of their training in School of the Americas, read the book "Hijo de la Guerra" it's in Spanish but maybe you will find it translated. The book is about El Z 9, one of the founding members and special operators and his story. The writer is not 100 percent sure it is him but it's still a great book regardless.

    • @_audacity2722
      @_audacity2722 Рік тому +4

      Thank you for the recommendation

    • @apokoshiii5365
      @apokoshiii5365 Рік тому

      HE WASENT SURE IF IT WAS HIM BUT HE FIND OUT LATER IT WAS HIM SAID TO BE DEAD BY THE GOVERNMENT WHEN IN REALITY HE WAS IN PRISON HE THEN CAME OUT FACINATING HIW HE HAD HIS STARS TATTED UP FOR EVERY STATE THEY CONQUERED
      EL COMANDANTE MELLADO

  • @TheCody1707
    @TheCody1707 Рік тому +37

    Another great video! Very well researched but the music was tad loud. Love the content you put out!

    • @elden_beast8489
      @elden_beast8489 Рік тому +4

      Music was louder than his voice at times. Other than that perfect video and I learned a lot.

  • @jonseaver5982
    @jonseaver5982 Рік тому +1

    dude the music in these videos alone was enough to hook me, but the actual content is a banger, video after video

  • @845835
    @845835 Рік тому +18

    Training criminals and our enemies is something we have been doing longer than we can remember.

  • @dixiefiend
    @dixiefiend Рік тому +11

    thanks for the quality productions brother, your content is hugely inspiring. love to throw these on while sittin down to eat post gettin after it.

  • @SgtsTanTaco
    @SgtsTanTaco 6 місяців тому +2

    4:23 "any signs of weakness is a sign of opportunity"
    Those words stuck with today's world.

  • @killrcreepr
    @killrcreepr Рік тому +7

    This was the most entertaining mini doc you have ever made in my opinion. Just the way it was all told, perfect.

  • @7thFEROX
    @7thFEROX Рік тому +37

    Just found your channel last night and the effort and quality you put into each video is next level! Thank you Popo Medic!

  • @pepsicolanada
    @pepsicolanada Рік тому +1

    this is like a symphonie bro. thank you

  • @OGShadowOfficial2
    @OGShadowOfficial2 Рік тому +15

    Zacatecas is crucial because you have Durango touching it from the north which is part of Sinaloa’s golden triangle/their money maker and Jalisco touching it from the south which is where mencho is based out of hence why Zacatecas so important. I have an interview with ántrax member fighting there as we speak, it’s the only interview with an ántrax member in the world.

  • @johnmccarty8217
    @johnmccarty8217 Рік тому +31

    Love the video I had no idea there was a cartel that was so advanced it’s crazy

    • @theunstopablebullet
      @theunstopablebullet Рік тому +4

      This is nothing, look up CJNG propaganda vids.

    • @supremealgo1
      @supremealgo1 Рік тому

      ​@@theunstopablebullet Just a heads up CJNG isnt that good.
      Like many cartels they use Airsoft gear on certain propaganda.
      They don't fight the Army and marines that much because they know loosing is highly likely plus 'Grupo Elite' is never fighting the Army.
      Fuck cartels.
      Fuck CJNG.

    • @JakeButAwesome
      @JakeButAwesome Рік тому +2

      I knew about CJNG as a mexican, but i never actually knew they were THIS good at their job

    • @theunstopablebullet
      @theunstopablebullet Рік тому

      @@JakeButAwesome You live in Mexico? We've seen a lot of CJNG activity and their counter intelligence is on point from what I've read. After the zetas dissolved they went and trained other cartels, corruption is rampant so I'm not surprised that US training and weapons have leaked over to the wrong hands.

    • @dchiznit209
      @dchiznit209 Рік тому +7

      Remember when the Taliban started getting all our equipment when we bailed out? Now imagine Cartels getting the same treatment, but either with drug money and or jerry rigging it, down to the armored APC’s. That’s what CJNG is from my understanding. It’s went from street gang cartels to being equivalent to the Mexican Army

  • @Fashako
    @Fashako Рік тому +1

    That transition into the second song was🔥

  • @ModernRapsuxs
    @ModernRapsuxs Рік тому +14

    You dont miss with the editing, the music. crazy how good of a job you do at picking the perfect stuff and put it together. you need to do a mini docu-series. These but longer

  • @soggycracker5934
    @soggycracker5934 Рік тому +15

    I dealt with a lot of gang members as a correctional officer, most were just afraid and looking for protection, but many of the latin gangs were pretty real.

