How Mexican Drug Cartels Make Billions | The War On Drugs

In the Mexican War on Drugs, the word, “cartel” gets thrown around a lot. The Sinaloa Cartel; The Gulf Cartel; La Famillia; Los Zetas.
But who actually are these organisations which have inflicted grotesque violence on Mexico - and made billions of dollars in the process? How did they grow from small smuggling gangs, to mighty empires - and then splinter into separate factions each fighting one another?
And, crucially, what role did the War on Drugs itself play in making this violence inevitable?
Correction: June 17, 2021
An earlier version of this video showed footage of the Zapatistas when referencing the Zetas.
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Watch the next episode of The War on Drugs Show, looking at how the Los Zetas Cartel changed the game in the Mexican War on Drugs: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5TQaniCgbdrmtU

[@crazyclan2485]

yo

[@ftcmgaming9081]

Los means, the, so you should say, “how Los Zetas Cartel changed the game “

[@rockymilano2071]

It's not meth. It's glorified cold medicine. The only real meth hasn't been around for 25 years. What is out there is a joke. Mexicans couldn't make a batch to save their ass

[@nenmaster5218]

The War-on-Drugs cant ever be Won, BECAUSE the very Idea shows a total Misunderstanding of the Situation. As YT-Channel Some More News pointed out "Data and Science clearly show that Drug-Addiction is nothing more and nothing less than a Disease by all Wikipedia-Defintions of the Word. It even, in fact, CHANGES YOURE BRAIN-WIRING... ...How messed up is it that we send Policemen to Schools to explain Drugs instead of Scientists and Doctors who actually know it?!" Objective fact is, Drug-Addiction is a MEDICAL PROBLEM. Objective fact as in 'this aint up for Debate. You either know this or you dont'. And our beloved, great, beloved Politicans do not know this.

[@berndmayer1765]

@@ftcmgaming9081 No! You said it yourself! How the Zetas Cartel......❗

[@_lemonade_4841]

Vice starting to go hard again, I like it

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Here before u blow up

[@CenlaSelfDefenseConcepts]

Can't live off of "orange man bad" when orange man isn't in office anymore

[@split6543]

Naaah this is way too soft. We need to see them in mexico talking to the traffickers

[@CodenameHaswelly]

@@CA-ly7my maybe because the war on drugs is still going and still a major problem

[@123kid172]

I remember when I said “I miss the old Vice” Thank you for returning to your roots! Journalism at its finest.

[@joebrandon6795]

I remember back in the day merely hearing the Zetas were in the town people wouldn't leave their homes it literally took the rival cartels joining together and the Mexican government helping them out to bring them down.

[@jbizzle2232]

A movie in netflix is coming on June 30th about the Allende massacre here in Coahuila when Zetas came and killed a bunch of people because of a snitch

[@iranoutofnames82]

@@jbizzle2232 It was a DEA agent in Dallas Texas who had good info on finding Angel Trevino (Z-40) and Omar Trevino (Other Zeta leader). The DEA agent sent the info to the Mexican government and the Zetas had thought someone had betrayed the organization so with heavy equipment and mass kidnappings they killed over 300 - 500 people in Allende. Well they were mainly missing to never be found again with little to no help on searching for the poor victims.

[@iranoutofnames82]

The Zetas were at their strongest throughout 2008 - 2012, and everyone wanted them out. Sinaloa cartel worked with Mexican government to get them out and Los Mata Zetas were made by the Sinaloa to kill the Zetas to near extinction. Which later became CJNG which became worse than the Zetas.

[@jbizzle2232]

@@iranoutofnames82 yeah I know the story bro I live 40 mins from Allende, pass thru there all the time, it's a sad story

[@MaxTheDestroyer707]

They became powerful because of the Mexican government. Unfortunately their ruthlessness became so asinine & silly the government took them out.

[@StevenMoyleReacts]

“ Reagan didn’t understand much about drug trade” Bro he helped RUN the drug trade 🤣

[@googleoperationmockingbird2556]

Thanks bro for keeping it real. This “news” segment had me ready to throw my phone!

[@numsiskit]

What do you mean by that? Just curious.

[@StevenMoyleReacts]

@@numsiskit there’s conspiracies saying he was part of the cocaine era coming in to the United States. Along with Kennedy and other politicians. My comment was more sarcastic than anything, but ppl believe he played a part in worsening cocaine in the United States.

