How a Cartel Built Their Own Cell Phone Network

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  • @LegalEagle
    @LegalEagle3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @muscovymapping8896

    @muscovymapping8896

    3 жыл бұрын

    yo only 4 minutes ago also hi i love your content

  • @re57k

    @re57k

    3 жыл бұрын

    hmmm

  • @amistrophy

    @amistrophy

    3 жыл бұрын

    OOF

  • @d.d.bdont-drink-bleach8160

    @d.d.bdont-drink-bleach8160

    3 жыл бұрын

    yep

  • @morrbydick5957

    @morrbydick5957

    3 жыл бұрын

    the slander! he better lawyer up ;)

  • @DrHazard1206
    @DrHazard12063 жыл бұрын

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

  • @johnladuke6475

    @johnladuke6475

    3 жыл бұрын

    "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."

  • 3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @axlrose76

    @axlrose76

    3 жыл бұрын

    Maybe he's "amigo del cartel".

  • @kugalus

    @kugalus

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @DoctorWhom

    @DoctorWhom

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @adamhenriksson6007
    @adamhenriksson60073 жыл бұрын

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

  • @maritoguionyo

    @maritoguionyo

    2 жыл бұрын

    AT&T Nextel

  • @deleted-something

    @deleted-something

    Жыл бұрын

    Lol?

  • @christopher9727

    @christopher9727

    3 ай бұрын

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  • @deebear321

    @deebear321

    3 ай бұрын

    This aged fantastically...

  • @silent4198

    @silent4198

    2 ай бұрын

    @@deebear321 fr

  • @mattchandler2387
    @mattchandler23873 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @ErtugrulK

    @ErtugrulK

    3 жыл бұрын

    Best comment here

  • @IloveRumania

    @IloveRumania

    2 жыл бұрын

    Great work!

  • @999fini

    @999fini

    2 жыл бұрын

    Dead Meat vibes

  • @tylermace6064

    @tylermace6064

    2 жыл бұрын

    okay @drew gooden

  • @MrMuz99

    @MrMuz99

    2 жыл бұрын

    Those were jokes? 🙄

  • @Bshue123
    @Bshue1233 жыл бұрын

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

  • @AnonymousGentooman

    @AnonymousGentooman

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @sirBrouwer

    @sirBrouwer

    3 жыл бұрын

    that is just business as usual.

  • @mbedj1974

    @mbedj1974

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @TheSquidPro

    @TheSquidPro

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @TrimutiusToo

    @TrimutiusToo

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @minisaiju7699
    @minisaiju76993 жыл бұрын

    His sound is the same as the wendover production guy

  • @bookrocker4945

    @bookrocker4945

    3 жыл бұрын

    I know it’s insane

  • @DoctorCyan

    @DoctorCyan

    3 жыл бұрын

    Only commenting because I know this is a top comment

  • @BolinTobySlothhood

    @BolinTobySlothhood

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @akorus_master

    @akorus_master

    3 жыл бұрын

    They sound the Sam indeed.

  • @nirajankhadka0123

    @nirajankhadka0123

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ohhh! That's interesting! Or Half as!

  • @aawagga7099
    @aawagga70993 жыл бұрын

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

  • @toasterhavingabath6980

    @toasterhavingabath6980

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeep.

  • @CallenderMan

    @CallenderMan

    3 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely.

  • @nikolavasic1947
    @nikolavasic19473 жыл бұрын

    As a Serbian, I can confirm Halcones does mean halcones

  • @JovanLemon

    @JovanLemon

    Жыл бұрын

    As another Serbian, I can confirm it still means halcones

  • @programmer437
    @programmer4373 жыл бұрын

    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

    3 жыл бұрын

    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

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@CoolAcid Damn

  • @creativedesignation7880

    @creativedesignation7880

    3 жыл бұрын

    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

    3 жыл бұрын

    cartels kidnap people left and right wtf u on m8

  • @guycross493

    @guycross493

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@TheJerbol wooooosh

  • @moosasoumahoro6440
    @moosasoumahoro64403 жыл бұрын

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

  • @tomasveras2175

    @tomasveras2175

    3 жыл бұрын

    Can kill someone but not the environment

  • @arkesh110

    @arkesh110

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@tomasveras2175 I mean the less people the better

  • @normalcontent1415

    @normalcontent1415

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @blakexu4943

    @blakexu4943

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @normalcontent1415

    @normalcontent1415

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@blakexu4943 PEMEX: Shhh.

