How a Cartel Built Their Own Cell Phone Network

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  • @DrHazard1206
    @DrHazard1206 Před 3 lety +8436

    Did he really send any entire drug cartel after a CZcams lawyer?
    Our man's on another level!

    • @johnladuke6475
      @johnladuke6475 Před 3 lety +639

      "Hey LegalEagles, when you're naked and filthy, and chained to a pile of cinderblocks in a shack somewhere in central america, how do you escape? It's time to think like a lawyer who hopes that the next time the door opens it's just a beating, not execution time."

    •  Před 3 lety +60

      @@johnladuke6475 Serving lawsuits via window bricks...?

    • @axlrose76
      @axlrose76 Před 3 lety +67

      Maybe he's "amigo del cartel".

    • @kugalus
      @kugalus Před 3 lety +55

      Next thing we know is that Sam is sued by the LegalEagle

    • @DoctorWhom
      @DoctorWhom Před 3 lety +14

      Legal Eagle wont be in danger from the drug cartel. do drug cartels have fans? I hope we don't find out.

  • @LegalEagle
    @LegalEagle Před 3 lety +25632

    Well, I guess we know which CZcams channel Sam hates the most...

  • @adamhenriksson6007
    @adamhenriksson6007 Před 3 lety +1938

    4:10 The joke is that the Mexican drug cartel has more service engineers on standby than AT&T.

    • @maritoguionyo
      @maritoguionyo Před 2 lety +31

      AT&T Nextel

    • @deleted-something
      @deleted-something Před rokem +5

      Lol?

    • @christopher9727
      @christopher9727 Před 3 měsíci

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    • @deebear321
      @deebear321 Před 3 měsíci +4

      This aged fantastically...

    • @silent4198
      @silent4198 Před 2 měsíci

      @@deebear321 fr

  • @mattchandler2387
    @mattchandler2387 Před 3 lety +2155

    I count 6 jokes in the first minute, five jokes in the second minute, four in the third minute, two in the fourth minute (but one of them was really long), four in the fifth minute, and one in the sixth minute that took up most of the remaining - non-sponsored runtime. This means there were a total of 22 jokes for a joke density of one joke every 14.8 seconds

  • @Bshue123
    @Bshue123 Před 3 lety +3000

    Legal Eagle like: Wait, why are there a dozen black SUVs at my office?

    • @AnonymousGentooman
      @AnonymousGentooman Před 3 lety +87

      ese compa ya esta muerto, no mas no le han avisado

    • @sirBrouwer
      @sirBrouwer Před 3 lety +38

      that is just business as usual.

    • @mbedj1974
      @mbedj1974 Před 3 lety +41

      Maybe a ton of guys are looking for good counsel before a trial

    • @TheSquidPro
      @TheSquidPro Před 3 lety +12

      I hear he was peeled all over with a chainsaw when they found the first piece of him.

    • @TrimutiusToo
      @TrimutiusToo Před 3 lety +5

      Nah he will just see them in court in a jiffy...

  • @FingeringThings
    @FingeringThings Před 3 lety +2173

    When a cartel is more competent than a tele company

  • @hussey4826
    @hussey4826 Před 3 lety +591

    *Devin Stone at 4am*: "Why do I hear Mexican music? "

    • @adamkwalczyk
      @adamkwalczyk Před 3 lety +3

      I wish Devin could cover 5 plausible conspirac theories that might actually come true in 2021

    • @somanynames781
      @somanynames781 Před 3 lety +7

      Because Devin is stoned at 4am

    • @jarehelt
      @jarehelt Před 3 lety +3

      All im imagining is el jarabe tapatio 🤣

    • @xEEEa7iu231
      @xEEEa7iu231 Před 2 lety

      next video on LegalEagle: silly me, of course it wouldnt exist!

  • @aawagga7099
    @aawagga7099 Před 3 lety +374

    when he said "and the other is a drug cartel" we all saw that coming by now didn't we?

  • @moosasoumahoro6440
    @moosasoumahoro6440 Před 3 lety +2342

    Even Murderous drug Lord's are eco-friendly.
    A cartel member: Professionals have standards

    • @tomasveras2175
      @tomasveras2175 Před 3 lety +85

      Can kill someone but not the environment

    • @arkesh110
      @arkesh110 Před 3 lety +57

      @@tomasveras2175 I mean the less people the better

    • @normalcontent1415
      @normalcontent1415 Před 3 lety +11

      There are so many memes in Mexico about the Ex president’s stupidity.

    • @blakexu4943
      @blakexu4943 Před 3 lety +25

      The Cartels just siphon the gas they want to sell from existing pipelines. That's sort of eco-friendly I guess....

    • @normalcontent1415
      @normalcontent1415 Před 3 lety +2

      @@blakexu4943 PEMEX: Shhh.

  • @minisaiju7699
    @minisaiju7699 Před 3 lety +6534

    His sound is the same as the wendover production guy

    • @bookrocker4945
      @bookrocker4945 Před 3 lety +665

      I know it’s insane

    • @DoctorCyan
      @DoctorCyan Před 3 lety +431

      Only commenting because I know this is a top comment

    • @BolinTobySlothhood
      @BolinTobySlothhood Před 3 lety +393

      Damn now that you mention it I can totally see the similarities wtf. Wendover is way funnier though

    • @akorus_master
      @akorus_master Před 3 lety +438

      They sound the Sam indeed.

