Added January 15, 2026

Understanding the Mexican Cartels and Narco Cultura

Santa Fe, NM · Oct 10–13, 2023 · 40 hours · $550.00

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Instructor

Victor Galarza

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Reviews for this course

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Jared Court
ON · Attended 5/21/2024

Victor is a very knowledgeable instructor, would definitely recommend if you are interested in learning about narco cultura.

★★★★★ 5/5 · Instructor: ★★★★★ 5/5
Victor Avila
NM · Attended 3/5/2024

This was a terrific class that kept challenging our collective knowledge of the narco culture throughout. I recommend the class to all law enforcement.

★★★★★ 5/5 · Instructor: ★★★★★ 5/5
Erick Castañeda
NM · Attended 3/5/2024

Victor is very knowledgeable in these topics and this course will assist in our future drug investigations.

★★★★★ 5/5 · Instructor: ★★★★★ 5/5
Marcelo Camacho
AZ · Attended 2/20/2024

Excellent course has provided myself with outstanding knowledge to assist with my day to day duties as a law enforcement officer

★★★★★ 5/5 · Instructor: ★★★★★ 5/5
Danny Tabor
AZ · Attended 2/20/2024

Excellent course that goes in-depth into Mexican culture and religion and how it may or may not be related to Narco Culture.

★★★★★ 5/5 · Instructor: ★★★★★ 5/5
Gustavo Riveroll
AZ · Attended 2/20/2024

This was by far one of the best Narco / interdiction / understanding of the Mexican cartels and / or organizations that are smuggling drugs, gun, money in and from the United States. This training helps understand the culture from the religion to the trends of what Narcos utilize.

★★★★★ 5/5 · Instructor: ★★★★★ 5/5
David Valenzuela
AZ · Attended 2/20/2024

Great class! Strongly recommended, definitely opens your eyes to the bigger picture.

★★★★★ 5/5 · Instructor: ★★★★★ 5/5
dana iribe
AZ · Attended 2/20/2024

Great course!

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Reynaldo Lugo
AZ · Attended 2/20/2024

Victor dives deep into the topic unlike other courses I’ve been to. Victor brings the facts and not opinions about the topic being discussed.

★★★★★ 5/5 · Instructor: ★★★★★ 5/5
Luis Mora
AZ · Attended 2/20/2024

Absolutely excellent class.

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Michael Smith
AZ · Attended 2/20/2024

This course broke my bad habit of what I believed Santa Muerta to be.

★★★★★ 5/5 · Instructor: ★★★★★ 5/5
Jose Coronado
AZ · Attended 2/20/2024

I work in “The Bodega”. Had no idea what that was before this class. Amazing instructor and lots of new information learned regarding Narco Cultura and Mexican Culture/Religion.

★★★★★ 5/5 · Instructor: ★★★★★ 5/5
Matt Butler
CA · Attended 9/13/2023

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Howard Trahan
TX · Attended 11/7/2023

So far, the most informative class I've attended for
Learning about Mexican Christianity as it relates to Mexicans. The exposure to what is folk Saint beliefs versus actual Narco Culture identifiers.

★★★★★ 5/5 · Instructor: ★★★★★ 5/5
Luis Jennings
TX · Attended 11/7/2023

This class was extremely informative with a lot of documented facts.

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Bradley Shackelford
TX · Attended 11/7/2023

I would personally want to weeks for this to learn the wealth of information it opened my eyes !!! Great School !!!

★★★★★ 5/5 · Instructor: ★★★★★ 5/5
Donald Merchant
TX · Attended 11/7/2023

This is an instrumental class to understand Mexican culture, and difference between Mexican culture and Narco Culture.

★★★★★ 5/5 · Instructor: ★★★★★ 5/5
Sergio Maldonado
TX · Attended 11/7/2023

For Us in Texas more focus on cartels that we deal more with like CDN , CDG - SPLINTER GROUPS LIKE METROS/SCORPIONES. overall really good class.

★★★★★ 5/5 · Instructor: ★★★★★ 5/5
Kody Gayle
TX · Attended 11/7/2023
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By far the most eye opening and informative course I have taken. Highly recommend this course for any law enforcement, especially those in Texas.

★★★★★ 5/5 · Instructor: ★★★★★ 5/5
Ivan Gonzalez
TX · Attended 11/7/2023

This is a great course, as much as I thought I knew about la Santa and narco cultura. This has thought me a lot.

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Christopher Pratt
TX · Attended 11/7/2023

This class was eye opening. I had a opinion that was molded about Mexican culture and heritage. After this class I will be able to distinguish between what is narco culture and what is truly religion. Highly recommend to anyone who wants a true understanding of what is evidence and what will get you some new case law.

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Linda Worley
TX · Attended 11/7/2023

Great class and very knowledgeable instructor!

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Dianeh De Anda
TX · Attended 11/7/2023
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I completely recommend this class to anybody in Law Enforcement. There is so much information that I was able to take in and ready to take to the streets with me and share some if the knowledge with other of my partners

★★★★★ 5/5 · Instructor: ★★★★★ 5/5
Isaac Matamoros
TX · Attended 11/7/2023
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Please take this class if you are interested in narcotic investigation or even highway interdiction, everyone doing this type of work should have this class under there belt. class definitely opened my eyes to the misconceptions and biases police have. I now feel more confident with understanding the differences between Mexican Christianity and even Narco culture.
Don’t make the mistake of confusing actual religion with criminal activity

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Said Abdala
TX · Attended 11/7/2023

Great presentations and break down on mexican culture that represents everything you could possibly see in an average home or criminal organization.

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