Was in Cancun 4 years ago. I asked a helper at my resort if it was safe at the resort. He calmly said the town we drove through and the two resorts were all owned by one family. I understood immediately what he meant by that.
Mexican resorts are safe because they are USA/EU/Canada owned. DEA run the cartels. Amlo is forcing foreign companies to play right, pay taxes, don't pollute, and pay their employees fair wages ....if they don't, they're begin kicked out of Mexico.
Yessir u don’t gotta worry about much I was smoking blunts on the beach and the resort staff would look out for me by letting me know when the marina would be passing by 😂
It's obvious when it's that cheap..3days and night all food and drinks inlcuded in Cancun for like 800 bucks a person..they're not trying to get their money back their just washing their money..their so rich they could actually let people go free
One of the things that don’t really get brought up is how safe Mexico actually is for tourists. If you’re a tourist, ESPECIALLY an American one, you’re pretty much 95% safe if you stay in tourist areas. Sure crime does still happen but one thing that people don’t talk about is the reprucucions that the people committing the crimes face. There’s countless stories of tourists getting robbed at gun point and getting their things taken and the next day receiving their items at their hotel the next morning from the cartel. The cartel cuts thief’s hands off and even kill them sometimes. They really don’t play when it comes to messing with tourists. They even patrol the streets along with the police to make make sure things are going smooth. They even check the police when the police are trying to squeeze tourists for bribes. Now it’s not because they think highly of us, it’s because they want us to keep coming back and spending money, not going to want to keep coming back if you get robbed or have a negative experience with the police.
Right! I went a few places where you were required to only get weed or anything from officially sanctioned dealers and the cops would protect you because everybody got paid. Step outside the lines and you're on your own but if you;re respectful being a gringo makes you safer than the locals.
The cartels gun downed a caravan of mormons because they thought out was someone else, the mob makes sure who they are killing (most of the yime) is who they want dead. They were also old school back in the day, which means you treat people with respect until you don't.
@@LoganCharlesII that is part of the problem though, I grew up in a shithole part of Houston. I was 5ft tall until 16 and had a speech impediment, I got into alot of fights and enjoyed it until I grew to 6ft 1 and everyone started pulling guns. Fucking cowards, to scared to get hit in the mouth.
We went to Cancun for senior trip, and not only did we find a guy selling blow our first day but the pharmacy that was a 2 min walk from our building sold pills. Like one of my friends walked in and jokingly said "hey man where's the good stuff" and he pulled out Vicodin, Klonopin, Valium etc. Not to mention the police riding in F-150s with full riot gear and m16's. God I miss it.
I don’t give a shit if they launder money the fucking US government launders money to. I just think it’s fucking cool that the resorts in Mexico they get protected by the fucking cartels shit that’s bad ass
Yo man the navy has a penis size restriction you gotta be at least a foot down there. Just lettin ya know cause I know you won’t be able to re-enlist anymore
@@mukbang4265 no your story line is way to jumbled and I think the grammar is legit broken as well, the real loss of magic though is that it's just a clear copy of the top comment. 4/10 rip
So you know then? That Joe Rogan is the leader of the machine elves.. He only wants us to use DMT so he can have sex with our wives and girlfriends while we are away in dmt land..
I've been saying this for years. I feel safe in the resort areas because the cartels have a vested interest in keeping me and my money alive. Lots and lots of times I've been chilling on a beach with machine gun guys standing nearby.
I’ve been to Puerto Vallarta 1 time, once to Cabo, 3 times to Cancun and once to Playa del Carmen. Never had issues or saw any violence including the nights a group of us would go out to the bars, malls... it’s like visiting Chicago. If you visit downtown it’s peaceful and nice but if you visit the south side/outskirts everything changes
Lmfaoooo LITERALLY three days ago cops over there saw us drinking in a car and tried taking 700 dollars from us .... when We told them I only had 300 dollars they took me to a bank with an international atm lol those piece of shits... luckily I asked a guy at the atm line of the cops can actually do that ... the guy I asked happen to be a lawyer ... so when we went to give the cops there money the lawyer comes with us and talks to the cops about what the issue was ... the cops said they never asked for money we probably misunderstood them bcs we weren’t from Mexico and didn’t know our spanish well ... lol I lived in Mexico for 3 years so I knew he was full of shit... be careful guys other then that CANCUN was amazing
@@Wcoast408 just stay in the tourists zones and beaches. If you have to go into town stay on the main roads and at the big stores and markets too. Oh and dont stay out after 12 pm other than around the bigger nightclubs or night bar areas. Just use common sense and basic logic.
I just wanna say this if you are watching this and second guessing traveling to Mexico out of fear... Don't... Especially not if you are going to a resort... You'll be fine... I went to Mexico City by myself and it was amazing... Good food, history, vibes... All that... Just don't be an idiot or go places that seem shady... You know, common sense... And plus, tbh, if you live in a major city in the USA, whether it's LA, Chicago, NYC, St Louis, Detroit, Philly, Atlanta, New Orleans etc... You already live in a place where people are getting shot all the time... You are just used to it and not involved, and probably don't even know when it's happening in your own city... You won't out there either... You'll eat your tacos, sit by the pool, get drunk, and be fine.
