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@@thisisironclad try to talk to real mexican men from mexico. Let them talk about mexico. This is how i know. Guys in usa, they are scared of the men down in latin american countries.
YOU MUST BE SPEAKING FOR YOURSELF MF BC I FEAR NO MF THAT CAN DIE JUST LIKE ME U MUST BE ON DOPE IF U BELIVE THAT BS AN OBVIOUSLY A SCARY CAT U DNT SPEAK FOR MEN IN AMERICA THAT HAVE NOTHING TODO WITH WTF GOES ON IN MEXICO 🇲🇽 AN THATS THERE BUISNESS MIND URS CLOWN
I’m from Culiacan, what this guy is saying is spot on. We can’t go out after 8 pm. We have no police force, the government is basically on stand by waiting for the factions to resolve their issues while the general population is caught in the crossfire.
Aguante vara el gobierno hiso esto en tamaulipas en el 2005 en nuevo laredo ora les Toca ah los sinaloaneses eso quiere decir que el nuevo gobierno biene apollado del cjng
This guys really great in his reporting/journalism. I know a good amount about the whole war on drugs/cartels. It breaks my heart when you think of the unaffiliated citizens. Something horrible happens to friends or family and you have nobody to turn to. Well maybe there's some avenues if you have cash to get police help. But most can't. Even if it's no guarantee they'd even do anything. One shimmer of hope for you is trump getting elected. He came with a hairs width of declaring the cartels terror organizations. Which they are. It was only a frantic call and assurances from the Mexican president that stopped him. If your unaware how significant that designation is, it allows us to intervene with our military. We are partners in responsibility for the way things got this way, and we owe the Mexican people. And he knows this and it plays into the stopping of people illegally entering the us. The source of many lead back to the cartels. Those guys think they are tough. They terrorize and abuse people that are essentially peasants in the rural areas, or poor in urban areas. They can't defend themselves and are exploited. But when seal and delta teams are roping into leaders homes and snatching them, or shooting down smuggling planes, cruise missile strikes, clearing out the govt and police with charges in the states. We'll come get them if we need to. Seizing any funds even remotely linked. The horror they forced upon you, will be met with something that will terrifying these guys. When the us Marines, Rangers, special forces, drones and close air support from a-10's, f15,f16,f35,b1,b2's come out to play....they will feel that helplessness and fear that they brought upon the country for decades. This really isn't tough talk. 100k us citizens have passed from drugs mfg in Mexico with support from china. So keep hope. He's likely going to win. His heavy plans securing the border include stopping the source and ghouls doing this. And honestly, I couldn't imagine the fear that a guy like him wanting to change things, with the most powerful military in history. Theres not going to be some way for them to concede or surrender once our sf is on the ground. This dude can and likely will help mexico remove people they couldn't and give them an entirely new lease on life. We owe you.
Ioan, is without doubt the best English & Spanish speaking Narco-Journalist in the game! What he doesn't know about the drug war isn't worth knowing...the mans been at this for 2 decades straight!
@@molvera1549 Course I have but Luis has been doing it for a handful of years, where as Grillo has been at it over 2 decades and is the go too guy for all the biggest networks, film makers, publications & think tanks worldwide. Even LC himself calls Grillo the OG of the game and looks up to him...he says so on his own channel
I’ve been seeing the videos on Twitter and I literally checked to see if this guy had a video on it because I remember him from a different podcast awhile ago. Perfect timing
Dude I worked for a company and we built a factory in guanuwato and irapuato mexico..this was about 10yrs ago and the place was so peaceful..now it's a warzone
First heard ion on the Shawn Ryan show and as soon as I heard the English accent i immediately thought great some uppity European getting ready to talk down to us. Couldn’t have been more wrong. He is legit with accurate up to date information. I travel to Sinaloa frequently for family reasons and he is spot on. Great source on this topic
Good vid. From the rise of the Z to the current Culican/Sinaloa power vacuum today. I find Grillo and his analysis of cartel land to be very credible. What is incredible though is - the fact he’s still around to cover it. Especially as a foreign journalist based in Mx. That’s pretty impressive imo.✌
i enjoy luis and eds content too when theyre on podcasts etc, but they get alot of criticism from mexican locals for their reporting being inaccurate, just so you know. Ioan doesnt get the same criticism. Matter fact he is praised by the locals for the precision of his information. I 'dont think they belong in the same category as journalists. Just my opinion as a journalist myself
@@WeaponsGradeNeurofunkfirst ed isn’t a journalist, he’s a ex police officer from Tijuana who lives in the US but has sources in Sinaloa(according to him) then gets on podcast and regurgitates what people who keep up with the narco world already know OR over exaggerates his stories to fear monger Americans. Example, when chapo got caught and extradited… narco journalist didn’t have the #1 guy to suck money off of so they started saying things like “chapo was never the/A leader in the Sinaloa cartel” that way they have something new to talk about and ed was riding on that on a few podcast but then once people started seeing that chapo was a leader in the Sinaloa ed stopped mentioning it
@@WeaponsGradeNeurofunk another popular journalist who’s also been bullshiting the people is a women called Anabel Hernandez, she made a career talking about el chapo and how bad he is and how ruthless HIS Sinaloa cartel is, but like I said once he was caught and extradited she didn’t have her money source no more to suck money off of, and now she pushes mayos zambada propaganda
Vincent, you should just rotate Ioan Grillo and Ed Calderon as guests and I would obsessively watch every episode. I've read El Narco, Gangster Warlords and Blood Gun Money twice. RIP to Chuck Bowden, he would've been great too. P.s. Calderon is an expert in the Santa Muerte / Malverde cults, an in-depth conversation about that would be beneficial to all the normies who refuse to believe how sinister that stuff truly is
These armed brigades within the cartels reminds me of those mercs that worked for shell in the 1990, tanks decorated with sculls/freshly decapitated heads, whole villages got totally slaughtered. The Level of violence and brutality is the same.
