Medellin: Inside the sex tourism capital of Colombia

[@JesusMartinez-fy3yf]

As a Colombian citizen, I really don't recommend to come here for tourism...

[@RafaelGarcia-dt3wt]

Bro, what about going to Bogota or San Cristobal? Is it safe to go to those cities and avoid Medellin? Please let me know. Thank you

[@BanditsandBusiness]

That is a sad thing to say.

[@jkc.adventure]

@@RafaelGarcia-dt3wt Bogota is just as dangerous

[@mujkocka]

Colombia has the perfect weather, it’s so sad that human made this place sick

[@Sourdiesel602]

But I want to go to sleep

[@chippysteve4524]

Interesting how the mayor blames the perverted tourists (who are obviously at fault!) but ignores the acute poverty and the gangs that create the desperation and lawlessness that makes it all possible in the first place.

[@samj5183]

Exactly, but unfortunately here and everywhere else in the world the mafias that control all that stuff are pretty much untouchable, like they're gods or something.

[@pierrenouama4146]

Even without poverty, gangs will take advantage of any opportunity to make money. Usually, on the back of the poor and vulnerable and as long as there is a demand there will be an offer.

[@fredm.2699]

Interesting?? This is a 3rd world country. What do you want a mayor to do?? The mayor has to blame the tourists FIRST. Then the economy then the local people. But doesnt have to blame everyobr at the same time. Yall are sensitive over nothing.

[@gmarod6099]

Americans are creating a market

[@h1inc816]

@@gmarod6099the market was there long before American tourists. 95% of the market in Medellin is literally catering towards local Colombian men. If you’ve ever been in one of these houses/apartments, there are almost no gringos/tourists/americans. It’s 99% Colombian men. I just got back to the U.S. from Medellin. Tourists are only in poblado and laureless. But the city is so much bigger than those two areas.

[@Bruce_Quin]

I recently traveled to Medellin for work and stayed in a shared Airbnb. When I arrived, I was surprised to find three women in the kitchen wearing very little clothing. The guys who brought them were from Australia, and every night more Venezuelan women showed up. It was unlike anything I've ever seen. I asked the younger ones if they needed help, but all they were interested in was money..

[@rhenderson9862]

Rather grave assumption that these young women were children

[@jason4275]

@@rhenderson9862 agreed just because someone looks young doesn't make them underage.

[@ijustwannaleaveacommentony6511]

hello white knight

[@snowman1588]

It's a noted fact they use 14-15 yr olds

[@joelc9439]

You're lucky that the police did not raid that home while you were staying there..

[@freeagent8225]

I put women to sleep by talking to them.😅

[@calibre8718]

It doesnt put you to sleep more like awake and fully functional but really asleep BTW

[@Jonathan.D]

It is like nothing else. I remember watching a documentary on its effects. The gov should use it as a tool to get info out of people. Supposedly it was used by Gremany for just that purpose during WWII. A person will do whatever they are asked without question and tell anything that they know. The person seems happy to do so.

[@scuffediceposeidon9178]

I highly doubt, you can manipulate brain membranes and brain regions that an individual would speak free by itself what he or she gets questioned for. You guys should study neurology first

[@kwanchan6745]

what ?....zzzzz

[@louiscolborn6715]

Who would want to go to Colombia 😆😆😆

[@Alien_Cuts]

that mayor seems shady af

[@sailincat2822]

The mayor is a professional politician, so yeah.

[@S5Dic09]

obviously all these men had girls delivered to them to eat weekly

[@lugosiundead]

he is , he is link to several local gangs

[@None-ww4ec]

If he won’t get involved then mafias would kill him too… He is their puppet I guess

[@Dave....]

I was shocked when they said he was the mayor at first. I thought he was a club owner or ran the hotels these were happening out of

[@urbanlumberjackedup]

Sick world we’re living in

[@Evemeister12]

Not to excuse it at all, but it's been happening for centuries around the world.

[@viptaiga]

Centuries or not, still disgusting... 😔

[@anonymousanonymous870]

It will continue to happen as long as men running the world

[@geoms6263]

just ask for id first

[@mrxiong2567]

You must live in a very sheltered perfect world, mate

[@kamilstaraszewski7549]

Poverty, perverted tourists and gangs are not the only reasons. Latin America has a very high tolerance for violence whatsoever, these people as friendly as they are accept extreme violence as something normal. That is why it is what it is, in many countries doing such a thing would be just unimaginable even to local criminals.

[@Constellasian]

Exactly. This KZbinr named Where's Wes played a recording of a message left to him by his ex-Columbian-wife's father. That father specifically said something along the lines of "You think you know how the world works? This is Columbia! I'll kill you."

[@GreenApophyllite]

Community ethics needed

[@dyce211]

This isn't by accident it's by design

[@NoBody-xx6ii]

💯

[@FirsteMann1929]

Yup That's what happens when you glorify criminals and their lifestyle

[@kwanchan6745]

its why cubans hate americans

[@DG-hw8it]

Nature ☺️

[@reichhopprivatwatch1406]

it's because ppl pay for it

[@moshesierra6849]

I’m from Miami , Florida and I travel to Medellin often I got shocked to see the high numbers of older men visiting and actually moving to Colombia. They look for young women, taking advantage of the fact that they are poor and the laws there are an absolute disgrace Consent at 14 yo? Honestly it’s revolting

[@speaksthis]

Yea so you 45 year olds are much more moral than the 65 year old.

[@elterrifico9522]

Are you a mule?

[@BK_718]

That’s basically human history for thousands of years. Wealthier takes advantage of the poor.

[@livinglife8489]

This has been going on for decades in SE Asia.

[@Sa_m-sam]

Like Thailand

[@Flyingjinsu]

Sick how they can come and take your daughter and ask you to keep quiet about it.

[@rhenderson9862]

Who...comes and takes your daughter?

[@jasonbrownjourno]

@@rhenderson9862 that might be the gangs that are the subject of this video that we are commenting on, in this particular part and timespace of the metaverse.

