Fernando Puente the cartel homie i always wanted. He got wrapped up in cartel business as a teenager in Tijuana, and began smuggling people, g*ns, and dr*gs across the US border. He went to prison for a year and has since changed his ways. He explains the role of music in the cartels, what cartel parties are like, and how he survived getting kidnapped by Tijuanas most dangerous Cartel... The State Police. Welcome to camp baby!Thanks to our sponsors as usualMorgan & Morgan (The best lawyers ever that help you get fair money in a lawsuitFÜM (An actual device I use when Im anxious)Ekster (My actual wallet I use everyday)Support Fernando @ElBordoMx TIMESTAMPS00:00 Start01:45 Working for anyone + friends in the cartels04:06 Border town advantages07:14 Growing up, Grandma involvement, going to school in US14:37 Bumping into Paisanos + seeing other minorities18:01 Mom getting arrested, complicated relationship w/ his father24:00 Father was a cop + Prison riots and blaming cartels25:19 “The Fourth Power” Government as cartel, music & grafitti29:30 Breaking point - enemy becoming friends34:56 How Fernando started out + handling your own business39:11 Straddling different worlds at 16 + school life46:15 Don Sergio - father figure, kidnapping + death53:59 Death, jealousy & moving in the hood01:00:56 Constantly in trouble, first time in prison + fighting01:07:35 Tijuana tagging style, cartel fashion & etiquette01:11:56 Cartels in US, police brutality + gang violence01:16:02 Smuggling, stealing visas + practicing for border crossing01:26:22 Nervous border crossers, Fee + people snitching01:34:00 Separating Mexican gangs + prison01:38:58 Fernando’s smuggling stats + scenarios01:45:11 Craziest ways people cross the border01:49:22 Separating families was cruel + justifying smuggling01:54:43 Being in the MCC + probation02:03:17 Listening to podcasts/music + quitting that life02:06:45 Tattoos, ear for music + Cali herb is elite02:11:50 Corridos - music & street life + banned in Mexico02:21:31 Explaining Gavilan II by Peso Pluma + fake corridos02:26:00 Chalino Sanchez’s “note” + Narcos recording their own corridos02:33:53 Chapo’s corridos, El Bordo podcast + Cartel parties02:47:31 Corruption not lack of firepower + US benefitting too02:51:17 Starting in the Cartels + controlling industries, sending to Europe02:57:37 Structure & scariest Cartel03:02:44 Growing up with Sicarios + Contracts03:11:57 The Bosses + different rules03:18:08 Smuggling contraband + business interests 03:22:10 El Chapo arrest, escape, successors & getting too big03:26:32 What defines a Cartel?03:28:02 Cartels will always be appealing + people getting out03:31:42 Friends joining rival cartels + people listening03:35:42 Way out of this + writing books03:39:14 Being a tourist in Mexico03:44:25 Closest Fernando’s life was threatened03:52:17 Therapy, trauma triggers + crying at movies04:02:00 Mexican cartels following African religions + looking into faith04:08:06 Redeeming your legacy04:10:03 Fernando’s kidnapping04:26:00 Shooting short movies + leaving the old life behind