Ed Calderon
{{Short description|Former Mexican law enforcement officer and speaker on cartels}}
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| birth_place = Tijuana, Mexico
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| occupation = Security consultant
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| employer = Baja state police
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| known_for = Speaking on Mexican cartels
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Ed Calderon is a former law enforcement officer and is now a security consultant and combat instructor born in Tijuana, Mexico, working in USA. He has been a guest on podcasts such as The Joe Rogan Experience (episode 1302 and 1408){{cite web |title=Joe Rogan Experience #1302 - Ed Calderon |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llhb2ymtsw8 |website=YouTube |access-date=15 April 2025 |date=22 May 2019}}{{cite web |title=Joe Rogan Experience #1408 - Ed Calderon |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPBejhoKlb8 |website=YouTube |access-date=15 April 2025 |date=8 January 2020}} and Lex Fridman Podcast (episode 346).{{cite web |title=Ed Calderon: Mexican Drug Cartels {{!}} Lex Fridman Podcast #346 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PIOoJMMptA |website=YouTube |access-date=15 April 2025 |date=12 December 2022}}
Early life
His mother Elvia was a nurse so Ed wanted to be come a general practitioner doctor but took a job to work with the Baja state police where he worked in the fields of counter-narcotics, organized crime investigation, and public safety in the northern border region of Mexico. Ed found the ad in the newspaper seeking single men without kids for a new special police force.
Personal life
He is a single dad to a daughter. He lives in Houston, Texas.
See also
{{Portal|Biography|Mexico}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.edsmanifesto.com/}}
- {{Instagram|manifestoradiopodcast}}
- {{Facebook|edsmanifesto}}
= Podcasts =
- {{YouTube|id=0FYmNDhhszs|title=Undercover Cartel Cop on Covert US Ops in Mexico & Mass Grave Discovery | Ed Calderon • 292}}
- {{YouTube|id=llhb2ymtsw8|title=Joe Rogan Experience #1302 - Ed Calderon}}
- {{YouTube|id=xPBejhoKlb8|title=Joe Rogan Experience #1408 - Ed Calderon}}
- {{YouTube|id=9PIOoJMMptA|title=Ed Calderon: Mexican Drug Cartels | Lex Fridman Podcast #346}}
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