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Ehat chapos vs mayos are going thru zetas vs cdg went thru in tamaulipas in 2010 to 2012. It happens when thr new government is setting up and helping the new favorite cartel cjng
Cjng is not the favorite lol they just havent had infighting if mencho died best believe Doble R, Jardinero, Tío Lako, etc all would try to get into power
@@FredM-h3m I don't know enough about it. Only ever had a cursory glance at cartels and the way they operate, much less so the credentials of those who report on them. What do you think his reason for lying would be? Personal enrichment? Deflection of interest away from favoured parties? Why an efficiently immoral outfit like a drug cartel would allow anyone to report on their buissness is suspicious in itself.
Some more context during the beginning of this stuff in 2006 Full blown GWOT going on. Came home from my first Iraq deployment. Heard and volunteered to work on the border JTF with all branches. Army, Marines, Navy, Air Force. Drones, LP/OP, I operated an LRAS, gave sitreps, got bolo and intel from the intel guys etc etc During that time the border patrol had a huge recruiting campaign. We backfilled spots for agents and it became a huge counter drug operation. 70% of the drug flow was intercepted and interrupted. Territory disputes between cartels erupted, things started getting really bad, we were pulled off second year in because of this, and ultimately avoiding the blame. Keep in mind we don’t interfere in places where we created the mess from a distance. If we had invaded this would be all over the news
Hola Loan, I ❤ your GrilloNautas channel. You are an extremely smart men. Your Spanish is amazing and your work as a reporter is immaculate.. may god protect you.. ❤
I don't see the USA doing anything about the enormous public health problem they have, because their drug consumption is the largest in the world. And the US cartels? Or who distributes the drugs? How many drug cartels in the USA have they eliminated? 
this whole tren de aragua thing is all bullshit dont buy what the media is saying. whres all the tren de aragua graffitti at?theres only one video of them in action playing on repeat.
They are. What we seeing is pure greed. No one wants to share. In Mexico they just kill you so they don't have to pay you. Easy decision right?? Well for them I'm referring.
It was never organized in a hierarchical way. It's just a bunch of crime families making business with one another. Just like the godfather. Since some families are more powerful than others and/or rely on resources provided by other families a vassal/liege relationship exist. But each one have their own operational structure and gunmen and can splinter or associate with others.
What's sad most those people now suffering supported the cartel parsing them. When they went to pick up Ovidio for the 2nd time they were bashing the military for for their operations. Now they're in fear because of this war and the military don't want to get involved becauses they can't get no where near them because of how corrupted these cities and towns are can't blame the military for just standing by. What's also sad is these guys they praised los chapitos are no where to be found after fleeing sinaloa and leaving their people to suffer selfish. The Chapitos gun men are now extorting and kidnapping for ransom money because the bosses escaped.
Not all. But Sinaloa cartel has been a very big part of history with music, violence, drugs and there are impressionable people seeing rich narcos with gold guns in lamborghinis while theyre making less than a fast food worker in the US.
Exactly so now no chapo no mayo and the secretary of government has been compromised so back to the drawing board for Sinaloa until the next election then the government chooses someone to back and they kill the rest of the cartels Kinda easy. They supported Felix first then Amado then the avendanos and then chapo/mayo. Mayos capture is a blow for the Mexican government too.
