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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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