[@Walmart1]

@@StevenMoyleReacts It's not a conspiracy but a FACT. Just like how 9/11 happened because the CIA provided weapons to Bin Laden to fight the Soviets in Afghanistan. Why do you think Edward Snowden is hiding out in a foreign country and Julian Asange is in Prison? to put it simply, the US is a terrorist organisation.

[@MrWorstNews]

Iran/Contra baby.

[@Denzelidos]

"Gruesome murder of kiki" the phrase is too timid. They tortured him for hours before drilling his skull

[@senoow4215]

Damn rip

[@audiobookschill5888]

orchestrated by the CIA.

[@briancook5838]

The U. S. Sacrificed Him To An UNSTOPPABLE AND UNDEFEATABLE POWER ! Americans Want Drugs , Someone WILL Supply

[@jbmp1390]

He was a DEA agent so he deserved it. He gets no sympathy.

[@YourGFsFavoriteBF]

And keeping him alive by injecting him with Amphetamines, so he could feel every ounce of pain. His death is really horrific.

[@insane_in_da_membrane_]

congrats to drugs for winning the war on drugs 🔥💨👌

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😆

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Best comment.

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[@rodolfo7077]

Lol

[@drakokamikaze8823]

The Cia and fbi won the most.

[@SerpentintheSun]

REALLY REALLY LOVE these vids focused on Mexico and the Narco situation. Please keep them coming. 🙏

[@punker844]

My heart weeps for the people of Mexico.

[@DanielDavies-StellularNebulla]

Do you take any drugs? Which includes pharmaceuticals?

[@raamyasharahla535]

Don’t worry. When they die they all go to Heaven. Mary and White Jesus is there to greet them so it’s all good😉

[@bunsenn5064]

@@raamyasharahla535 We all know there’s nothing more after life ends. As hellish as it is, this is all we get.

[@joshuaa2278]

@Belltown Daisy Hilarious joke 😂

[@joshuaa2278]

@@raamyasharahla535 Cringe

[@pyromaniac12345]

I'd like to congratulate drugs for winning the war on drugs.

[@RoCK3rAD]

Don’t forget private prisons

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@Flexsor disturbing isn't it?

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[@Scyber_Official]

One of the most played out sayings online.

[@sebp400]

@@Scyber_Official it's always the second comment..

[@michaelpearce8661]

As long as government keeps actual medications unavailable to people who have pain and must work, illegal drugs will never be eliminated no matter the penalty. Pain is a serious problem for the human condition.

[@jambajoby32]

Exactly

[@jsplit9716]

that isn't the driver of drug sales. People just want to get high on the stuff they like most not just alcohol.

[@vysharra]

@@jsplit9716 drug addiction is medical, it’s a mental illness. Until we make therapy cheaper than drugs, drug addiction will grow. Legalization leads naturally into taxation and those funds could easily fund cheaper/free therapy for drug addiction. (It could also lead to things like regulation, so people stop dropping dead from underground drugs before they can get help. Alcohol deaths skyrocketed during Prohibition because of adulterated -poisoned- alcohol and the fact you had to contract with criminals to obtain it)

[@ashtreylil1]

@@brandonwaldrup3164 I have AVN in my left hip joint. Without medicaid I would probably have to turn to illegal trade.

[@margaritoamargo6347]

I dont know your situation but in my opinion pain medication has been incredibly over prescribed for years and many people have become addicts and died because of it. Now finally in recent years they have started to slow down the prescriptions and monitor it more often. I still get prescribed pain pills after I have a kidney stone and as soon as you pass the stone the pain goes away. There is no reason I need a full prescription. There are people who do need the medication but there are many more who do not and who fake the pain and they are the ones who are ruining the system and making doctors and hospitals more careful about prescribing.

[@rodrigoruiz7712]

At the beginning of the sixth minute of the video you display images of the EZLN, this is not a cartel, this is an indigenous group fighting for their rights. This should be very clear. They are not a cartel.

[@beautifullyours]

Just replying to this comment, hopefully it get noticed and they edit or add a misinformation to the video.

[@CogitoErgoSumFortis]

This is actually true. They are defending against the very corrupt system that during the 80s led this violence to happen, while at the same time they are defending themselves against the criminal organizations.

[@KC_50]

Nah they a dirty cartel like the rest of em

Zapatistas are no cartel, I'll grant you that. But they're no heroes either. Ant it's on them if they get mixed-up with the cartels, they are all wearing tactical gear and facemasks, just like the cartels. Besides, they turned out to be more of a bad joke than a catalyst for change. Their abstract poetry and marketing campaigns are probably of academic interest, but in the balance, after 21 years, no communities in Chiapas are better off, they are probably worse. A rich dude cosplaying as a communist revolutionary, doesn't count as an actual revolution.