The Mexican govt gave up chapo cos mayo was still around and could control the chaos but now there’s no boss that has ties to the federal government only the state government that’s why chapitos and mayitos need to settle this fued and negotiate with the govt cos if the next president chooses el mencho and the cjng it’s checkmate for Sinaloa
Not only what David said but if a journalist talks too much or reports too much they Will be taken out in a matter of days its not too safe to be a reporter in México
@@bonnietenorio862 you can do it in the us but still id say if your going to speak on the mob remember the gov is also involved just try hiding your identidy its just more safer also depends on what the topic is if its too strong id think about it but if its something light its less risky
Yeah, he increased the minimum wage 15-20%, but everything went up 25-30%. People have more money but can buy less stuff. Scholarships for students have been given for a long time, even before this president. He is giving money to everyone so people don't complain about security. In my own city in Sonora homicides went from 2 or 3 every couple years to, 6-10 per day with Morena. It's a failed government in every single category.
I LIVE IN LAS QUINTAS ALL MY LIFE ITS TIME TO GO IN MY OPINION ITS GOING TO BE A LONG TIME BEFPRE IT GETS BETTER AND I NEVER STAIDE INSIDE I ALWAYS WENT OUT WHEN I WANTED THE PROBLEM IS THERS NO ONE OUT SIDE THER NOT HARMING REGULLER PEOPLE PEOPLE ARE AFRAIDE TO GO OUT THE RISK IS IF YOU GET CAUGHT UP IN SHOUTINGS ORE YOURE IN THE RONG PLACE WHITH THE RONG PEOPÑE
Mayo was hardly touched, he had some bruises on his wrists but that’s most likely from his skin being sensitive due to him being sick and the cuffs being put on him. I 100% don’t believe he was captured and thrown on a plane and he willingly without putting up a fight at all was taken into America on a plane just crossing the border with American Federal Law Enforcement already waiting for him and there was snacks inside the plain and an oxygen mask for Sombrero. Also, Ioan Grillo’s main source is a guy who was in prison at the time. 🤦🏻♂️ None of it adds up other than Mayo is really old and sick and has been for a long time and made a deal with the US Government. His hands were also in front of him when he walked out of the plane and he would have walked out in flex cuffs most likely or something else if it was rival cartel or even some Special Unit that raided the meeting and beat up everyone without there being any kind of radio signals like with what happened with Ovidio and Culiacanazo. They have punteros for days in Culiacan, all those stories didn’t add up except that him and Los Chapitos made a deal because they seen how much the Government and Joaquin and Sombrero turned themselves in as part of a big deal. Lastly, look at the picture they took of him inside the government vehicle, he wasn’t even handcuffed at all, just use common sense, his lawyer needs to stick with the kidnapping story for a reason because it helps his case one way or another and also his reputation I’m sure because even I never thought he would turn himself in but then again I don’t have health problems like him and a family to worry about that I am going to leave my empire to.
@IronClad I have a contact with boots in ground over there. How does the whole interview process work? I could give you the real facts up to date and can continue to provide you with facts on a daily or weekly basis.
The Mexican government is extremely concerned about what el mayo could be saying about which political leader are on cartel pay roll. That is what they are scared to death with mayo in the us. He could easily make things better for himself by exposing corrupt politicians currently on cartel pay roll. I don't know if you heard in Mexico. Corruption in government at its highest levels. Soon the cartels will be the Mexican government if they aren't already are?
Correct. That's why a lot of chapitos main ppl are getting arrested/killed lately. But it's a mixed of both. Chapos also have government on there side. There's munipal,state,federal,GN. But when they send government from other states in, that's where things take a turn people not everyone works/helps that cartel
We like to ignore whats happening around us ...lets stop the military weapons from going to other countries first. Thats what fuels what happens in other countries. So the root of problems are closer to home.
Over 90% of the cartel guns come from here. The united states. People been talking about this for a while. They come here find a middle man and he purchase it legally. Then taken apart and hidden and smuggle back into Mexico. I wish this was not true but it is. Even our lawmakers are aware of this.
Yoo this dudes articles must have no names in it cause fact he still alive is why i say that. If he just wrote anti -cartel stuff they would have dumped him in a farm somewhere. No cap
This is probably the worst interviewer I've ever seen. He didn't ask any questions of worth and would just be like "Oh ok, wow, let me ask you again just to clarify, let me ask that question again". Ioan was on Rogan and it was really entertaining but this was so bland.
“Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand” - matthew 12:15. This might just be the downfall of CDS. I bet CJNG is just relaxing and watching while CDS is weakening or do CJNG have their own civil war?
