How the DEA invented "narco-terrorism"

These undercover videos supposedly showed Al-Qaeda in the drug trade. What they actually showed was more shocking. Produced in collaboration with ProPublica. For the full story, read more here: www.propublica...
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[@monkey314159]

If only the government put a fraction of the energy into investigating wall street.

[@emilio2647]

Well from watching films and reading spy novels about the CIA. It seems to me the american spy agency is more a like mafia.

[@CuttySobz]

Or investigating the CIA.....

[@jimmytimmy3680]

Why would they investigate the people who finance their campaigns?

[@dementsprechend1542]

Wall Street is the government.

[@diegoocasiano]

@@emilio2647 maybe maybe

[@sirsophisticate4907]

"When I'm gone, they'll just find another monster. It's how they justify their wages" - Dutch, Red Dead Redemption

[@dunnowy123]

The term "narcoterrorism" comes from Colombia. It was a term first used to describe the activities of the Medellin Cartel and still applies to the conduct of a lot of drug cartels today. But overall, great video.

[@kenm908]

It actually comes from the President Fernando Belaunde Terry of Peru, who coined the term in 1983.

[@KenshinHimura-eb9bv]

Ken M why

[@Thename123J]

Ken M With that name, you can't be trusted

[@nikolaskalman9640]

@@kenm908 yeah...to depict Shining Path actions. Are you Peruvian?

[@J_Ghotier]

Actually if you listen to the podcast Alphabet Boys and the Season about Flaviu Gerogescu and the arms trafficking and the CIA/FBI/etc. (alphabet letter organizations), that’s not fully accurate what you stated, but that’ll give you the precise translation and meaning and fruition of “Narcoterrorism” Great and interesting podcast listen too btw….if you get bored one day!

[@UrbanizedGeek]

Vox is what vice used to be.

[@xxmetioqurexx]

+UrbanizedGeek Yess what the hell happened to vice? its total shit, and its reporters are terrible

[@Jason-im3mf]

+UrbanizedGeek Yeah interesting to see that this short documentary contradicts Vice's documentary on this topic.

[@lobsterbark]

+UrbanizedGeek Not really. Vice became shit when it adopted an extreme liberal bias, and Vox already has the bias to begin with. Vox does have some good videos, but there are also a lot of biased ones, so it make it hard to trust anything they say.

[@Seth9809]

+lobsterbark Vice recently released a video talking about how the police in England are reading your texts and listening to your calls, along with a video about Muslims leaving Islam. So there goes there so called "Pro-Muslim, Pro-NATO Bias".

[@KironVB]

+UrbanizedGeek Pretty much Vice and the old Truthloader channel. Both went too shit sadly.

[@jusk2ru]

DEA needs to stop smoking that paranoia kush.

[@awhahoo]

Yeah lol

[@rurutuM]

millions wasted chasing the boogeymen

[@xraceboyex]

+rurutu M trillions*

[@SpaceCowboy1218]

+rurutu M how many dead and imprisoned for life?

[@CarlosVargas-jz8gl]

yeah it always seems to be that way, in all things.

[@sideshowbob6416]

Chasing the dragon

[@jonesmorales-tu6kq]

Billions

[@alejandrocamargo1942]

I am Colombian and the statement made by the lady "we can't think of a single terrorist attack that was directly funded by drugs" is completely false (or maybe she doesn't know). I know of many terrorist attacks before and after the narco-terrorist law was made. The DAS bomb in Bogota, the avianca flight 203 bomb, the El Espectador bomb, all of this terrorist attacks in 1989 were made by el cartel de Medellin (the head was pablo escobar), the biggest drug trade organisation in history, they bombed this places and may others (they also killed and kidnaped thousands of innocent people) and this was only in Colombia. Also the FARC is funded by drug trade, according to the US government, the Colombian government and the UN the FARC are right now the biggest drug trade organisation in the world right now (they just singed a peace treaty with the Colombian government) and they engage in terrorist activities here in Colombia. Before the treaty they kidnaped and killed people and placed bombs in the cities. in 2003 they placed a bomb in club el nogal in bogota killing 36 people. All of this came of the top of my head, this is what i could remember just now, but there are so many terrorist attacks made here with drug trade money. Terrorism happens everywhere, not only in the US or the middle east, don't be so self centred. My parents lived their lives in real fear of terrorist threats because between 1988 and 1993 it was common to hear a bomb go off every other day in Medellin or Bogota because of the drug lords war with the government. Last fact, due to drug traffic Medellin, the city i live in, in 1993 was the worlds most dangerous city in the world and was beating records, right now it is not in the first 100. Thankfully the situation is much better now. By the way, im a huge fan of Vox, i love the channel.

