Sinaloa Foot Soldier: Inside a Mexican Narco-Militia

[@driedink]

Popular front is a great media outlet. They cover the most thrilling topics and push for the devils advocate but always leaves room for the other opinion. Unbiased, raw, dangerous.

[@colossebdumont879]

kinda like vice 8-9 years ago, must say I like that style of reporting

[@driedink]

@@retroreason As I said they pushed for the devils advocate. They lean towards the left because the topics they cover are inherently a lot of the time "Right leaning" type subjects. They were still supportive and mourned over JStark despite him being a more extreme right leaning character. They ask questions which is good, but I don't think they do it out of political bias.

[@wyleeelpuppo4868]

OH NO NOT LEFTWARD LEANING!!!! EVERYTHING HAS TO BE ALIGNED WITH MY VIEW OF WHAT FOX NEWS TOLD ME I THINK!!!!!!

[@roninsomething7468]

@@driedink Jstark's a great example. In order to fairly report you need to ask questions that the person wouldn't otherwise think about speaking on, and despite asking a lot of loaded questions to him, they still held great respect for him and the movement.

[@UnamusedHunter]

Based

[@comradecam]

How this isn't blowing up the internet right now is baffling to me, this is what 21st century conflict journalism should look like. We get a human story about humans in a fucked up situation. Thanks for everything you're doing mate!

[@panchobeltran5611]

its not that its not blowing up, its that alot of people stay ignorant of WHY Mexican and Southern American people flee their own home lands. this is why, kids are either volunteering or getting forced to join due to American and Mexican governments are applying pressure and Mexican folks retaliate against the situation the actual government is putting them in while those who put the laws are richer then the poor. its a broken system where its corrupt regardless who is in charge. cartels are actually trying to make México back to its original Mexican roots and taking all Spanish and American stuff out

[@laloleon8443]

It's mexico unfortunately for many grieving families nobody cares

[@alejandres26]

People will never understand... México is a shithole because the government is bought by cartels!

[@Basedapple]

@SUMMED ude if you were in a combat zone would you carry a weapon and camera at the same time or would you put the camera down and start firing.

[@QWERTY-gp8fd]

@SUMMED ude u want to see real death? go to gore sites. youtube doesnt allow such things

[@leonardocerda3110]

That part where he says he was emotionally neglected when he was younger explains why a lot of young guys join cartels. Obviously it's is not the only cause but it is a huge reason.

[@thekiid3]

The very same reason why in the united states they join street gangs, it gives them a sense of belonging, appreciation, and love for one another. Sort of like a brotherhood, something they may have never experienced at home. Of course like you said it's one of many reasons.

[@donstewie6469]

Exactly and many people judge them by saying they're "monsters, they have no soul" but reality they do have a soul and a heart just like you but in different situations and you have it easy living in the USA Americans can apply for jobs easily and get hired but many Americans don't want to work so these men come to the USA for jobs and better life but some times they get deported back and join a cartel very hard life these people most won't understand they're life

[@TheBucketSkill]

@@donstewie6469 I have zero idea how someone could get that "there monsters" from this video. They are foot soldiers, camped out in a bum ass camp trying to outlast and win. I bet morons would say "didn't you hear how they reacted during combat?" I heard them dump a MG and get hype. It reminded of me how Marines are, they react the exact same way. And it's not a bad thing, it's just some warrior shit. Ain't trying to hear how i might die!

[@spectre06x]

@@TheBucketSkill they are monsters because they cut their captured rivals limb from limb while they are screaming in pain. They parade their body parts like trophies. When they start gun fights, they do so indescriminatly with zero regard for collateral damage and innocent people in the houses their bullets are ripping through. They set up snipers around hospitals to kill nurses and doctors who attempt to save injured police. They traffic children and use them for sexual gratification. How in the literal fuck can you NOT see these cartels as monsters?

[@jasonbare3472]

@@spectre06x its called war.

[@marksmith3991]

The most powerful statement, "I always wanted to be more than what I was raised to be"

[@El_papa_de_Rambo]

They think that being in a cartel is a way of getting rich fast. He is not talking about being a greater person, they talk about having more money. They speak within a socio-cultural context.

[@raycash4310]

@@El_papa_de_RamboNo bro, they grow up dirt poor. Jobs and education is hard to get if you don’t have money for good school. I used to live in Tijuana when I was younger.

[@monkemode8128]

@@raycash4310 It seems like it's both. The people are dirt poor, so they work for the Cartel just to survive, but also, at least some see bigger opportunities in it. Just listen to the narco music these guys listen to it's not all about desperation and being forced to do work you don't want to do, although I think that is the real story of most. There's a lot of glamorization, especially of the top guys who make tons of money and have a lot of power. There are some naturally twisted people, but I think most get that way from being caught up in this work or experiencing the violence during their developmental years.

[@raycash4310]

@@monkemode8128 Well the cartels run the neighborhoods, so it’s pretty hard to get away from them unless you’re in a private school or college. Unfortunately, a lot of people in Mexico can’t afford that.

[@Cruzitoese]

"Mira que machin se ven las mariposas" Debió ser como un momento de paz en medio de tanta guerra

[@cristianvargasmora5348]

Si

[@laan2135]

No sabes dónde puedo ver videos similares a este?

[@eloygameno1861]

​@@laan2135 busca los documentales de vice

[@alexisjimenez1663]

No, ojala hubiera llegado la.matina y placa a la verga

[@Skdjjdskdjskksdjkdkd]

​@@laan2135recién lo conozco

[@albertito3119]

“I'm not a bad person, I just have bad luck” - Sandman -

[@4x250ltar]

:V

[@AlOqab_]

bro shut up and quit disney daydreaming, u r a bad mf.. if u not then who is? shut up and dont tell me how ur parents neglected u or that shi "oh my parents neglected me as a kid so as a man ill go and kill all the kids so they cant be neglected" tf u on u psycho

[@fitmkgw74]

Sandman from SBR?

[@yeedbottomtext7563]

6:45 really hit home. “Look at how cool these butterflies are.” Even in the midst of all that evil and violence his human side shows, and he’s just enjoying the butterflies

[@reynosatamp13562]

The little dog 🐶 too

[@nwah4494]

how can you be so stupid

[@donlimbargo5865]

His "human" side. He is no more than a pest that needs eradicating.