[@puprilla]

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[@OnlythaRealness]

VICE COMING WITH THAT 🔥AGAIN GOOD JOB ON THIS ONE IT WAS HIGHLY INFORMATIVE ALL IN 10 MINS IT WOULD BE COOL TO SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS OVER A LONGER DOCUMENTARY SPECIAL GET MORE IN DEPTH ON THIS

[@luckythirteen2535]

"Knowledge is power"

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Knowledge is Powder 😉

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And power is priceless

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[@jamesabbott1605]

Boi I got that exact phrase tatted on me 🔥💯

[@bobbyonasis]

Mortal kombat 3

[@MasamuneStreams]

The war on drugs is one of the most counterproductive things America has ever done. Meanwhile, the solution is simple: legalization

[@kjireland3567]

We'll also how America made other countries around the world adopt their war on drugs resulting in the same consequences, sadly

[@devorerxazs-1907]

Now now how can america wrongfully arrest african americans now if they legalize drugs

[@luckystranger4312]

@@devorerxazs-1907 since when they arrest more than the ones they execute

[@hiitsedits2455]

Yes let's legalize cocaine and meth

[@haydencapps]

@@devorerxazs-1907 ive never thought of it like that, hard to believe i never noticed that the drug war legislation says "marijuana is illegal *only if your black" i guess that must be in the fine print

[@armandobronka9975]

Here we go!!! Very informative, very well done!!!

[@novaturbkkk]

Been stuck on vices channel for over 3 hours now today, I now know even more about drugs and the game at hand 😂😂

[@TimeBucks]

Very informative and interesting.

[@NiePieerdol]

Yeah but not consistent with the title. It's more about the violence and not the business part

[@travissoff9521]

Its misinformation

[@mrliv275]

Wish they could get a narrator that isn’t a boring monotone dullard. Christ, makes me wanna go play traffic this guy

[@oledazbog6942]

The CIA and MOSSAD run the Show.

[@tyereksmith8946]

@@mrliv275 common he wasn't bad i like his narrating

[@ComeAndSee101]

The fact that Cartels are making billions means there's no hope for peace anytime soon. That's enough money to have their own military and keep all their people living well and the narcos damn sure don't want to stop living well 🤷‍♂️

[@cherryjubilee5201]

Blame the government for this. These cartels will keep going until someone upstairs stops them. Even members of the cartels know this.

[@ComeAndSee101]

@@cherryjubilee5201 government can't even handle going to war against the cartels, too many different factions and they're all military trained at this point. Idk why the government let them get this advanced but my guess is that politicians were making money with narcos at first before it got out of hand

[@louislopez495]

Wait till they build nukes

[@juicyjfan]

@@ComeAndSee101 The Mexican government can't handle them but the US government can. It's just that they don't want to. All the information we have including some testimony from El Chapo himself show that all their doing is overseeing the drug trade rather than trying to stop it.

[@yamilehernandez8215]

If millionaires and they're unstable wives stopped doing that nose candy.. then maybe

[@sune1112]

Thank you Vice, really good content

[@vinzzzV]

This is quality. Thx! Good narrating!

[@KTracho223]

Yall forget "EL MAYO" is still a Fugitive

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Is never gonna get caught.

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U do know he might give up his power to chapos son’s

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@@some_loser_lol4769 doubt it

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Ohh.... I wish i could watch breaking bad once again for the first time.

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Same dude same.

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@@JayyyC23 can't wait to never ever watch it

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Vice as always killing the game I love you guys x

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Feels good to see Vice going back to what it does the best! Making these badass documentaries.

[@nenmaster5218]

The War-on-Drugs cant ever be Won, BECAUSE the very Idea shows a total Misunderstanding of the Situation. As YT-Channel Some More News pointed out "Data and Science clearly show that Drug-Addiction is nothing more and nothing less than a Disease by all Wikipedia-Defintions of the Word. It even, in fact, CHANGES YOURE BRAIN-WIRING... ...How messed up is it that we send Policemen to Schools to explain Drugs instead of Scientists and Doctors who actually know it?!" Objective fact is, Drug-Addiction is a MEDICAL PROBLEM. Objective fact as in 'this aint up for Debate. You either know this or you dont'. And our beloved, great, beloved Politicans do not know this.