    • @nirajankhadka0123
      @nirajankhadka0123 Před 3 lety +232

      Ohhh! That's interesting! Or Half as!

  • @nikolavasic1947
    @nikolavasic1947 Před 3 lety +171

    As a Serbian, I can confirm
    Halcones does mean halcones

    • @JovanLemon
      @JovanLemon Před rokem +1

      As another Serbian, I can confirm it still means halcones

  • @1Sportmode
    @1Sportmode Před 3 lety +377

    “ and the other is a drug cartel” 😂😂😂 beautiful execution

    • @kappxster
      @kappxster Před 3 lety +8

      literally LOLed 😂

    • @zaeroses1096
      @zaeroses1096 Před 2 lety +10

      I could see it a mile off and it was still good

  • @programmer437
    @programmer437 Před 3 lety +4143

    What us nerds can take from this:
    When the cartel hires you to run their infrastructure, if you get caught, claim you were “kidnapped”.

    • @CoolAcid
      @CoolAcid Před 3 lety +357

      I know one of those engineers, he went to school with me. They basically told him "hey, we need you to build this infrastructure and we will pay you lots and lots of money, or you can decline and we will kill you and your family. :)". Now he has a lot of money. I would've done the same.

    • @brianrivera0
      @brianrivera0 Před 3 lety +29

      @@CoolAcid Damn

    • @creativedesignation7880
      @creativedesignation7880 Před 3 lety +359

      I am sure they were just hired, since cartels are famous for being non-violent, kidnapping and threatening nobody and generally being super kind and never doing anything illegal.

    • @TheJerbol
      @TheJerbol Před 3 lety +29

      cartels kidnap people left and right wtf u on m8

    • @guycross493
      @guycross493 Před 3 lety +115

      @@TheJerbol wooooosh

  • @DoubleOddJosh
    @DoubleOddJosh Před 3 lety +2284

    Is it listed the NASDAQ or NYSE? I'm looking to diversify my portfolio

    • @DoubleOddJosh
      @DoubleOddJosh Před 3 lety +105

      @@manthanf1
      NASDAQ actually refers to both an exchange and an index. Please consult with Professor Wikipedia before trying to correct me

    • @JPSGShow
      @JPSGShow Před 3 lety +10

      on the AMEX

    • @thomasrose2127
      @thomasrose2127 Před 3 lety +3

      @@JPSGShow i thought it was on the VISA

    • @poodlescone9700
      @poodlescone9700 Před 3 lety +5

      Big Pharma is very profitable!

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      @elijahernst843 Před 3 lety +11

      NASDAQ looks like an among us code

  • @NoorquackerInd
    @NoorquackerInd Před 3 lety +105

    Me years ago: "Google please hire me"
    Me now: "Zeta please hire me"

    • @johnlucas463
      @johnlucas463 Před 2 lety +6

      The FBI wants to know your location

  • @bigh213
    @bigh213 Před 3 lety +175

    They probably had better service than I do with AT&T...

    • @DaFundraiser420
      @DaFundraiser420 Před 3 lety +1

      Hahaha try Tmobile

    • @Eugenepanels
      @Eugenepanels Před 3 lety +3

      At&t is not bad at all but they bit off more then they cud chew with that merger bull

    • @patraisieigna9625
      @patraisieigna9625 Před 3 lety

      U just dont know how to use the service

    • @syxepop
      @syxepop Před 2 lety +2

      Knowing that the service the cartel may have ended hacking after Nextel Mexico was bought by (ahem) AT&T may have ended been TelCel (or Claro, as is known in many other Latin American countries outside of Mexico)...
      (had until not too long ago like 70% of the wireless market in Mexico and as many monopolies it is not quite well respected for its' "customer service")

  • @jacksonbitzer3336
    @jacksonbitzer3336 Před 3 lety +3186

    When he hates Wendover Productions the most...

    • @georgepaul341
      @georgepaul341 Před 3 lety +15

      ? Can u elaborate?
      Edit: Ok guys thanks I understand now

    • @acebalistic1358
      @acebalistic1358 Před 3 lety +91

      @@georgepaul341 HAI was made based on the old that Wikipedia list on Wendover productions. they are run by the same guy.

    • @LeoStaley
      @LeoStaley Před 3 lety +118

      @@georgepaul341 in the section where he says which CZcamsr he hates most, masked by digital inversion, he said Wendover.

    • @heleneardleytaylor25
      @heleneardleytaylor25 Před 3 lety +8

      Gush I think it might me league eagle

    • @calcavendish5430
      @calcavendish5430 Před 3 lety +122

      @@georgepaul341 basically an insider fan joke. Wendover and HAI are running by the same group and the same narrator. Usually he will diss the "guy from Wendover" (which is himself) as a joke. Although Wendover narrator's tone was more serious back then, they pretty much shared the same tone now.

  • @BattlewarPenguin
    @BattlewarPenguin Před 3 lety +1898

    2:53 The conversation taken would have been hilarious
    Cartel Drug Dude: Should we use gasoline to power up the electricity?
    Cartel Leader: Are you nuts? Do you have any idea how bad would it be for the environment?