[@pedrodominguez2962]

Just tryna make a better living for his fam I'm sure

[@centurionl]

That made me realize he's still got a heart, this guy hasn't developed psychopathy, i guess many don't until they start doing executions and dismembering people alive

[@isabellam1936]

I love that they give them their own cameras to tell their own stories and life. It's so much more honest and intimate that way. Sicario interviews and documentaries are so rare. Thank you for making this.

[@joeygarcia6783]

Amen

[@laurence2421]

I grew up on the border of East LA and the San Gabriel Valley, CA. Gangstas everywhere. Had to fight to make it home with my money after school. Friends killed. We felt like we grew up "hard." Nah bro. East LA is Disneyland compared to the lives these guys live. The narrator sounds like a nice guy. The moments he takes to appreciate the beauty of butterflies and puppies. It's strange to see, knowing that he meets his end soon. Showing it up front was a powerful touch. It made the narration feel like it wasn't describing current events, but reliving a dream; a memory. Powerful

[@ljcarm49]

Nothing like mexico that's for sure I lived both countries.

[@vuy]

So interesting seeing a man who takes the lives of others be able to appreciate the smallest butterflies

[@McFlyEmeCe]

Growing up anywhere can be hard , we just have different levels of things that can happen and here in méxico is really fucked up if you look into it , human traffic , kidnaps , cartels even charging a monthly fee to businesses to operate for saying a few

[@elsirio19]

Even Sinaloa its like a Low intensity war compared to Tamaulipas border drug war. Tamaulipas even in México standarts it's like hell.

[@balasanchez540]

En México se vive la verdadera calle, aquí es el infierno de aquí sale el diablo en las noches y las balas son su testimonio

[@ArsaGauri]

They seem like normal people, until they meet a rival cartel, they turn into the most sadistic humans can be.

[@luissalazar3061]

al final ellos también son personas que por sus acciones pueden llegar a sentirse mal consigo mismos pero son personas, igual que todos😢

[@elvagopit]

​@@luissalazar3061 algunos sí, otros no. Una gran parte son personas con notorios rasgos antisociales de la personalidad (psicópatas). Aquellos que carecen de empatía y remordimiento, y son quienes suelen sobrevivir más tiempo.

[@antoniocervantes7248]

Para andar en esa madre se tiene que ser despiadado con los contras, no tener piedad, porque o son ellos y los contras, pero si te desenvuelves y creces en ese ambiente rodeado de gente que ya ha matado al último no lo haces por necesidad sino por cultura, y mucha adrenalina al refuego y muchos dentro de eso no tienen miedo a morir, es por eso que la mentalidad los vuelve inmunes al peligro por un tiempo, pero al final son iguales a uno, ellos quebrar a un contra lo ven normal porque la mentalidad que se rodearon los corrompe pero si uno de esos muchachos cambian de vida, se vuelven más nobles pero igualmente muy peligrosos

[@ftwitsucks]

@@luissalazar3061 They're inhuman beings. Fuck humanizing them.

[@Baba-fy1jc]

The Human is a Normopath and never make a Human in this Time a Super good and a Super Normal Situation Visible . The Human has a Problem with a Mass Psychosis and his own worse Situation can't the most People see. The Psychosis makes many Problems with the own Criteria Visible and that Problem can't a Affected Person see. That Problem works on many ways and not on one way but that can't the Affected People see or that Affected Crowd, ir the Affected Human. The Human is more Crafty as Intelligent and that make that Climate Problem ,on a Speciale way Visible. So Person make Safe a Bigger Sadism Problem Visible or a Bigger Problem with the Double Messages . But the Crowd or the most People make his own in the most Times to Quickly to a Highlight or to a Normal Person. The Human has a Problem with a Mass Psychosis and that make it Visible, that the Chance Super Tiny is, that the Human ,in the Next Time, a better Mental Situation Visible makes.

[@gabrielrangel5701]

He was describing depression, post traumatic stress disorder

[@domuss.]

Don´t forget to mention that those weapons come from the US with restricted military use. How did they get those? Nobody wants to answer that question out loud. Great work

[@Aaron067]

The guns from the US find their ways into the hands of these cartels. It's a real problem, both US and Mexico are working together on solving the border and cartel problems but it will definitely be some time before any proper results come. In my civilian opinion, the drug problem needs to be solved first, then the cartel problem and border problem will sort itself out.

[@radiocreepy24.75]

@@Aaron067 Both countries allow it. The United States likes to be bought weapons. nobody is the good one 😢

[@Slick-vo9hp]

You two idiots do realize that Mexico has received weapons from the US on countless occasions right? Like they are sold to Mexicos government/official entities then sold to or taken by the massive amounts of corrupt officials and criminal networks in Mexico.

[@RenéSaussy]

@@Aaron067 how would you solve the drug problem first?

[@Aaron067]

@@RenéSaussy decriminalisation of all drugs; education regarding drugs: their uses, how it can be used recreationally and how it can be abused; removing the stigma and hatred around junkies and drug addicts instead having a better program aimed at helping these addicts be re-integrated into society instead of them going into a cycle of being in prison and out again.

[@NEXUSlllPRIME]

Popular front doing what vice tried to do so many years ago. PF rules.

[@MrLec95]

What vice stop being. Vice went woke.

[@mariofigueroa9254]

Vice was awesome back in the day

[@martinn.6082]

@@MrLec95 how would wokeness affect their reporting on conflict? Makes no sense. Stop injecting your right wing politics into everything.

[@Sam_Guevenne]

@@MrLec95 This is what woke means dumb dumb

[@JoeMamaFromTexas]

@@Sam_Guevenne correct, Woke used to mean you know about the stuff that goes on behind the scenes, conspiracies and whatnot , now woke =SJW

[@Flipnoze]

And this is one more reason why Popular Front is my favorite media house on this Earth. Raw and real just like it is supposed to be. Way to go PF.

[@elpri553]

#PuroOvidioGuzman

[@jaimerivera1898]

Why is your comment before the upload of the video?

[@LtKamarov]

@@elpri553valieron verga.

[@HackSociety]

@@elpri553 ¡Felicidades!