  • @hussey4826
    @hussey48263 жыл бұрын

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

  • @adamkwalczyk

    @adamkwalczyk

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @somanynames781

    @somanynames781

    3 жыл бұрын

    Because Devin is stoned at 4am

  • @jarehelt

    @jarehelt

    3 жыл бұрын

    All im imagining is el jarabe tapatio 🤣

  • @xEEEa7iu231

    @xEEEa7iu231

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @1Sportmode
    @1Sportmode3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @kappxster

    @kappxster

    3 жыл бұрын

    literally LOLed 😂

  • @zaeroses1096

    @zaeroses1096

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @FingeringThings
    @FingeringThings3 жыл бұрын

    When a cartel is more competent than a tele company

  • @whyareyousoangry7322

    @whyareyousoangry7322

    3 жыл бұрын

    Also handling the DNCC’s communications!

  • @KaiWut

    @KaiWut

    3 жыл бұрын

    how fricking fast did u watch the video

  • @economicsinaction

    @economicsinaction

    3 жыл бұрын

    And many governments

  • @shirlintan2791

    @shirlintan2791

    3 жыл бұрын

    True tho.

  • @imsohandsome

    @imsohandsome

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@silentone6411 absolutely

  • @BattlewarPenguin
    @BattlewarPenguin3 жыл бұрын

    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

    3 жыл бұрын

    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

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@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

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@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

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @vrsce0178

    @vrsce0178

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ciscobriones5904 LOL "morals".

  • @NoorquackerInd
    @NoorquackerInd3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @johnlucas463

    @johnlucas463

    2 жыл бұрын

    The FBI wants to know your location

  • @bigh213
    @bigh2133 жыл бұрын

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

  • @DaFundraiser420

    @DaFundraiser420

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hahaha try Tmobile

  • @Eugenepanels

    @Eugenepanels

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @patraisieigna9625

    @patraisieigna9625

    3 жыл бұрын

    U just dont know how to use the service

  • @syxepop

    @syxepop

    2 жыл бұрын

    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")

  • @kickballfever
    @kickballfever3 жыл бұрын

    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

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @prodbycxrlos

    @prodbycxrlos

    3 жыл бұрын

    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

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@leonardoaguado2501 best idea ever lmao

  • @rypdx

    @rypdx

    2 жыл бұрын

    Fr that’s what be happening everyone else Lying

  • @MiriamLizeth-ic9sb

    @MiriamLizeth-ic9sb

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @DoubleOddJosh
    @DoubleOddJosh3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @DoubleOddJosh

    @DoubleOddJosh

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @JPSGShow

    @JPSGShow

    3 жыл бұрын

    on the AMEX

  • @thomasrose2127

    @thomasrose2127

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@JPSGShow i thought it was on the VISA

  • @poodlescone9700

    @poodlescone9700

    3 жыл бұрын

    Big Pharma is very profitable!

  • @elijahernst843

    @elijahernst843

    3 жыл бұрын

    NASDAQ looks like an among us code

  • @wumwum42
    @wumwum423 жыл бұрын

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

  • @AJ12Gamer

    @AJ12Gamer

    2 жыл бұрын

    And halcones means halcones.

  • @a..4255

    @a..4255

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@AJ12Gamer hawks

  • @Karl_Kampfwagen
    @Karl_Kampfwagen3 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @rayirth.upside-down

    @rayirth.upside-down

    2 жыл бұрын

    Well, I am afraid you went to the wrong place

  • @gustavaaby2786
    @gustavaaby27863 жыл бұрын

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

  • @beandiesel974

    @beandiesel974

    3 жыл бұрын

    wut

  • @IwanJames

    @IwanJames

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Стефан Радев was it

  • @justsomepersononyoutube9271

    @justsomepersononyoutube9271

    3 жыл бұрын

    The wendover guy is a big nerd

  • @cowsrbeefy

    @cowsrbeefy

    3 жыл бұрын

    I hate that guy 😡

  • @LeoStaley

    @LeoStaley

    3 жыл бұрын

    More like Wendover seductions, amirite

  • @jacksonbitzer3336
    @jacksonbitzer33363 жыл бұрын

    When he hates Wendover Productions the most...