    • @ciscobriones5904
      @ciscobriones5904 Před 3 lety +112

      even the cartel know solar power is the future..., why destroy the planet even more?
      even the cartel have some morals. Unlike an American politician

    • @sockaccount8116
      @sockaccount8116 Před 3 lety +97

      @@ciscobriones5904 Why "even the cartel"? They choose the technologies which are more efficient, productive and reliable to run their business not ways to satisfy all of the different lobby groups filling their pockets.

    • @waxpen3374
      @waxpen3374 Před 3 lety +56

      @@sockaccount8116 literally, a solar-powered system could be set up automatically and would only have to be re-checked if maintenance was needed. Whereas refueling would require multiple and regularly scheduled trips to refuel it.

    • @JayElement13
      @JayElement13 Před 3 lety +12

      @@ciscobriones5904 ya they don’t pollute the environment just the human body

    • @vrsce0178
      @vrsce0178 Před 3 lety +5

      @@ciscobriones5904 LOL "morals".

  • @neweracarz8526
    @neweracarz8526 Před 3 lety +102

    Halcon in spanish means falcon... so halcones- “falcons”

    • @baltazarresendez3990
      @baltazarresendez3990 Před 3 lety

      Halcón is hawk

    • @Belzeh
      @Belzeh Před 3 lety +13

      @@baltazarresendez3990 stop spreading misinformation. "Halcón" is a falcon, "gavilán" is a hawk.

    • @ipablol
      @ipablol Před 3 lety +3

      and the singular form is halcón, not halcone

    • @awcy6902
      @awcy6902 Před 2 lety +3

      Nice try Google already told us it's Serbian

    • @nabilal-dam2325
      @nabilal-dam2325 Před 2 lety

      thats not true halcones means halcones

  • @wumwum42
    @wumwum42 Před 3 lety +86

    Its so nice to see not every knowlege channel lost their humor !
    The commentary makes it very entertaining, while still very informative!

    • @AJ12Gamer
      @AJ12Gamer Před 2 lety +2

      And halcones means halcones.

    • @a..4255
      @a..4255 Před 2 lety

      @@AJ12Gamer hawks

  • @kickballfever
    @kickballfever Před 3 lety +2587

    Imagine you're just a regular engineer and the cartel kidnaps you to work for them, then you get caught in a raid and arrested for being a part of the cartel that you never even wanted to join in the first place.

    • @leonardoaguado2501
      @leonardoaguado2501 Před 3 lety +302

      Or they hire you and then the cops come so you claim to be kidnapped

    • @prodbycxrlos
      @prodbycxrlos Před 3 lety +328

      This sadly doesn’t just happen to engineers, but to everyday innocent people as well. I know of a smith who was kidnapped to help make makeshift armored cars (think mad max) and was subsequently killed in a raid. Sad situation.

    • @phuckyoutube5927
      @phuckyoutube5927 Před 3 lety +23

      @@leonardoaguado2501 best idea ever lmao

    • @rypdx
      @rypdx Před 2 lety +6

      Fr that’s what be happening everyone else Lying

    • @MiriamLizeth-ic9sb
      @MiriamLizeth-ic9sb Před 2 lety +12

      The reality of some poor people here, they have no choice but to serve the narcos to survive :((

  • @HoennMaster
    @HoennMaster Před 3 lety +760

    0:18 I knew where this joke was going, and you're damn right I still enjoyed it.

  • @Karl_Kampfwagen
    @Karl_Kampfwagen Před 3 lety +25

    This was awesome... Mostly because I worked for a company which supplied V&V with computer servers... 💀 I always thought their operation seemed sketchy-at-best, and now I know why.

  • @thebasketballhistorian3291
    @thebasketballhistorian3291 Před 3 lety +20

    How many stock video clips do you want to use?
    HAI: Yes.

  • @gustavaaby2786
    @gustavaaby2786 Před 3 lety +2602

    I decrypted the message and it sat "that wendover guy"
    Edit:
    I didn't actually 👉👈
    I just guessed

  • @thiccnicc6848
    @thiccnicc6848 Před 3 lety +1753

    The fact that drug cartels have legitimate infrastructure and teams of kidnapped nerds will always astound me.

    • @mt8956
      @mt8956 Před 3 lety +27

      @Rider450 yes but no, if am correct at one point all of Mexico communications were own by one person.

    • @900108Chale
      @900108Chale Před 3 lety +37

      @@mt8956 Mainly 2 cos. Infrastructure is mostly owned by Carlos Slim (Mexico's top billionaire) owner of TELMEX and service is provided by 2 cos: TELMEX and another Mexican who recently sold to AT&T... A new CHEAP service for poor people in rural areas, created some years ago, seemed to have gone nowhere (crushed?).

    • @souparmsbarraza7206
      @souparmsbarraza7206 Před 3 lety +24

      Some cartels have been caught using kidnapped scientist to develop a new breed of ballistic artillery...
      Known only as "Engranaje de Metal'

    • @JK-gu3tl
      @JK-gu3tl Před 3 lety +7

      @@900108Chale Mexican gov't in bed with big business.