[@saldanasolis7583]

As a mexican I'm really surprised how accurate are this footage, this is the sh!t that we see but at the same time everyone tries to hide, this is the lifestyle of many young men. This video 10/10

[@donlimbargo5865]

As an American, I would like to ask for you and the rest of your people to stay in your own country and fix your own problems rather than migrating them here.

[@mariomjcc6803]

😂😂

[@Rabiiid]

"We"? calmate rambo

[@yisusmg7794]

Jajajaja, la mayoría de mexicanos no somo esto, no metas a todos en tu saco de basura

[@metatron6254]

Amigo, si estás aquí comentando en KZbin es porque no llevas la misma vida que ellos, no puedes decir "es la mierda que vemos", hay una frase interesante que dijo una reportera mexicana creo que fue Azucena Uresti, fue algo así como: "En realidad la mayoría de los mexicanos son ajenos a las actividades de los carteles, todo lo que el mexicano sabe sobre ellos es por noticias y series de televisión".

[@jayhunnybadger4015]

This guy is most likely in Zacatecas. There’s a huge huge war over there. It’s very sad to see this lifestyle

[@universalpowder1682]

Huge war all over mexico. Tamaulipas has been under constant war between multiple rival cartels since the 90s and no one has been able to own it till this day.

[@jayhunnybadger4015]

@Night Rider CDS isn’t in Michoacán anymore. They aren’t on the east coast either that’s all los Z’s, CDG and CDN. Right now CDS is fighting a big war in Zacatecas and there’s multiple videos where a group called “los flechas MZ” is walking in the mountains and it looks identical to this. The other big war is here in Sonora but here it’s all desert

[@hunter158]

@Night Rider ifs he’s from CDS he could be from Zacatecas. Definitely not Tamaulipas or Veracruz

[@The_Cow_]

@@jayhunnybadger4015 justo hoy salió una noticia donde afirma que un alto rango del gobierno del estado de Veracruz está apoyando al cds para entrar al estado, quizá no está tan lejos la posibilidad de que si sea Veracruz

[@doctorpsicologo7753]

@Night Rider en michoacan no es eso tenlo seguro en michoacan controla el cjng

[@kevinyanezmartinez6121]

Understanding Spanish, the guy talking is very intelligent and self-aware. Well spoken too. I'm his age, except I got lucky and was given a green card into the US at 6 years old.

[@cemdursun]

Does he say how old he is in Spanish? Because the subtitles only say that he started his cartel life at 22.

[@elithteteltitlaperez8689]

​@@cemdursun Habla sobre cómo a veces esta harto de hacer ese trabajo, de que le llega a molestar y que ha pensado dejarlo

[@RAVEN_SPRING_]

I feel terrible for these guys, they’re stuck in this world of bad drugs killing /murder. These guys are my age.. and they’re in such pain and messed up thoughts they believe this is the way to live. The cartel doesn’t even really care about them, there so badly equipped other then having guns and bullets, no armor or helmets, sad. One day I hope Mexico is freed from all these cartels.

[@Gman-du7up]

Yes, so sad that the cartels do not supply their guys with body armor or helmets. Maybe one day they will give them body cameras.

[@pingusbror]

@@Gman-du7up This! Just because some cartel members are bad apples doesn't mean the industry as a whole should be considered irredeemable. If they just had better equipment it would all be fine. It is not easy for them to take out rivals without inflicting collateral damage when they are so underequipped - Give them R9X Hellfire Knife Missiles by Raytheon and this wouldn't be an issue. We need cartel reform. We need cartel oversight. We need cartel accountability.

[@IL0909]

@@pingusbror You have a ultra-anarcho-capitalistic distribution of narcotics, and you're saying it should become better and more "controlled"? My friend, understand that it can never be controlled. Profit over all., it's all that matter in that buisness. The demand fuels the supply, vice versa, gotta take one of them out of the equation.

[@ivanorozco4274]

Most of them are in a path from which there's no return. The majority are introduced to their "trade" by means of savage killing and torturing of rivals, kidnapped people or mere civilians whose only sin was to inhabit a certain spot where their cartel was waging battle. It's said that to remain sane, they need to learn to enjoy the torturing and killing that becomes an intrinsic part of their daily life. Mexico would be much better off if each and everyone of them would just drop dead.

[@watw2048]

It makes me sad to think that I wish humans should just go extinct. A meteorite or a nuke. Start all over again

[@venom2k2]

Fuuuuuck this was chilling. I have a tough time grasping the whole thing. So many dead people, money, power and there are much more levels than that. Insane documentary and exactly the crazy work we are used to from PF. Damn.

[@nannesoar]

Whoever mixed that intro music captured the insanity well😥

[@retsed_lbc8986]

My lil brother used to be like this guy's. Now he's doing 70 years . In prison

[@unapersonamas4262]

He Is lucky the most of them now are dead

[@retsed_lbc8986]

@@unapersonamas4262right big bro got set up . And my own friends killed my 17 year bro 8 years ago . . They both die 6months apart . And the reason my other brother is locked is because he revenge them he a killer he don't remember how many ppl he killed and all they ppl he killed be torture him

[@IBroLLyISePhIrOtH]

70 years?? whyy=

[@kimutone2970]

@@unapersonamas4262 I'm not sure that 70 years in prison is a much more desirable outcome than death.

[@efp3532]

The difference is that in Mexico they prefer to die than 70 years in prison, just like Arturo Beltrán Leyva.

[@fungus_am0nguz644]

This is a very REAL depiction of a commando of killers. I find it perplexing how the guy (who was a chill voice) says how beautiful the butterflies look, and how cute the dog pup is and swimming and jumping in the river with his team and then go on in the woods for a month to kill their enemies in an attack op. The human mind is something. over 25k killed in the drug war.....in a single year, that is fucking INSANE. To give a lil of perspective, the US Military lost 47k soldiers in combat during the Vietnam war.....the war lasted from 1955 until 1975, so 20 years. yeah.....

[@adanzavala4801]

That's not insane, it's just another year in Mexico lmao This is why once i get my engineering degree, i'm leaving this place.

[@fungus_am0nguz644]

@@adanzavala4801 i feel you bro. Gtfothere. Its so insane that for the people there its just another year. Mexico's Narcos are putting up WWII numbers.

