Event Phone: 254-770-2367

This course will benefit ANY federal/state/tribal/local investigator, as well as many others in any field of assignment (i.e. CID, Patrol, K9, Interdiction, Detentions, Gangs, Narcotics, Violent Offender Task Forces, Crime Prevention, SRO, Intelligence, Fire Marshall, etc), that may encounter signs of innocent cultural beliefs or warning signs of illicit activity. Furthermore, this training has been a valuable asset in investigations ranging from simple interactions with the public to traffic stops, from burglaries and arson investigations, to obtaining T3 wire tapping warrants, to double homicide/assassinations investigations and auto theft to a separate murder investigation with seven victims involving the “high jacking” of Santa Muerte. This training is a must for all Law Enforcement deployed in our southern border and/or about to be deployed to Mexico and/or Latin America.

The 36 Hour course includes the following objectives:

• This course covers the complexities of the Mexican Culture in regard to its history, religion, politics, law, traditions, folklore and much more. The Course provides law enforcement professionals, and other investigators the tools to recognize “indicators” of factors and items of interest of non-criminal activity versus those of criminal activity. Participants will develop a more thorough understanding of the Mexican culture, and as such be able to provide better service to their ever-changing communities. The beginning of the course has been described as a “cultural awareness class on steroids”, as it relates to both criminal and non-criminal behaviors.
• It also focuses on current trends and drug trafficking in the U.S., additional subjects including Anti-Bias Policing, Community Policing, Officer Safety, Marijuana issues, Reclassification of the Cartels into Foreign Terrorist Organizations, the “Plaza” system, the “King Pin Approach”, “El Culiacanazo 1.0 and 2.0”, the current Fentanyl crisis, growth of Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generation (CJNG), the splintering of the Sinaloa Organization, the Nueva Familia Michuacana involvement with fentanyl production China and the Cartels, US/Mexico Diplomatic Environment, various geographical areas of interest, case law US. Vs. Medina Copete 10th US Appellate Court District of New Mexico, case studies of federal and state investigations and much more.
• During the one-of-a-kind nationally known course, a heavy emphasis will be placed on the “Narco Cultura” (Mexican Drug Cartel Culture), including but not limited to: “Narco” fashions, up to date symbols used, and individual information on the most powerful groups, their splinter groups and their tactics. Officers will also be taught on the difference between “Folk Saints” and “Patron Saints”; and detailed, extensive instruction on the “Narco Saints” will be presented with the use of a large “Narco shrine” (over one thousand items), other tools and actual hands-on practical exercises. The class will also cover the rise of Narco Satanism practice by various groups and their sicario enforcement groups.

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TCOLE mandates this course for law enforcement officers to become an intermediate level peace officer.

Instructor: Detective Sgt. Victor Manual Galarza Abizaid, considered a subject matter expert by the 22nd and 13th Judicial Districts in the State of Colorado in narcotics investigations, the Mexican Cartels, their “Narco Culture” and Criminal Interdiction. Victor has been in active service as a Law Enforcement officer since 2011. He is currently a decorated active Detective Sgt., Task Force officer and supervisor of a Drug Investigations Unit in the Southwest region of Colorado, proudly displaying three Distinguished Service Awards, and a Meritorious Service Award for bravery. He has been recognized as lead Detective in the two largest narcotics investigations in his AOR. He possesses an extensive history; being a Mexican diplomat in the U.S., bearing an A-1, and later G-1 diplomatic status; first-hand, and personal accounts of the Mexican Cartels, dating back to the Guadalajara Cartel; and has investigated members of the Los Zetas, Sinaloa, Golfo, La Familia Michoacana, and Tersera Hermandad Cartels. His previous experience as a diplomat allowed him to train with the Mexican Navy, Mexican Army, Mexican Estado Major Presidential (or, Mexican Presidential Security Service), and various other Law Enforcement agencies.

TCOLE Training Hours: 36 — TCOLE credits will be reported by CTCOG.

Current Registrants:

• ANDREW KRAMER
• Juan De La Cruz, Jr.