  • @georgepaul341

    @georgepaul341

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @acebalistic1358

    @acebalistic1358

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @LeoStaley

    @LeoStaley

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @heleneardleytaylor25

    @heleneardleytaylor25

    3 жыл бұрын

    Gush I think it might me league eagle

  • @calcavendish5430

    @calcavendish5430

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @neweracarz8526
    @neweracarz85263 жыл бұрын

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

  • @baltazarresendez3990

    @baltazarresendez3990

    3 жыл бұрын

    Halcón is hawk

  • @Belzeh

    @Belzeh

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @ipablol

    @ipablol

    3 жыл бұрын

    and the singular form is halcón, not halcone

  • @awcy6902

    @awcy6902

    2 жыл бұрын

    Nice try Google already told us it's Serbian

  • @nabilal-dam2325

    @nabilal-dam2325

    2 жыл бұрын

    thats not true halcones means halcones

  • @thebasketballhistorian3291
    @thebasketballhistorian32913 жыл бұрын

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

  • @HoennMaster
    @HoennMaster3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @KaiWut

    @KaiWut

    3 жыл бұрын

    same

  • @jownadel1526

    @jownadel1526

    3 жыл бұрын

    He did the same thing for the difference between the dmv and dmz

  • @oscarword775

    @oscarword775

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@KaiWut same

  • @orchidquack

    @orchidquack

    3 жыл бұрын

    Exactly

  • @cerjmedia

    @cerjmedia

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jownadel1526 exact same thought process

  • @thiccnicc6848
    @thiccnicc68483 жыл бұрын

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

  • @mt8956

    @mt8956

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @900108Chale

    @900108Chale

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@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

    3 жыл бұрын

    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

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @TheNumbasign2

    @TheNumbasign2

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Rider450 real talk

  • @paulomontalvoestrada1608
    @paulomontalvoestrada16083 жыл бұрын

    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

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @JatPhenshllem

    @JatPhenshllem

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @rebeccakenworthy4623
    @rebeccakenworthy46233 жыл бұрын

    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

    11 ай бұрын

    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
    @rockrocket543 жыл бұрын

    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

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @bigbulldozer9708

    @bigbulldozer9708

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @brrrrrr

    @brrrrrr

    2 жыл бұрын

    Do ham radios taste like ham?

  • @grayrabbit2211

    @grayrabbit2211

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @brrrrrr

    @brrrrrr

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@grayrabbit2211 :(

  • @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un
    @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un3 жыл бұрын

    Hmm, halcones means halcones. Good to know

  • @900108Chale

    @900108Chale

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @GGOWO

    @GGOWO

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @alqui8433

    @alqui8433

    3 жыл бұрын

    It means Hawk's 🤣

  • @marjimhip8487

    @marjimhip8487

    3 жыл бұрын

    things is stuff and are junk and other such crap

  • @retromichael2429

    @retromichael2429

    3 жыл бұрын

    Halkones is a type of a bird

  • @ananya.a04
    @ananya.a04 Жыл бұрын

    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 KZread to visit whenever I want to learn something new. Keep up the good work guys!

  • @MrSpankee02
    @MrSpankee023 жыл бұрын

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

  • @JTA1961

    @JTA1961

    3 жыл бұрын

    {Dolls}

  • @vomgrady
    @vomgrady3 жыл бұрын

    Thoughts and prayers for Devin Stone.

  • @lancemckenzie2305

    @lancemckenzie2305

    3 жыл бұрын

    Damn

  • @Gaviid

    @Gaviid

    3 жыл бұрын

    Not funny

  • @vomgrady

    @vomgrady

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Gaviid too soon?