[@MN121MN]

Well, if you take into context Vox's view (American), she is probably referring to terror attack by Islamic terrorists, not the kinds like FARC.

[@jsbc003]

to them anything that's not on Europe or USA doesn't count

[@alejandrocamargo1942]

Yet it is the same a bomb from islamic terrorist than a FARC member.

[@NabeelKhan-en9il]

nono the point was those attacks were by drug cartels not dedicated terrorist organizations,

[@fironfiron8843]

Drug trade money coming from prohibition more like. Trafficking is a revenue generator, the drugs they sell can be easily manufactured for half the cost they sell at. What do they sell? Stuff like Marijuana , LSD,etc. Not to forget cartel fight among each other to create a monopoly. That DEA and "War on drugs" made it possible.

[@MeetThaNewDealer]

Our tax dollars in action.

[@Gum1b3ar]

Lord Luke Lightbringer You wish

[@nikolaskalman9640]

Al Qaeda and its branches don't even need taxes but money from drug trafficking.

[@themartianway]

@@nikolaskalman9640 ?

[@nikolaskalman9640]

@@themartianway I told the truth

[@d4ni3lii]

Please, just stop the war, too many people are dying for nothing

[@regularemo1280]

As long as the people have no power then the death will continue. We are all oppressed in one way or another.

[@nikolaskalman9640]

say it to the NATO

[@ericthedumbmet4699]

they will never stop, they literally profit from the war ie. private prisons.

[@kurmandhaliwal218]

while -cops may be terrible at times, they do serve a legitimate purpose of protecting people. the dea however is completely harmful to society

[@snow24121]

They do it with less than a 1% efficiency of their budget.

[@regularemo1280]

true

[@alrighty4456]

g typical brainwashed fool

[@valentinor3651]

C.ocaine I.mportetion A.gency 💉🍚🚬

[@nikolaskalman9640]

the NATO is also involved

[@stixtheminer]

1:31 What the hell is up with this map? Ecuador, France, and French Guiana are missing.

[@whimsicalhamster88]

You need to get Justin Bieber or PewDiePie to host this stuff. It's so sad how few ppl know about this.

[@theoutlook2879]

Vox vox vox..........You did it again another great video :) LIKE THE VIDEO!!!

[@1234567890sunshine]

How can the US arrest someone in a different country?

[@lordpean]

Because of extradition. A deal made between the USA and Mexico or Colombia that allows them to send narcos to the USA. The cartels are getting so much money by illegally sending drugs to the USA and getting Americans addicted and causing deaths. Not only that but they've killed Americans in Mexico too.

[@Ascreaminghotdog]

how does one change a system like this?

[@fironfiron8843]

By legalizing drugs and considering addiction a health issue rather than criminal issue. Bootleggers-cartels during prohibition era were ended by removing alcohol ban.

[@sideshowbob6416]

Legalizing drugs and regulating them heavily

[@zhubotang927]

We have seen this happen all the time. People manufacture things to get themselves promoted. When you make promotions criteria hard enough, people will engineer their promotion reasons. Let us face it. Most of us are Ordinary no different from the people next to us. Those of us who are prepared to lie skilfully in some cases do get fast tracked

[@archer1949]

Why is the DEA still a thing?

[@johnathanmushet7128]

I'd argue that you display the same traits by making such a comment that negatively generalized a group of people based on nationality.

[@regularemo1280]

johnathan mushet Who was basing things of nationality...if ur refering to me i wasnt...its called majority...if most of the ice cream is vanilla and there is a little bit of chocolate you cant say theyre all vanilla because they are ice cream.

[@therabbi9848]

Mostly to fight drug cartels on the southern border.

[@captainwilliam3920]

"They posed as members of a fart"

[@kenngambe]

war against drugs is the biggest waste of money in the history of money..

[@emailgeschiedenis]

How about the bombings by Pablo Escobar?