[@candideggplant1575]

Who would have thought that gang members don't really care about laws and only care about them when it is convenient for them? Yeah, when everyone is corrupt, why wouldn't a gang member not feel emboldened to do what they do?

[@lobomalsano]

well, clearly the parents could not provide her daughter with education, resources or attention. I'm Colombian and these low hoods young grils are even encouraged by their single mothers to go out and bring money any way possible

[@Raverraver9999]

Once you figure out your values, everything else in life falls into place. Man is created to praise, reverence, and serve God our Lord, and by this means to save his soul. And the other things on the face of the earth are created for man and that they may help him in prosecuting the end for which he is created. From this it follows that man is to use them as much as they help him on to his end, and ought to rid himself of them so far as they hinder him as to it. For this it is necessary to make ourselves indifferent to all created things in all that is allowed to the choice of our free will and is not prohibited to it; so that, on our part, we want not health rather than sickness, riches rather than poverty, honor rather than dishonor, long rather than short life, and so in all the rest; desiring and choosing only what is most conducive for us to the end for which we are created

[@puredistraction415]

Tourists? More like predators

[@danieleverywhere132]

looks to me predators are not tourists

[@joshsmitch5641]

@@danieleverywhere132no we are providing to their economy. Plus it’s a mutual win on both of the deal

[@mysticaljp1]

Usually white men btw

[@jakelister5152]

​@@joshsmitch5641you are creepy and can't get women in your own country

[@RankinMsP]

​@@joshsmitch5641how is sez with a child mutual? Pedophile much?

[@mineomatteo]

I'm from Colombia and highly recommend that if you come as a tourist, try to go to cool natural places in the middle of nowhere, more than go partying in the city unless you are in company of Colombian friends who you can really trust.

[@abundantharmony]

Yea right. There's your comment: "Come to Colombia! Highly recommended!", then there's the TOP comment: "As a Colombian citizen, I really don't recommend to come here for tourism..."

[@TheFeljoy]

I’m looking to go soon, are there any nature places that you would definitely recommend? :)

[@DABELUK]

@@TheFeljoythere are a lot, check the documentary Colombia magia salvaje

[@TheFeljoy]

@@DABELUK Thank you 🙏

[@duquesebasvideos]

Blame this on Medellín's political class, the corporate elite and their involvement in the illegal economy, including drug trafficking.

[@williesteele4503]

Most of the girls are from Venezuela, and fled their country because of the Venezuelan President Dictator Maduro and the poverty. Most went to Colombia for a better life. If you want to put blame, Maduro is the man responsible for this and for his people leaving by the millions.

[@robertsmith2088]

So they can elect someone like Petro instead? Great move 😂

[@mariojcollado1384]

100%

[@LEGIONARIO.1985]

*QUINTERO*

[@reycondor8083]

...plus you forgot the civil war

[@joelc9439]

This doesn't just happen in Colombia it happens in other countries as well..

[@goodguy-vl7jn]

like....

[@nochill9475]

​@@goodguy-vl7jnlike Italy, where the age of consent is also 14 and prostitution is also legal. The age has to be low and prostitution has to be legal. So although in Japan the age of consent is 13, prostitution is penalised. Nigeria has an 11 age of consent, but it's penalised there too, same with Muslim countries where the age of consent is 9.

[@tuckerbugeater]

@@nochill9475 Americans are subject to American law anywhere in the world. No countries have legal child prostitution.

[@nochill9475]

@tuckerbugeater child prostitution? No one mentioned that. If a man of 18, and a 13 year old Japanese girl, get married, and stay in Japan, how is the "American law" going to know? That's Japan, a developed nation, what about in Nigeria where the age of consent is 11? If an American, born in America, but then was sent back when he was 13, meets a girl a year later when she is 11, and they're together for life, how is that child prostitution? People of the usa mix up the terms. Child prostitution clearly means a child doing sexual exploits for "many" (a keyword) men, in "exchange" for goods or money. They usually have a pimp, and many working girls. Now don't get me wrong, when someone (man or woman) that is clearly older, let's say 30, get with a young teen, like 14, although that's strange, it's happened many times. The weirdest is when someone gets with someone younger then their children. That's clearly wrong, but happens and is legal everywhere. If a 50 something old, wanted to get with an 18+ year old, there's law against this.

[@bobby4500]

that american man hopefully was charged in the usa

[@ConsensusX]

Legally speaking, there's no case. You can't even prove who the victims were, I'm sure they had false identification.

[@NietzscheanMan]

Half of the state is probably made up of pedophiles, see Epstein.

[@CarlosJa]

No. The police let him go with no charges.

[@Wokenot4me]

So basically a lot of P Diddy's!

[@boushbash3133]

So many guys are p diddy. Thank God they don't have the money.

[@ibuyufo]

And the likes of Trump

[@peeweebarney]

But his weapon of choice is money, not drugs.

[@chrisdacrisis4670]

Pee Pee Diddler

[@anilssk6923]

Democrats basically??

[@heliosperegrin]

I'm British and have spent several months in Medellin as a tourist and working as a doctor in a hospital. While Medellin has its dark side, the people are beautiful and friendly. Don't let this video put you off if you want to visit. But try to learn and speak Spanish.

[@tristancan]

Yes. This is propaganda I believe😉

[@BanditsandBusiness]

@@tristancan No, it's not propaganda. It's the truth. I am in Medellin as I type this (been here all 2024), and attest to its good & bad parts. Both are important to understand. I have chosen to stay here because the positive outweighs the negative, for me. But I totally understand why some ppl don't want to come here. And if you don't speak Spanish here, you will be treated like a full-blown sucka

[@heliosperegrin]

@@BanditsandBusiness what bad experiences have you had? Worst that happened to me was being pickpocketed at gay pride and threatened by a homeless person by the metro station. He thought I was talking about him (he was right 😅).

[@christophercox936]

@@BanditsandBusinessHalf of the immigrants in NYC only speak Spanish but we don’t treat them as suckers.

