Ed Calderon (@eds_manifesto) is a non-permissive environment specialist and combatives instructor with over 10 years of experience in counter-narcotics, organized crime investigation, and public safety in the northern border region of Mexico. [This is part one of a two-part episode. Stick around for part two later this week!]

• How drug cartels infiltrate and take over towns, cities, and entire regions without fearing local law enforcement or even the military.
• How US taxpayers fund limitless government corruption south of the border without any real accountability.
• 2020 has been the most deadly year in Mexico for cartel-related violence, and it's getting worse.
• Not all mass graves found in Mexico are the result of cartel atrocities. The reality could be even more sinister.
• Why cracking down on cartel crime is such a difficult (and life-threatening) proposition for would-be crusaders.
• And much more...

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