    • @TheNumbasign2
      @TheNumbasign2 Před 3 lety +2

      @Rider450 real talk

  • @paulomontalvoestrada1608
    @paulomontalvoestrada1608 Před 3 lety +50

    I'm studying infrastructure of digital networks and with the stuff you learn in first semester I feel ready to start my own network lol

    • @darin7553
      @darin7553 Před rokem +1

      You should get in to the drug busines! What could go wrong?

    • @JatPhenshllem
      @JatPhenshllem Před rokem

      @@darin7553 Yeah, lemme know when it gets started up, I'd love to... uh - a friend would love to take part

  • @rebeccakenworthy4623
    @rebeccakenworthy4623 Před 3 lety +19

    I've got a good question for you. It became evident to law enforcement in Victoria, Australia in the early 2000's that certain underworld identities had cell phones that did not get bills and the telecommunications companies didn't know existed- making them hard to tap into for law enforcement. There was no private network, like this story... It was apparently some phone hack of some sort... What the heck were they doing???

    • @AliBaba-vw7mo
      @AliBaba-vw7mo Před 11 měsíci +2

      I’m no expert, but they could have gained access to cellular infrastructure and made a private network. I mean- the knowledge to create a private cellular network is freely available. Cellular standards such as LTE are not too hard to set up given enough time

  • @rockrocket54
    @rockrocket54 Před 3 lety +196

    As a HAM radio operator, the fact that a drug cartel was able to maintain a reliable network of repeaters all across the country is pretty amazing. Then again, with the resources at their disposable, they can do pretty much anything.

    • @grayrabbit2211
      @grayrabbit2211 Před 2 lety +2

      In S. Florida in the 1980s, the cartels used a bunch of ham equipment, usually out of band. Good times.

    • @bigbulldozer9708
      @bigbulldozer9708 Před 2 lety +4

      They did use the scrambler for their "encryption" which is even worse than rc4. Not to impressive

    • @brrrrrr
      @brrrrrr Před 2 lety +2

      Do ham radios taste like ham?

    • @grayrabbit2211
      @grayrabbit2211 Před 2 lety +6

      @@brrrrrr Eh, probably not. More like beer and b.s.

    • @brrrrrr
      @brrrrrr Před 2 lety +3

      @@grayrabbit2211 :(

  • @vomgrady
    @vomgrady Před 3 lety +447

    Thoughts and prayers for Devin Stone.

  • @ananya.a04
    @ananya.a04 Před rokem +6

    The video itself was very informative and interesting, but the humour was top-notch as well! Half as Interesting is one of my favourite channels on CZcams to visit whenever I want to learn something new. Keep up the good work guys!

  • @MrSpankee02
    @MrSpankee02 Před 3 lety +10

    How dare you call me a nerd! If you’ll excuse me ,I have to go play with my action figure collection.

  • @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un
    @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un Před 3 lety +1983

    Hmm, halcones means halcones. Good to know

    • @900108Chale
      @900108Chale Před 3 lety +71

      KIM!!!! You forgot your Spanish? Remember Castro?
      It means Falcons my overlord of the poorest Asians...

    • @GGOWO
      @GGOWO Před 3 lety +26

      Why does the president have so few likes u will all get executed

    • @alqui8433
      @alqui8433 Před 3 lety +20

      It means Hawk's 🤣

    • @marjimhip8487
      @marjimhip8487 Před 3 lety +1

      things is stuff and are junk and other such crap

    • @retromichael2429
      @retromichael2429 Před 3 lety +1

      Halkones is a type of a bird

  • @Naruedyoh
    @Naruedyoh Před 3 lety +194

    3:38 The singular of "halcones" is "halcón"

  • @SauceX8
    @SauceX8 Před 3 lety +3

    Fun fact: The zeta cartels were formed by a group of ex military soldier part of a special forces group. They mostly hired police officers and military soldiers. This is the reason why the zetas fought a lot like military rebels and why they had so much knowledge about guns, communication, government, vehicles, and military tactics.

  • @cheekoandtheman
    @cheekoandtheman Před 3 lety +5

    I love the "it's easy to tell the difference " line, very witty

  • @dhevinkundu5156
    @dhevinkundu5156 Před 3 lety +225

    Zetas: * need their own private communication system for their cartel *
    Zetas: modern problems require modern solutions

    • @simpleinverso8628
      @simpleinverso8628 Před 3 lety +9

      They are called Zetas not veras

    • @ado6520
      @ado6520 Před 3 lety +3

      That’s not funny it’s supposed to be something ironic instead of something good like the network

    • @liamhastings1385
      @liamhastings1385 Před 3 lety

      Modem*

    • @dhevinkundu5156
      @dhevinkundu5156 Před 3 lety

      @@ado6520 that's.... not my understanding of it. Apologies.