[@untaco9035]

@@adanzavala4801 Buena suerte, hermano.

[@martincarrera-rumbo1339]

Another thing it's probably way more since the Mexican government always hides the real figures. Sad really.

[@tombuilder1475]

wow serious insight into what drives these people to fight for cartels! great video journalism!

[@Tsotha]

Not very often you get a look at something like this up close! I found it interesting that other than that line about drugs in the middle, the Sicarios sounded and acted much like soldiers in any other army. Also the parts about them looking at butterflies and playing with that cute little dog.

[@OuroborosScumbag]

They're not trained as Soldiers. You can set up an ambush when they're relaxing since they don't know any proper military training/tactics, most of them aren't looking out for anyone from coming up behind them.

[@koopspook]

@@OuroborosScumbag perimeter security is basic stuff even street gangs do it

[@OuroborosScumbag]

@@koopspook Yeah they do it but they lack awareness. Also let's not forget this is combat/war, you can't let your guard down. This isn't a street turf war.

[@cesarvalencia4843]

@@OuroborosScumbag you do realize they have ex military members that train them in camps🤡

[@OuroborosScumbag]

@@cesarvalencia4843 Yeah, Mexican Military, especially Army aren't that much good. Have you seen how they shoot and coordinate during a shootout with Cartels. It's really bad, now if it was someone like Los Zetas or CJNG, now that's a different story. Since they hire well trained Kaibiles and Foreign Spec Ops.

[@421clips7]

Imagine walking through the woods on a hike and ya run into these fine gentleman

[@ernie9538]

Modelo time

[@LEGIONARIO1970]

It happens a lot.

[@sd.cali.6197]

😂😂

[@cemdursun]

I don't think anyone imagines doing that in cartel land let alone act on it lol

[@wraith1745]

Si tu no eres una amenaza para ellos no te harán nada pues saben que es normal encontrar gente en esos lugares

[@javiermejia7598]

It is incredible how far the authorities are in Mexico, the cartels are very well armed and have vast armies, throughout the country there are large groups, it is unfortunate but true. Greetings from Mexico.

[@dwightchaos9449]

Greetings from the US.. how do the regular people feel about the Cartels? I have Mexican friends here. They have told me that they don’t like them. Siniola is generally the most liked? Just wondering if this is true?

[@unapersonamas4262]

@@dwightchaos9449 The cartels are like states within the state, each one with its own laws and subjecting society to a greater or lesser extent depending on the area, and if the Sinaloa cartel could be said to be the one we like the most because even though it is omnipresent He tends to have a low profile, letting the smaller cartels or his enemy, the cjng, get all the attention for the scandals in which they are involved, but yet the cartels are just another regime for the people. Sorry For the English i use Google translate

[@oscaraguilar2514]

Aun así se pueden derrotar solo necesitamos a un líder capaz de librar una guerra

[@unapersonamas4262]

@@oscaraguilar2514 like Felipe Calderón ? WTF estás pndejo la guerra está demostrado que solo trae más violencia de milagro sobreviví la guerra de Calderón y tú quieres otra tas vien wey, la solución es dejar que las armas las puedan comprar los civiles como en estados unidos así se la van a pensar dos veces antes de aprovecharse de la gente.

[@oscaraguilar2514]

@@unapersonamas4262 Mira Calderón libro una guerra pero se hizo pendejo ya que el pudo haber dañado a los carteles hasta el punto que desaparezcan sin embargo no lo hizo muy posiblemente porque estaba de aliado con un cartel y en segunda la guerra es la única solución obviamente morirá mucha gente pero aquí estamos hablando de un líder que sea incorruptible y que sea de mano dura además la idea de las armas no es buena ya que eso armaría aún más a los carteles ya que no será necesario comparar armas a Estados Unidos ya que hay tiendas de armas en México para los carteles será muy sencillo conseguir muchas más armas de las que ya tienen

[@emili0_o]

ningún documental hasta el momento muestra tan a fondo las entrañas del crimen organizado en México como este, sin duda uno de los mejores reportajes de mi lindo y violento México.

[@beambeann277]

Muy lindo y hermoso México y al mismo tiempo violento

[@larry236]

NO me sale completo, lo busco y no lo encuentro...

[@emili0_o]

@@larry236 qué ? esto originalmente es una revista

[@romanmontalvo6969]

De dónde vendrán las armas? Quien las fabrica? Cómo es posible que teniendo identificación de armas sea fácil si venta ? Hasta dónde trasladarla a la frontera mexicana? Que cosas no? Solo pensar que tener a un vecino así podrían señalarte cómo país terrorista e invadirnos los extranjeros hasta con autorización de algunos mexicanos ignorantes en estos temas como en leyes pero bueno la ignorancia apasiona el estudio defiende.

[@villalbertourieta1995]

Hay por favor! Por que no muestran a los carteles tipo breaking bad que estan en las colonias ricas de estados Unidos

[@yungugh1-689]

So many young men who could have been something but their environment wouldn’t allow them 😢

[@johnfogarty5655]

Happy to support Jake and the folks on Patrion. You'd never see content like this depicted as honestly as this on the BBC or Vice.

[@faros1937]

Why vice?

[@MarcosJuarezSanchez]

Espero que algún día México se logre librar de la corrupción y los carteles de la droga. Y espero vivir para verlo.

[@dimitriofthedon3917]

Hope you do too brother

[@yomero6208]

tendríamos que movernos lejos de gringolandia

[@unapersonamas4262]

Esto es geopolitica y globalización la violencia no va a ceder solo puede aumentar o cambiar de lugar, el sistema político económico que rige al mundo permite estás situaciones por conveniencia.

[@comandobasado]

Para mientras solo deja que ellos de maten entre ellos mismos, recuerda que el problema se la corrupción viene a raíz se las limitantes que tienen las autoridades, siempre vemos que cuando los militares hacen justicia, ellos si son investigados

[@juanmartinsotovargas]

​@@hixefall6816 No se puede no seas pndjo, la idea de que se puede es ridículo, el narcotrafico es algo necesario para la economía mundial, sin el narco la economía del mundo decaeria mucho, el narcotrafico es algo que le da muchos ingresos al país, por ende no se puede acabar con los carteles porque sin ellos no hay dinero

[@Supern0va_01]

That was the sickest intro I've seen 😂 no lie, great work

[@trentwozniak2231]

Popular Front keeping the content coming!