[@Gum1b3ar]

emailgeschiedenis Those bombing were before Bush was on office baby 😙

[@neenasingh5089]

What about them? Pablo Escobar has nothing to do with terrorists. That’s kinda the point of the video. A bombing doesn’t automatically mean a terrorist group did it. In that case it was a drug cartel. A terrorist organization and a drug cartel are two diff things

[@ThoseSleepless]

in this video it say that drugs fund both sides of the war in Afghanistan. I don't doubt that, but I'm curious if anyone has any credible sources on this?

[@THRCGreatLakes]

Austin Black Don't know where I've read it, but I remember reading that the Taliban makes 2.5 million a year on the drug trade.

[@shoulders-of-giants]

Did they imprison people for selling alcohol? After all, alcohol is a classic narcotic and one of the hard drugs.

[@psulionz87]

DEA..... what a waste of taxpayer money...

[@williandefaria2079]

I want to know what right the United States thinks it has in going into foreign countries and enforcing their own drug laws upon private foreign citizens. I see this as a way to achieve their own secret goals through open and vague laws.

[@sigsauer_firearms]

We dont, we are ASKED by other countries to help them fight narco terrorists

[@eq1159]

@@sigsauer_firearms sometimes but rarely true .hawaii never asked the us to come they just came on there own

[@kevinsaiza]

@@eq1159 Hawaii is an usa state.

[@user-pr3jm9jx1f]

@@kevinsaiza it wasn't always a US state

[@eq1159]

@@kevinsaiza yeah Hawaii is a country that the us stolen and claimed as a state .

[@sor3999]

Useless waste of taxpayer money. I'm sure a lot of these supposed wins in that brag book went to help some stooge get promoted.

[@jaketaylor8176]

This is entrapment. Regardless of their guilt you can only entice a suspect not entrap.

[@vaibhavgupta20]

What is the name of music.

[@Degotelo]

It says at the end in the credits!

[@juancamilolopez6682]

FARC WAS not a terrorist group, the only occasion drug founded terrorism in Colombia is in the 80`s with Pablo Escobar and the group PEPES. It's important to clarify that the tag of narco-terrorism was given to that group by the government so they could delegitimize FARC'S rol in the Colombian conflict

[@NicoIsquith]

The FARC is a terrorist Group in 2003 they put a bomb at the Club Nogal killing 37 people they also kidnapped inoccent people

[@thegreenbean6518]

America is the greatest country ............it's just a joke

[@regularemo1280]

There are MANY other countries WAY better. Mostly smaller nations with little influence.

[@lucasromero9377]

@@regularemo1280 and would be utterly destroyed without America love your bliss dont you?

[@nikolaskalman9640]

the major Narco State

[@Knightmessenger]

I remember those commercials during that Super Bowl. (great game, Patriots upset Rams for Tom Brady's first championship) At the time, I thought to myself maybe this will finally shame people into stopping drugs and winning the drug war. So if drugs don't directly support terrorist groups (beyond cartel gangs that only exist because of prohibition), why was there such an eager effort to give the DEA new powers to crack down on drug trade? Clearly they just wanted to use a crisis as an excuse to do something they already wanted (more DEA power). But why, what was the point? I don't think it's possible to win the drug war but suppose it was and we somehow won. Would that actually accomplish anything if we had a "drug free America" without a total police state? I'm not sure it would be any better than if the war on drugs never happened.

[@plissken94th57]

That’s the point, the drug war is meant to to turn us into a totalitarian state, it’s the only way to fully criminalize drugs use.

[@Knightmessenger]

@@plissken94th57 it sure feels that way. But why have so many gone along with it? Why have conservatives especially had no issue with what is clearly a violation of states rights, creates big government and destroys law and order. What was so bad about when drugs were legal 110 years ago? Did some major event happen that prompted mass fear and banning, like 9/11 led to the patriot act? Was there like a massive cocaine overdose in a town square? The way drugs have been demonized over the years and their prohibition is rarely questioned, you'd think they were made illegal because of some major reason. The only article I've come across mentions that it started with the Harrison Narcotics Act and was fueled mainly by racism. But didn't mention any specific inciting event.

[@5Y5T3N]

Wish he'd put more emphasis into his voice when he said "both sides of the war in Afghanistan"

[@Chasing100]

Amazing how an American court can try you for something you did in your own country

[@pereirafernando7413]

I agree, but drug lords can easily buy out, threaten, or murder prosecutors. It’s a bit unjust, but ultimately fair to those they terrorized during their reigns.