  • @DMM00
    @DMM00 Рік тому +1

    The quality of your videos transitions and editing is insanely smooth and I really find it impressive

  • @lacascadaobregon
    @lacascadaobregon Рік тому +10

    Dane, I've been following your work from the beginning. I am so happy at how well shot this is. Please do a series on this.

  • @ginochavez4009
    @ginochavez4009 Рік тому +13

    It’s horrible what’s happening right now in Mexico it truly is sad I hope they all go down

  • @Aaron-s3t2u
    @Aaron-s3t2u Рік тому

    Let me just say this.. that intro was not only amazing, but extremely accurate. I love it

  • @crabwalkarms7347
    @crabwalkarms7347 Рік тому +29

    The fact that US vets trained these guys is horrid. The men that swore to defend the US are destroying it by doing this.

    • @SVC96.
      @SVC96. Рік тому +31

      I mean yall treat your vets like sh*t what do you think was going to happen

    • @crabwalkarms7347
      @crabwalkarms7347 Рік тому +9

      @@SVC96. ya'll like the average person has any real control over gov policy

    • @Kick339
      @Kick339 Рік тому +5

      @@SVC96. the morals your parents teach you can go a long way

    • @jessj.j.french7482
      @jessj.j.french7482 Рік тому +1

      Thank obama

    • @PrinceMutambwe
      @PrinceMutambwe Рік тому +1

      The big O does love his coke lmao

  • @kawikaahina1759
    @kawikaahina1759 Рік тому +13

    As a mexican, it is surprising that not many americans know that many cartel leaders trained in the USA. It's common knowledge here, but most americans have no clue.

    • @aidanmurray3979
      @aidanmurray3979 Рік тому +2

      Americans have no clue. They are protected

    • @ElCalifornio619
      @ElCalifornio619 2 місяці тому

      @@aidanmurray3979yeah they are in a bubble

  • @quinnlessard8236
    @quinnlessard8236 Рік тому +1

    the production of this video is next level. well done sir

  • @Cryotyde
    @Cryotyde Рік тому +9

    Dude....all of your videos that I've watched over the months have been great but this one feels, looks, and sounds next level. Well done! The editing and overall presentation is A+.

  • @ggarzagarcia
    @ggarzagarcia Рік тому +31

    Crazy edits, my man.
    I get nervous going back to Mexico from time to time. I know the news is different on the other side of the border, but I wish people like me, who just want to live life and echarle ganas (do well), weren’t sandwiched in this horrible affair. I just want peace and they can do their own deal without me being in the crossfire.
    It’s sad that Americans helped the cartels get stronger, and they should be tried for sedition, especially under military law if it was during their service. It directly and indirectly hurts innocents all over the world, not just Mexico and the USA.

    • @jeffreywinters8060
      @jeffreywinters8060 Рік тому +13

      From the way I understand it, the American tier one units didn't train the cartels directly; rather, they helped train Mexican SF units that were supposed to bring the fight to the cartels but instead became corrupted. Either way, it's a real shitshow and I sympathize with anyone caught in the middle of it all.

    • @_audacity2722
      @_audacity2722 Рік тому +13

      @@jeffreywinters8060 same thing they said about the Mujahideen in Afghanistan, same thing they said about Contras in Nicaragua, same thing they said about TonTon Macoutes in Haiti, same thing they said about Osama Bin Laden.... When are you going to get bored of the same old story?

    • @stewart2589
      @stewart2589 Рік тому

      Some Americans need Mexico to stay violent in order to benefit themselves

    • @foxhound9285
      @foxhound9285 Рік тому +1

      @@_audacity2722 don’t forget isis too. CIA also has their bloody hands in it too.

    • @_audacity2722
      @_audacity2722 Рік тому +4

      @@foxhound9285 Yep. And meanwhile millions of Americans happily accept lies from their government like our friend Jeffrey here

  • @geofferywest5188
    @geofferywest5188 Рік тому +1

    This was great highest production value yet! Keep up the amazing work I’m about to share this with 10 of my friends.