[@StillMatic93]

I will never get tired of cartel videos lol

[@ashleyxo6172]

Same

[@Cyber-BuIIy]

Why? They’re filthy murderers!

[@J.Burrough]

Many of us said in late 80’s early 90’s it will be an endless war. You can’t/won’t stop every one. Maybe they will slow it down in an area for a short time. People are going to medicate themselves (the reasons are many & multiple).

[@J.Burrough]

Stop being a name caller and face reality

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@MXnat.Socialist1810 your still a child

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[@backwoodsjunkie08]

Exactly. Its like when the dea cracked down on pain clinics, it just shifted money from the pharma industry to the cartels

[@ellaturkiewicz333]

Love this series! 🔥

[@louislopez495]

Always love these.

[@ibleedblue0518]

Fun fact: Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo used to be a Mexican state officer

[@gizmodobaggins7040]

I too watched narcos.

[@izziestevens5835]

Ahh yes another man of culture I see

[@izziestevens5835]

I thought Don Juan was the leader del Golfo. The fat man de Tamaulipas. So it was some Obregon guy IRL?

[@alexusbrooke]

He ain't the only use to be a police officer in the Mexico drug lord

[@marcusanark2541]

Up!

[@2sickjay]

3:47 , it was the actual CIA who hired the cartel to do that to Kiki because Kiki had discovered the corruption !!

[@danwilkinson2797]

I think it was foul of VICE to not mention the CONTRA affair or how the military and CIA working with local law enforcements and DEA imported most of the cocaine during the early 80’s and on up to today getting the crack epidemic going .

[@kotsel9762]

CIA got nothing to do with this but anyway.

[@2sickjay]

@@kotsel9762 valuetainment mexico dea narc , KZbin that .

[@Evo2898.]

@@kotsel9762 something I’ve noticed is the cia is always involved

[@stephenkelly2648]

Was looking for this comment, CIA definitely was involved

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This content gets my attention & my subscription.

[@joshuamarleytaveramontalvo9668]

Your information is on point keep it up guys

[@nenmaster5218]

The War-on-Drugs cant ever be Won, BECAUSE the very Idea shows a total Misunderstanding of the Situation. As YT-Channel Some More News pointed out "Data and Science clearly show that Drug-Addiction is nothing more and nothing less than a Disease by all Wikipedia-Defintions of the Word. It even, in fact, CHANGES YOURE BRAIN-WIRING... ...How messed up is it that we send Policemen to Schools to explain Drugs instead of Scientists and Doctors who actually know it?!"

[@marcelmirandaa]

The documentary makes itself seem much less informed when they mix images of the Zapatistas and the Zetas, two completely different organizations, the first unrelated to drug trade.

[@erickp.8405]

Yup, noticed that 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@azhivago2296]

Yeh and they didn't actually explain "How Mexican Drug Cartels Make Billions". Was expecting an in-depth on logistics, but this was more of a cursory look at cartel organisational structures and how they shift when challenged by the authorities.

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[@llamadasinrespuesta4631]

@Viper vibe Also, cartels are know for being in charge of many illegal business, like prostitution, organ and body parts traffic, smuggling weapons, exotical animals trade, car theft, kidnapping, adulteration of substances, sale of stolen goods, usury and illegal loans, extortions, etc, etc... Hard drugs should not be legalized.

[@chasphotography]

They got the point across and that's all that matters. I didn't notice it and even if I did it wouldn't matter. The point is made and that's all that matters. Unless you're a troll

[@jason4275]

IT's going to be hell when the CJNG splits once the boss is killed or captured.

[@hashmarker4994]

Mencho is almost as low key as Mayo.Will probably take time.

[@chicago4809]

The only way Mencho is going to be killed is when the CIA had enough of him and he’s no used. Use your common sense only the CIA has the power to find him not even the Mexican marines can find him if they wanted to

[@jason4275]

@@chicago4809 The CIA is busy fighting the War on Terror, these cartel boss are of no use to them compared to terrorist, if mencho is powerful then why don't he kill a DEA or FBI agent, If he kills a DEA or FBI agents he's dead, or if he expands into Europe or Asia without America blessing he's dead or going to jail, you keep forgetting that cartel bosses all of them get caught doing the same thing, contacting their family, that's how the DEA catches all of them Chapo, Z40, Escobar all of them, they all have family and that's their downfall.