    • @dhevinkundu5156
      @dhevinkundu5156 Před 3 lety +1

      @@simpleinverso8628 i kinda forgot what it was but i edited it now sooo

  • @Bahmani
    @Bahmani Před 3 lety +398

    when a cartel is more competent then the goverment of the country I live in

  • @krismatic_
    @krismatic_ Před 3 lety +2

    The dry delivery of interesting facts is a combo I didn't realize I needed

  • @arch1028
    @arch1028 Před 3 lety

    0:20 I love how he explained that ! Definitely earned a sub

  • @lxvi84
    @lxvi84 Před 3 lety +330

    Fun fact, The earliest fired bricks appeared in Neolithic China around 4400 BC at Chengtoushan, a walled settlement of the Daxi culture. These bricks were made of red clay, fired on all sides to above 600 °C, and used as flooring for houses.
    You’re welcome

    • @SummerSausage1
      @SummerSausage1 Před 3 lety +11

      I remember back when I was a kid I used to throw bricks into higher end cars I saw in Rodeo drive. I wonder if any of those bricks were fired bricks. Would be poetic haha

    • @UnQuacker
      @UnQuacker Před 3 lety +3

      You're*
      *angry grammar nazi noises*

    • @SummerSausage1
      @SummerSausage1 Před 3 lety +2

      @@UnQuacker thanks! your a saint! ;)

    • @UnQuacker
      @UnQuacker Před 3 lety +1

      @@SummerSausage1 *even angrier grammar nazi noises*

    • @lxvi84
      @lxvi84 Před 3 lety

      @@UnQuacker thank you so much, I’ve been making this mistake for years 😬 (English is not my first language)

  • @shivpatel7506
    @shivpatel7506 Před 3 lety +133

    HAI: Basically it was as good a cell network as you could get...
    Me: Cannot talk to my friends because of bad Wi-Fi
    ...

  • @kinglongmoney1037
    @kinglongmoney1037 Před 3 lety +32

    the weird jokes definitely makes this half as interesting

  • @neldert1397
    @neldert1397 Před 3 lety +8

    The ending of this video can best be summarized as "How to attempt to indirectly assassinate another youtuber"

  • @ke6gwf
    @ke6gwf Před 3 lety +791

    What you described is not a cell network, but a radio repeater network.
    Source: a nerd with a license! ;)

    • @R3lay0
      @R3lay0 Před 3 lety +38

      Where can I get a nerd licence?

    • @videotaper2272
      @videotaper2272 Před 3 lety +33

      @@R3lay0 Look up "amateur radio" or "ham radio", there is probably a club in your area that runs a course on how to pass the test which you can usually take at the end of the course through a "volunteer examiner".
      I was thinking from this description it sounded more like the linked repeater systems that ham radio operators use...just hams don't use the encryption...and can't talk about selling drugs (or even most legal things) on the air. ^_-
      Some links mostly relevant to where I live:
      links.ve4.ca

    • @LowOutput
      @LowOutput Před 3 lety +3

      Is Yreka the read-headed step child of Eureka? And is the “reka” part pronounced the same in both?

    • @n3ssaya972
      @n3ssaya972 Před 3 lety +3

      73!

    • @rogvelsan
      @rogvelsan Před 3 lety +7

      @@videotaper2272 it was actually a GMSR network, illegal of course but repeaters can be bought by anyone and resellers do not ask questions about the final purpose.

  • @Just_another_turtle
    @Just_another_turtle Před 3 lety +611

    The cartel seems more smart than the government themselves.

    • @simpleinverso8628
      @simpleinverso8628 Před 3 lety +73

      They simply have the motivation and nescesity to do it.
      While government pigs keep allowing them to do so.

    • @williamkeffer8234
      @williamkeffer8234 Před 3 lety +7

      Because they are

    • @johnladuke6475
      @johnladuke6475 Před 3 lety +81

      It's not that they're smarter, exactly... it's just that government runs on taxes, and telecom companies run on cell phone profits... and neither one of those allows you spend as much money as when you sell cocaine, opiates and methamphetamines. Also if you can just kidnap the best techs in the business for your sysadmins and network admins, it really cuts down on recruiting costs.

    • @CaptainClod0981
      @CaptainClod0981 Před 3 lety

      You'd be amazed

    • @cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245
      @cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245 Před 3 lety +4

      *RAGING BOOTLICKING GOVERNMENT LOVING PUNISHER NOISES*

  • @firecrotchrighthere2982
    @firecrotchrighthere2982 Před 3 lety +2

    Great channel!!!! Keep doing what your doing my man

  • @majindydy8378
    @majindydy8378 Před 3 lety +3

    For some reason, you are super quick and hilarious in this video ^_^ love it, great job!

  • @marcoantoniobarretovera756
    @marcoantoniobarretovera756 Před 3 lety +50

    for those who don't speak Spanish, "halcones" means falcons.

  • @aquarocket8165
    @aquarocket8165 Před 3 lety +155

    halcones means hawks for those that want to know

    • @angelrobles7201
      @angelrobles7201 Před 3 lety +14

      And the singular is "halcón", not "halcone"
      (Same goes with "tamal" and "tamales". No relation, but damn! It irks me when I found the word "tamale"!!)

    • @simpleinverso8628
      @simpleinverso8628 Před 3 lety +1

      @@PlaneguyAN225 no, go to your corner

    • @Otzkar
      @Otzkar Před 3 lety

      @@PlaneguyAN225 nah you look like you would watch wendover productions

    • @BrienMalone
      @BrienMalone Před 3 lety +3

      The word has the same origin as the word falcon, but means hawk. Go figure.