That would be crazy if they work some deal 2 get their fathers sentence of life dropped to 20 years or something....im sure the chapitos were mad that mayo wouldnt help their father when he got captured
So who's fighting the"war on drugs" " humane trafficking "😮 Would love to know what the terms of negotiations and the tit for tatt between Mexican cartel and FBI
You know what I think it's very sad. That this is just too much money to ever stop. And the supply and demand in America. And there's millions of drug addicts in America. Someone gonna fill that need.
My brother Moe from Randolph Ma ripped off some Mexican cartel for some bricks putting my entire family in danger. (Blu) was a cool dude, didn’t get to meet his brother
Think I’ll drop this here: Anyone voting for the Uni-Political-TRAFFICKERS… STOP IT!!! Or don’t cry and whine when it happens to your child! FY!!! STAND UP AND STOP THIS!!! Get on your neighbors and politicians A$$!!!!!
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@@thisisironclad try to talk to real mexican men from mexico. Let them talk about mexico. This is how i know. Guys in usa, they are scared of the men down in latin american countries.
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WTF IS WE 🤔 THATS ALL YALL
YOU MUST BE SPEAKING FOR YOURSELF MF BC I FEAR NO MF THAT CAN DIE JUST LIKE ME U MUST BE ON DOPE IF U BELIVE THAT BS AN OBVIOUSLY A SCARY CAT U DNT SPEAK FOR MEN IN AMERICA THAT HAVE NOTHING TODO WITH WTF GOES ON IN MEXICO 🇲🇽 AN THATS THERE BUISNESS MIND URS CLOWN
@@Hte6891 its you. We all know in latin america. Guys in usa come off scared when they come to latin countries.
I’m from Culiacan, what this guy is saying is spot on. We can’t go out after 8 pm. We have no police force, the government is basically on stand by waiting for the factions to resolve their issues while the general population is caught in the crossfire.
You have no police force because the army took away their guns and send them home.
Fierro pariente!
Aguante vara el gobierno hiso esto en tamaulipas en el 2005 en nuevo laredo ora les Toca ah los sinaloaneses eso quiere decir que el nuevo gobierno biene apollado del cjng
This guys really great in his reporting/journalism. I know a good amount about the whole war on drugs/cartels. It breaks my heart when you think of the unaffiliated citizens. Something horrible happens to friends or family and you have nobody to turn to. Well maybe there's some avenues if you have cash to get police help. But most can't. Even if it's no guarantee they'd even do anything. One shimmer of hope for you is trump getting elected. He came with a hairs width of declaring the cartels terror organizations. Which they are. It was only a frantic call and assurances from the Mexican president that stopped him. If your unaware how significant that designation is, it allows us to intervene with our military. We are partners in responsibility for the way things got this way, and we owe the Mexican people. And he knows this and it plays into the stopping of people illegally entering the us. The source of many lead back to the cartels. Those guys think they are tough. They terrorize and abuse people that are essentially peasants in the rural areas, or poor in urban areas. They can't defend themselves and are exploited. But when seal and delta teams are roping into leaders homes and snatching them, or shooting down smuggling planes, cruise missile strikes, clearing out the govt and police with charges in the states. We'll come get them if we need to. Seizing any funds even remotely linked. The horror they forced upon you, will be met with something that will terrifying these guys. When the us Marines, Rangers, special forces, drones and close air support from a-10's, f15,f16,f35,b1,b2's come out to play....they will feel that helplessness and fear that they brought upon the country for decades. This really isn't tough talk. 100k us citizens have passed from drugs mfg in Mexico with support from china.
So keep hope. He's likely going to win. His heavy plans securing the border include stopping the source and ghouls doing this. And honestly, I couldn't imagine the fear that a guy like him wanting to change things, with the most powerful military in history. Theres not going to be some way for them to concede or surrender once our sf is on the ground. This dude can and likely will help mexico remove people they couldn't and give them an entirely new lease on life. We owe you.
Este guerito si sabe su jale
Thanks for not interrupting your guests. Good interview.
Ioan, is without doubt the best English & Spanish speaking Narco-Journalist in the game!
What he doesn't know about the drug war isn't worth knowing...the mans been at this for 2 decades straight!
You have never heard of Luis Chaparro
@@molvera1549Luis is good as well.
Grillo, Chaparro and Calderon
@@molvera1549 Course I have but Luis has been doing it for a handful of years, where as Grillo has been at it over 2 decades and is the go too guy for all the biggest networks, film makers, publications & think tanks worldwide.
Even LC himself calls Grillo the OG of the game and looks up to him...he says so on his own channel
@@marcobarreto532Calderon is no where near chaparro and grillo lol
Ioan is one of my favorite reporters and podcast guest! He is always a pleasure to listen too!