[@AeonPhoenix]

@@jason4275 To be honest, the CIA works with the drug lords. Why? Because of the American drug addicts. That's the Cartels' leverage and access into the inner ring of US politics. If the CIA and the Mexican Cartels were working together before, Chapo, Escobar and El Mencho would have contacts with every corrupt officials in Washington DC and every government south of Canada. If anyone tries to go against them, all it takes is for the Mexican Narcos to leak every dark alley deal with the US government and it will destroy them, along with the Western Hemisphere. The Mexican Drug Cartels are the true Gods of the Western Hemisphere and almost all governments around this Hemisphere will be forced to bow before their feet in fear.

[@toplel1860]

@@hashmarker4994 it will definitely take time but seeing how okay he is with making mexico look bad and fighting the government directly he will eventually be caught and possibly extradited

[@rimtasvilnietis2991]

Very nice material, keep on going

[@carlislepanting5219]

Thanks for the info vice news!! I'm from Belize central America✌🌎🇧🇿

[@TwoGunToast]

I remember hearing about the violence in Mexico in 2010 or so. My high school would normally take the upperclass on a school trip to CEDO located there but stopped because of the increased violence.

[@muojackson]

Still doesn't explain how the cartel makes billions. Just about the cartels fighting

[@Manowar_]

I don't know, SMUGGLING DRUGS

[@apuapustaja1958]

@@Manowar_ is it not weird that the Cartels aren't seen as Terrorist Organizations?

[@Osysgk]

Because people in US love drug?

[@isaacmzt5232]

Well, cartels have millions of clients who like to get high very frequently. Drugs are expensive. Its as simple as that. Demand & supply!

[@Manowar_]

@@apuapustaja1958 they aren't fighting to control mexico, they fight for the drugs

[@afpx8065]

Vice being vice again, thank you

[@xi3063]

Your voice is pleasant to hear, very few people have this talent.

[@Thesilverninja]

I actually read Ioan Grillo's book, El Narco. Extremely informative read on how the cartel works. It has some gruesome, gruesome descriptions but it is as authentic as it gets.

[@chango999999999]

You are mixing images of Zetas and Zapatistas which are completely different and an insult to compare.

[@chango999999999]

5:34 6:02

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[@JM-fo1te]

They're the same.

[@specter1549]

@@JM-fo1te no their not how do you compare the most violent and cruel drug organization in Mexico's history with a commie community who lives in rural Mexico

[@JM-fo1te]

@@specter1549 uhhh commies have killed more people than the drug war lol

[@WELDEROFMASTER]

Very good brother 👍💯

[@GoobHak]

Ioan is one of the most articulate people I’ve ever heard, couldn’t have picked a better journalist for this video

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[@ronnieiba9928]

You should do a video about Cherán. It's a small indigenous town in Mexico that during the peak of the drug war in Michoacan, they kicked out members of La Familia and Los Caballeros Temprlarios, the government and policemen. It's a beautiful, interesting and inspirational case.

[@kx9029]

Thanks for the tutorial

[@chrisskywalker5443]

lol I remember these names & faces from the Netflix series “Narcos” especially Miguel

[@heisenberg7945]

@Johnny Michoacan Agree wid you bro

[@Ryan88881]

@Johnny Michoacan Well back in the 80s the cartel situation was kind of cool/ok. That show hasn't even gotten to the 90s yet. I think Narcos only partially glorifies the old school cartels because, well.. they're the old school cartels. Those were the glory days. That said, they interestingly made Escobar look like a monster but made Miguel just seem like a guy who gets fucked by the DEA which isn't inaccurate. That first Mexican cartel didn't really deserve to go down. The DEA should've left the Cali and Guadalajara cartels alone. They had no idea what was coming after dismantling them. The show is only bound to get darker and more serious, especially once it gets past 2006.

[@best5345]

No one cares. Entertainment has always been about people's sufferings.

[@CogitoErgoSumFortis]

The best way to snuff out a fire that grows even when you pour water into it, is to disrupt the system that leads to the fire. That is, take out one of the three: oxygen (money), fuel (weapons) or the heat to ignite it (energy, aka, the inherrnt demand for drugs in the US and the demand for high-paying jobs in Mexico) .