  • @vomgrady

    @vomgrady

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Gaviid BTW I like Devin Stone.

  • @Naruedyoh
    @Naruedyoh3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Artfuci

    @Artfuci

    3 жыл бұрын

    Do you know serbian?

  • @sharkfaceguy

    @sharkfaceguy

    3 жыл бұрын

    @The Real Talk with Jacob Wilson halcón means hawk not falcon

  • @llamadasinrespuesta4631

    @llamadasinrespuesta4631

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@sharkfaceguy The word halcón can be used for both.

  • @kele8559

    @kele8559

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@iykury que?

  • @kele8559

    @kele8559

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@iykury oh

  • @firecrotchrighthere2982
    @firecrotchrighthere29823 жыл бұрын

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

  • @cheekoandtheman
    @cheekoandtheman3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @dhevinkundu5156
    @dhevinkundu51563 жыл бұрын

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

  • @simpleinverso8628

    @simpleinverso8628

    3 жыл бұрын

    They are called Zetas not veras

  • @ado6520

    @ado6520

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @liamhastings1385

    @liamhastings1385

    3 жыл бұрын

    Modem*

  • @dhevinkundu5156

    @dhevinkundu5156

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @dhevinkundu5156

    @dhevinkundu5156

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @lxvi84
    @lxvi843 жыл бұрын

    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

    3 жыл бұрын

    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

    3 жыл бұрын

    You're* *angry grammar nazi noises*

  • @SummerSausage1

    @SummerSausage1

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@UnQuacker thanks! your a saint! ;)

  • @UnQuacker

    @UnQuacker

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@SummerSausage1 *even angrier grammar nazi noises*

  • @lxvi84

    @lxvi84

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @kinglongmoney1037
    @kinglongmoney10373 жыл бұрын

    the weird jokes definitely makes this half as interesting

  • @SauceX8
    @SauceX83 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @Bahmani
    @Bahmani3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @kevinolmedo675

    @kevinolmedo675

    3 жыл бұрын

    Same

  • @angelrobles7201

    @angelrobles7201

    3 жыл бұрын

    Basically, nearly all the countries' govs would fit that sentence. Which is truly sad.

  • @kriptonita8030

    @kriptonita8030

    3 жыл бұрын

    Specially latinamerica

  • @johnladuke6475

    @johnladuke6475

    3 жыл бұрын

    Part of the problem is that even having a monopoly on taxes just isn't as profitable as selling cocaine.

  • @OtakuUnitedStudio

    @OtakuUnitedStudio

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lo ciento

  • @shivpatel7506
    @shivpatel75063 жыл бұрын

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

  • @krismatic_
    @krismatic_3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @majindydy8378
    @majindydy83783 жыл бұрын

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

  • @ke6gwf
    @ke6gwf3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @R3lay0

    @R3lay0

    3 жыл бұрын

    Where can I get a nerd licence?

  • @videotaper2272

    @videotaper2272

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@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

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @n3ssaya972

    @n3ssaya972

    3 жыл бұрын

    73!

  • @rogvelsan

    @rogvelsan

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @marcoantoniobarretovera756
    @marcoantoniobarretovera7563 жыл бұрын

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

  • @arch1028
    @arch10283 жыл бұрын

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

  • @neldert1397
    @neldert13973 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Just_another_turtle
    @Just_another_turtle3 жыл бұрын

    The cartel seems more smart than the government themselves.

  • @simpleinverso8628

    @simpleinverso8628

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @williamkeffer8234

    @williamkeffer8234

    3 жыл бұрын

    Because they are

  • @johnladuke6475

    @johnladuke6475

    3 жыл бұрын

    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

    3 жыл бұрын

    You'd be amazed

  • @cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245

    @cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245

    3 жыл бұрын

    *RAGING BOOTLICKING GOVERNMENT LOVING PUNISHER NOISES*

  • @aquarocket8165
    @aquarocket81653 жыл бұрын

    halcones means hawks for those that want to know

  • @angelrobles7201

    @angelrobles7201

    3 жыл бұрын

    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

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@PlaneguyAN225 no, go to your corner