Fuck yeah, I went to Tulum last winter and had a blast, the cartel isn't stupid, they know Mexico needs tourism dollars, gringos getting robbed and capped gets attention, shaking down businesses where gringos spend money does not.
@@ShantyIrishman exactly... And even places that arent huge foreign tourist destinations like Mexico City are still fine... Literally millions of people live these place... They aren't being murdered non stop, but that's what people want you to believe... Now if you do goto a resort, come on, youll be fine
I wouldn’t go there because I’m not giving the scum of the world any of my money. They are all an abomination before God. It’s like going into the city, finding a local thug and giving him cash. No thanks. We should’ve taken the Entire land in the war not just half. Would be much better for the people there.
I used to live in Cancun...there was always cartel there but they kept things running well and tourists were never affected. After I left, I have been vacationing back in Cancun yearly and see the cartel activity...the graffiti, the extortion of small businesses...the exodus of Burger King, of Pizza Hut, of a huge Perfume/watch store..Almost every store space is empty.The gangs fight over the turf...when it's a good Cartel us tourists hardly notice anything, when it's a young, inexperienced Cartel you see shootings in restaurants, on the beaches etc..
Mexican resorts are safe because they are USA/EU/Canada owned. DEA run the cartels. Amlo is forcing foreign companies to play right, pay taxes, don't pollute, and pay their employees fair wages ....if they don't, they're begin kicked out of Mexico.
Bruh that's like someone here in the us working at a bar that's sick and does that yo a hot as woman some your wife doesn't tell the story for the every day person who visits those places
I remember learning this lesson when I lived in San Diego over a decade ago. My then-wife had run into a woman police officer in a nail salon the day before we were set to drive down to one of the resorts maybe an hour south of the border, who was HORRIFIED to hear we were going to Mexico. This was at the beginning of when all the severed heads were being found in dumpsters in the war between the different cartels fighting over smuggling routes into the U.S. The lady cop, however, blew a HUGE sigh of relief when my wife told her we were headed for one of the coastal resorts down there and said "that's okay, then. They're each of them owned and operated (thus, protected) by the different cartels, who don't allow anyone to mess with the American tourists and the dollars they bring. The resorts are safer than The White House," she told her. She DID, however, recommend we drive STRAIGHT to wherever we were staying if we didn't want to risk getting held up along the way--mostly by Mexican police.
I recall some years ago who some cartels threw some decapitated heads into a crowded disco club dance floor down in Cancun. Turf wars can still ruin your vacation
I actually knew a guy from my work that went down to Tijuana and was kidnapped and eventually killed....about two or three years later one of his close friends confessed that the group that went down to Tijuana with him were the ones that planned on robbing him, but the guy from my work didn't give in and refused to. Eventually his friends felt trapped and didn't see a way out but to kill him.
@dingle Berry there are hundres of international hotel companies in the area, he's acting like the only money or investment that exist in mexico comes from drugs, and that's some major BS, my friend.
They pay for two thirds of your vacation too! How does a week in Mazatlan with a round trip flight, food and resort for a week cost 900 bucks? Most round trip flights within the US are like 600 alone
We went last month to Acapulco and just like Rogan says, soon as you go out of the hotel in the main street, there are armed soldiers every 200 meters. It was such a crazy experience because it was my first time there and I never seen anything like it.
The military checkpoint Joe sees at Punta Mita is the border crossing for Nayarit and Jalisco. Produce inspection, vehicle search, normal stuff. Now turn the golf cart around and get back to the Four Seasons guero!
I have had friends tell me that when they were down there they were looking for cocaine and after purchasing it one of the resort workers they later showed up to his room with some sort of law enforcement and they literally made him clean his account out or be arrested for possession of drugs, it's a pretty good racket if you think about it lol.
Mexican story time for context, both parents mexican, born and raised in the US, went to their hometown for usual holidays anyways, got blasted when I was 16 and lost myself during the "Christmas eve" parade with all of the 3 kings, and ended up on a lone Mexican highway. eventually, I was stopped by a white truck with some men, women, and children on it, about 5-6. They asked if I needed a ride back to "el centro" which was basically the center with the big church and the city gardens. I said yes, and they promptly scooped me up and brought me back. however, on the way back, I noticed that the men sitting in the back had full-on black-matte shotguns and had their feet on a tarp with metallic sounding "curtain rods". they smelled of expensive cologne, they had very good looking teeth compared to the majority of my native family members, and most spoke VERY americanized english (i.e. "fuck, man", "okay", and "you looked disoriented back there, bud") it wasn't until many years later that i realized that the reason why they picked me up was because i looked American as fuck. the cartel in the area don't want their own people, as well as rich tourists, to be scared to spend their money there. in fact, all departments in those cities seemed quite handsomely funded, as noted by the two guards in front of the market with body armor, wielding some mp5 of some varient with an optic. 2016 ford f150s with the city's logo on it, all trash picked off of the streets not even 2 hours after the final event of a festival, and public wifi that's actually a decent 8-9 MB/s, not a lot of phone lines hanging anymore.