  • @rongomez5495
    @rongomez5495 Рік тому +13

    what an amazing short documentary..Absolutely loved the ''God Father'' type scenes of the Priest speaking while the cartel was doing what they do best. Popo's best short in my opinion.

  • @Myname-cb9ru
    @Myname-cb9ru Рік тому +23

    So this is the second time this happened? Los Zetas themselves were also American trained to fight the cartels and became first body guards for the other cartels before they themselves became a cartel.

    • @lighterthansome3781
      @lighterthansome3781 Рік тому +5

      I think he’s got that part mixed up. Los Zetas, the original zetas, were trained at Fort Bragg and deserted to become an armed wing of The Gulf Cartel.

    • @hiddenhundred8565
      @hiddenhundred8565 Рік тому +5

      No popo got it sort of right because it was both the los zetas being trained by the special forces and a CJNG Sicario claiming that they were being trained by special forces aswell. There is an article discussing it too

    • @loscopihues2343
      @loscopihues2343 Рік тому +2

      @@lighterthansome3781 mind you not all of the zetas were special ops alot of them were just normal soldiers or policemen

    • @loscopihues2343
      @loscopihues2343 Рік тому +1

      the big difference is that cjng is not making the same mistake as los zetas

    • @dirckthedork-knight1201
      @dirckthedork-knight1201 Рік тому

      The phenomenon of the US funding and training questionable people for their benefit only for said people to grow and become more dangerous then they anticipated has happened so many times its not even funny anymore the only thing sad is that the US does not learn

  • @Bumbaclartios
    @Bumbaclartios 4 місяці тому

    I think this is the greatest doc you’ve ever done. I forgot I was watching Popo Medic for a minute

  • @freethinkingamerican80
    @freethinkingamerican80 Рік тому +4

    More Cartel stories. Man you do such a killer production job!

  • @colinwinters6140
    @colinwinters6140 Рік тому +6

    I’ve watched all your vids. Please keep doin what’s you do. Thanks✌️

    • @PopoMedic
      @PopoMedic  Рік тому +3

      Thanks so much for your support I really appreciate it!

    • @laquanbrice202
      @laquanbrice202 Рік тому +1

      @@PopoMedic PLEASE make BACKUP CHANNELS #FREESPEECH

  • @AndersenTrades
    @AndersenTrades Рік тому +2

    Awesome video but can you please turn down the background music a bit?

  • @MrNotCreative
    @MrNotCreative Рік тому +4

    Yo, this puts me on the edge of my seat every time I see your videos.. they are absolutely 1000x better than any Netflix serious about drugs and cartel. Ohn Gawd!

  • @sdunned7842
    @sdunned7842 Рік тому +5

    Please make more vids like this, this was so entertaining. I love the sicario movies and I’m super interested in this topic.

  • @flyingmonkeystunts9730
    @flyingmonkeystunts9730 Рік тому +1

    Love your videos but please consider lowering the volume of background music to make it easier to hear narration. Thanks!

  • @jaredstancombe6724
    @jaredstancombe6724 Рік тому +19

    I have worked in national security before but on issues unrelated to Mexico and Latin America.
    This gave me chills. Towards the end I was breathing heavily. This is terrifying.

    • @_audacity2722
      @_audacity2722 Рік тому +1

      What's terrifying? This is what our foreign policy produces for the sake of national security. We would rather have Zetas and CJNG running around instead of Zapatistas, right?

    • @msr9042
      @msr9042 Рік тому

      lol

  • @nishfillet
    @nishfillet Рік тому +6

    Damn they should hire you on for Sicario 3

  • @XLpacman805
    @XLpacman805 Рік тому +1

    Your production quality keeps getting better and better. Great video!

  • @jacobridgeway2849
    @jacobridgeway2849 Рік тому +86

    This reminds me of Ghost Recon Wildlands, La Plaga was said to be trained by Former Army and Spec Ops from,
    USA, Russia, Mexico, Bolivia, etc
    In one region you take on a Former Army Ranger. Carl Bookhart, employed by El Muro to train Sicario's

    • @jackhammertwo1
      @jackhammertwo1 Рік тому +24

      El Muro* And funny enough im reinstalling Wildlands while seeing this.