This is one of the best summaries to date. Thank you
This is insane and barely in the news here in Europe. Love from Portugal for all the people of good will ❤
In Europe? Lol this isn’t even in the news here in California right next to Mexico.
Another amazing episode! Thanks!
You have a great channel Rocco, it is very informative with great interviews. I look forward to seeing your channel grow.
Crazy how this channel is not much much bigger your work is being seen and i totally see this channel growing exponentially in the future.
I’ve been seeing the videos on Twitter and I literally checked to see if this guy had a video on it because I remember him from a different podcast awhile ago. Perfect timing
I read his book in 2008, it was definitely the best I'd read about Mexican cartels up to that point. He's a superb writer and journalist.
Im surprised he's still alive ! Cartels hate journalists. @@shaneodwyer6132
Dude I worked for a company and we built a factory in guanuwato and irapuato mexico..this was about 10yrs ago and the place was so peaceful..now it's a warzone
It’s like half the areas are now bro
But remember hugs over bullets lol. The official statement lol
@ejakathebeast so crazy...and there next president had so many killed..the world is in flames 😞
@ejakathebeast man that sucks..I have people i consider family in those areas and I haven't heard from them in months 😕
@@ejakathebeast cus he knows that's not gonna stop ever cus USA never gonna stop buying drugs and sending weapons to Mexican cartels😮
This is so terrifying, my family is from Culiacán and Sinaloa in general and they’re saying how horrible it is right now, it’s heartbreaking 🙁
Ioan is such an OG he's name dropping Logan Heights bangers like David Barone being hired by the AFO
That was back in the 90s when cartels in Mexico hired American gangsters to do hits in Mexico but then the zetas came along
First heard ion on the Shawn Ryan show and as soon as I heard the English accent i immediately thought great some uppity European getting ready to talk down to us. Couldn’t have been more wrong. He is legit with accurate up to date information. I travel to Sinaloa frequently for family reasons and he is spot on. Great source on this topic
English. We don’t relate to Europe
@@jacski7 haha good to hear
Just because someone is European doesnt mean they are going to be "uppity" and talking down to people.
@ of course not. But most of the time yes
Good vid. From the rise of the Z to the current Culican/Sinaloa power vacuum today. I find Grillo and his analysis of cartel land to be very credible. What is incredible though is - the fact he’s still around to cover it. Especially as a foreign journalist based in Mx.
That’s pretty impressive imo.✌
Yall might be late to Ioan lol he one of the goats when it comes to info. Him Luis and Ed top 3 in my opinion
Ed?? hahahahaha good one
@@davidb9779lmao right
i enjoy luis and eds content too when theyre on podcasts etc, but they get alot of criticism from mexican locals for their reporting being inaccurate, just so you know. Ioan doesnt get the same criticism. Matter fact he is praised by the locals for the precision of his information. I 'dont think they belong in the same category as journalists. Just my opinion as a journalist myself
@@WeaponsGradeNeurofunkfirst ed isn’t a journalist, he’s a ex police officer from Tijuana who lives in the US but has sources in Sinaloa(according to him) then gets on podcast and regurgitates what people who keep up with the narco world already know OR over exaggerates his stories to fear monger Americans. Example, when chapo got caught and extradited… narco journalist didn’t have the #1 guy to suck money off of so they started saying things like “chapo was never the/A leader in the Sinaloa cartel” that way they have something new to talk about and ed was riding on that on a few podcast but then once people started seeing that chapo was a leader in the Sinaloa ed stopped mentioning it
@@WeaponsGradeNeurofunk another popular journalist who’s also been bullshiting the people is a women called Anabel Hernandez, she made a career talking about el chapo and how bad he is and how ruthless HIS Sinaloa cartel is, but like I said once he was caught and extradited she didn’t have her money source no more to suck money off of, and now she pushes mayos zambada propaganda
Wasnt expecting that Houston shout out 😂 good shit
Vincent, you should just rotate Ioan Grillo and Ed Calderon as guests and I would obsessively watch every episode.
I've read El Narco, Gangster Warlords and Blood Gun Money twice. RIP to Chuck Bowden, he would've been great too.
P.s. Calderon is an expert in the Santa Muerte / Malverde cults, an in-depth conversation about that would be beneficial to all the normies who refuse to believe how sinister that stuff truly is
These armed brigades within the cartels reminds me of those mercs that worked for shell in the 1990, tanks decorated with sculls/freshly decapitated heads, whole villages got totally slaughtered. The Level of violence and brutality is the same.
The cartels are PURE FUCKING EVIL. tell me it's not!!!!!