I've only ever stayed at Secets resorts in Mexico, which are actually owned by a Spanish company (if that means anything). I've never felt more safe, and Ive never been offered anything drug wise. When we've gone on excursions they've always kept us super safe, and warned us about going off on our own.
“Spanish” company is probably just shell companies for cartels. I went into town with my family and they asked us where we were staying. The locals told us that on our next trip if we could stay at (forgot the names) resorts because they’re locally owned and the money stays in the city instead of into overseas accounts. Actually, now that I’m typing this out it could be completely backwards and the guy could of been advocating for local owned cartel resorts. It’s honestly hard to say lol.
@PKD Orion but your comment is nothing to do what he commented, u started rambling on about some bullshit whereas my comment is related to you being tapped in the head.
Funny he mentions Punta Mita, I used to be a waiter at a beach club besides the 4 seasons. This is cartel land. You actually have " puntos" throughout the whole bay where u just walk up to the spot and get your drugs. They post up everywhere and everyone knows, police, military, the goverment. Everyone is in on it.
Been there extensively over the past few years, the war is ongoing and has literally effected every family in Mexico in some way. It’s really sad and very tough to see
Where do you get your info: “has affected every family in Mexico” I’m from Mexico and besides some isolated events in remote parts on some states the vast majority of Mexicans live a normal life, actually thousands of Americans are moving to Mexico causing gentrification look up. Mexico has the largest us population overseas and I don’t see them fleeing.
It's propably the same reason why the streets where the mob had its influences were so safe back in the day. Criminals didn't dare to hurt anyone, assault anyone, or steal anything, because they knew that everybody there knew somebody, who knew somebody that was in the La Cosa Nostra. And they could find those people
I grew up in Mexico right around Punta Mita and the military is always around, fully loaded but I never heard or witnessed any kind of shoot out or confrontation with the military. They are just sort of around.
I survived a time share presentation in Cancun....didn't realize it was run by the cartel until I got to the 3rd tier of the sales presentation and kept saying no.... got a little nervous with the last guy! This was in the late 90's... and figured this out by accident
I stayed in Tulum at a place called Playa Azul about 8 years ago. Beautiful resort right on the beach, very lowkey probably a couple of cabanas but also quite luxurious. Sometime in 2015 that resort and others on that beach front were seized by the “police”. Now all I have is the memory and a t shirt.
Two times that I've been in Mexico I've been rousted once by cops and the second time by a tourist guide who offered directions to a place I was going and when I started to leave he said that will be 50 American dollars and I told him I was not going to pay and he started hollering for the Mexican police and then I realized I had no other choice I paid him the $50 and went on my way , the next time I was in Cancun walking and got in the wrong part of town by accident and two Mexican cops stopped me for no reason because I was an American and started messing with me I seen what was happening and I asked them how much would it take to let me go they said 40 American dollars , I paid them they said have a good day but you better go to another part of town
I vacation in Mexico all the time and have for years. I can confirm the truth of this 100%. The cartels also tax ppl selling/renting shit on the beach.
I once thought Joe Rogan and Dana White were the same guys.
TheDarkRaptor you damn dummy lol
Ye when I was a little kid I thought that too when I didn't even know what mma was
You're stupid.
They are
TheDarkRaptor not gonna lie, I did as well
"The cartel got her, I miss her so much man" 😂😂😂
@Davidfails You have Fortnite videos saved in your playlists 😂🤣😂🤣 you ain't doin' shit!
Rubin Saffy lol and you gotta spam emojis to emphasize a stupid point
@@maclaintrepanier2511 another fortniter ...😂😂🤣🤣
Rubin Saffy he’s gonna dab 😂
@@DannyDevitooo 🤣😂 exactly
Joe “I survived Cancun” Rogan
but only with DMT
Bonfil is a crazy place bro haha
He stayed at the Four Seasons in Puta Madre.
I was your 1000th like
Easy Cooking been to cabo and Mexico was scared but was safe of u take taxi from the resort and back
Was in Cancun 4 years ago. I asked a helper at my resort if it was safe at the resort. He calmly said the town we drove through and the two resorts were all owned by one family. I understood immediately what he meant by that.
Cartel named La Familia
@@locomoco8138 Cartel El Loco.
@@locomoco8138 la familia michoacana?
Mexican resorts are safe because they are USA/EU/Canada owned. DEA run the cartels. Amlo is forcing foreign companies to play right, pay taxes, don't pollute, and pay their employees fair wages ....if they don't, they're begin kicked out of Mexico.
Yessir u don’t gotta worry about much I was smoking blunts on the beach and the resort staff would look out for me by letting me know when the marina would be passing by 😂
He’s right.... these resorts are perfect for money laundering.