    • @nicholasmolinaro9141
      @nicholasmolinaro9141 Рік тому +12

      I’m considering reinstalling it, helluva game!

    • @mr.x4036
      @mr.x4036 Рік тому +7

      I thought Karl Bookhart was a Marine? His rifle description says he was a “Salty Dog” usually what Marines say.

    • @jacobridgeway2849
      @jacobridgeway2849 Рік тому +7

      @@mr.x4036 Watch Bowman's briefing on him

    • @pulëeskuqurdheshalqi
      @pulëeskuqurdheshalqi Рік тому +7

      ​@@mr.x4036 that makes sense, if it was an Army Ranger part of the unit with the most killl/captures of HVT worldwide EVER amongst all SOF in all countries you would've never made it pass that boss!

  • @alecdestroyer0757
    @alecdestroyer0757 Рік тому +5

    haven't even finished the video yet but dang it looks good

  • @stixglass8442
    @stixglass8442 14 днів тому

    So much better than Vice New on the same subject. Props brother, keep it up!

  • @supremealgo1
    @supremealgo1 Рік тому +22

    As a mexican I find this one interesting!
    You should talk about el Culiacanazo.

    • @gkalwgosoxo4327
      @gkalwgosoxo4327 Рік тому

      Yeah everyone should hear how the pathetic CDS kidnapped innocent civilians just to get Ovidio released.

    • @supremealgo1
      @supremealgo1 Рік тому +2

      @@gkalwgosoxo4327 I agree.
      It's interesting how many don't know about it

    • @loscopihues2343
      @loscopihues2343 Рік тому +1

      @@gkalwgosoxo4327 I wouldn't call them pathetic
      they literally humilliated the goverment lol

    • @Rengulus
      @Rengulus Рік тому

      culiacanazo 1 or 2?

    • @gkalwgosoxo4327
      @gkalwgosoxo4327 Рік тому +2

      @@loscopihues2343 and now Ovidio is suffering from depression in jail like the weak clowns we all know CDS to be 😂

  • @geebeaux
    @geebeaux Рік тому +12

    I dont normally say this, but I would love to see some 1 hour long Popo Medic videos.

  • @Nocturn4lAnim4L
    @Nocturn4lAnim4L Рік тому +1

    I watched all your vids in one day the spec op ones have those sick 80s hard beats and this one has amazing Mexican music and the editing is just so good so glad I found this channel.

  • @Swizdom
    @Swizdom Рік тому +4

    Yo this is fucking sick! Great story telling and explanation, keep it up

  • @TheDeviIDogg
    @TheDeviIDogg Рік тому +6

    It's a shame such beautiful places are riddled with things like this

  • @123cache123
    @123cache123 Рік тому

    I'm amazed by how cinematic this brief documentary was! Sincere kudos!

  • @Mjw0134
    @Mjw0134 Рік тому +5

    Love your stuff, man!

  • @mikeray2275
    @mikeray2275 Рік тому +9

    Very good work. I love how you started from beginning to end, explaining the rise and fall of each operation, in order. And also having real footage, instead of most people using movie clips.

  • @josephpatterson1646
    @josephpatterson1646 Рік тому

    You are becoming a force PM. These last couple videos are next level.

  • @quinnthebin2304
    @quinnthebin2304 Рік тому +5

    Love the vids

  • @ducedevlstear2471
    @ducedevlstear2471 Рік тому +4

    Ned Kelly next please.
    And you eventually need to cover
    Black September of Munich.
    And Kaaba siege.

  • @nickn9040
    @nickn9040 Рік тому

    My god this production quality is unbelievable. Great work.

  • @maniac5877
    @maniac5877 Рік тому +5

    MOM, I CAN'T GO TO SCHOOL YET. POPO MEDIC JUST POSTED.

  • @Matt-xc6sp
    @Matt-xc6sp Рік тому +8

    US SOCOM: No cocaine
    Mexican Cartel SOCOM: all the cocaine
    Easy choice

  • @gunnybillr4612
    @gunnybillr4612 Рік тому +11

    This video would have been extremely useful when I had done a slideshow presentation on gangs in my CJ class.
    I did a presentation on the CJNG, and even though I had pretty much everything you had here, you clearly have a much better way of presenting it lol