[@araabmoney7103]

Aitch reporting for now😳👏🏼

[@AlejandroSanchez-fl8jh]

...excellent video, especially the end. I agree that Vice seems to be getting back to what it does best. Two editing issues: 5:33 and 6:03, the images shown as the narration goes over the inception of Zetas group from the defection of Mexican Special Forces units, are of a meeting of the EZLN in the city of Chiapas. NOTHING AT ALL related to the Zetas organization, quite the opposite. I hope this gets noted as it is rather unfair for the EZLN.

[@ShutThePuck]

Easy answer - The US both allowed and enabled (still) Mexico to get to this point.

[@Spookydeadite]

US created the cartels

[@yanngnavome3943]

Ok it’s the US fault and not Mexico’s (it’s own country)

[@riccardorapetti1545]

Is the old Vice coming back????!!!

[@farouksallak718]

I guess because of sacking the idiots that were in it.

[@angiewestfall78]

I’m digging it if so!

[@YouTube_is_full_of_trolls]

This seems pretty quintessential Vice to me... Covering politics, violence, drugs and law... all while holding a more controversial edged position on the subject

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[@CynicalBellow]

Just for one vid...

[@nelikeliduran9664]

Neat stuff dude.

[@radcontron]

Vice, please issue a correction. At 5:34 and 6:03 this video uses images of the EZLN, a popular armed movement fighting for human rights of indigenous Mayans, when speaking about armed cartels.

[@shanethrelfall416]

You forget you’ve got an empty bag of sniff in your pocket and it’s enough to have you arrested You have tons of the stuff and it’s easier to get away with it 😂

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[@dallasryder8125]

They’re hiring and “kept folks employed” during the pandemic.

[@jimboonie9885]

Then you get your face skinned

[@jeffdorris5321]

Nice work ✨🎇🎆

[@agentorange3117]

Nice cut G, thought bowl cuts were out🤔

[@ret1608]

Government agencies: Where is el Chapo? Vice: Eating cereal in bed with el Chapo!

[@williamdeacon3863]

Neither do miorw

[@pauldamian0828]

If you know what the government does, they already knew where most leaders are at by now, they also know the firepower and security these leaders have against the government

[@ret1608]

@@pauldamian0828 Thanks for the intel Mr CIA

[@sergiorosales1084]

Cringe

[@thoththeatlantean1226]

@@pauldamian0828 if you know the people that own the government you know they do not really want to stop people like el Chapo

[@nezmustard]

Kids does PowerPoint on cartels: Everyone: Vice is Back!

[@RygarGuitar]

great content, but audio is blown-out. watch those LUFs and thanks!

[@ayushdilodre1511]

great job

[@spicypeanut7645]

Did vice accidentally use footage of the Zapatistas? Around 5:36 you can see Subcomandante Marcos and Subcomandante Ramona. They are not members of Los Zetas!!

[@357-swagnumultramagax9]

Vice is clueless half the time …. The Sinaloa cartel is the oldest cartel

[@spicypeanut7645]

@@357-swagnumultramagax9 they should delete this video and go back and do a bit more research. High budget laziness!

[@swapnilsapkal4]

Vice is going back to it's roots! Just the way we used to love it! Suroosh Alvi would be a cherry on top!

[@karanrajesh4345]

Goated outro ✌️👽

[@pascalwilson6707]

Finaly talking facts!

[@ar90242]

At 6:04 Vice portrays Zapatistas as Zetas. That woman to the left wearing the red shirt is Comandata Ramona.

[@Ivan-Manzo]

They're a terrorist organisation that also delas drugs.

[@hmu958]

Funny and interesting how traditional market is not affected by inflation. Cannabis, coke, H, meth price aint changed in decades if anything its got cheaper lol.

[@Karljagerfield]

That’s not true they used to be much cheaper. Everything is effected by inflation

[@RyleKittenhouse]

Bag of weed when I was 15 was £20 now it’s 30s

[@hmu958]

@@RyleKittenhouse in my area prices to customers have come down from 60-50 1/8th ganja to $10 gram or less and been this way for 15+ yrs. The wholesale price of pounds to buyers has plummeted from $3k per pound (outdoors) to $1k and under.

[@vysharra]

Inflation affects everything, but drug production also benefitted from globalization and economy of scale like other industries. Just like plastic junk made in China and shipped to the west, drugs are produced in lower income countries and shipped to higher income countries for sale. The global shipping industry is a marvel, its almost incomprehensible in scale, and drugs are shipped along with everything else.

[@TheRavenvsv]

well that is because they are exploiting people in the development countries, like Mexico, to farm drug components. They are also mixing it with other chemicals so not every drug is "clean" and it makes it cheaper.