Legit perfect
It's obvious when it's that cheap..3days and night all food and drinks inlcuded in Cancun for like 800 bucks a person..they're not trying to get their money back their just washing their money..their so rich they could actually let people go free
No need to launder money in mexico
you're the resort
@Alex Turner nope, but it's basic narco money laundering 101. Hotels & Resorts
jamie pull up some cartel beheading videos
😂
The king 101 that or best gore
@@SHOWRezigns why would you wanna watch someone getting beheaded
@@kdingo2909 right why wrong with people
k Dingo entertainment
One of the things that don’t really get brought up is how safe Mexico actually is for tourists. If you’re a tourist, ESPECIALLY an American one, you’re pretty much 95% safe if you stay in tourist areas. Sure crime does still happen but one thing that people don’t talk about is the reprucucions that the people committing the crimes face. There’s countless stories of tourists getting robbed at gun point and getting their things taken and the next day receiving their items at their hotel the next morning from the cartel. The cartel cuts thief’s hands off and even kill them sometimes. They really don’t play when it comes to messing with tourists. They even patrol the streets along with the police to make make sure things are going smooth. They even check the police when the police are trying to squeeze tourists for bribes. Now it’s not because they think highly of us, it’s because they want us to keep coming back and spending money, not going to want to keep coming back if you get robbed or have a negative experience with the police.
Thats exactly what my cousin has told me.
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Right! I went a few places where you were required to only get weed or anything from officially sanctioned dealers and the cops would protect you because everybody got paid. Step outside the lines and you're on your own but if you;re respectful being a gringo makes you safer than the locals.
So truth be told if you get squeezed by the police you go to the cartel file a report. An interesting arrangement, hows that for "checks and balances"
I’m pretty sure it’s written ‘repprucuciouns’
The Cartels making resorts safe in Mexico is like how the mafia used to do in Vegas. But Americans try to act like the mafia is cool.
The mafia was cool Al Capone had a house near where I grew up. They were still shitbags though, cool ones at that.
The cartels gun downed a caravan of mormons because they thought out was someone else, the mob makes sure who they are killing (most of the yime) is who they want dead.
They were also old school back in the day, which means you treat people with respect until you don't.
@@spencerwells1328 You don't kill people just for "disrespecting" you. That's the problem with most of the street crime even today.
@@LoganCharlesII "respect them till you dont" doesn't mean kill them for disrespect in anyway..
@@LoganCharlesII that is part of the problem though, I grew up in a shithole part of Houston.
I was 5ft tall until 16 and had a speech impediment, I got into alot of fights and enjoyed it until I grew to 6ft 1 and everyone started pulling guns. Fucking cowards, to scared to get hit in the mouth.
Joe "can we take the golf cart downtown" Rogan
TRAUMA in cartel land lmao go back to holy wood Rogan lol
Dude....lmao this was the best thing to see while scrolling
TRAUMA lol what an asshole 😭😂
such an American thing to say I feel like...
Yea but has the golf cart tried dmt?
Just booked a second honeymoon for me and my soul-less wife.
Great content Joe
You'll miss her so much man?
@@two210 I'll "miss her so much" once the cartel kidnaps her
Funni but true I hope bro
Better remove your comment before the cartel get her
lmao
We went to Cancun for senior trip, and not only did we find a guy selling blow our first day but the pharmacy that was a 2 min walk from our building sold pills. Like one of my friends walked in and jokingly said "hey man where's the good stuff" and he pulled out Vicodin, Klonopin, Valium etc.
Not to mention the police riding in F-150s with full riot gear and m16's. God I miss it.
Those f150s are pretty standard
Man, I would get into a lot of trouble if i was in Cancun apparently.
LeonTells0 facts lol
LeonTells0 no you can’t
You do not need prescriptions for certain drugs in Mexico because it is not in our culture to abuse them!
Joe looks like he is flexing while sitting lol
Kinda like he's holding in a fart?
That's what he's going for with his long underwear top. Sometimes he wears woman's blouses.
The cartels doing legitimate business seems legit
Chris Delagarza It's called money laundering, turn illegal money into legal money.
I don’t give a shit if they launder money the fucking US government launders money to. I just think it’s fucking cool that the resorts in Mexico they get protected by the fucking cartels shit that’s bad ass
@Inked Sleeve man why'd your mom bother how is he full of shit u idiot
you're legit
@Inked Sleeve no he isn't. Have you never heard of money laundering?
Joe “at the 4 seasons” Rogan
This comment has no value shut the fuck up
Wow that was hysterical 😩.. not .
Joe name dropping the four seasons has no value you shitstain.
He sounds like a pompous LA white guy. I get it.. Fuck these whores gargling his nuts though...
this dude really thought that the cartel has guys guarding the four seasons lmao waiting to kill the rival cartel hahaha
Joe “Standing there ready to rock” Rogan
Joe “I did DMT with the cartel while smoking elk blood” Rogan
You gotta smoke dmt my guy
Yo man the navy has a penis size restriction you gotta be at least a foot down there. Just lettin ya know cause I know you won’t be able to re-enlist anymore
Hahahahaha
Untill he's done dmt with sensai Steven Seagal I don't want to hear it
please try to make an original joke. like please.
joe is a real life Tech deck dude
He's a THUMB?!?!?!😂😂 WHYYYYY
OMFG YOU JUST DESTROYED MY SIDES!!!
