Episode Transcript: #1408 - Ed Calderon
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Welcome back, Ed. Good to see you again, man.
Thank you for having me back.
Well, I'm happy you're back, but I'm not happy that there was a motivation to bring you back based on the violence, you know, the violence that is going on between the cartels and it was the Mormons.
And then there was, we were just talking about this other person that got shot because they ran, would you explain that again? They ran a cartel roadblock?
Yeah, basically in Tamil Leap, a lot of the cartel groups actually make, they build their roadblocks on the state and local roads.
And according to what I've heard from some of the people that I know there, this family ran one of those roadblocks.
They didn't know if it was cops or not, and they apparently decided to run the roadblock and the cartel guys shot them.
What should someone do if they encounter a cartel roadblock?
Slow down. I mean, if anything, I would probably avoid traveling through those areas. That's the number one avoidance.
Usually, you know, and I've actually gone through some of those myself.
Really?
Yeah. And it's all about, they're looking out for rivals moving through their territory. They're looking for government personnel maybe spying on them.
And usually they'll just shake you down for some money and they'll let you go on your way unless you have a 4x4 truck that can use for their, you know, their own purposes.
Oh, they might take your truck?
Yeah. Specifically in Tamil Leap, 4x4 trucks are a commodity for them. They use them for their ongoing turf war.
Oh, right. Especially someone else's. They don't mind getting shot up.
Yeah. I mean, most of the trucks that you see that are uparmored or they have the rifles on top are usually stolen vehicles.
All of them are stolen vehicles. And a lot of them are, you know, Americans crossing into Mexico. Some of them are Americans crossing into Mexico and just getting the trucks stolen.
Jesus Christ. Is that, that's a real common thing?
It's starting to be pretty common. I recently saw a case of an apparent abduction in Tamil Leap.