[@idontgiveafck2351]

More Cartel Stuff pls, good content

[@bigdbiggs9]

Ouch! Nancy Reagan would be proud of the new slogan "just legalize it!"

[@dirtyvato_4083]

Lol

[@angelocervantes4950]

Lol!

[@BigFists2024]

It dnt mean nothing

[@HECTORHERRERA-qv4up]

Who do you think provides their military grade wepons us 🇺🇸 gov. Just like with the rebels.

[@gayfrogs4206]

Thats nothing to be proud of

[@qb.3294]

Jalisco nueva generation makes their own guns

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[@tripperDC85]

Thanks Obama for Fast and Furious

[@TJV83]

Obama scene

[@fowledfilm]

Basically a comprehensive summary of season 1-2 of Narcos:Mexico

[@xi3063]

Vice content has improved very much loving this new Vice.

[@eliem9900]

I understand Vice needs to keep its funding and right to broadcast but telling this story without mentioning the involvement of the CIA and the Mexican government is like omitting the Nazis when speaking about the world war...

[@carlosgenaroreyesgallegos2996]

I think that's already a bit too much, they would surely have problems :(

[@jungxehuin9404]

don't you understand that the only reason why they talk about the cartels is so that they can push their narrative that hard drugs should be legal? 30 videos in and you still haven't realized that? Vice is a far-left corporate shill and has been for atleast 7 years....

[@SuperBearNeo]

@@jungxehuin9404 Nice tin-foil hat

[@hueyg206]

@@jungxehuin9404 legalizing hard drugs is literally the only way you’d actually be able to beat these cartels. You need to attack their income. Legalize drugs, they don’t have legs to stand on.

[@jungxehuin9404]

@@hueyg206 no its not mate. If you really think these life long criminals are just going to get jobs at walmart once drugs are legal, you've clearly never been to a third world country. The only one that can stop the cartels is the Mexican government. They could stop them in a week but they are corrupt. Legalizing drugs will stop nothing if Mexico remains corrupt. Cartels make money from gambling, human trafficking, sex trafficking, organ harvesting, extortion, robbery, fraud, prostitution, etc

[@C3r3P0weL]

You know its going to be dope when you see this reporter 😂👌

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[@phase2inc]

Killing their own to support another country's drug habbit. 🤔

[@S489_20mg]

Exactly

[@jairopavon11]

@MXnat.Socialist1810 why I always preach why Mexico needs a 2nd amendment

[@sumaru_2324]

@MXnat.Socialist1810 Living in the safety of the U.S? Cant even be safe in a U.S military base, Vanessa Guillen, literally a Mexican American U.S soldier, went missing, mutilated, burnt and buried in concrete, 7 homicides, 71 "suicides," in Fort Hood. Let alone other soldiers being found near the base. Sure you can point fingers, but the U.S is fuxked as well, safe to an extent. But not promised anything.

[@ozielreyes2768]

@@sumaru_2324 Rest In Peace Vanessa Guillén. Horrible things happen everywhere and all types of people not just Mexicans and not just in Mexico or USA

[@sumaru_2324]

@MXnat.Socialist1810 Oh yeah like the U.S doesn't commit crimes against humanity lmao, bs logic both are a fuxking melting pot.

[@vegamedina289]

Hey pal! The cameras should show the back of ur head along w the side angles!

[@handsomeboi3767]

Well a good vice video nice

[@bongwelll]

I’m thankful that this series is shining a light on what’s going on. As a long time drug user that has a normal life(job, place, fiancé, band, friends) I’ve been trying to educate and inform people that have been programmed all their lives with wrong information. Thank you Vice. End the war on drugs. Legalize everything.

[@Awimpyman69]

LETS GO MEDICINAL METH

[@cosmicfreeway]

@@Awimpyman69 there already is medicinal meth desoxyn

[@tookie1864]

@@Awimpyman69 meth is actually a schedule two meaning you can get it prescribed so is coke and fentanyl

[@TheAwast2]

The hole second World War was fought on meth, the germans, the americans, the brits, the japanese they were all on meth all the time i think only the russians not they had Vodka and Nicotin

[@Awimpyman69]

@@tookie1864 kind of, it’s amphetamine pills which is incomparable to the side affects and addictive traits of crystal. Still technically the same thing, but it’s like comparing an ibuprofen to a Xanax

[@brotherhec2403]

I’m not the brightest person in the room but I always thought Drug Cartels made billions from selling drugs , thank you for the affirmation vice.