[@musiqueacoustique1]

@@christophercox936 True, but then again the US prints money non stop and pass on the inflation to the rest o f the world. As long as that is the case they should take all immigrants that come knocking for all I care. When someone who earns in dollars comes to a developing country their dollars go a long way, not case the other way around. Who you think is really in disadvantage here?

[@jay55148]

This world breaks your heart.

[@sararichardson737]

It really does. What are we humans doing to our selves. Really depressing repory

[@BlueBerries953]

That's why I became antinatalist. This world and its chaos is not a place to sentence a child to.

[@sararichardson737]

@@BlueBerries953 same. I feel vulnerable as an adult: a child’s vulnerability horrifies me at what they could experience in this nefarious civilisation.

[@milesinnz]

and what have you ever done to try and change the world ??? always leave it to "someone else"... and now you run for the exit.. - correct ?

[@JohnWall-lj1mx]

You became a antinatalist because your mentally ill and ignore all the good things

[@filisildaanino5725]

Lord have mercy on the children of this country 🙏🙏🙏

[@paulanthony6763]

Just visited Medellin 2 weeks ago. Its an absolute beautiful city. As an American, I went there to visit my friend. As a tourist just be respectful and not engage in all the illegal activities that happens there. Its sad to watch these predators taking advantage of the loose laws and lack of policing. Otherwise the people are very authentic and friendly. So, please respect the places you visit.

[@en2336]

of course you thought the city is beautiful, you're a man...women don't have the luxury of relaxing in places like this

[@trashpageant7861]

Yeah, get that story together ahead of time buddy

[@THGY123]

You surely came into an ilegal Airbnb apartment on rent, whose are destroying our city

[@S5Dic09]

@@trashpageant7861 lol

[@seanmurray757]

Great reporting once again from Mr. Galdos.

[@forzajuve4845]

not quite..misleading people...he needs to state that foreigners are being held to 18 yrs old and not the Colombian age of consent of 14

[@tuckerbugeater]

@@forzajuve4845 they want to paint the victims as the criminals.

[@got_glintsp963]

The amount of STDs must be insane. Absolutely disgusting.

[@djrojasw]

it is not, prevalence of STDs is low all over Colombia and there too. AIDS prevalence in Colombia: 0.6%. Lower than Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina, Mexico and other countries en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_adult_prevalence_rate

[@tpop3723]

@@djrojaswsure 😂

[@CryptoJoe-bu4fw]

Yes My Ex Was a walking STD

[@hestrada8910]

Colombian woman 😷 🤮

[@mqxogames]

@@tpop3723 imagine getting hit with the hardest facts in your life and just ignoring them because "ew poor country"

[@danielfletcher4324]

Good report. I visited Medellin this March and I have to say I always felt safe. The city is beautiful and has an energy flowing through it. If tourists use their common sense and stay away from certain vices, then all should be well.

[@PHlophe]

Dani, not tourist. you mean predators

[@dorino9057]

Why were you there? Are you a predator?

[@SuperSpins1]

Stay away from poblado parque lleras that’s where you see all the prostitudes. I’ve always stay in laureles u don’t really see prostitutes like in poblado. I’ve been to medellin 4 times and always felt save

[@user-tp2tm6fy9i]

BS

[@ThrowAway-f6q]

Predo

[@h1inc816]

For everyone blaming tourists for this market, this is just not true. It’s legal, and the market was already there long before tourists started coming to Medellin or Colombia. 95% of the market in Medellin is literally catering towards local Colombian men. If you've ever been in one of these houses/ apartments, there are almost no gringos/tourists/ americans. It's 99% Colombian men. I just got back to the U.S. from Medellin. Tourists are only in poblado and laureless. But the city is so much bigger than those two areas. Tourists only go to Medellin, bogota, Cartagena, and sometimes Cali. There are definitely markets outside those tourist regions so how do you explain that? Tourists just get all the headlines because they post and talk about online and out in the open whereas Colombians don’t talk publicly about it. Also a ton of taxi drivers in Colombia will try to sell to you. Almost everyone in the city assumes you’re there for that. It’s incredibly annoying

[@user-jw6yh4ev4n]

people dont care about facts though lool

[@xtrey19x]

I’m convinced that they only do these slanted reports to demonize men who travel. They don’t want you to have any fun or see the possibilities of a better life outside of the western matrix.

[@OakleyANDSittingBull]

@@user-jw6yh4ev4n Men shouldn’t permit themselves to follow through with fantasies about r*ping children who cannot know all they're consenting to - if they try to at all.

[@speaksthis]

That kind of statistic is true the world over. Ninety-thousand cater to locals in Thailand, while 10,000 of them prefer the foreigners but gladly do double duty.

[@martham.83]

You are so so so wrong

[@daus6035]

Thanks for making people aware of these problems

[@plasterofparisify]

Opportunities*

[@ElliottJMiller]

So sad they took that lady’s daughter and got her addicted to drugs.

[@andrewfoster13]

Muslim gangs been doing this to white girls in the Uk for 20 years

[@tuckerbugeater]

they didn't say how. she probably liked them.

[@sebastianmarin9362]

I am colombian... Colombia's #1 export is cocaine... Colombia IS the center of coke in the world. I seen lots of tourists come to medellin looking for adventure and that is EXACTLY what they get. Sometimes it even costs them their lives.

[@infiniterer287]

We don't care about that part. You guys just need to stop the child touchers. 14 is way too young.

[@randomsht196]

​@@infiniterer287no bro. You guys need to stop being PDFs.

[@angloedu5499]

They’ve been doing this in the Philippines for decades! US service men beware! It’s called something else in Australia and SEA.

[@flyingface]

That american guy should face charges in the US

[@snowman1588]

He has in miami

[@utzfedericohoeser6809]

@snowman1588 Muy bien.

[@forzajuve4845]

they do

[@TheGreatness-gg1jx]

Might happen if Trump wins. He's very clear and ruthless on trafficking/pedo of all kinds. That's why they really hate/fear him.

