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12 minutes ago, Augustus said:

I've been reading up on the actual history after watching season 2.  Not sure I've ever been more convinced that we just need to legalize everything.  Put these psychopathic murderers out of business the way we did the bootleggers.

I watched a doc on the cartels taking over fucking avacodo farming.  

6 minutes ago, Gene Parmesan said:

I watched a doc on the cartels taking over fucking avacodo farming.  

And limes

36 minutes ago, MissingInAction said:

I dated a Colombian  in college that looked exactly like her. My heart skipped every time she was on the screen because i thought I was about to get stabbed.

 

college is all about experimenting ?

7 minutes ago, Gene Parmesan said:

I watched a doc on the cartels taking over fucking avacodo farming.  

 

get on board or your avocado farm is chopped down 

I really hate that I like a show that tries to make the fucking DEA look like the good guys but this shit is entertaining.  

On 2/17/2020 at 3:08 PM, sidis said:

 

gotdayyum! that is some of the finest ass a fellow could hope to run across

I did not know season 2 was out until I saw this bumped, thanks

Haven't gone through the thread in fear of spoilers but the town where Acosta was chilling in the late episode looks beautiful. I loved that part of Mexico 

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On 2/18/2020 at 4:35 PM, tx 3 putt said:

 

get on board or your avocado farm is chopped down 

Yep this is a huge thing by Puerta Vallarta. Didn't really know much about it till I drive from Guadalajara on the non toll road to PV. Not a good idea fyi 

Haven't gone through the thread in fear of spoilers but the town where Acosta was chilling in the late episode looks beautiful. I loved that part of Mexico 

Trying to figure out where that is. Mimi’s ranch was about 15 miles southwest of Lajitas near San Carlos.


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Fuck this is so good.  Can't believe I probably have to wait another two years.

I don’t love this season as much as I have past seasons. Still really good though. 

If any of you are literate, read Don Winslow’s fiction trilogy on the the Mexican drug trade. He covers a lot of the same ground 

On 2/18/2020 at 3:17 PM, TonyTexas said:

I don’t think we put the bootleggers out of business. They became the mafia. 

They were already the mafia.

Give me Tata over the others. She puts on weight in all the right places. 

What the fuck did Mexican John Cusack think was going to happen when he killed another boss's wife and kids?  

Starting last episode now. Walt kinda sucks at his job. 

On 2/21/2020 at 1:42 PM, Caddox said:

Give me Tata over the others. She puts on weight in all the right places. 

Yep love the thickness

On 2/20/2020 at 9:11 PM, Zepol87 said:

Haven't gone through the thread in fear of spoilers but the town where Acosta was chilling in the late episode looks beautiful. I loved that part of Mexico 

I'll take my inlaws' place in Guanajuato about an hour outside of Querétaro. Still has mountains and bluffs, but the cartels aren't endemic yet.

On 2/23/2020 at 1:15 AM, 4th&Five said:

Starting last episode now. Walt kinda sucks at his job. 

Leading officers into an obvious ambush makes you bad at your job?!  News to me. - Signed, Art Acevedo

On 2/16/2020 at 2:13 PM, tx 3 putt said:

Had to google it, true story. 12 yo Maid. The Salinas family had no idea her last name or where she was from. High quality people 

 

https://frankreport.com/2018/02/04/murderous-carlos-salinas-reportedly-killed-his-first-victim-when-he-was-four/

 

carlos Salinas and his family were a special kind of garbage. They would make an interesting Netflix series 

Watch the documentary "1994" about his would be PRI successor, Colosio, on Netflix. Salinas is interviewed extensively. Came off as a piece of shit who most likely led the conspiracy to assassinate Colosio.

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Haven't gone through the thread in fear of spoilers but the town where Acosta was chilling in the late episode looks beautiful. I loved that part of Mexico 

Assuming this was somewhere near Ojinaga. Pablo was killed in a small village Called Santa Elena just across the Rio from Western Big Bend NP. Imagine if you wear camping in the Cottonwood campgrounds and helicopters started landing nearby.


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9 hours ago, NotActuallyALonghorn said:

I'll take my inlaws' place in Guanajuato about an hour outside of Querétaro. Still has mountains and bluffs, but the cartels aren't endemic yet.

Guanajuato is beautiful

8 hours ago, Zepol87 said:

Guanajuato is beautiful

San Miguel de Allende ftw.