@@magishon3546 look up karate tech deck Dude hehe
Holy shit!😂😂😂😂😂🤣
Lmfao, I had forgotten about those dudes.
Shout out to Joe rogan for saying "not enough" after the guy said we recognize our veterans.
#stillwaitingontheVA
Blah blah
Are you registered with myhealthyvet?
Shout out to you for not knowing how shitty vets in Mexico get it. At least you HAVE VA hospitals and other services...they get nothing down there
@BigErn_Mccraken no one gives a fuck
BigErn_Mccraken you sound like you need meaning in your life. Get your sorry ass off UA-cam and try making a difference
“I hooked up the cartels with international real estate agents to purchase hotels and resorts”-TK-Kirkland
This shit had me crying laughing, good stuff.
O no
They have infiltrated us
There is no post conflict trauma in Mexico because that requires a person to be out of the conflict, but it never ends down there.
Facts
I thought Dana white was just his wrestling name and joe rogan was his real name and he did podcast after all the fights
Muk Bang lol lol lol
my mans just copied the top comment to try and get likes
Destinatixn _ fuck you, my comment way funnier. It’s has more of a punch to it!
Ratio decides
@@mukbang4265 no your story line is way to jumbled and I think the grammar is legit broken as well, the real loss of magic though is that it's just a clear copy of the top comment.
4/10 rip
I just took DMT, and saw Joe ask me if I want DMT
If Joe Rogan told you he shaves his ass you will do so too
He doesn’t share his stash.. so I call bs
So you know then? That Joe Rogan is the leader of the machine elves.. He only wants us to use DMT so he can have sex with our wives and girlfriends while we are away in dmt land..
I just took DMT and I'm Joe Rogan, anyone, who wants DMT elk steak for dinner???
Hurr hurrr
I've been saying this for years. I feel safe in the resort areas because the cartels have a vested interest in keeping me and my money alive. Lots and lots of times I've been chilling on a beach with machine gun guys standing nearby.
You are funding drug trade & murder
@@thetruth7339 So is everyone who pays taxes...
@@thetruth7339 and your phone is made by slave labor
@@RyanKentBarnhart Correct. DEA and CIA are balls deep in the drug business.
@@RyanKentBarnhart the cartels are just more obvious; the real drug trade and murder shit, nobody really sees. so you're right.
I’ve been to Puerto Vallarta 1 time, once to Cabo, 3 times to Cancun and once to Playa del Carmen. Never had issues or saw any violence including the nights a group of us would go out to the bars, malls... it’s like visiting Chicago. If you visit downtown it’s peaceful and nice but if you visit the south side/outskirts everything changes
Kinda like Chicago.
As someone that lives in South Chicago.. I agree. It’s kinda like Chicago.
I live in Chicago and have been to Mexico like 30 times so I agree just know where not to go and u will be a ok 👍
Take a couple wrong turns in Chicago and the writing is LITERALLY on the walls 😂
@Nexgenmex
The only difference is there're no "writing" in cartels' territory. You take a wrong turn you're screwed.
I felt completely safe in Cancun because of the heavily armed men
One resort we stopped at in Cancun on a shuttle.....at midnight......was surrounded by a barbed wire fence with 2 armed men at the gate.....paradise.
I love Cancun
ObiJuan Kenobi that’s cool have you ever tried dmt?
Lmfaoooo LITERALLY three days ago cops over there saw us drinking in a car and tried taking 700 dollars from us .... when We told them I only had 300 dollars they took me to a bank with an international atm lol those piece of shits... luckily I asked a guy at the atm line of the cops can actually do that ... the guy I asked happen to be a lawyer ... so when we went to give the cops there money the lawyer comes with us and talks to the cops about what the issue was ... the cops said they never asked for money we probably misunderstood them bcs we weren’t from Mexico and didn’t know our spanish well ... lol I lived in Mexico for 3 years so I knew he was full of shit... be careful guys other then that CANCUN was amazing
@@Wcoast408 just stay in the tourists zones and beaches. If you have to go into town stay on the main roads and at the big stores and markets too. Oh and dont stay out after 12 pm other than around the bigger nightclubs or night bar areas. Just use common sense and basic logic.
(Brooklyn accent) You might need a little "protection"
*hires new vegas bodyguard for keks*
Even years later, FNV is still relatable.
@@paulbadman8509 now it's very clear why the best fallout game wasn't made by bethesda
@@Yamaazaka true hope they bring a port to the switch
Sounds like a good start to a Trojan condom commercial
At 2:11 this guy looks like his body just told him he has to shit and he dosent have much time.
andrew snyder lmaooo🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂
WTFFFD 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Lmfao 🤣
No bro when joe breathes out deeply that’s when his face did that and he looked away😂😂😂
Joe “ I own only three shirts” Rogan
Spends rest of money on MDT
A shiny thumb in a nightshirt 😂🤣
@@GeorgeM705 all smediums...