[@timowayne6993]

Some European countries do that but I'm not sure. I remember a guy escaping the Philippines back to Europe

[@carlgriffith4660]

My wife and I own a small home in Colombia and we go between Medellin and our US home frequently. About half the time in each. I have never had any problems in Medellin and to me it is a beautiful place to live. I am a gringo and my wife is Colombian. Of course, I do not troll in areas spoken of in this video, but some of the parks we do go to for the nightlife and restaurants and like I say, never any problems. You can come to Colombia and have a great time, just don't look for trouble, like any other vacation spot in the world.

[@ninamartin1084]

Also, your wife is a local who knows what's going on. She is your biggest protection out there, whether you acknowledge it or not.

[@ceheck]

Good for you. I think you're absolutely right. It's just important to know your ways around and which places to avoid. I don't think I'd be afraid of visiting Medellin. But there are surely situations that should be avoided at all costs.

[@Za86m]

Yeah, I’m from the US too and didn’t experience anything like this (I’ve been several times). Namely because I don’t go looking it out or make myself a target in the seedy areas.

[@carlgriffith4660]

@@ninamartin1084 That could be true were it not for the fact that I am alone in the streets daily doing errands, shopping and grabbing a beer or two at the park. Never a problem. I do however, speak good Spanish that I learned in Colombia. 😁

[@THGY123]

Well, you are just another invader. Your colombian wife just want your money

[@TamikoRWhite]

Why would anyone want to sleep with a child😭

[@queen452010]

Deprived minds

[@TamikoRWhite]

@@queen452010 More like sick twisted minds. 🥺😞

[@S5Dic09]

I guess some people feel attracted to crying faces emojis

[@uoohknk6881]

I don't know yt

[@Uhwatchdogsforthewiiu]

@@youtubeattackerwhite people

[@Za86m]

If you’re a foreigner, you can avoid a lot of these problems by 1) not drinking in Lleras/Poblado/centro and, more importantly, 2) not being a piece of s***

[@tuckerbugeater]

yes blame the victim. Most of these men killed were from dating apps!!

[@UTubeVidWatcher]

The new mayor of Medellin is in the news so much that you would think that he is the President of Colombia and in charge of the country. The most visited cities in Colombia are first Bogota, then Medellin, then Cartagena, then Cali. You have to be on guard when visiting each one of them. To get away from all the drama you have to visit the other cities that no one talks about like, Bucaramanga, Pereira, Barranquilla, San Andres, Manizales.

[@TheZombieGAGA]

Good advice. Travelling smart in Colombia🎉

[@forzajuve4845]

santa marta has a reputation too

[@pinetworkminer8377]

Is Bogota safer than Medellin in general?

[@S5Dic09]

@@pinetworkminer8377 no

[@forzajuve4845]

the mayor brags about fighting the problem but there was a KZbinr that brought back 2 girls that drugged him and took his belongings.. he tracked down one of the girls and had to pay the police to come back to his place and scare the girl into admitting what she did and give back most of his stuff ...the police don't help

[@passportmarc]

Mayor is on the payroll too lol

[@davidhays2214]

@@forzajuve4845 mayor is wearing a Kabbala bracelet

[@orel1795]

I am a colombian i live in medellin i had a neughbor who did partied and took gringos i called the police several times they just came once I gave up

[@jamesmack3314]

If you don’t speak Spanish, you’re definitely extremely vulnerable

[@eXclusive1]

I went to Thailand first time last year and that was crazy this probably more crazy…minus the tigers and elephants, monkeys too.

[@ShortFunnyTales]

Thailand is safe! Colombia is not!

[@Sa_m-sam]

“I see old people” -sexth sense

[@Alien_Cuts]

@@Sa_m-sam haha good 1

[@xvzf115]

Monkeys are cool!

[@johnpark7972]

Except Thailand is magnitudes safer than Colombia you can’t compare the two

[@GodsCrazySon]

Age of consent is just 14!!!?? Wtf. That’s sick

[@SA-ff9uc]

Is it? Who is the real sick man in this so called society? Or is it the banker in his suit and tie.

[@codswallop164]

@GodsCrazySon Many Muslims marry cousins at 13 years old.

[@ghosthdel3098]

i am 45yo retired , just been back from colombia and i had 4 young girls (above 21yo in one night. Nott everynight but girls there is another level, not like the independent girls in the UK

[@ItsJustRyan89]

@@ghosthdel3098wth dude?

[@alexwilsonpottery3733]

One year older than Alabama.

[@brahim119]

Colombians need their own Nayib Bukele.

Bukele has put over 1% of all Salvadorans in prison. Colombia has ten times the population of El Salvador. Fighting poverty with prisons is no better than slavery.

[@teru797]

but it worked.

[@moRaaOTAKU]

​@@teru797 the scale is totally different

[@brahim119]

*@Stefán Örvar* Clever way of deviating the conversation and using economic question where it is irrelevant to my point. Violent and cruel gangs deserve to be locked up for good, nothing to do with poverty or prosperity.

@@brahim119 The criminality does not exist in isolation but as a reaction to or consquence of there being few or any economic alternatives. I have no problem with mass arrests of criminals but the system that Bukele has created to arrest criminals and holding them indefinitely without due process has predictably expanded and is now being used against the political opposition. Bukele's second term is unconstitutional but he remains popular for now because he built prisons and stuffed them with gang members. The fact that he also ended democracy in El Salvador will take a bit longer to sink in.

[@jaimetorres950]

Incredible, but this the first ever demonstration of how escopolamine is actually delivered in a spray.

[@jerrysmith2360]

6:26 I’ve had to stop at this point because I just feel the mother’s pain.

[@addictcar69]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jzm2293]

Same 😢 may all be well with them 🙏

[@billpetersen298]

The pain of parents. How does a father, protect against a gang? It is a father’s duty to protect.

[@BizzeeB]

When I lived in Colombia 10 years ago, they had a slogan for tourism: "Colombia: The only risk, is wanting to stay." But I think there are a few other risks, too...