Blood Gun Money. Just got that book on Audible. Putting it up in background is good way to sell your book!
i have all ioan grillos books good stuff
Another amazing episode...
I would like to check out those books in the shelves they look interesting to read
He wrote them
Locked in from Crawley town. Been on a Iron Clad binge. ✊🏽
Ioan.. Ed Calderon and Luis are the Cartel GOATS
This is insane no wonder so many are crossing the border trying to escape that hell.
Need monthly updates on all this with Ioan
Salute. Awesome podcast
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What is the new drug out the is suppose to be worse then fentynal? Does anyone know?
Oh yes! 👂🏾🎧
Ehat chapos vs mayos are going thru zetas vs cdg went thru in tamaulipas in 2010 to 2012. It happens when thr new government is setting up and helping the new favorite cartel cjng
You might be right in what your saying
Man it must suck that your government would choose the most bloodthirsty and terroristic cartel as a favorite.
meanwhile CJNG bombed somewhere in Mexico recently and nothing was done by the Government didn't even make the news.
Cjng is not the favorite lol they just havent had infighting if mencho died best believe Doble R, Jardinero, Tío Lako, etc all would try to get into power
Him being still alive is a fucking miracle
@FredM-h3m what makes you believe this?
@@FredM-h3m I don't know enough about it. Only ever had a cursory glance at cartels and the way they operate, much less so the credentials of those who report on them.
What do you think his reason for lying would be? Personal enrichment? Deflection of interest away from favoured parties? Why an efficiently immoral outfit like a drug cartel would allow anyone to report on their buissness is suspicious in itself.
Mi hermano Ioan!! Great work my bto. Saludos desde Nevada
You guys forgot how Mayo is connected to the US intelligence agency.
Well maybe not so connected now.
@@fredshred5194 nice little retirement plan is all.
Carlos slim and his main man sitting on the United nations international crime division
Some more context during the beginning of this stuff in 2006
Full blown GWOT going on. Came home from my first Iraq deployment. Heard and volunteered to work on the border JTF with all branches. Army, Marines, Navy, Air Force. Drones, LP/OP, I operated an LRAS, gave sitreps, got bolo and intel from the intel guys etc etc
During that time the border patrol had a huge recruiting campaign. We backfilled spots for agents and it became a huge counter drug operation. 70% of the drug flow was intercepted and interrupted.
Territory disputes between cartels erupted, things started getting really bad, we were pulled off second year in because of this, and ultimately avoiding the blame.
Keep in mind we don’t interfere in places where we created the mess from a distance. If we had invaded this would be all over the news
You don't know if 70 percent was grabbed stfu
Can you put up the link to his website please
Hola Loan, I ❤ your GrilloNautas channel. You are an extremely smart men. Your Spanish is amazing and your work as a reporter is immaculate.. may god protect you.. ❤
Grillonautas has nothing to do with him
Grillonautas and personajes Mexico are ran by a guy in Spain
What's going on in LA? We need follow up reporting on that.
Divide and conquer, CIA and/or DEA manged to divide the Sinaloa C@rt31 and they imploded.
its the movie sicario basically
probably the best movie ever made . at least to me. I've lost track of how many times i've watched it now.
I don't see the USA doing anything about the enormous public health problem they have, because their drug consumption is the largest in the world. And the US cartels? Or who distributes the drugs? How many drug cartels in the USA have they eliminated?

Our government profits too much from the illegal drug trade to actually do something real to stop it.
I see why Tren de Aragua too chicken go Mexico
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I heard the Chicago and Oakland gangs in particular have had enough
Slava TACOs 🌮 Heroyam Burritos 🌯
this whole tren de aragua thing is all bullshit dont buy what the media is saying. whres all the tren de aragua graffitti at?theres only one video of them in action playing on repeat.
@@michaelscott4718 Google 'Chicago gangs fight Tren' and stfu for a bit
So much for the Sinaloa cartel being organized.
They are. What we seeing is pure greed. No one wants to share. In Mexico they just kill you so they don't have to pay you. Easy decision right?? Well for them I'm referring.
It was never organized in a hierarchical way. It's just a bunch of crime families making business with one another. Just like the godfather. Since some families are more powerful than others and/or rely on resources provided by other families a vassal/liege relationship exist. But each one have their own operational structure and gunmen and can splinter or associate with others.
Ioan - reports the truth and is a good author aswell.