21 hours ago, Zepol87 said:

Guanajuato is beautiful

Ya but there's revolution everyday

I'll take my inlaws' place in Guanajuato about an hour outside of Querétaro. Still has mountains and bluffs, but the cartels aren't endemic yet.

Always wanted to visit there. Shit starting to get crazy there too. World Rally Championship is there in a couple of weeks.

https://apnews.com/4a77acc65e8d2bdf0c03c020b3c17848


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Garcia's Restaurant in Matamoros used to be the best in town 

8 hours ago, Alex Karev said:

Garcia's Restaurant in Matamoros used to be the best in town 

 

correct 

15 hours ago, Alex Karev said:

Garcia's Restaurant in Matamoros used to be the best in town 

We used to go there all of the time when we were kids.  We'd just drive across and park out front. 

On 2/26/2020 at 11:28 AM, Quagmire said:

I kinda want to be a drug lord now

Can you imagine the stress?

On 2/25/2020 at 3:47 PM, Zepol87 said:

Guanajuato is beautiful

Did you ever go in and see the mummies?  Creep af.

I went in and seen the the Donkey show.

In Ciudad Acuña they had a goose that stuck it's head and neck in some strange places.

I think I remember monkeys also.

Those were the days.

 

 

Would a guy be crazy to cross the border to have lunch at Garcia’s?

I crossed the river illegally via rowboat several times to eat at this place.
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I didn't think it was as good as the first season of Mexico because it felt rushed to me.  Still good though.  Anyone have any recs on books about the history of the Mexican cartels?

I highly recommend Narcoland: The Mexican Drug Lords and Their Godfathers by journalist Anabel Hernandez. It tells the real story of these exact characters, and I think the show is pretty faithful for the most part. Published in 2014 so El Chapo is still in the midst of his capture-escape-capture-escape sequence at the time.

On 2/28/2020 at 6:48 AM, Lat22 said:

We used to go there all of the time when we were kids.  We'd just drive across and park out front. 

Kind of crazy to think how normal it was to drive across the border and cruise around in Mexico. The last time I was in a border town was Matamoros about 16 years ago before shit started to hit the fan and even then things were getting sketchy.

Kind of crazy to think how normal it was to drive across the border and cruise around in Mexico. The last time I was in a border town was Matamoros about 16 years ago before shit started to hit the fan and even then things were getting sketchy.

9/11 2001 is when things changed. Especially in the Lajitas and Paso Lajitas area.
We started going to the area not long after Pablo was killed and would cross the river to ride to San Carlos on our mountain bikes. We would eat lunch there and ride back. Portions of the ride went through Mimi’s ranch. There is a cool waterfall on her property. I think she worked at the Lajitas trading post for a while before it was sold.



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On 3/2/2020 at 5:32 PM, kevwun said:

I didn't think it was as good as the first season of Mexico because it felt rushed to me.  Still good though.  Anyone have any recs on books about the history of the Mexican cartels?

Not a book, but for an interesting look at the cartel life, check out Narco Cultura on Amazon prime. 

 

  • 10 months later...

Has anyone watched The Last Narc on Amazon Prime?  I'm not one for conspiracy theories, but holy shit, they have what seem like some fairly heavy hitters backing up the possible CIA involvement in the torture/assassination of Kiki Camerena.  One would think that they wouldn't attach their names to something like this without a very firm belief.

It's only a four part documentary that runs less than four hours.  They have interviews with the people that were supposedly involved with the kidnapping and torture.

And I guess I should have searched more...already in the Prime recommendations.

 

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20 hours ago, Catpfish said:

Has anyone watched The Last Narc on Amazon Prime?  I'm not one for conspiracy theories, but holy shit, they have what seem like some fairly heavy hitters backing up the possible CIA involvement in the torture/assassination of Kiki Camerena.  One would think that they wouldn't attach their names to something like this without a very firm belief.

It's only a four part documentary that runs less than four hours.  They have interviews with the people that were supposedly involved with the kidnapping and torture.

And I guess I should have searched more...already in the Prime recommendations.

 

Yes. It's excellent. 

  • 9 months later...

Season 3 drops on Netflix on Friday.

On 3/4/2020 at 1:45 PM, Player said:

Not a book, but for an interesting look at the cartel life, check out Narco Cultura on Amazon prime. 

 

Great recommendation

3 hours ago, kevwun said:

Season 3 drops on Netflix on Friday.

Damn. No trailer?

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