Mexican Kartel Flashcards
(15 cards)
Interview with …
Ed Calderon, worked for decades on narcotics and organized crime investigation in Mexico, familiar name in the industry
Main thing ed learned
Anyone can be corrupted. Even if someone seems incorruptible at one point, can be corrupted through:
- greesing the wheels
- offering money
- threat to live or life of family
Ed figured out that his mom (who had no father) tried to make her kids …
Into what she didn’t have, in a way …
A lot to say from someone based on …
Where they grew up and how they were raised
The trajectories you can take in live …
Are very diverse. Baseline of what is normal can be very different
Similarity in corruption Mexico and China …
E.g. you want your kid to take the morning day care, not the afternoon one (Mexico). Then you go to the principal/head of the school and you grease the wheels
The ‘mordida’ = …
Bite, meaning you get stopped for traffic violation, ask to pay the ticket on the spot, bribing the officer (same in indonesia)
How many murders are NOT solved in Mexico?
Over 90%, so they (police, legal system) basically gave up
Stories of Israelis in Mexico in the 90s to …
Teach them how to get rid of (enormous amounts of) bodies
Ed gave presentations and trainings to
Secret service and FBI
Security feature to create randomness, unpredictability?
Link with hitler?
Route analysis and other examples:
1 Having two cars finding two different ways of going to a point of destination, then on the fly change your route.
2 two convoys of 4 trucks, splitting them up in two groups going to different locations.
3 putting out false information
Hitler avoided some assassination attempts by going to slightly different locations or arriving later than planned
First rule of combating ambush?
If you find yourself in an ambush it is not a successful ambush because you’re alive
Lesson from his mom
Nobody is against you, they are for themselves. Learn that and you can become friends with enemies
How to fit in?
It’s not about fitting in, it’s about making a narrative for yourself. But first: analyse what the customs are, what weapons are used etc
The core, communicate to other people:
Knowing yourself, then You don’t have to try so hard anymore. And you’re not hiding your flaws from yourself and the world.
Walk into a room knowing you are not a threat