    • @Alex-fv2qs
      @Alex-fv2qs Před 3 lety +1

      Also, the h in halcón doesn't make any sound

  • @ithetruelegend
    @ithetruelegend Před 3 lety +11

    Halcones translate to “hawks” in english. That’s the name to people who keep an eye open from rivals, police, and everything else that they want to keep an eye on

    • @ericktellez7632
      @ericktellez7632 Před 3 lety +1

      Wrong, halcones are falcons, there is a difference, for example an eagle is an aguila because they are different species.

    • @ithetruelegend
      @ithetruelegend Před 3 lety

      @@ericktellez7632 on a interview with people from cartels they explain why they use that term. The term would translate to hawk, you aren’t wrong about being two different species though.

    • @ithetruelegend
      @ithetruelegend Před 3 lety

      @@ericktellez7632 it could also translate to gavilan but they don’t use that word to specify a type of bird lol. It’s just something that they use to name the people who are scouting for them

    • @sandro7827
      @sandro7827 Před 3 lety

      @@ithetruelegend umm, halcones clearly translates to halcones in English... did you not watch the video?! Sheesh.

    • @Belzeh
      @Belzeh Před 3 lety

      @@ithetruelegend "Halcón" is a falcon, "gavilán" is a hawk. Cartel people are translating it as "hawk" only because they don't know proper English, or possibly don't even know the difference between a hawk and a falcon. Someone calling a falcon "a hawk" out of ignorance is not a reason for everyone else to start making the same mistake.

  • @devilchy
    @devilchy Před 3 lety +9

    As a drug cartel lord in the making ..
    I appreciate this video 🙏

  • @eonferdinand2917
    @eonferdinand2917 Před 3 lety +40

    Having heard stories about Pablo Escobar I can't say I'm surprised by a cartel making their own phone company

  • @baylinkdashyt
    @baylinkdashyt Před 3 lety +45

    This isn't really cellular, it's more trunking radio - the thing which Nextel originally was before it morphed.

    • @c1ockworx
      @c1ockworx Před 3 lety +7

      Came to say the same thing. Looks like a DMR, P.25 or other commercial encrypted radio network - in which case the pics of people using cell phones and cell towers aren't relevant. Maybe we're missing part of the story?

    • @imafuturecorpse2443
      @imafuturecorpse2443 Před 3 lety +1

      I mean when you get into the more advanced features of trunked radio do you really blame them for thinking it’s a cellular service?

    • @ChiDraconis
      @ChiDraconis Před 3 lety

      @@imafuturecorpse2443
      Reminds me of London Interbank Overnight Rate running their cartel in the clear posting openly unenciphered

    • @WasatchIntercept
      @WasatchIntercept Před 3 lety +3

      @@imafuturecorpse2443 The creator of this video repeatedly used technical terms, in order to sound knowledgeable. So yeah, they should be expected to know what those terms mean, and to use them correctly. As it stands, this video is a minimally informative mess.

  • @worldview2888
    @worldview2888 Před 3 lety +5

    Does anyone else actually get how BRILLIANT the "cartel" are? They basically accomplished this plus powered all of this using SOLAR energy. Think of it, you actually need to make a satelite tower to achieve this telecomm tower. The minds behind such achievements are whom i admire the most.

    • @syed--2023
      @syed--2023 Před rokem

      People become geniuses when a cartel kidnaps them and forces them to make a network lmao

    • @worldview2888
      @worldview2888 Před rokem

      @@syed--2023 which part or who got kidnapped to be blackmailed into producing that? if you don't understand the content don't make irrelevant comments since English is not your native language.

    • @syed--2023
      @syed--2023 Před rokem

      @@worldview2888 What's your problem man? Can't take a joke? Or do you just hate me in general for some reason?

    • @worldview2888
      @worldview2888 Před rokem

      @@syed--2023 forgive me i'm sorry because i look very deeply into this stories and i work in NGO helping such problems in developing nations. when i see such problems i took it too seriously (as i always want to help because i work in NGO social care services.) i am sorry syed.

  • @gekyumerising3152
    @gekyumerising3152 Před 3 lety +2

    I love when sponsored content is back to back with an ad and the end of a video.

  • @locketom
    @locketom Před 3 lety +32

    Should have sent the cartel after LockPickingLawyer. The cartel would finish chaining him to a wall, close the door, and the next thing they'd hear is "nice click out of one"

  • @RachelTension
    @RachelTension Před 3 lety +120

    I cracked the voice distortion at 3:40, he said "wendover productions" anyone know who that is?

  • @Naderium
    @Naderium Před 3 lety +6

    "Halcones means halcones"
    *Ah yes the floor is made of floor*

  • @paullydeux2266
    @paullydeux2266 Před 3 lety +4

    expectaion:"hmm these cartels must be using these cell network to commit crime"
    reality:"Hola boss i made sure the burrito you wanted me to order was in the fridge,adios!"

  • @NANI-kp8rb
    @NANI-kp8rb Před 3 lety +38

    3:48 is obviously Legal Eagle, I work at the NSA. National Digital Invertor inversion place

    • @ashrocks8443
      @ashrocks8443 Před 3 lety +1

      Allow me to introduce myself,i work with "time inversion"

  • @drac124
    @drac124 Před 3 lety +34

    Next on their plan: Launch satellite communication.

