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Understanding the Mexican Cartels and Narco Cultura

Snowmass, CO · Sep 13–17, 2023 · 4 hours · $375.00

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Instructor

Victor Galarza

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Description

Understanding the Mexican Cartels and Narco Cultura is a law enforcement training course covering Criminal Interdiction, Drugs, Gangs. This course is designed for officers looking to improve field performance, decision-making, and practical effectiveness.

Reviews for this course

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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!

★★★★★ 5/5 · Instructor: ★★★★★ 5/5
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.

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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.

★★★★★ 5/5 · Instructor: ★★★★★ 5/5
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.

★★★★★ 5/5 · Instructor: ★★★★★ 5/5
Jake Droddy
TX · Attended 11/7/2023

Eye opening. Went deep into Mexican culture. Will change your bias beliefs you’ve been taught or acquired from others

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Luan Nguyen
TX · Attended 11/7/2023

I had minimal knowledge about the cartels and their culture. This class was definitely an eye opener and victor teaches it really well. I would recommend to any LEO who wants to make a difference.

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Cody Matthews
TX · Attended 11/7/2023

The course is great, Victor really knows what he is talking about. Eye opening

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Ronnie Watkins
TX · Attended 11/7/2023

Before attending the class, I had little knowledge of the Mexican and Narco culture. It’s an eye opener to see what it actually is, compared to what the media portrays it to be. I highly recommend this course.

★★★★★ 5/5 · Instructor: ★★★★★ 5/5
Ashley Warren
CO · Attended 10/20/2023

So much information on what to keep your eyes open for instead of just assuming this is a criminal when you see Santa Muerte

★★★★★ 5/5 · Instructor: ★★★★★ 5/5

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