I just wanna say this if you are watching this and second guessing traveling to Mexico out of fear... Don't... Especially not if you are going to a resort... You'll be fine... I went to Mexico City by myself and it was amazing... Good food, history, vibes... All that... Just don't be an idiot or go places that seem shady... You know, common sense... And plus, tbh, if you live in a major city in the USA, whether it's LA, Chicago, NYC, St Louis, Detroit, Philly, Atlanta, New Orleans etc... You already live in a place where people are getting shot all the time... You are just used to it and not involved, and probably don't even know when it's happening in your own city... You won't out there either... You'll eat your tacos, sit by the pool, get drunk, and be fine.
Fuck yeah, I went to Tulum last winter and had a blast, the cartel isn't stupid, they know Mexico needs tourism dollars, gringos getting robbed and capped gets attention, shaking down businesses where gringos spend money does not.
@@ShantyIrishman exactly... And even places that arent huge foreign tourist destinations like Mexico City are still fine... Literally millions of people live these place... They aren't being murdered non stop, but that's what people want you to believe... Now if you do goto a resort, come on, youll be fine
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I wouldn’t go there because I’m not giving the scum of the world any of my money. They are all an abomination before God. It’s like going into the city, finding a local thug and giving him cash. No thanks. We should’ve taken the Entire land in the war not just half. Would be much better for the people there.
I used to live in Cancun...there was always cartel there but they kept things running well and tourists were never affected. After I left, I have been vacationing back in Cancun yearly and see the cartel activity...the graffiti, the extortion of small businesses...the exodus of Burger King, of Pizza Hut, of a huge Perfume/watch store..Almost every store space is empty.The gangs fight over the turf...when it's a good Cartel us tourists hardly notice anything, when it's a young, inexperienced Cartel you see shootings in restaurants, on the beaches etc..
Mexican resorts are safe because they are USA/EU/Canada owned. DEA run the cartels. Amlo is forcing foreign companies to play right, pay taxes, don't pollute, and pay their employees fair wages ....if they don't, they're begin kicked out of Mexico.
I did a Mexico trip once and the cartels didn’t get me, but I had the worst hangover of my life
Lmao just as bad bud
Watched this entire interview on the way back from Mexico!!
Whats the deal with your profile pic. I saw that before.
Been to Mexico 12 times now ...had an amazing time every time. People were friendly zero issues
build da wall!!! took our jerbs!
@@Mr.Pop0 mmmmk
Durrrr trrrk rrrr jerrrrbs
of course they're nice. they want your money
@@bobbyb1233 No seenyore, Yo quiero tu mami
Ghost Recon Wildlands had whole missions dedicated to this.
Skinnymoneyman what mission
For real
Stfu
the episodes with ed were some of the best ever on jre. get him back on again soon pls
Vacationed in Mexico many times, as a Canadian i love the Riviera Myia. The people are amazing
Watching while chilling at a resort in cabo. Sweeeeeeeet...
Problem is they could be targetted by rival cartels, so not that safe
He's wrong about the Drugging, my wife got drugged, it was by the bartender at Riu in Cancun.
Bruh that's like someone here in the us working at a bar that's sick and does that yo a hot as woman some your wife doesn't tell the story for the every day person who visits those places
Yes! There was a warning issued by our government not to go there.
I remember learning this lesson when I lived in San Diego over a decade ago. My then-wife had run into a woman police officer in a nail salon the day before we were set to drive down to one of the resorts maybe an hour south of the border, who was HORRIFIED to hear we were going to Mexico. This was at the beginning of when all the severed heads were being found in dumpsters in the war between the different cartels fighting over smuggling routes into the U.S. The lady cop, however, blew a HUGE sigh of relief when my wife told her we were headed for one of the coastal resorts down there and said "that's okay, then. They're each of them owned and operated (thus, protected) by the different cartels, who don't allow anyone to mess with the American tourists and the dollars they bring. The resorts are safer than The White House," she told her. She DID, however, recommend we drive STRAIGHT to wherever we were staying if we didn't want to risk getting held up along the way--mostly by Mexican police.
🤣 it’s so funny what you gringos believe 🙄 😂 😂 😂 ..... The cartel can destroy you WHEREVER THEY WANT
@@hollygrail2964 Actually, It's sad what LOSERS believe. And don't act like people don't say that to YOU all the time!
@D.K Breeling what do u mean by 'fool' or 'ignorant'?
meaning the same way you white people hate about blacks acting certain ways.. dont come to my home in mexico and do that...
