#397 - "We're Under Siege" China's New Deal With The Sinaloa Cartel | John Nores

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John Nores is a game warden who discovered and combatted Mexican cartels operating in the forests of California & Montana. He explains how China's partnership with the Sinaloa cartel is America's biggest threat. His latest book is "Hidden War: How Special Operations Game Wardens Are Reclaiming America's Wildlands From The Drug Cartels".

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OUTLINE

00:00 - The Game Warden protecting the Emerald Triangle

07:38 - Game Warden training

12:00 - Hunting for consumption in California

17:56 - Human deaths from California Mountain Lions

21:06 - Why hunting is GOOD for wildlife

27:38 - Unique elk species in California & Montana

29:25 - Hunting coyotes to protect other species

35:08 - Why cattle ranching is dying

39:14 - Shoot-outs with drug cartels in the California woods

42:50 - How 9/11 changed game warden training

47:09 - Cartels diverting water sources for illegal drug farms

53:52 - Encountering Sinaloa Cartel growers

01:01:45 - The anti-grow operation task force

01:08:07 - The first Sinaloa Cartel grow farm shoot-out

01:19:27 - Cartel booby traps around grow farms

01:22:21 - "El diablo": cartel's favorite pesticide

01:29:30 - When cartels started growing drugs in the U.S.

01:30:58 - Sinaloa boss' confessions about growth farms

01:38:54 - China & Mexico's joint fentanyl operation

01:46:39 - China's involvement in weed & fentanyl trade

01:54:12 - How China penetrates our Northern border

01:59:37 - Illegal cartel grow farms are worse than ever

02:04:53 - How to fix the cartel drug farm problem

02:08:22 - Why legalizing marijuana is a net positive

02:12:04 - The Madeira beach grouper fishing industry

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