  • @Otzkar

    @Otzkar

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @BrienMalone

    @BrienMalone

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Alex-fv2qs

    @Alex-fv2qs

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @samuelgarcia5730
    @samuelgarcia57302 жыл бұрын

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

  • @devilchy
    @devilchy3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @hprgaming9249

    @hprgaming9249

    3 жыл бұрын

    STFU

  • @eonferdinand2917
    @eonferdinand29173 жыл бұрын

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

  • @baylinkdashyt
    @baylinkdashyt3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @c1ockworx

    @c1ockworx

    3 жыл бұрын

    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

    3 жыл бұрын

    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

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @WasatchIntercept

    @WasatchIntercept

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @ithetruelegend
    @ithetruelegend3 жыл бұрын

    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

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @ithetruelegend

    @ithetruelegend

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@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

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@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

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Belzeh

    @Belzeh

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @Naderium
    @Naderium3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @locketom
    @locketom3 жыл бұрын

    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
    @RachelTension3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @simpleinverso8628

    @simpleinverso8628

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Istvan Slobozs it's a joke you wonkie

  • @user-is2nn8mc9q

    @user-is2nn8mc9q

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Istvan Slobozs u are a wonky donkey

  • @aaditkolar5521

    @aaditkolar5521

    3 жыл бұрын

    how did you do that?

  • @simpleinverso8628

    @simpleinverso8628

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@aaditkolar5521 refer to my first comment

  • @vincenthanff7026

    @vincenthanff7026

    3 жыл бұрын

    WP and HAI are the same person?! Lies and madness!

  • @paullydeux2266
    @paullydeux22663 жыл бұрын

    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!"

  • @worldview2888
    @worldview28883 жыл бұрын

    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

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @worldview2888

    @worldview2888

    Жыл бұрын

    @@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

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @worldview2888

    @worldview2888

    Жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @NANI-kp8rb
    @NANI-kp8rb3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @ashrocks8443

    @ashrocks8443

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @drac124
    @drac1243 жыл бұрын

    Next on their plan: Launch satellite communication.

  • @juanpabloabondanosantos5473
    @juanpabloabondanosantos54732 жыл бұрын

    Amazing intro! Great work!

  • @notmenotme614
    @notmenotme6143 жыл бұрын

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

  • @ZexyS
    @ZexyS3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @doommagic

    @doommagic

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @OscarDriftz

    @OscarDriftz

    3 жыл бұрын

    Halcones is Spanish for hawks 😂

  • @victorhs258

    @victorhs258

    3 жыл бұрын

    Which is why there is a hawk @1:28

  • @rafaelmendoza7933

    @rafaelmendoza7933

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@OscarDriftz falcon

  • @cplcabs

    @cplcabs

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@doommagic yank humour

  • @shivpatel7506
    @shivpatel75063 жыл бұрын

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

  • @gekyumerising3152
    @gekyumerising31523 жыл бұрын

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

  • @003Jetfire
    @003Jetfire2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @jordansumitomo2357
    @jordansumitomo23573 жыл бұрын

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

  • @JeffrevinYT
    @JeffrevinYT3 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @aagronz
    @aagronz2 жыл бұрын

    First time in this channel , loving this guy

  • @cageybee7221
    @cageybee72213 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @logank
    @logank3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @sirloin33
    @sirloin333 жыл бұрын

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

  • @abentevent

    @abentevent

    3 жыл бұрын

    Same, still felt right.

  • @marvindebot3264

    @marvindebot3264

    3 жыл бұрын

    Joke, what joke?

  • @elliotfineberg9503

    @elliotfineberg9503

    3 жыл бұрын

    Oh, that was a hanging curveball over the plate.