[@martinbarcenas5219]

Pobres cabrones soy exmilitar y recorrí el triángulo dorado, sinaloa,chihuahua y durango, la neta detuvimos a muchas personas y la verdad hasta daban pena con meses encerrados allá en la sierra mal comidos ropa andrajosa,los pies deshechos de tanto caminar por horas y horas, que la verdad daban pena, pero también me ponía a pensar que yo sentía pena por ellos pero quizas y casi es seguro que ellos no tendrian piedad de nosotros en una emboscada,sentía muchos pensamientos encontrados al detener a estas personas que no eran mas que empleados de señores de la droga que se dan la gran vida en grandes ciudades comiendo de lo mejor, mujeres de la vida xxx, buenos carros, buenas casas dinero al por mayor, y la verdad cai en la cuenta que sus vidas son similares a las de nosotros los militares, solo que cada quien por lados diferentes ellos por el lado malo y nosotros por el lado bueno pero al fin de cuentas las madrizas ahi están para los 2 bandos, asi de simple

[@KaylaBay-nw4si]

No entiendo porque tantos jóvenes se van a trabajar de sicarios (asesinos), sabiendo que si el otro cartelos agarra, los mata en el mejor caso (normalmente los torturan como psicópatas y le da gusto ver sufrir. Leí el libro "Hijo de la guerra" y que pesadilla de vida, los Zetas los cortaban a pedazos vivos, y inventaban las peores torturas, a eses muchachos que muchos son niños....le cortaron las piernas y las manos de vivo a un Niño de 15 o 16 anos solo porque era "puntero" de un cartel...Eses psicópatas aún carne umana comian..Ese joven es muy diferente de ellos) No entiendo cómo pueden vivir así, parece un campamento de homeless en Florida o en Alaska... Vivir así, ir a matar otros jóvenes, morir joven y quizas sufriendo, para que? Por dinero?? Por mil dólares al mes???? Mejor cruzen para EEUU y trabajen ai, de cualquier Cisa ganar más!! Y morir para quien??? Por tu familia ?? Por defender tu país?? Nooo! Por defender un jefe rico que destruye la vida de tus compatriotas y que no tiene huevos de pelearse el solo con el jefe del otro cartel. Que se encontren los 2 solos a duelo. No tienen huevos?? No! Mandan miles de jóvenes a morir. Y con armas de ejército que EEUU LES PASA ilegalmente Que tristeza. Nunca me hubiera pensado que eso pasaba a México. México está en guerra. Soluciones hay. Una seria que todos eses jóvenes armados, se junten , y juntos vayan matar los.jefes de los carteles. Así acaba.

[@unapersonamas4262]

Yo soy un simple civil, pero por el área donde radico, tengo amistades ex militares y ex maña y mañosos actuales, en una ocasión me encontraba tomando cerveza y asando carne dónde ex militares y ex z comían y bebian juntos simplemente disfrutando y cotorreando como si nos conociéramos de siempre y como si ellos no hubieran visto el infierno con sus propios ojos,

[@KaylaBay-nw4si]

@@unapersonamas4262 ex Z de que rango? Los más bajos (jóvenes sicarios carne de canon) o los más altos que dan las órdenes y manejan dinero, tráfico de drogas , etc? Porque a lo más bajo, no creo que uno pueda salir, especialmente en los Zetas que reclutaba a las fuerza. Cuando sequestraron cienes de Hondureños y guatemaltecos que casi habían llegado a su sueno, a la frontera con EEUU, y mataron todos, con unos antes les ofrecían de entrar en los Zetas o ser matados. Fueron matados porque eran buena gente. si uno les decía si entro en los Zetas, no era suficiente decirlo, tenían que demostrarlo matando y torturando un otro de sus compañeros de viaje. Con otros les daban cuchillos y los ponían a pelear hasta que uno ganaba matando el otro. Los que no lo hacían, eran pegados y matados. Eses Zetas solo merecen estar en el infierno por la eternidad

[@stupidrockerboy]

que pensamiento tan acertado y realista, dios bendiga a todos aquellos que en medio del caos y la guerra aun piensan más alla de lo que se les presenta ante sus ojos

[@reggierendon2847]

Lo unico que vi, que un militar o soldado nunca deja su Arma tan lejos. Nunca debe estar tu Rifle un brazo de lejos

[@johngonzales1813]

Being in Iraq from 06 everything he explains hits home you can't explain IT but that adrenaline. War is never good right or wrong and the people who expieremce combat GOD BLESS YOU!!!

[@Cndef-wy6ed]

So you was one of the motherfuckers that destroys irak kill +700.000 civilians in name of "peace and democracy"

[@Greekmilsim]

For some of us war is a fucking party

[@unapersonamas4262]

@@Greekmilsim walking for 3 days without sleeping well without eating well without washing well, to get to a place where you have to fight to the death with the enemy watching colleagues die and the only thing that keeps you going is the adrenaline rush, you think it's a party ? any mistake will cost you your life and the feeling of winning and killing the enemy goes away as soon as you realize that you will never have a normal life due to the traumas acquired, warriors exist because war exists and war exists because of powerful people who have never been to war but have the interest and money to make war.

[@Greekmilsim]

@@unapersonamas4262 the gunsounds , the fact you feel superior in battle .This are what make war good

[@Tarkus-Ivalice-dweller]

Are you really blessing cartel members? These are not heroes fighting for the innocent or anything.

[@bigmanjenkinslittlemanjenk9196]

Popular front is what vice used to be, keep up the great work guys

[@jovenvillano8305]

6:44 "Look how cool the butterflies are" That's where we can see a hint of humanity in that seemingly monstrous being ...

[@ctylsh1214]

you act like you're any better

[@cptpinecone]

This has to be the future or reporting. The way this video captures the human element (one of Popular Front's specialties I believe) is such a breath of fresh air and really immerses you in the story. It's like you are meeting the person on the other side of the screen.

[@natalierose1072]

I would call these perspectives more than stories truly amazing

[@Axel-tx3ru]

Is there a longer version of this? This should be a docuseries

[@lukehavard7081]

It’s short, but also very good. Keep up the good work, Jake.