  • @samuelgarcia5730
    @samuelgarcia5730 Před 2 lety +3

    I’m new to this channel , I love this guys sarcasm 😂

  • @notmenotme614
    @notmenotme614 Před 3 lety +16

    When a drugs cartel can get better network performance than the cell phone operator you pay monthly

  • @ZexyS
    @ZexyS Před 3 lety +306

    As a Serb, I will just say that a word "Halcones" doesn't exist here lol

    • @doommagic
      @doommagic Před 3 lety +38

      I'm pretty sure that was the point he was making. It was a joke about it not being a Serbian word.

    • @OscarDriftz
      @OscarDriftz Před 3 lety +24

      Halcones is Spanish for hawks 😂

    • @victorhs258
      @victorhs258 Před 3 lety +1

      Which is why there is a hawk @1:28

    • @rafaelmendoza7933
      @rafaelmendoza7933 Před 3 lety +1

      @@OscarDriftz falcon

    • @cplcabs
      @cplcabs Před 3 lety +1

      @@doommagic yank humour

  • @shivpatel7506
    @shivpatel7506 Před 3 lety +11

    0:51 The guy is a legend; he puts an ad in between drug cartel phone networks

  • @autismos7057
    @autismos7057 Před 3 lety +1

    I've been to that street in McAllen hundreds of times! I live right by!!

  • @Gobble.Gobble
    @Gobble.Gobble Před 3 lety

    Person of Interest had this idea back in 2015. My favorite tv show

  • @jordansumitomo2357
    @jordansumitomo2357 Před 3 lety +21

    "My name is Devin Stone,
    My Channel is LegalEagle,
    any complaints must be send to the comment section"-Sam Denby.

  • @logank
    @logank Před 3 lety +9

    How on earth does that stock footage exist at 4:34? Honestly, that’s amazing.

  • @cageybee7221
    @cageybee7221 Před 3 lety +2

    mfw a gang of criminals can provide decent cell service inspite of government efforts to stop them, meanwhile actual companies struggle to do the same with massive government support.

  • @ChiDraconis
    @ChiDraconis Před 3 lety

    4:39 Hoodies up! Riot funny;
    Notice speaker says they don't jack with Petroleum Cartels though somewhat interestingly one now defunct major brand derives from one of these;

  • @farmertyler8087
    @farmertyler8087 Před 3 lety +75

    You rlly outed their com center lol. They’re gonna go after you now

  • @JeffrevinYT
    @JeffrevinYT Před 3 lety +6

    5:08 "So if any Zetas are watching this video and are mad at me, I want you to know that my name is Devin Stone, I look like this, and any complaints should be directed to the comments section of my channel, LegalEagle."
    Wait, isn't that illegal?
    Quick! Somebody get Sam from Half as Interesting to explain!

  • @curtiscarpenter9881
    @curtiscarpenter9881 Před 3 lety +2

    There was a case in the UK where a code was broken to capture a drug ring. Similar to this.

  • @newguy5921
    @newguy5921 Před 2 lety

    The writer for this channel is top notch. I see you, Adam Chase.

  • @Lady-V
    @Lady-V Před 3 lety +9

    When I heard the name Jose Luis del Toro Estrada; I was like "Oh no am I related to this guy?" and then I remembered that Estrada is just a town name.

  • @shadoninja
    @shadoninja Před 3 lety +67

    This video didn't really explain much. The "how" part was almost completely summarized by "towers and kidnapped engineers." not much detail though.

    • @TripleDDDD
      @TripleDDDD Před 3 lety +17

      Strap the kidnapped engineers to towers, boom free phonenetwork.

    • @timmyteabag69
      @timmyteabag69 Před 3 lety +2

      And not to support the oil and gas industry even though you need oil to build solar panels

    • @excitableboy7031
      @excitableboy7031 Před 3 lety +5

      As a computer engineer who has dabbled in wireless protocols, you dont want to know. Trust me.

    • @CallenderMan
      @CallenderMan Před 3 lety +4

      Welcome to Half as Interesting, where Sam only barely explains the titular question and spends the other half of the video elaborating on some barely related thing.

    • @kimarna
      @kimarna Před 2 lety +1

      Why it's only HALF as interesting

  • @jaimec2783
    @jaimec2783 Před měsícem

    They still do tho, engineers and technicians don't touch the antennas and repeaters when they do maintenance on towers, and sometimes halcones (falcons) stop by to make sure nothing happens to their equipment.