@@incorectulpolitic self explanatory really
It’s so cool to see Joe Rogan finally making up with Carlos Mencia
I recall some years ago who some cartels threw some decapitated heads into a crowded disco club dance floor down in Cancun. Turf wars can still ruin your vacation
I actually knew a guy from my work that went down to Tijuana and was kidnapped and eventually killed....about two or three years later one of his close friends confessed that the group that went down to Tijuana with him were the ones that planned on robbing him, but the guy from my work didn't give in and refused to. Eventually his friends felt trapped and didn't see a way out but to kill him.
Thats so fucked. Thats how i am, youll have to kill me to get my money. Fuck you
Was at a Mexican resort recently. Was absolutely huge and 5* everything. Definitely cartel money lmao the land was HUGE
lmao u pretty dumb
@dingle Berry there are hundres of international hotel companies in the area, he's acting like the only money or investment that exist in mexico comes from drugs, and that's some major BS, my friend.
When I was at Mexico resort I be thinking it’s perfect and feel so safe until this 😂
They pay for two thirds of your vacation too! How does a week in Mazatlan with a round trip flight, food and resort for a week cost 900 bucks? Most round trip flights within the US are like 600 alone
We need a Ed Calderon update right now regarding COVID and the Cartels
We went last month to Acapulco and just like Rogan says, soon as you go out of the hotel in the main street, there are armed soldiers every 200 meters. It was such a crazy experience because it was my first time there and I never seen anything like it.
Alan Avramovic nije sve jedno brate
Joe “WOW” Rogan
The military checkpoint Joe sees at Punta Mita is the border crossing for Nayarit and Jalisco. Produce inspection, vehicle search, normal stuff. Now turn the golf cart around and get back to the Four Seasons guero!
I literally just got back from the Four Seasons in Punta Mita haha
JtSuits you a legend 👏, been watching the channel since 2018
Respect to This dude he is a combat veteran. PTSD and TBI doesn’t exist down there they get back on the grind after a few days off.
Just because you pretend it doesn’t exist, doesn’t mean it isn’t happening, that’s the entire point to the end of this video...
I have had friends tell me that when they were down there they were looking for cocaine and after purchasing it one of the resort workers they later showed up to his room with some sort of law enforcement and they literally made him clean his account out or be arrested for possession of drugs, it's a pretty good racket if you think about it lol.
wym clean his account ? like bank account? they wanted money?
Man.. my mom travels down there all the time.. freaks me out to think about it
Mexican story time
for context, both parents mexican, born and raised in the US, went to their hometown for usual holidays
anyways, got blasted when I was 16 and lost myself during the "Christmas eve" parade with all of the 3 kings, and ended up on a lone Mexican highway. eventually, I was stopped by a white truck with some men, women, and children on it, about 5-6. They asked if I needed a ride back to "el centro" which was basically the center with the big church and the city gardens. I said yes, and they promptly scooped me up and brought me back.
however, on the way back, I noticed that the men sitting in the back had full-on black-matte shotguns and had their feet on a tarp with metallic sounding "curtain rods". they smelled of expensive cologne, they had very good looking teeth compared to the majority of my native family members, and most spoke VERY americanized english (i.e. "fuck, man", "okay", and "you looked disoriented back there, bud")
it wasn't until many years later that i realized that the reason why they picked me up was because i looked American as fuck. the cartel in the area don't want their own people, as well as rich tourists, to be scared to spend their money there.
in fact, all departments in those cities seemed quite handsomely funded, as noted by the two guards in front of the market with body armor, wielding some mp5 of some varient with an optic. 2016 ford f150s with the city's logo on it, all trash picked off of the streets not even 2 hours after the final event of a festival, and public wifi that's actually a decent 8-9 MB/s, not a lot of phone lines hanging anymore.
Lie!!!! Lol smh
It feels good watching these things finally brought to light
This is one of the most fascinating interviews Joe Rogan has done, there are just so many misconceptions about the drug war and the cartels.
This guy is a fraud full of lies.
@@regil93 for real. I've heard no actual evidence for any of the claims he makes. Sounds like a classic bullshitter.
......clicked on the thumbnail thinking it was Carlos mencia.
I've only ever stayed at Secets resorts in Mexico, which are actually owned by a Spanish company (if that means anything). I've never felt more safe, and Ive never been offered anything drug wise. When we've gone on excursions they've always kept us super safe, and warned us about going off on our own.
“Spanish” company is probably just shell companies for cartels. I went into town with my family and they asked us where we were staying. The locals told us that on our next trip if we could stay at (forgot the names) resorts because they’re locally owned and the money stays in the city instead of into overseas accounts. Actually, now that I’m typing this out it could be completely backwards and the guy could of been advocating for local owned cartel resorts. It’s honestly hard to say lol.
even if its foreign companies the cartels still are part owners or business partners of those companies since they launder money for them
Las Vegas was the same couple decades ago and still might be.
Dry snitches the cartels, nervously drinks water 2:12
That sounds dangerous.
They are safe until some narco feels attracted to your girlfriend or wife and you can't do absolutely nothing about it.
He would get check by other Narcos
@PKD Orion did anyone ask about that tho
@PKD Orion but your comment is nothing to do what he commented, u started rambling on about some bullshit whereas my comment is related to you being tapped in the head.