[@blokeabouttown2490]

I remember that slogan.

[@MrHorse-by3mp]

Well, they're "staying" alright, just not the way they expected. 🤣

[@tuckerbugeater]

@@MrHorse-by3mp you sound like a killer

[@kennethonyangowere2571]

This world is sickening...

[@S5Dic09]

yeah eat your vegetables and leave the f alone animals otherwise sickening hypo

[@RawOlympia]

Haring the mother was heartbreaking, this is the most disgusting, unconscionable crime, stealing beloved children!

[@jamesmeagher7912]

Remember resding about Medellin. It was said: "If you could put a roof over the entire City, you would have the Worlds' largest Brothel!"

[@That_Guy_In_The_Sky]

This drug has been around for 10 years unfortunately .

[@dogwithwigwamz.7320]

Scopolamine has been about for decades. It is very often used in surgery, as an antimuscarinic. It may be relatively new to the trade in illegal compounds - but that is something I know little about.

[@sexyhomeowner9345]

In the West it has been around for hundreds of years. It was given to women during labour, to make them forget the pain.

[@Ghekko-kw3zz]

​@@dogwithwigwamz.7320it's concentrated Datura, it's been around as long as there's been people experimenting with plants.

[@JoshuaKirous]

They have been using it in Colombia for decades, nothing new.

[@hilaryb8807]

Scopolamine comes from plants belonging to the nightshade family. It’s been used since ancient times as a medicine and for ceremonial/religious/ cultural purposes. Medicines containing Scopolamine can be bought over the counter at pharmacies, it’s used to relieve intestinal cramping.

[@b.visconti1765]

One Way To Not Get Taken Advantage Of Is Not To Go!😢

[@liania5181]

One way to not break a leg skiing is don't ski...one way to not drown is don't swim...🤣🤣🤣

[@Imaani-gx5zc]

This is victim blaming

[@summer031977]

This has completely changed my perception of Colombia. I will never visit that beautiful country. Sucks.

[@ellebelle2507]

@summer031977 just do not go to Medellin and you should be okay. I avoided it and went to ECO villages and eco hostels and it was great. Minca, Villa de Leyva, Parque Tayrona, Los Farallones around Cali is good! Best to have at least some basic Spanish though :-) There are government websites which can tell you which areas to avoid. Pacific coast needs to be avoided and also Cartagena is very touristy so I would be careful there. And do not just wander around in countryside etc. or wear flashy clothes. I took a basic phone , basic digital camera and no laptop or jewellery. I went as a female solo traveller and was fine.

[@pietrojenkins6901]

Also add the FARC , the drug cartels , the millions of Venezuela refugees, the many foreign migrants... and of course the corruption.

[@jeffschueler1182]

Good, we don’t need you here anyway.

[@ayemad]

Don’t judge a whole country based on one part. Colombia is beautiful.

[@Godsmustbecrazi3]

lol so u listen to what a British media says and u believe. Be smart and act like the locals then u will be fine, Colombia is a great country

[@ijustwannaleaveacommentony6511]

youtube STOP deleting my comments

[@S5Dic09]

hey yt stfu okay? authoritarian a la france much?

[@bill.368]

Success depends on the actions or steps you take to achieve it. Building wealth involves developing good habits like regularly putting money away in intervals for solid investments. Financial management is a crucial topic that most tend to shy away from, and ends up haunting them in the near future.., I pray that anyone who reads this will be successful in life!!

[@user-gq7sh7ik8r]

You're correct!! I make a lot of money without relying on the government, Investing in stocks and digital currencies is beneficial at this moment.

[@MarzenaDuda-lq4tq]

Job will pay your bills, business make you rich but investment build and keep wealth long term, the future is coming.

[@Valdesana]

NO ONE HAS EVER BECOME A MILLIONAIRE OR BILLIONAIRE WORKING FOR OTHERS AND DEPENDING ON THEM,GOOD INVESTMENT SHALL BRING YOU MILLIONS WHILE CONSISTENCY BRINGS BILLIONS. THE MARKET IS ALL ABOUT CRYPTO NOW YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK INTO IT

[@harrydixon2120]

Stocks and Forex - an enlightened form of Investment,n the place where millionaires and future billionaires would come for motivation. You are seriously missing out if you have never been in one. Most importantly If you know how to trade you can make a ton of money no matter where you find yourself

[@FernandoS.Robertson]

The best coin to invest in is Bitcoin, It has large fast rising and if you are lucky with a reputable broker with the lowest spread rate helping lead your way, I would say be prepared for an uplift.

[@gareth449]

this has been going on for decades ,

[@user-rw718]

Be careful gentleman those girls are like trained assassin's. There smiles are only skin deep.

[@SMajid2138]

Gentleman?

[@silverkitty2503]

These girls are victims the gentlemen are PREDATORS .. THEIR smiles are only skin deep.

[@johnstuartsmith]

The proverbial hooker with a heart of gold is rather rarely encountered in real life.

[@Alien_Cuts]

classic "bait and switch"

[@Constellasian]

People like findingretirement6649 seems to believe otherwise. He swore Medellin is a safe place.

[@ItsTimePictures]

Anyone going there for nightlife is insane.

[@PAMELAPORTER-ci7mr]

I wonder how many of those male tourists have daughters at home.

[@Constellasian]

I wonder how many of these Columbian gangsters have daughters at home?

[@tuckerbugeater]

@@Constellasian thugmaxx

[@muddyhotdog4103]

I wonder how many of these people are selling their own daughters 😕

[@AriseandShineSleepers]

I just came back from 10 days in Medellin. Solo female traveler. It’s amazing. The food is outstanding, interior design is gorgeous, people are kind. I got an amazing blowout in one of the best neighborhoods for $8.50, in America it would be $60. Stop with the scare tactics. I did see some scantily clad women next to the museum downtown and near a church, but Los Angeles is way worse. It’s nothing like America. I used Uber comfort and my drivers had nice cars and their day jobs were engineer, retired police, etc. the flight was so easy, two 3.5 hour legs from Detroit. $350 on Spirit. I saw Pavo Escobars lake house, rode atv, a boat. I ate amazing food. walked round a beautiful mall, beautiful neighborhoods. Huge grocery stores with everything in it. I stayed in two neighborhoods- el poblado and laureles. I did a day trip to several towns on the way to a huge rock. Everything was fine!

