Ed Calderon

We were getting calls from the 911 service they have down there from the municipal police that they were municipal cops, but they clearly weren't municipal cops. So we just got in a Mexican standoff with them. Nobody shot around, but they just passed by us. We called for support from the local police and nobody showed up. How many of you guys were there? Probably nine. Nine? What's that, two cars?

That's two cars, yeah.

That's two cars, yeah.

That's two cars, yeah.

Yeah, so that's when I realized that there's no winning here. Not like this. Fuck, man. There's no winning, not like this.

Yeah, so that's when I realized that there's no winning here. Not like this. Fuck, man. There's no winning, not like this.

Yeah, so that's when I realized that there's no winning here. Not like this. Fuck, man. There's no winning, not like this.

They didn't feel threatened by us. They didn't have any fear. So they just passed by and they actually went to a local little restaurant there and adapted positions around it, had dinner, and then went back to their cars and left. No support came on our end. So it's one of those, that's when you realize how fucked you are and how no support and how there's just no backing there.

They didn't feel threatened by us. They didn't have any fear. So they just passed by and they actually went to a local little restaurant there and adapted positions around it, had dinner, and then went back to their cars and left. No support came on our end. So it's one of those, that's when you realize how fucked you are and how no support and how there's just no backing there.

They didn't feel threatened by us. They didn't have any fear. So they just passed by and they actually went to a local little restaurant there and adapted positions around it, had dinner, and then went back to their cars and left. No support came on our end. So it's one of those, that's when you realize how fucked you are and how no support and how there's just no backing there.

This was before the Felipe Calderon administration. slowly but surely things change. We started getting more support, started getting more vehicles, more people coming in. We started working directly with the military and directly with some federal operational police forces. Eventually getting fear put into the opponent, the enemy, the cartel guys. It took some time.

This was before the Felipe Calderon administration. slowly but surely things change. We started getting more support, started getting more vehicles, more people coming in. We started working directly with the military and directly with some federal operational police forces. Eventually getting fear put into the opponent, the enemy, the cartel guys. It took some time.

This was before the Felipe Calderon administration. slowly but surely things change. We started getting more support, started getting more vehicles, more people coming in. We started working directly with the military and directly with some federal operational police forces. Eventually getting fear put into the opponent, the enemy, the cartel guys. It took some time.

At the start of it, it was just hopeless. Just hopeless.

At the start of it, it was just hopeless. Just hopeless.

At the start of it, it was just hopeless. Just hopeless.

Going through the motions, I think it took about... Year into it that a few of my friends were killed they used to they used to rent out hotels for us to stay in and We had this buddy system going on So if you wanted to go outside you have to have one of your one of the buddy system, right?

Going through the motions, I think it took about... Year into it that a few of my friends were killed they used to they used to rent out hotels for us to stay in and We had this buddy system going on So if you wanted to go outside you have to have one of your one of the buddy system, right?

Going through the motions, I think it took about... Year into it that a few of my friends were killed they used to they used to rent out hotels for us to stay in and We had this buddy system going on So if you wanted to go outside you have to have one of your one of the buddy system, right?

But you would have to inform that you were going out They didn't inform they went to the store thought it was easy. So they cross the street went to this convenience store and they got picked up by Some cartel guys dressed as federal agents. They had the blue uniforms and everything with the patches, everything, like down to every detail. And they were, you know, they were taken.