PKD Orion wow, spoken well
Or daughter
100 percent correct. in Cancun, a guy told me, if i sell u this 8th of bud for less than 60, they will chop my finger off.
Lol that guy was just fucking with you
My mum has a great story where she was hitchhiking in Central America and managed to get a ride in the local cartel leader in his Land Rover
I read it as "escorts" LOL
keep that in your hat while you enjoy your next spring break lol
"The cartels got your daughter Mr. Johnson, there was nothing I could do."
Funny he mentions Punta Mita, I used to be a waiter at a beach club besides the 4 seasons. This is cartel land. You actually have " puntos" throughout the whole bay where u just walk up to the spot and get your drugs. They post up everywhere and everyone knows, police, military, the goverment. Everyone is in on it.
Been there extensively over the past few years, the war is ongoing and has literally effected every family in Mexico in some way. It’s really sad and very tough to see
Where do you get your info: “has affected every family in Mexico” I’m from Mexico and besides some isolated events in remote parts on some states the vast majority of Mexicans live a normal life, actually thousands of Americans are moving to Mexico causing gentrification look up. Mexico has the largest us population overseas and I don’t see them fleeing.
Sounds like Vegas back in the old days.
It's propably the same reason why the streets where the mob had its influences were so safe back in the day.
Criminals didn't dare to hurt anyone, assault anyone, or steal anything, because they knew that everybody there knew somebody, who knew somebody that was in the La Cosa Nostra. And they could find those people
Drug war has been lost
War is something winnable. This “drug war” isn’t
It was never fought. Only managed
The drug war was a success. The goal was to be in charge of it, not shut it down.
The end of these videos that damn sound clip gives me anxiety and triggers primal fear😂
I grew up in Mexico right around Punta Mita and the military is always around, fully loaded but I never heard or witnessed any kind of shoot out or confrontation with the military. They are just sort of around.
Joe “I wonder if the cartel ever tried DMT” Rogan
I thought Joe Rogan invited Carlos Mencia, when I saw the pic.
That would be the ultimate guest
Nah, he doesn’t like Ned.
I survived a time share presentation in Cancun....didn't realize it was run by the cartel until I got to the 3rd tier of the sales presentation and kept saying no.... got a little nervous with the last guy! This was in the late 90's... and figured this out by accident
The 4 Seasons is the best, they really focus on the guest
Heard when you take DMT, You meet Joe Rogan
Joe "isn't that the guy..." Rogan
Boycott Mexican Beer
I stayed in Tulum at a place called Playa Azul about 8 years ago. Beautiful resort right on the beach, very lowkey probably a couple of cabanas but also quite luxurious. Sometime in 2015 that resort and others on that beach front were seized by the “police”. Now all I have is the memory and a t shirt.
Two times that I've been in Mexico I've been rousted once by cops and the second time by a tourist guide who offered directions to a place I was going and when I started to leave he said that will be 50 American dollars and I told him I was not going to pay and he started hollering for the Mexican police and then I realized I had no other choice I paid him the $50 and went on my way , the next time I was in Cancun walking and got in the wrong part of town by accident and two Mexican cops stopped me for no reason because I was an American and started messing with me I seen what was happening and I asked them how much would it take to let me go they said 40 American dollars , I paid them they said have a good day but you better go to another part of town
Maybe you are so ugly that even cartel doesnt want you back to spend money
That guy is probably dead tbh cause cartels love tourist and there money basically if you stay at a resort you will probably be 95% more safe
@@AwashRook I was at a resort
Jesus christ even the cops rob people? Youll never catch me going somewhere like that. We get extorted enough in the USA
now you know what brown and black people get treated in the USA.
Now I want to have meetings with my ex wife’s down I’m Mexico. “Awh man I loved her so much”
True they also run alot of stuff in tourists areas like taxi and Uber especially
“Oouu we made a mistake the cartel got her ma” 😂
I vacation in Mexico all the time and have for years. I can confirm the truth of this 100%. The cartels also tax ppl selling/renting shit on the beach.
Thanks for giving them more money.
"You have really seen some serious shit... But have you tried DMT?"
What a creative comment
I’ve been wanting to go to Porto Vallarta, but been to Cabo, Cancun, Ensenada, and Baja California. Beautiful areas
Joe "fully strapped in Puerto Vallarta" Rogan
Does the cartel eat Elk?
you're the elk
@@area51r I'm one with Elk
Only Moose that got a loose abt this hoose
Ed Calderon is amazing. Been following him for years. It's great he finally got onto Rogan's podcast. I am a martial arts knife guy...
Watching whilst in cancun
It's always been like that always
Until a rival cartel shoots up the resort to ruin there business.
Whats amazing is we think the states doesn't have those same type criminal interests active in our system.
Lol.
Shorty always looking different different angles😂🎉
That makes me feel a different way about ever going there on holiday. I wouldn't want to knowingly put money in the cartel's pocket.
do you feel better doing it at home?...corruption knows no borders no matter how high a wall