[@tellyourauntimmovingon1528]

Just like the lifestyle

[@itzelramirez4801]

I see some comments in the live chat wanting to take part of this life style, as if this is something we should strive for.. it’s frankly a little disappointing

[@PopularFront]

People are morons often, what do you expect?

[@michaelallen3304]

Modern life is so spiritually damaging to some that dying of flu in the jungle seems admirable. Look at all the young men who joined ISIS. They have nothing to live for, they need guidance.

[@purosmeemesdejupitercarnal8036]

Well, people without brains, there are all over the world

[@bowlofcinder482]

Should show them what happens on the other side of the knife, plenty of videos online

[@purosmeemesdejupitercarnal8036]

@@bowlofcinder482 sometimes they not only kill them, they also kill their family very horribly or end up in prison

[@VultyreRust]

The intro to this video is shocking dude, 10/10 video somebody needed to show the internet the raw power these cartels have

[@The1860th]

I’d watch hours and hours and hours of that footage.

[@Repz98]

Hats of for popular front crew!

[@paulcrusse7800]

Thank you for the video

[@Blanc87]

Excelente documental popular front y gracias al compa vagancia y a su gente que dejaron conocer un poco de la realidad que se vive en México 🇲🇽

[@MiguelMendez-ze6zs]

Saludos puro pa' delante

[@Time-traveller777]

That was a pretty candid and honest interview. You could feel the sicarios pain. Damn🤔

[@BillyMarchment]

I just keep watching the part with the music on repeat its perfect.

[@gloomjesussecretaccount]

This should’ve been longer man please make another

[@EpicCheese765]

Every second of this was worth studying in detail. Great stuff

[@Cryne95]

Este vato que vemos en el documental realmente me da lastima, el admite que esta pensando en salirse y que aveces no se siente bien con su trabajó, el wey se ve como un buen tipo, alguien que realmente no le gusta hacer daño pero que sin embargo mata porque es la única forma que tiene para salir adelante, los verdaderos monstruos son los capos, gente que crea a otros monstruos con sus promesas y transforma gente normal en asesinos a sangre fria

[@SINALOAMAFIA209]

Pues si, pero uno aveces vale madres Pa la escuela cómo yo qué me corrieron por andar en pandillas en usa, y me vine a México a valer más madres uno lo hace por necesidad, pero pues solo Dios sabe si nos perdone .

[@jorgepreciado6984]

Capitalismo, el verdadero malandro, no es broma

[@-shadopaniny115]

​@@jorgepreciado6984nada que ver el capitalismo así seamos un país jodido en comunismo igual estarían ahí con su negocio solo mira a Rusia y sus mafias y pandillas

[@eddeddeeddee6491]

@@jorgepreciado6984 de verdad.

[@IamMclov1n25]

dam I wish this was longer. Amazing job Jake and popular front team!

[@IamMclov1n25]

btw the editing was really well done.

[@AngelicoCiudad]

Can't really risk hanging out with a bunch of cartels member, or else their competitive enemies might get you or something?

[@selvanegraselva]

Mucho respeto para toda la producción detrás de esta obra y al compa vagancia por mostrarnos un poco de las viceras de este México profundo. 🌹

[@urielroman3007]

Es usted un poeta

[@sndoverkillyt3585]

Arriba Tepalcatepec 🇲🇽🇲🇽

[@panblanco1]

a chsm toda esa escoria y a todo el que los adore

[@creativemanagement5921]

Narcos deberían unirse al Ukrainian batallas

[@panblanco1]

@@creativemanagement5921 que pndejada estas mierdas no duran ni un dia en una guerra

[@manoloelxd9415]

Para las personas que ven este documental pueden verlo como algo extraño e increíble, para mi como habitante solo me causa terror ver como este problema parece nunca tener solución

[@balasanchez540]

Las guerras están en Michoacán, Tamaulipas ciudad Juárez y Sinaloa vives ahí.?

[@danielgomezmendoza7850]

Zacatecas tambien

[@henrymaz1697]

so fookin hyped for this one

[@peter-sw1pm]

On 4:17 the translation is incorrect, the guy is yelling "Long live Sinaloa!" not "Long live the Sinaloa Cartel!"

[@VaderHLL]

Yea but lets be honest, he doesn’t mean the state.

[@Zay.frmda951]

This is a great video to watch right when I’m going to Guadalajara soon 😊

[@Val-Samantha]

Sad world we live in, when he talked about the butterflies my heart broke.

[@juan__de__dios]

Yo soy de sinaloa y muchos de los que están en los carteles no son malas personas muchas veces los obligan y lo amenazan

[@jesusbarrera7700]

Que dios libere un día a Mexico de todo esto 🇲🇽🤍

[@RAVEN_SPRING_]

Agreed 🇨🇦

[@arandomguest0089]

You must restore Article 10 of your 1857 constitution, and its original meaning. Bring back that right which has always been yours. Your government will not protect you, so you must bring peace yourselves

[@omarcarranza215]

muy pero muy tarde. esto ta no se puede regresar.

[@The_Cow_]

@@arandomguest0089 en este país todo está mal, se quejan de la violencia pero tienen miedo a las armas, aquí le hablas de "armas" a una persona y te ve como un raro o "loco" Prefieren ponerse a rezar como si eso solucionará todo automáticamente

[@arandomguest0089]

@@The_Cow_ Welcome to the club. My father who came from Jalisco complains about the people of Mexico being a little too indecisive and amnesiac about policies and guns all the darn time (or at least, when self-defense is ever mentioned). It's a tough spot to be in for you guys,. Say though, do you know all the sorts of things you can do with just a 3d printer? You can both give yourselves a fighting chance against criminals and make the gov's job of enforcing bullshit laws that much harder. Make the printers and freedom seeds go "BRRR," if you catch my drift. Or are there certain laws and agencies looking for such a thing? Edit: A Dude named JStark was able to get away with making guns and ammunition in the EU without getting caught for a decently long time. All the pressure-bearing parts for the "FGC-9" were able to be found in hardware stores, while everything else was printed.

[@jayb4243]

Amazing footage

[@IIGHOSTII10]

07:26 por esta razón es que muchos recurren a terminar en la soledad, drogas, depresión, suicidio y de más... algunas personas superan ese trauma y son los mejores seres humanos con la familia y el prójimo.