What's sad most those people now suffering supported the cartel parsing them. When they went to pick up Ovidio for the 2nd time they were bashing the military for for their operations. Now they're in fear because of this war and the military don't want to get involved becauses they can't get no where near them because of how corrupted these cities and towns are can't blame the military for just standing by. What's also sad is these guys they praised los chapitos are no where to be found after fleeing sinaloa and leaving their people to suffer selfish. The Chapitos gun men are now extorting and kidnapping for ransom money because the bosses escaped.
Jeez … this is wild
How is his name Ioan Grillo and he's from the UK?
What’s the latest with OG Shadow?
Watching from Guam🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺
So we all agree Jon Bernthal will play him in a film
Our government has allowed them to become so entrenched this problem will not be solved not violence will spread here
It's also worrying to think in America the members of said organization are all around us here
It’s funny how all the Sinaloa people used to love this narco culture and listening to corridos now there complaining and crying everyday 😅
😂😂
Not all. But Sinaloa cartel has been a very big part of history with music, violence, drugs and there are impressionable people seeing rich narcos with gold guns in lamborghinis while theyre making less than a fast food worker in the US.
Sinaloa has been working with the government ever since chapos first jail break
Exactly so now no chapo no mayo and the secretary of government has been compromised so back to the drawing board for Sinaloa until the next election then the government chooses someone to back and they kill the rest of the cartels
Kinda easy. They supported Felix first then Amado then the avendanos and then chapo/mayo. Mayos capture is a blow for the Mexican government too.
The Mexican govt gave up chapo cos mayo was still around and could control the chaos but now there’s no boss that has ties to the federal government only the state government that’s why chapitos and mayitos need to settle this fued and negotiate with the govt cos if the next president chooses el mencho and the cjng it’s checkmate for Sinaloa
This guy explains it better than the journalist down in Mexico Wtf!
It's because he has lived over there most his life doing journalism since the war started. He's watched all this unfold since 2008.
Not only what David said but if a journalist talks too much or reports too much they Will be taken out in a matter of days its not too safe to be a reporter in México
@@JamsAl-f8d because he still travels to Mexico? Or is he safe doing it from the USA.
@@bonnietenorio862 you can do it in the us but still id say if your going to speak on the mob remember the gov is also involved just try hiding your identidy its just more safer also depends on what the topic is if its too strong id think about it but if its something light its less risky
@@JamsAl-f8d oh ok thank you.
Yeah, he increased the minimum wage 15-20%, but everything went up 25-30%. People have more money but can buy less stuff. Scholarships for students have been given for a long time, even before this president. He is giving money to everyone so people don't complain about security. In my own city in Sonora homicides went from 2 or 3 every couple years to, 6-10 per day with Morena. It's a failed government in every single category.
Bro same in Europe in 2014 you have 3500 euro brutto now 4300 euro but in end off the month in your stay max 500€.
Excellent journalism! So guess all the real journalists would rather risk their lives in Mexico than in America or UK.
The story on the marine would be very very Interesting
Este gueritoo si sabe su jale mi respetos
I'm from Mexico, and this guy is telling the truth. I always have had a problem with Ed Calderon, because he knows shit. Always telling lies.
Ok now we talking❤❤❤ 🙏
You fail to point out that the "Z's" were trained in the US.
Yes Mexican special forces train with US military, so do other countries
I LIVE IN LAS QUINTAS ALL MY LIFE ITS TIME TO GO IN MY OPINION ITS GOING TO BE A LONG TIME BEFPRE IT GETS BETTER AND I NEVER STAIDE INSIDE I ALWAYS WENT OUT WHEN I WANTED THE PROBLEM IS THERS NO ONE OUT SIDE THER NOT HARMING REGULLER PEOPLE PEOPLE ARE AFRAIDE TO GO OUT THE RISK IS IF YOU GET CAUGHT UP IN SHOUTINGS ORE YOURE IN THE RONG PLACE WHITH THE RONG PEOPÑE
Thank you for your drug prohibition, america. We are having a blast down here from your genius foreign policy
Mayo was hardly touched, he had some bruises on his wrists but that’s most likely from his skin being sensitive due to him being sick and the cuffs being put on him. I 100% don’t believe he was captured and thrown on a plane and he willingly without putting up a fight at all was taken into America on a plane just crossing the border with American Federal Law Enforcement already waiting for him and there was snacks inside the plain and an oxygen mask for Sombrero. Also, Ioan Grillo’s main source is a guy who was in prison at the time. 🤦🏻♂️ None of it adds up other than Mayo is really old and sick and has been for a long time and made a deal with the US Government. His hands were also in front of him when he walked out of the plane and he would have walked out in flex cuffs most likely or something else if it was rival cartel or even some Special Unit that raided the meeting and beat up everyone without there being any kind of radio signals like with what happened with Ovidio and Culiacanazo. They have punteros for days in Culiacan, all those stories didn’t add up except that him and Los Chapitos made a deal because they seen how much the Government and Joaquin and Sombrero turned themselves in as part of a big deal. Lastly, look at the picture they took of him inside the government vehicle, he wasn’t even handcuffed at all, just use common sense, his lawyer needs to stick with the kidnapping story for a reason because it helps his case one way or another and also his reputation I’m sure because even I never thought he would turn himself in but then again I don’t have health problems like him and a family to worry about that I am going to leave my empire to.