  • @Gobble.Gobble
    @Gobble.Gobble3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @autismos7057
    @autismos70573 жыл бұрын

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

  • @baconnator179
    @baconnator1793 жыл бұрын

    I thought this was gonna be about Apple

  • @Daniel_JS

    @Daniel_JS

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @AxxLAfriku

    @AxxLAfriku

    3 жыл бұрын

    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

    3 жыл бұрын

    ??? Why

  • @DoctorCyan

    @DoctorCyan

    3 жыл бұрын

    LOL

  • @tanmaysrivastav
    @tanmaysrivastav3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @boahneelassmal
    @boahneelassmal2 жыл бұрын

    "[...] you're a nerd which I know because you're watching this video" _nod / sway my head slowly_ fair enough

  • @newguy5921
    @newguy59212 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Lady-V
    @Lady-V3 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @farmertyler8087
    @farmertyler80873 жыл бұрын

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

  • @MarySmith-hv5ur
    @MarySmith-hv5ur27 күн бұрын

    The one de-cringing the video on sponsorskip is a true hero

  • @cyocyu
    @cyocyu3 жыл бұрын

    Never get enough of your humor

  • @hegecactus8938
    @hegecactus89383 жыл бұрын

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

  • @shadoninja
    @shadoninja3 жыл бұрын

    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

    3 жыл бұрын

    Strap the kidnapped engineers to towers, boom free phonenetwork.

  • @timmyteabag69

    @timmyteabag69

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @excitableboy7031

    @excitableboy7031

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @CallenderMan

    @CallenderMan

    3 жыл бұрын

    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

    2 жыл бұрын

    Why it's only HALF as interesting

  • @jessbakica5233
    @jessbakica52333 жыл бұрын

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

  • @loganarnold3838
    @loganarnold38382 жыл бұрын

    The repeaters that send and receive are called Full Duplex Repeaters

  • @jacksonbitzer3336
    @jacksonbitzer33363 жыл бұрын

    This gives me vibes of Wendover Productions. Idk why ;)

  • @macaroon_nuggets8008

    @macaroon_nuggets8008

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hmm... I Wonder Why.

  • @JenerikEt

    @JenerikEt

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah?

  • @Honeydewstew

    @Honeydewstew

    3 жыл бұрын

    Huh weird...

  • @ingenuity23

    @ingenuity23

    3 жыл бұрын

    *bEcAuSe iTs tHe sAmE gUy*

  • @ingenuity23

    @ingenuity23

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@hurshjsoni ur the clown lol r/woooosh

  • @mrmarecki1
    @mrmarecki13 жыл бұрын

    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

    Жыл бұрын

    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

    Жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @lotusmojo
    @lotusmojo3 жыл бұрын

    I love the elephant and giraffe friends ... do more of that

  • @amyshaw893
    @amyshaw893 Жыл бұрын

    Says we aren't part of a drug cartel because we're a nerd. Describes a load of nerds hacking cell towers and creating a communications network for a cartel

  • @nullcandyy
    @nullcandyy3 жыл бұрын

    imagine if he did a collab with the wendover productions guy

  • @siononalundula1699

    @siononalundula1699

    3 жыл бұрын

    That would be fully interesting.

  • @matthewboyer4212
    @matthewboyer4212 Жыл бұрын

    One is full of conniving, ruthless, cutthroat sociopaths clawing their way to the top of a rotting hierarchy, and the other is a drug cartel. that's golden

  • @madrid996
    @madrid9963 жыл бұрын

    Ha at 1:30 the eagle gets dyslexic saying "soldiers"

  • @Alex-ll3ig
    @Alex-ll3ig3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @ellenorbjornsdottir1166

    @ellenorbjornsdottir1166

    3 жыл бұрын

    it's spanish

  • @aarzu10
    @aarzu103 жыл бұрын

    DAAAAAMN! He's going to incur the wrath of the Divine 9 for this one! Those folks don't play!

  • @christianarnott6662
    @christianarnott66623 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the tips, will remember for next time. :)

  • @ElectricityTaster
    @ElectricityTaster3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @JD-ym2hg
    @JD-ym2hg3 жыл бұрын

    Imagine being called “HALF as interesting” and making videos that are incredibly interesting. Also, why are you throwing shade at legal eagle?

  • @PrezVeto

    @PrezVeto

    3 жыл бұрын

    He's promoting him. Why he'd promote such a schmuck is beyond me.