[@Victor-oh2tz]

Solo los débiles creen y dejan que ese tipo de circunstancias los orillan a ese tipo de cosas y se excusa o trata de justificar el por que se van chueco en la vida.

[@ElPnetrador21]

@@Victor-oh2tz si señor, solo los débiles Usted es muy fuerte ejemplo a seguir 🤣🤣🤣

[@OscarLopez-js1vf]

@@Victor-oh2tz exacto solo un pretexto de lo mediocres y fracasados que son. Creen que amenazar y usar un arma los hace más hombres ,quitale el arma y déjalo uno a uno y lloran.

[@cumbiambero-del-amor]

@@Victor-oh2tz exacto mano es solo una excusa para causar el mal y seguir jodiendo aun mas el pais

[@YMMR450]

Que bueno es leer comentarios que no se dejan llevar por la propaganda, que estúpidos y emocionales son algunos, ay yo sufrí de niño no tuve más opcion que meterme a una banda a matar, esa clase de hermandad nunca los ves buscándola en una universidad siempre es detrás del dinero fácil y lucirse 😂

[@southsidemexican420]

We need more of this good ,amazing coverage

[@robindavid3988]

Esto es muy triste ☹️ Dios permita, que encuentren algo mejor!

[@juanmartinsotovargas]

No

[@giggitygoo4029]

@@juanmartinsotovargasall these men are fighting and most done come back. and you think as soon as a solider gets in a war you think they are bed and shouldnt find something better to do with life? wow.

[@madmenenist1464]

@@giggitygoo4029 they dismember people alive and eat human flesh there’s nothing good about these people you wouldn’t feel sympathy for them if it was your family they were kidnapping and torturing

[@galvezisrra983]

Un día sus amigos van a matar a su mamá y su hija no es institución son bolas de cobardes

[@galvezisrra983]

Me gustaría que se dieran un tipo con mi infantería 37rh marine corp huuuurrrraaaaa yo retirado ya en enfrentamientos internacionales ustedes mocosos me dan risa mi equipa te barre en menos de 2 días

[@Sweegan7]

Another good one, well done popular front.

[@proto6086]

Ya que publicaron sobre estos asesinos podrían filmar algo sobre las autodefensas mexicanas. Tremendo trabajo, como siempre

[@co3tzx375]

Las autodefensas son ratas tambien

[@TheShaka234]

Ya hay uno y te podría decir que son otro maldecido cartel, se llama tierra de narcos o "narcoland" hablan de las autodefensas michoacanas y la neta dejan mucho que desear, ya no sabemos cuál son verdaderas audefensas y cuáles son bandidos

[@proto6086]

@@TheShaka234 por eso, hablo de las verdaderas autodefensas. Como en Chiapas con el machete o Cherán con las rondas comunitarias. Conozco sobre autodefensas que se volvieron prácticamente cárteles

[@bboy666]

@@proto6086 Puro EZLN

[@juanmartinsotovargas]

​@@proto6086 Estas bien pndjo, absolutamente todas las autodefensas son financiadas por carteles, aunque te arda el hediondo pndjo el machete y cheran también son financiados por el narco, armarse no es una mmda barata, todo ese dinero del machete y cheran viene de los narcos, todas las autodefensas son financiadas por el narco, ninguno es la excepción, pndjo

[@opgrincho]

3:57the sound of Mexicans letting out there inner Aztec indigenous instinct with war cry to put fear into the enemy and to celebrate 👂🏽🇲🇽

[@proto6086]

Since you guys took your time to film about these criminals, you could also make a doc on mexican Autodefensas. Great job, as always

[@bmx6994]

hei. its true are many autodefensas now become los viagras?

[@jefazo1234b]

Autodefensas terroristas

[@proto6086]

@@jefazo1234b si, hay bastante corrupción en algunas autodefensas. Eso también debería entrar en el documenta

[@diiablot3x949]

Easy for u to say Just seeing ur name and profile u are probably a kid have a nice home loving parents But won’t survive in that life don’t judge people

[@proto6086]

@@diiablot3x949 all dumb assumptions aside, I'm on my plenty right of judging a sicario. Cualquiera puede hacerlo, sin importar su procedencia

[@Brusherman]

550 and popular front did a good job, this is perfection at its finest.

[@MadMax-fj8ve]

This here is top of the line fr

[@jongibson3799]

Let's fuckin gooooo I by go I mean shatter my heart with the memories of a broken system I had to escape.

[@martinn.6082]

Siento, siento, siento y no quiero sentir.

[@357-swagnumultramagax9]

Atleast you’re not in Afghanistan

[@applesflapples9127]

Glad you are out

[@357-swagnumultramagax9]

@Fascista Mexican oh please !!!!! There’s actually rules in Mexico , there’s no rules with the taliban

[@kwkwkwkw6411]

@@357-swagnumultramagax9 Rules?! Damn I guess no one ever breaks those, be crazy if they did, be gooft up if they did, be wild if someone were to break those rules that are literally unbreakable, be crazy indeed, absolutely mindboggling if someone were to sinply flout these regulations, to, totally disregard the beauracratii, to perh

[@Koj-Yog.Paj-Hlwb.Quav-Xwb]

We need more document like this And this is why I love this channel

[@1DoPeS14]

That outro beat is sick!

[@obscurityz8232]

Of all the cartel documentaries that I have seen, this is the one that I liked the most, It really shows how the crazy hit men who work for Sinaloa live, make more videos of Mexican cartels, they are pure evils,They enjoy killing until they laugh and joke with their victims. This type of real content deserves good support, to show the reality of Mexico and how extreme violence has been normalized, unfortunately

[@davidkatz1503]

Always happy to see new content from the most based independent journalism outfit on the web

[@ErrNOT]

What's the name of the song at the start?

[@Ernesto1317]

Amazing how toughened men alwayys walking with the end of their lives feel attracted to nature and are able to feel happy for the simplest things from life. Ohh life! whay are you so creative in your combinations!

[@jamesshkrelivanhoogstraten8040]

Popular Front grows more based by the day. Epic guns and epic music to download

[@lalalalith2k481]

Look how cool the butterflies are,man that hit hard

[@cloutfiendahh]

who ever filmed this is a legend! sinaloa!! you should film more!