Crazy, enough for everyone but all that greed.
This guy sounds like the British Christopher Walken
I hear it
You can tell dude racked up before this interview.
Great
Dauphin River First Nation Manitoba Canada 🇨🇦
He’s describing the exact same shit that happened with able Escobar and los Pepe’s
How is Grillo still alive !
The host: "or sunting lie thah, i know huh!?"
AKs or US supplied M4s?
@IronClad I have a contact with boots in ground over there. How does the whole interview process work? I could give you the real facts up to date and can continue to provide you with facts on a daily or weekly basis.
Arriba el sombrero
Shout out Houston.
Bro has the craziest accent. It's a mix of British/Mexican/American.
I wonder how the Mexican government feels. Are they going to help mayo people because the chaps turned in someone they needed still
The Mexican government is extremely concerned about what el mayo could be saying about which political leader are on cartel pay roll. That is what they are scared to death with mayo in the us. He could easily make things better for himself by exposing corrupt politicians currently on cartel pay roll. I don't know if you heard in Mexico. Corruption in government at its highest levels. Soon the cartels will be the Mexican government if they aren't already are?
Correct. That's why a lot of chapitos main ppl are getting arrested/killed lately. But it's a mixed of both. Chapos also have government on there side. There's munipal,state,federal,GN. But when they send government from other states in, that's where things take a turn people not everyone works/helps that cartel
Wheres OG SHADOW??
Was thinking the same thing yesterday
Please protect this man
This is exactly why full auto M16s should be legal to own by American law biding citizens. It’s been recently ruled machine guns ARE constitutional!
We like to ignore whats happening around us ...lets stop the military weapons from going to other countries first. Thats what fuels what happens in other countries. So the root of problems are closer to home.
Over 90% of the cartel guns come from here. The united states. People been talking about this for a while. They come here find a middle man and he purchase it legally. Then taken apart and hidden and smuggle back into Mexico. I wish this was not true but it is. Even our lawmakers are aware of this.
South America needs a Hercules! This hydra has been running rampant long enough
Yoo this dudes articles must have no names in it cause fact he still alive is why i say that. If he just wrote anti -cartel stuff they would have dumped him in a farm somewhere. No cap
What happened to OG Shadow? Jail or dead?
Cant help but think Ioan is Lil Man Js daddy hahaha 😂 they look very similar 😅
Houston Texas link 🤘🏾🤘🏾
My boyfriend is from Houston.
This is probably the worst interviewer I've ever seen. He didn't ask any questions of worth and would just be like "Oh ok, wow, let me ask you again just to clarify, let me ask that question again". Ioan was on Rogan and it was really entertaining but this was so bland.
“Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand” - matthew 12:15.
This might just be the downfall of CDS.
I bet CJNG is just relaxing and watching while CDS is weakening or do CJNG have their own civil war?
What would happen if drugs were legailsed? Where would the cartels go?
We need to keep the border open
That would be crazy if they work some deal 2 get their fathers sentence of life dropped to 20 years or something....im sure the chapitos were mad that mayo wouldnt help their father when he got captured
They are working on that. El Chapo is already in alot better shape than people know
So who's fighting the"war on drugs" " humane trafficking "😮
Would love to know what the terms of negotiations and the tit for tatt between Mexican cartel and FBI
You know what I think it's very sad. That this is just too much money to ever stop. And the supply and demand in America. And there's millions of drug addicts in America. Someone gonna fill that need.
Lake St. Martin First Nation Manitoba Canada 🇨🇦
My brother Moe from Randolph Ma ripped off some Mexican cartel for some bricks putting my entire family in danger. (Blu) was a cool dude, didn’t get to meet his brother
Saludos a Durango!!!
I was going to bring up the doctor. The usa had to have known if not they could easily get zambada out with that precedent
Pura jente del gran líder A3 ALV 🎉
Think I’ll drop this here: Anyone voting for the Uni-Political-TRAFFICKERS… STOP IT!!! Or don’t cry and whine when it happens to your child! FY!!! STAND UP AND STOP THIS!!! Get on your neighbors and politicians A$$!!!!!