[@bascal133]

This is just like the newburgh sting, a setup from start to finish

[@jporjuelam]

Saying that the DEA invented narco-terrorism is a slap in the face to any Colombian who has lived it for years. Does terrorism in Colombia doesn't count as terrorism? Is terrorism only bad when it is against the US? Love VOX videos, hated this one! Very offensive

[@darealist4014]

You misunderstand, Colombia and Mexico have terrorism perpetuated by narcotics organizations, narco-terrorism is drug dealing to facilitate terrorism, that's the difference, the Mexican cartels or even Escobar, didn't have a politically motivated reason to sell drugs, they did it for the money, what they refer to in this video is dealing drugs to fund (politically motivated) terrorist attacks

[@liamdavis2387]

So does Vox actually do any content that isn't related to America? I thought they were a global site?

[@unicornfriend785]

+Leah Davis They do some global content.... but they are a little company that started with a dozen employees in April 2014, and are now just over 40. They seem to be mostly located in the same building (with some journalists who travel around, and of course they take articles from non-employees). So Americans, who live in America, who have a history of working in American journalism (such as Ezra Klein at Washington post), producing news centered around news relevant to Americans isn't terribly surprising.

[@unicornfriend785]

+UnicornFriend *crossing fingers hoping that was mostly factually correct*

[@fironfiron8843]

As long it is inside America, it would be irrelevant, but America is one of those few countries whose policies affect the global geopolitics. You can say America is the center of the world.

[@landgabriel]

Invented by he East India Company long before that.

[@nikolaskalman9640]

They forgot to mention the Shining Path !!

[@goofgaaf]

Narcoterrorism isnt very common but in the 80's and 90's in Colombia it was a major problem. The Medellin Cartel was responsible for numerous bombings and killings, even crashing a plane. This are all consider acts of terrorism and they were done by drug traffickers, but terrorism isn't all about money, it's about ideas and control, narco terrorism wasn't the term we first think when talking about Pablo Escobar and the Medellin cartel because it was all about the money.

[@klausmergl6764]

ok so i had this video on my home page andyou know how it says how long ago the video was uploaded right? Yeah it said "3years agohour ago"

[@emiliothechicano3231]

2:35 Loaded into a private jet in 24 hours (Shows clip of Chemtrail airplane in the sky)

[@iamtristladin]

War on drugs= More power to police. To stop drugs you need to educate not separate.

[@ДмитроКостюшко]

54 thousands views.... are you *** kidding me, farting pandas gets more views, what the hell is wrong with with human species??

[@rubymoon9565]

Chasing the Scream | The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs read or listen

[@thepepp92]

nice piece of journalism

[@arktos298]

"Most feared narco-terrorist in Colombia" gets 35 years in U.S. prison - that's all? SMH

[@NirajHirachan]

vox is vice shorter and cooler version .

[@VituMV]

I want to watch a video where Vox shows how the drugs produced in Afghanistan, the world's biggest producer of heroin and a country controlled by the USA, is shipped to the biggest consumer in the world.

[@celinak5062]

but if violence spread like a virus and people become addicts because of ACEs, wouldn't it be easier and faster to end this by using the same methods that help those and if we made the methods cheaper. Namely therapy, meditation, de-escalation techniques etc.

[@DailyTHRST]

Where can I get that book at the end ? Or if someone can get that book online , thanks alot :)

[@1955-2]

Did anyone notice that France is not on their world map when they show the drug trafficking Route???

[@GrandmasterDinnerRoll]

Remember kids: Al Gore shoulda been our prez.

[@joeloula]

Great post, very enlightening on the prosecution of drug crimes in West Africa. FYI - Touré, despite the strangely placed accent in the French transliteration, is TOO-ray. It's a very old Mande name.

[@bhicknbhowmaine9714]

Yo dawg

[@HotNewBeat]

on no big surprise

[@mynameiskevin1000]

Judge in Canada just threw case out of court same thing this is scary.. God Bless Canada

[@Andrew-hf1dj]

oh god dude, why do you keep pronouncing Al-Qaeda two different ways, stop it, make up your mind already

[@evozimhv]

This is exploding right now in Mexico

[@Le.K]

America at its best.

[@chrisgonzales2916]

Even our governments need to make ends meet. .... 🤔

[@hugosoberanes8309]

legalize drugs

[@nasiranki7676]

Islamic terrorist organizations like you call them would never take money that comes from the drug trade. Because they would consider is unlawful.