  • @fusion_phoenix
    @fusion_phoenix Před 2 lety

    4:28 hey that’s the zaragoza bridge in el paso. so weird to see familiar stuff on a mainstream yt video

  • @tanmaysrivastav
    @tanmaysrivastav Před 3 lety +17

    3:49 We all know it's Real Engineering that he hated the most

  • @baconnator179
    @baconnator179 Před 3 lety +150

    I thought this was gonna be about Apple

    • @Daniel_JS
      @Daniel_JS Před 3 lety +4

      I'd just like you to know you've got the biggest laugh out of me all week

    • @AxxLAfriku
      @AxxLAfriku Před 3 lety

      It's weird indeed. Everywhere I comment, people tell me how much they love me and my videos. Sometimes it is annoying. But right now it would be okay. So say something nice about my content, dear bac

    • @dvmien
      @dvmien Před 3 lety

      ??? Why

    • @DoctorCyan
      @DoctorCyan Před 3 lety

      LOL

  • @jessbakica5233
    @jessbakica5233 Před 3 lety +1

    Laughed so hard when he added Devon's name at the end

  • @GadgetAddict
    @GadgetAddict Před 2 lety +3

    So they built a UHF/VHF radio network, with analog/DMR radios.
    Not a cellphone network.
    Or am I missing something here?

    • @JackPribis
      @JackPribis Před rokem +1

      Based on the source article, the network can inhibit/unibhibit radios which indicates some digital signalling. But they use the term "inversion" or "scrambling" instead of encryption, indicating analog voice traffic. So I'm guessing it's an MPT network or similar, which has digital control with analog voice. Either way it's not a "cellphone network". Many private companies have similar private radio networks spread across entire countries.

  • @sirloin33
    @sirloin33 Před 3 lety +18

    I saw that “college students clawing their way up to a rotten heirarchy” joke coming from a mile away.

  • @hegecactus8938
    @hegecactus8938 Před 3 lety +5

    That redirect at the end is just outright cruel
    Not even cartels deserve to be send to a lawyer

  • @mikemastoros1219
    @mikemastoros1219 Před 3 lety +3

    Well at 0:17 I was super surprised to see Greek writing on the top meaning the working always wins in a way I don't get how thats fit in though

  • @juanpabloabondanosantos5473

    Amazing intro! Great work!

  • @mrmarecki1
    @mrmarecki1 Před 3 lety +6

    This video would have been a perfect advertising opportunity for a VPN company. It would be much cheaper and more practical to use one over existing commercial mobile network instead of building new infrastructure from scratch.

    • @nikkiofthevalley
      @nikkiofthevalley Před rokem

      VPNs don't do much for security. You can still see the traffic, it's just more difficult to work out where it's coming from.

    • @mrmarecki1
      @mrmarecki1 Před rokem

      @@nikkiofthevalley They also encrypt the traffic, so cartel's mobile operator would only see phones exchanging encrypted traffic with let's say AWS servers, which are used also by tons of popular services. If done right it would be very difficult distinguish from regular users, and impossible to read even if anything was suspected.

  • @nullcandyy
    @nullcandyy Před 3 lety +19

    imagine if he did a collab with the wendover productions guy

  • @003Jetfire
    @003Jetfire Před 2 lety +1

    HAI: This video was made possible by ...
    Me: A cartel?
    HAI: Brilliant
    Me: oh

  • @armandocardona6975
    @armandocardona6975 Před 4 měsíci

    I met someone in prison who was a proffesional cuban baseball player and was a doctorate in telecommunication technology who built cell servers for them. Genius man.

    • @christopher9727
      @christopher9727 Před 3 měsíci

      ....
      Jesus Christ saves
      He had mercy on me he can save all who all seek him today He made away through calvery repent of all sins today
      Romans 6:23
      For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
      Come to Jesus Christ today
      Jesus Christ is only way to heaven
      Repent and follow him today seek his heart Jesus Christ can fill the emptiness he can fill the void
      Heaven and hell is real cone to the loving savior today
      Today is the day of salvation tomorrow might be to late come to the loving savior today
      Holy Spirit can give you peace purpose and joy and his will today
      John 3:16-21
      16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
      Mark 1.15
      15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
      2 Peter 3:9
      The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
      Hebrews 11:6
      6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
      Jesus

  • @Alex-ll3ig
    @Alex-ll3ig Před 3 lety +4

    01:03 as I Serbian this is the proudest moment on this channel.
    And I don't even know what Halconies really is.

  • @shareef2501
    @shareef2501 Před 3 lety +2

    That diss on frats was hilarious

  • @apollo7557
    @apollo7557 Před 2 lety +3

    “Cartel engineer’s” is such an insanely bizarre term.

  • @Free_Krazy
    @Free_Krazy Před 3 lety +7

    "Cell phone coverage before 2005 was spotty"
    **LAUGHS IN MOUNTAIN**

  • @ericschultz4004
    @ericschultz4004 Před 3 lety +10

    2:20 "This guy" looks more like the Subway guy instead of the Verizon guy

    • @samiam619
      @samiam619 Před 3 lety

      Wonder how the Subway guy is doing in prison... not that I care that much, just wondering.

    • @ericschultz4004
      @ericschultz4004 Před 3 lety

      @@samiam619 Prison rape is not funny unless it happens to a sex offender. And I hope the Subway guy is taking his footlongs prison style!

  • @ottopike6000
    @ottopike6000 Před 2 lety

    Half as interesting? This deserves a spot on the main channel.

  • @ElectricityTaster
    @ElectricityTaster Před 3 lety +1

    everyone knows the best way to communicate with your cartel is using signs in a minecraft server.

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican Před 3 lety +14

    2:21 Why call that guy when the bois Mas Agus and Mas Pras can get the same job done smh