[@MarcIverson]

My brother lives there and said the food has little variety and is overall not very good.

[@mrblaoblao6981]

The reporter speaks Spanish flawlessly. Respect.

[@Nonameforyoudangit]

The reporter is a native Spanish speaker.

[@TheFeljoy]

@@Nonameforyoudangitrespect 😂

[@millionseeds7163]

This is the numbers: 1,5 million visit, about 4000 a month, of that 6 are killed a month. What!!!!

[@panagenesis2695]

Sick evil. God help the innocents. Stay away from that chaos...

[@tuckerbugeater]

stay in your basement

[@findingretirement6649]

About 1 out of every 100,000 tourists who visited Medellin last year died by overdosing on scopolamine or violent death. So if you're an American like I am you're actually safer there then any city in the USA. Especially if you're not out a night looking for "action" or drugs. As someone who has lived in Medellin for over a year and a half out of the last three I can tell you the crime problem in Medellin is way over blown. There were roughly 31 tourist deaths in Medellin in 2023 and half of them were suicides, natural causes or self induced drug overdoses. For the most part the guys who do get scoped, drugged with scopolamine, are usually accidental deaths. They are guys who arrange dates on Tinder or other apps and the ladies who drugged them gave them to much so they OD. I personally knew two guys who were drugged, both lived and were simply robbed and they made stupid mistakes. Never leave your open drink accessible to people you don't know or just invite them into your room to hangout, that's good advice anywhere. I look forward to returning to Medellin next year, the people are wonderful, the culture is sexy and vibrant and the city is very clean and appealing for the most part and the neighborhoods I have lived in are second to none for quality of life. Clutch your pearls and stay home if you want to believe fear mongering like this ilo of finding out for yourselves.

[@uptownscenery9175]

Unlucky them😂in the U.S. my city is 400k with 350 murders a year and the crime is unmeasurable

[@brighton_dude]

The best thing about Medellín, imho, is the location. Really it is stunning. Something great to do there is to go on one of the buses that take the regular public around the towns etc. near Medellín. You will see such beautiful scenery and have a lot of fun with the Colombian people, who are very good natured. I went on a bus trip to el Peñón de Guatapé, truly unforgettable.

[@calibre8718]

1 OUT OF 100,000?? NO WAY TRY 100 OR EVEN MORE....

[@stevegfromnc3482]

If the average tourist stays for 2 weeks, then the average number of tourists present is 4,000 of 100,000. Then the annual death rate is 1 out of 4000 or 25 out of 100,000 which is the average for Colombia or Mexico as a whole or the worst cities of the US.

[@findingretirement6649]

@@stevegfromnc3482 Got Math? 1.5 million visitors a years doesn't even come close to being only 4000 every two weeks. Add another couple of zeros to that there Steve. 100,000 is the amount per crime base not the amount of tourists. You can go to Pablado on a Friday night and probably see 4000 tourists walking around. The State of Alabama has a higher homicide and violent crime rate then Medellin as do a number of States and there are well over 100 US cities that have higher violent crime statistics as well. This is a typical clickbait presentation making something sound much worse then it is. I have spent the last 4 years traveling the globe looking for a place to retire and Colombia is still number one and it wasn't even on my original list. I ended up in Medellin by chance and will be returning to retire there next year now that I am finally old enough to collect social security. Good luck if your stuck in America you'll need it.

[@antoniocampbell463]

I remember years ago when I used to live in Panama, we were drinking beer in a friends house and his father was a Merchant Mariner and he said in the late 70s, when he made Port stop in Port of Barranquilla, Colombia, he would never accept an open soda or drink. He said once a store clerk open a soda, they were trained to always put the tip of the finger in the drink, then touch the tip of their tongue, his tongue felt like three injections of anesthesia for a day. I'm sure there's more powerful poison today but remember, tourist go to these places to do things they don't want their families and friends to know.

[@colonelfustercluck486]

drink spiking is common in many areas, not just central or southern America. Good policy anywhere is to watch your can or bottle of beer closely. If in doubt get a new unopened one. People get paid by others to spike your drink..... and you are raped or robbed or dead.

[@wazuzoe]

Don't lisen to the guy below , as a Colombian citizen, I COMPLETELY RECOMMEND to come here and visit Colombia! All cities and countries have their good side and bad side. Medellin is no different.

[@nood1le]

South America has a beautiful culture and people but just too dangerous man. It's literally Pablo's Homeland and this place is just too third world. Stick to Mexico and even in Mexico you gotta watch out.

[@wazuzoe]

@@nood1le I have lived in Colombia for 11 years and had worse stuff happen to me un the USA which is supposedly a 1st world country...

[@Constellasian]

Ignoring the problems with your country doesn't hide the fact that the problems are there. Even some of your fellow Columbians who fled to the US recommended people not to travel to Columbia. They said the risk wasn't worth it.

[@wazuzoe]

@@Constellasian whos said I was ignoring the problems of my country. I fled the USA and don't recommend it.

[@BadAss_691]

Most women were forced into it to avoid starvation or to look after their families, they deserve sympathy. Those who joined this trade willingly to earn money must be condemned for the human body is not an object that should be sold.

[@1988vikable]

No 👎

[@corey4059]

one of the OLDEST known professions on the face of the planet. I wonder why? lol. Women KNOW they have something men want, and use it to make money. Happens everywhere... call it what you want. Women even NOT in the industry USE their power over men to get what they want from men.