[@cloutxcutter]

😂😂😂🤣💀

[@1Maverick2]

Once you see footage of what these guys do, you’ll think of it every time you see watered down stories like this. Some of the worst of the worst acts of violence in history are committed in Mexico.

[@thunderkinginkwark271]

Yes on gore sites alot of the videos are from the mexico Kartels

[@leftlegcemetery]

Funky Town

[@leftlegcemetery]

Funky Town 👍

[@slayer40sw]

All my Mexican relatives are from Sinaloa and most are military, police or in the drug trade. Back when I was a kid in the 80s I would hear people refer to them simply as "contrabandista" or "traficantes" which obviously means traffickers or some would call them "mafiosos" which we all know what that means. This "cartel" term I didn't start hearing till after....

[@raamyasharahla535]

Good Catholics, they all get to go to Heaven 🌮

[@MasterKush3]

The real cartel if the DEA and CIA

[@undrwatropium3724]

​@@raamyasharahla535 inshallah

[@DimaFrolov187]

It’s easier to get medication on the street than it is from a doctor these days in usa

[@brandontate7678]

It's probably cheaper too.

[@DimaFrolov187]

@@brandontate7678 it’s about the same maybe little cheaper you right

[@S489_20mg]

It’s definitely cheaper the fucking level of privatization is disgusting in the us healthcare system

[@DimaFrolov187]

@@S489_20mg I agree, I’m going to doctor now and it’s crazy you have to beg on your knees to get medication and yet I can call someone and get much easier . Yes usa health system is fucked

[@ThePrimo323]

Its cheaper and that's why you foos addicted to percs and fentanyle

[@NoRiskNoRizq]

Someone just finished all seasons of Narcos 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@lureh683]

I have learned so much about cartel in this video.

[@justinclayton8591]

Great content and great video, but I have a suggestion. Im sure im not alone in not wanting to watch a guy talk about things with a small screen next to him. I would rather have a full screen of the clip and have him narrate it.

[@chris_chitown97]

I’m Mexican-American but I ain’t gonna be traveling to Mexico any time soon. It’s too crazy rn

[@damianoabbina9967]

Daaaam, is that crazy down there fam?

[@leigh5689]

It’s really not that crazy, you only get mixed up with this if you go searching for it

[@SanAntonioNewHomesForSale]

Just don't mess with the wrong people and you'll be OK

[@delatorture1633]

Tourists from all over there world travel all over Mexico all year. You’re missing out on culture, great food and food times. Don’t believe everyone in Mexico is a bad person most people are very nice down there.

[@ManUtd503]

@MXnat.Socialist1810 fear mongering. Yeah driving through Mexico may be risky because there are cartel checkpoints but I know American latinos who got stopped at Cartel checkpoints. They dont do anything, they are just looking for suspicious people who may be rivals. Plenty of places in Mexico that are safe. There are millions of people in Mexico you think the cartels are just going to randomly pick out some Chicano on vacation in MX from the U.S. nah man, that almost never happens. Been to Mexico, central America plenty of times.

[@haydencapps]

How about: How Drug Companies Make Trillions | The War on People

[@haydencapps]

@@jessezuniga1280i agree, that woukd be too much like actual journalism. Vice would be slandered by all other media and running on individual donations from then on. Its much easier to only find and say things that most people already agree with. If they did choose to be real jornalists again, they would be able to thrive on donations from people that want that. But they would have to change their entire way of doing business and people usually dont do that until they hit rock bottom and are forced tp

[@combobreaker449]

Wild to see some of my family members being mentioned in this one

[@CarlosMartinezEzeta]

Excellent ending!

[@petersuvara]

All that splintering. Sounds like the crypto market.

[@MacetazzOpina]

It’s entropy at its finest. Fractals

[@TodayFreedom]

And only slightly more corrupt than crypto!

[@dustin.4400]

I love how he sports a 90s haircut

[@Sarakate601]

Me reading the title : “Yess teach me your waaays!” (Why don’t that have one of those hand empties where you put your finger tips together.. know what I mean? Like.. hmmm yesss type hands haha)

[@chrisklausner4418]

Vice back at it

[@juanmz2144]

POV: it’s early in the morning and you’re laying in bed watching this 💀

[@GD-mw1kd]

The cost they pay for living as a neighbour to richest country

[@taylorhunt5459]

The "papa smurf" is a turncoat. I highly recommend the documentary "Cartel Land"