[@arranmacgabhann6103]

Don't get me wrong, I adore Vox, but it is seriously like 'Vocal Fry News'. It shouldn't annoy me this much but it does.

[@stormtroop7314]

Once all of you are all high off your mind. You become an easy target to be eliminated by evil. Executed. Without you been in control when they come.

[@sebastiangomez8463]

ASMR?

[@mapumontes]

This whole thing could be have been avoided if Americans didn't like cocaine so much...

[@howardroark3670]

The war on drugs needs to end! This is a waste of tax payer dollars!

[@JabAnsari]

This is how Americans making this world peaceful.. What an irony..

[@AL-jz3jv]

What a joke. How come the USA has so plainly dumb attitudes sometimes?

[@AL-mm4vq]

they have to really think about this logically as growers of drugs, those countries climates do not support the growth of illegal drugs...

[@msmith42001]

What a waste of time and money. Violating peoples rights for nothing.

[@DancingTiger]

did they send them back to Africa, and what did they get sentenced for

[@vonvomit5666]

If you believe the propaganda presented here then goody for you.

[@lolpope]

I don't get it, maybe someone can explain. Al Qaeda was not funded by drugs? but later in they say it founded both sides of the war in Afghanistan? Doesn't this include Al Qaeda?

[@lolpope]

IGihad Ye thought I heard before that he was building roads in Sudan and he was a savvy businessman, so his funds, and donations maybe, But I always thought that the drug trade was his main income. thanks for the replay

[@TheBic4]

What about the Pablo Escobar bombings that he used to pressure the Colombian government to stop trying to extradite him.

[@evertisakjulius2249]

whats the problem both drogs and terrorism is illegal! Should they not get a punishment for not being terrorists?!

[@Parapresdokian]

When you got a hammer, everything you see is a nail.

[@gloryandthanksgivingbetogo2720]

People who use drugs are not doing anything that people who drink alcohol dont do. So why the fuss, again?

[@kwayneboy1524]

You're joking?

[@BlumChoi]

Well to be fair, I wouldn't present it either. You see, if they were to present it the would have to simultaneously reveal their methods to the public, which means that terrorist will know how not to get caught by these methods.

[@armandoangelreyes2046]

Senior george h.w. bush with Oliver north were involved in weapons running for narcotics, cocaine for money in 1980's on south, central america to mexico. George bush is c.i.a, c.i.a were into all this that's why there is a drug problem and problems in the above countries besides the U.S. This is what got kiki carmena murdered c.i.a. what to know how or who told him from drug trafficikers of the weapons running. The c.i.a. told trafficikers kiki was undercover the cartel abducted him blind folded him, c.i.a. were in the room as he was tortured he died from the torture. His own people turned on him because c.i.a wanted know who told kiki of the weapons being run the leak.

[@Keepedia99]

I'm a little sceptical about the number of times you guys said 'almost no evidence.' Almost? How should I understand you?

[@NeilNileStudios]

4:46 what about Pablo Escobar

[@MasterDonuts]

very impressive video

[@matthewmusack1207]

Probably just a mistake but at 1:30 the map is missing Ecuador.

[@joan3422]

USA stop playing world police srsly

[@tristanmoller9498]

Damn that's heavy

[@HokiPolka]

Why has Ecuador just disappeared on the map at 1:27?

[@sergioramos3437]

thank you vox

[@pushpakchandel6708]

The Mumbai train blast

[@pumpapaj8977]

This doesn't make Touré innocent. He's still a drug runner.

[@MsDboyy]

Wow

[@stevenplaysbone8791]

Did you acknowledge taxation is extortion?

[@gloryandthanksgivingbetogo2720]

There is no link between drugs and crime. Anyone who says so is a liar.

[@Omcs234]

So CJNG is just a bunch of friendly guys who never threaten regular citizens.

[@ivomarques1190]

why does DEA have some kind of jurisdiction in west africa

[@axelhalbardier8874]

American hypocrisy!

[@soumyajitsanyal4146]

this came to my feed, the day I bought ghost recon wildlands. I am not sure whether to be amazed or scared by the metadata.

[@cabb99]

You made Ecuador and a Guiana dissapear. 1:32

[@timmyandsachi9147]

waste of tax dollars

[@sunshinepatsoph4219]

DEA..is fighting cocaine trafficking....PERIOD.

[@kevinwydler4405]

Thank you!