[@derekwallace4144]

You can tell this mayor is more concerned about the money

[@speaksthis]

Ten years ago the narrator of this video, a foreigner, arrived in Medellin to investigate. Guess what he "investigated" and then cast stones about.

[@purpleprose1315]

In America, child trafficking is legal and not only accepted but also funded by tax payers under the guise of CPS

[@UneducatedGeologist]

Yup, and when you try to tell anyone they think you're crazy

[@venezzrok871]

Where can I find info on this because when I research it everything I find says otherwise.

[@tukek88]

Why do you think they want an open border?

[@tanquerayandchronic5308]

You need to back off of the crack pipe, buddy. It’s affecting your judgement.

[@ConsensusX]

Don't forget the billionaires and their friends in Washington, DC.

[@kevinhendrix8786]

Too bad there wasn't a safe version of that drug. I would love to get a good 12 hours of sleep one time.

[@Jon-v8e]

Eat pot edibles of a high concentration

[@tuckerbugeater]

@@Jon-v8ei wannna new drug

[@Onlyhuman1972]

What an evil world we’re living in 😢

[@F3arlessWarriorMindset]

Someone please give a heads up to Prince Harry. He might unwittingly wander into one of these bedrooms while he’s supposed to be on a visit to the country.

[@kwameopoku3576]

😂😂😂

[@IRosamelia]

It's funny cause it's true

[@mountainstream8351]

Don't you mean Prince Andrew?

[@IRosamelia]

@@mountainstream8351 Prince Harry was in Colombia a few days ago, that's why it's accurate

[@nyamahdunbar3821]

Mayor is right. This is very sad, especially for underaged children.

[@lvtb]

So now you know, if a man has gone to Colombia to “see” the country, especially Medellin, you already know they’re a red flag.

[@tf8187]

1.5 million tourist a year. I wonder the demographics of those tourists and which countries they come from.

[@S5Dic09]

mostly America with a (non-racist) proportion of suprinsingly? black americans, then I noticed the usual suspects (british)

[@NERD-i9z]

mostly whyts

[@JuniorRey-t5p]

@@NERD-i9zI guess they aren’t “sending their best” huh😂😂

[@brettt2000]

srail'

[@fignewtoneater]

Why? Most of their market is local South American Men btw tourists make up a very small proportion.

[@keithmutamba1395]

I ain’t going to Colombia anymore

[@Answersonapostcard]

Colombia is more than this.

[@drkarmakid]

Dude parque lleras is like 0.1% of Medellin and 0.000001% of Colombia.

[@lemachro]

Come to Brazil then. It's very safe. 😂

[@S5Dic09]

how did it taste the vaccine?

[@nicolabadia1712]

Don’t come if you’re coming to that bro, we don’t want you all. We care and protect foreigners when they come with good intentions to our country, but if you’re part of the problem you know what is gonna happen. No one is gonna celebrate that! Not Colombia, not Brazil, etc

[@junyank1846]

I'm sorry, but that mayor looks like a character from Scarface

[@fabiogonzalez4000]

Exactly......only worst.

[@S5Dic09]

[@jzm2293]

More like Beetlejuice lol

[@varuna0714]

I never heard of this location being a “world tourist destination.”

[@johnsmith-ht3sy]

Exactly, in my 66 years of living in England never met anybody who has gone there on holiday. I would never go.

[@ericpowell4350]

While this is a problem, a lot of this is sensational. Medellin has ALWAYS been a major producer for this kind of business for centuries.

[@fellspoint9364]

Scopolamine is often used for sea sickness. It’s available in a transdermal patch that is placed behind the ear. It has also been used as an “ truth serum’ but I’m not sure of the dosage . I’d like to try some in solution.

[@hilaryb8807]

Don’t, it just gives you a horrible, nightmarish trip. Trust me on this one. They sometimes put Scopolamine in Ayahuasca in South America.

[@BanditsandBusiness]

Never heard of it being used for sea sickness

[@polycrase]

Datura Stramonium

[@Gwenzzzfrifz]

Yep I’ve had those patches - used to work on construction vessels as a subsea installation engineer.. it made me feel awful and gave me nightmares.

[@MrAgmoore]

You might as well just do Ayahuasca at Soltara ( Dan Cleland / Melissa Stangl ). I'm sure you would get more out of it.

[@tjr-007tt]

What kind of government thinks it’s acceptable to have 14 as the age of consent? To think this is actually the law is quite revolting.

[@danieleverywhere132]

obviously you don't know what age of consent it

[@ronaldckrausejr7762]

Might want to look at the ages of Elvis and Priscilla. And Elvis had; very serious relationship with people younger than Priscilla.

[@juztina7346]

the government is involve in the "tourism " too...as the video said it is now the main economy of the country

[@Luisjoseglobal]

I’m currently filming some of the most dangerous parts of Colombia 🇨🇴

[@okay5191]

Seems like child trafficking is not only a problem, but a growing problem there….again, I don’t understand why the movie Sound of Freedom wasn’t used as a useful tool to focus more on this topic - it even takes place in South America… The fact that we don’t seem capable of tackling this is devastating 😢

[@MrAgmoore]

you don't understand? LOL try watching the Rachel Weisz movie, "The Whistleblower" (2010)

[@luciebeauvois5816]

A los 14 todavía eres una niña! Que tristeza! Y donde está el Gobierno?

[@davidcleveland5]

If people choose to go there, let them face the consequences

[@tuckerbugeater]

the victims are to blame

[@nicolabadia1712]

Colombia is not the problem, the problem is in what they are looking for… as Colombians we say: no busques lo que se te ha perdido… if you don’t want some troubles and ended up being murdered, just don’t come with your bull💩 and that’s all.

[@elitepctech]

It has to be more than scopolamine in that sleeping drug. Scopolamine is used medically for nausea and air sickness and i never felt sleepy from it. My hypothesis is they combine it with barbiturates or opiates to have the effect described.

[@LaneVermilion]

That's because of the dose you took through that patch. It's just incredibly small in comparison to the dose that these people are using. Scopolamine has been used to induce a "twilight sleep" for hundreds of years, and still is used for that purpose above-board, for surgeries.

