Why Northern California has become Mexican Cartels’ New Hotspot | Jorge Ventura

FULL EPISODE: https://youtu.be/Lut9cR18FAc

Investigative journalist Jorge Ventura reveals how Mexican cartels have quietly turned Northern California into their newest stronghold — controlling massive illegal marijuana operations, exploiting migrant labor, and using rural counties as fronts for money laundering and power.

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From triple murders in Shasta County to trafficking networks hidden in plain sight, Ventura explains how a perfect storm of weak enforcement, corrupt policy, and ignored rural communities allowed organized crime to thrive — right under America’s nose.

This is the new frontier of cartel power — and it’s not in Mexico anymore.

Inside this clip:

Why Northern California is perfect for cartel operations

How illegal grow houses exploded after legalization

Corruption, silence, and intimidation in rural law enforcement

The real story behind cartel-linked killings in NorCal

What Jorge Ventura discovered on the ground

***TIMESTAMPS***

0:00 - Cartels almost k1lled Jorge (Story)

11:03 - Cartel-owned American land

19:10 - California’s Water Supply Anarchy

32:22 - John Nores fighting Cartels in Cali

38:21 - Oklahoma Chinese W**d Groves

44:29 - Cartels Working w/ Chinese; Darien Gap

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