[@elwildo14]

Very insightful video, great work

[@paraAA82]

I feel safe knowing that Mexico has very strict gun laws. I don't want to think what would be if not.

[@mrcuchillo401]

Lo mismo que en Estados Unidos seguramente

[@paraAA82]

@@mrcuchillo401 Go back to sleep

[@felix5674]

For the Sinaloa Cartel, the enemy is the narcos rivals, not civilians or the government🇲🇽

[@hectoragustinfloresrivas579]

@Night Rider They are peaceful but if they enter their territory or declare war on them they will use all their power and are very bloodthirsty when it comes to fighting.

[@PoshBrother]

Every Cartel is an enemy of the people. They steal from them open handed with the excuse that they're not their incompetent government.

[@JohnnysGoldenFiddle]

Number 15: Sinaloa Foot Soldier. The last thing you would want in your cartel compound is somebody’s foot fungus

[@spaghttienjoyer173]

the music is really good at the start

[@Dvsnb]

This was dope.. keep up the good work! I want some more of this! Hopefully another couple parts?

[@averageodd]

Remember when vice used to do stuff like this?

[@officeramericaxi7360]

yes

[@herkiee1]

pepperidge farm remembers

[@mindfulnessorganix1588]

I need a full on movie of this give a camera to cartel foot soldiers to document their life and about themselves until they pass or something

[@deltaromeometro8089]

Misma operación que muchas empresas legales y establecidas; mano de obra barata y reemplazable, promesas de aumento salarial o mejor puesto jerárquico en la organización, ganancias millonarias de las compañías pero no sé reflejan en sus trabajadores o solo en algunos. La mayoría de los casos como este son resultado de la falta de educación familiar, inculcation de valores, cultivación del amor en familia, entre otros aspectos.

[@sirius6540]

Y la necesidad

[@deltaromeometro8089]

@@sirius6540 Claro, la necesidad es un factor muy importante en la toma de nuestras decisiones. Lo malo es que empresas legales e ilegales se aprovechan de las necesidades de las personas. Necesidades no solo económicas, también afectivas, de sentido de pertenencia, de educación profesional, por nombrar algunas; después terminan normalizando y hasta romantizando la delincuencia diciendo que lo hacen por necesidad. Cual sea el caso, es triste ver cómo terminan las personas como las del vídeo. Saludos!

[@juliosanchez4185]

3:50 chingon el tamborazo lol

[@Rami7605]

No es muy diferente a McDonalds, IBM, Google etc

[@sirius6540]

@@deltaromeometro8089 asies

[@urielroman3007]

Pobres tipos, los traen de arriba para abajo a mataro morir, peleando por capos a los cuales sus vidas valen nada.

[@manuellaracervantes160]

PURO SINALOAAA ALA VERGAA ASI NOS MORIMOS TODOS AQUII JAJAAYYYYY !!!!

[@miguelangelochoacuevas7493]

@@manuellaracervantes160 luego se rajan como el vato del video cuando los Jaliscos les calleron a un campamento no queria pelear se les estaba rajando

[@luisstrnad2587]

Lo triste es que sus miembros la gran mayoría no se da cuenta que son remplazables, las altas esferas de ese medio les da igual la muerte de sus peones porque al final solo sirven para hacer rico a alguien más.

[@ek904_]

Eso lo que yo pienso porque ellos van a peliar por alguien que no le importa sus vidas porque los jefes de ellos no van a peliar con ellos no que estan bien tranquilos en su casa

[@John_117F]

Son puro idiota que cree que la vida no les va a cobrar lo que han hecho y que van a ser el próximo señor de los cielos.

[@vatoslocosforever6356]

Huge update this man recording was found dead In the Mexican city of Juárez recently

[@77ARATH]

I am a youngh man from Sinaloa... And this really hits on me... That boy is not good, but it sounds so capable and strong that makes me sad he is in that life.... Once, i met a 16yo sicario, i took care of him. he was shot in the chest and survived, only to return to that life... I liked him, he was not bad, but that's the only life they know... And i hate cartels, and goberment too, for that.

[@donstewie6469]

We need more of this, needs to be put in the media

[@nannesoar]

Please God help these young men and give them Peace.

[@AngeloXification]

The things these cartels do to each other and innocent people as well is straight out of nightmares

[@faros1937]

Señaleme un caso? (Give me example?, no english lol)

[@BobbyHill.]

@@faros1937 Eat the heart of a rival cartel is so frightening

[@BobbyHill.]

@@faros1937 when the dude is still alive....

[@AngeloXification]

@@faros1937 Chopping people up while they're alive, skinning etc just really silly barbaric things. Its for the sake of shock so there really aren't any bounds to what they wont do. I mean, animals dont do the things these people do to each other, except maybe ironically chimps...

[@AERIS-PINK]

​@@faros1937terminamos mas rápido diciendo que atrocidades no han echó todavía.

[@yslinus5120]

thanks for your work! greetings from germany

[@danielgomezmendoza7850]

This feels so close, I have so many cousins that got involved in that bussines and some of them were just living like this, is hard because I grew up with them, now some of them are in prisons with practically life sentences, some others were murderer in terrible ways, I was one of the few that did not got involved.

[@theundisputed3671]

I have a cousin who’s been dismembering bodies since he was 12 for the “familia Michoacana cartel”. He’s my age, 23. Never met him. And I had a another cousin who was betrayed by his own boss for money. Buried alive.

[@xiniks]

This is a badass thumbnail.

[@destdest4984]

Very interesting to see them on field, great work

[@vicomico9469]

this is my new favorite vlog channel

[@Inoffensive_name]

This is looking good. Can't wait.

[@abrahamcoronelsoto2276]

Vato, para los gringos y para los demás extranjeros de habla angloparlantes puede que sea un simple video más o documental corto pero para mí como mexicano es una película de terror actual que se qué en cualquier momento puede ser mi vida y la de mis familiares, amigos y vecinos.

[@jorgerodriguez7338]

Si por estados unidos estamos a si, hay muchos adictos allá y ahora con el poder que les dió el presidente ahora cobran piso a las pequeñas y medianas empresas y si esto sigue muy pronto nos cobrarán plaza para vivir en nuestras casas