[@jpapillon47]

Devil's breath is one of the things in life I fear the most

[@RafaelGarcia-dt3wt]

Perhaps you should consider brushing more often...

[@colonelfustercluck486]

no reason to fear it if you are not trying to pick up whores and underagers. If you live normally with even a little decency and decorum, you won't be in that particular mix of people, where drugging is a concern. Choose your company carefully !!

[@findingretirement6649]

Just an FYI there are entire States in the US that have higher homicide and violent crimes stats then Medellin. The crime there is way over blown as well under 1 in 100,000 tourists have died in the last few years to the issues pointed out in this hit piece. And fyi Pablo Escobar was ended by the Police over 30 years, Medellin is nothing like it was back then. I know I have lived there for over a year and a half out of the last three and loved every minute of it and am looking forward to returning again soon.

[@Constellasian]

Keep using outlier data, that's likely untrue since you have no sources, to push your bias opinion. The fact was there were many unreported crimes or crimes swept under the rug in Columbia. Living there for only a "year and a half" doesn't make you an expert on the reality of that place.

[@Lex_Lugar]

LOL if you believe statistics being reported in Colombia. ABSOLUTE LOL if you believe the Colombian police do anything. Anyway 47 states have lower murder rates than what Medellin claims.

[@Olcool]

This is terrifying.

[@Passportbroad]

Passport bros beware 😏

[@enhancedutility266]

It's mostly white guys that go over there

[@silverkitty2503]

Karma will get passport bros.

[@ronnie5329]

​@@silverkitty2503how dare ppl look abroad for love

[@dananshen2423]

Worth the risk better than jail for 20 years bc of narzistic single mom

[@ThrowAway-f6q]

@ronnie5329 Love from 14 years olds ? Sick

[@DarioACordova]

00:47 and now? Jaja that substance (Scopolamine, Burundanga, etc.) has been for decades not only in Colombia but all over the world!! 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@AKASHROY-i9f]

Prostitution is everywhere in the world😢😢😢

[@MostlyLoveOfMusic]

The only problem is that it should always be free

[@skycloud4802]

And worst still, some political activists are encouraging it.

[@Matthew_Ssali]

Aside from trafficking nobody is forcing them. They are picking that path due to easy money.

[@liv0003]

​@@Matthew_Ssalicreepy and disgusting predators men justify their disgusting behavior and mind set

[@Lauranessa1]

@@Matthew_Ssalithat’s not true! It’s RAPE! They are being drugged! You disguste me

[@RaySmith79]

Banned the supply and end violence. No more prostitution.

[@paulmisty8998]

"Not everyone who died wants to admit it." What?!

[@VendieSolde]

She meant drugged

[@saturn4463]

What a sad world we live in

[@LanceAndrews-de1wu]

We use Scopolamine in palliative care.

[@mountainstream8351]

Are you serious? How? For what purpose? What are the effects?

[@LanceAndrews-de1wu]

@@mountainstream8351 lessens secretions

[@Shhshsusuu]

@@mountainstream8351motion sickness/nasuea

[@g0d077]

it reduces saliva production and thus helps inhibit the death rattle in dying patients.

[@tuckerbugeater]

@@g0d077 they'll only give you hardcore drugs when they see the your final economic value escaping your body

[@claudiaponce3774]

I have seen the same in Vietnam. White men from USA, Europe and Australia going after very young girls and boys.

[@TheDjSweets]

Usual suspects is what I keep hearing🤔

[@Sa_m-sam]

@@TheDjSweetsme too. I went to Thailand for a month.. old wi people everywhere, coming for young Thai girls. It’s sad, truly sad

[@harleyquinn8202]

@@Sa_m-sam I guess they were trying to spread white genes 🙂

[@ronnie5329]

It really isnt a race issue, the locals and particularly chinese do it more in vn. But its funny to see white women so quick to point fingers meanwhile in the carribean white women go to buy young men

[@wroger6746]

If white people refused to sleep with your race, you’d say they are bigoted for not finding your race attractive. But now your compliant is too many white men are open minded enough to wanna hook up with your race? Pick one struggle if you gonna play victim and stick with it.

[@handle.2558]

Disgusting..my Dad would love this..

[@churabhok2869]

Happy Father's day 😂

[@wroger6746]

What a surprise. Men find youth, beauty, and fertility attractive. It’s called biology.

[@AveGuy1]

That guy who was kidnapped by 2 guys, he's a coward for not fighting back. I would rather die on the streets.

[@CowboyBillUSA]

"And yes, it's a problem, especially in these areas where these people go looking for what they should not be looking for." ~ No truer words were ever spoken.

[@Ryanjoned163]

I feel sleepy 😴 after just watching this video 😂

[@ipiap]

The 14 year old girl certainly did not study, just went to school. This whole situation is horrific BTW.

[@polycrase]

The way the dating scene is now, a lot of men just don't have any other option, but to travel abroad to get this need met.

[@egotisticalquan7247]

Is that what you tell yourself before you go?

[@polycrase]

@@egotisticalquan7247 I've never been. Probably be easier and cheaper to just rent it stateside.

[@johnstuartsmith]

Really? I guess the entitlement of American 13 and 14 year-old girls has really gotten on your nerves....

[@Autumnleafinthewind]

​@@johnstuartsmith😂😂😂😂

[@annapaolacrespi2133]

I worked with the UN in Medellin in 2007-08 scopolamine was a major problem then already..we had days of security training about it. The keyboard of ATMs was a classic as just by touching it with the fingertip one would get under the effect. Another classic were taxis!

[@MrAgmoore]

so you have to wear velvet gloves at the ATM? That's messed up.

[@paulsimin-gv6jj]

ANY CHILD IN DANGER ... THE PARENTS MUST BE FULLY INVESTIGATED AS IT IS THESE PARENTS WHO ARE IN MANY CASES ARE ASKED TO SELL THEIR DAUGHTERS