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0:00 [Music] In the 1970s, cocaine became a global drug, meaning almost everyone knew it. When something like this happened, a group of Colombian criminals thought they would get into this business because there was a lot of cocaine in Colombia. They knew that America was very rich and that the distance between them and Colombia was not that far. They thought that we could get really rich by taking cheap cocaine from Colombia and taking it to America and selling it at a high price. That's what they do and they are very successful. This success causes the talk of

0:47 smugglers to rise and cartels to form. Criminal groups are formed that are more powerful than the government of that country. When we get to the 1980s, powerful cartels are formed and try to get the drugs to America by any means possible. By land, by sea, by helicopter, by plane. You might say, " Where was their helicopter?" You should know. They had become so rich that buying a plane or a helicopter was not important to the cartel at all . When these cartels see that

1:34 restrictions have been tightened somewhat and that the land route is almost closed, controls have been increased from the air, and the coast guards are hunting them from the sea. That's why they thought of finding a new way. Was there another way? Yes, there was. Crossing the [Music] Sea Under the Sea. Pablo Escobar is the most powerful drug lord in Colombia. Of course, you could say he's the most powerful smuggler in the world because he's a billionaire and money means nothing to him. The

2:19 Escobar cartel, also known as Medina, and other cartels, for example, are starting to build submarines that can deliver goods to buyers from underwater. They are even thinking about delivering goods directly to Europe from underwater, something that has never been done directly before. But they say that building a submarine is very easy, but building it is not easy. Nevertheless, they are trying to build a submarine, hiring engineers, hiring musicians , and buying various equipment. But they couldn't go into a shed or a submarine factory like humans and build one. They have to create some kind of secret. That's why they have to

3:06 build all this work away from public view and in the heart of the Colombian jungle, which is part of the Amazon rainforest. Of course, these forests are a haven for cartels and smugglers. Because I'm on drugs, I make [music] in the heart of these forests . In short, they succeed and build the submarine. But we don't know when they will start using it. All we know is that the first submarine to be caught was in 1988 near Boca Raton, Florida, when the US Coast Guard saw

3:52 one of these that had surfaced and went to ask for its documents. They were smugglers, and they had nothing. The people inside the submarine were arrested, and the police entered the submarine and only then did they realize that this submarine was bringing drugs, and the US Coast Guard only then realized that they had to stay underwater. A few years pass and we reach 1991, when the Soviet Union collapses. When the Soviet Union collapsed, most of the empire's equipment and weapons were in the independent Soviet republics. The Colombian cartels knew this too. That's why they start communicating with these republics. They just want to

4:39 buy a nuclear submarine with one goal. They were looking for traitors in these republics to make this deal for them . One of the cartels finds a contact in Ukraine . Leonid Feinberg is a Ukrainian- Israeli living in Israel at that time . Feinberg tells his contacts in the cartel, " I can do this deal for you ." How do I get up, go to Ukraine, and have the influence to find another traitor there so I can make this deal for you ? They reach an agreement and it is agreed that if the deal goes through, the cartel will pay Feinberg $35 million

5:26 . But we must say that Feinberg will never succeed. Maybe they could buy 10 regular submarines for them, but they could n't get a nuclear submarine out of there so easily because at this point it's not about Ukraine and Russia, but NATO and the US are also monitoring these nuclear submarines. They won't even let a country own one, let alone a smuggler. The collapse of the Soviet Union and this situation that had arisen was their only chance to get a nuclear submarine, but that's not possible. That's why they're looking to build their own submarines in the middle of the jungle. In the last 15 years, that is, after 201,

6:11 more than 200 of these submarines have been trapped by the US and Mexican Coast Guard. Look at the submarine traffic that they were able to catch 200 of them. [Music] Currently, these submarines are a profitable way to transport drugs to Europe and the US . Because instead of transporting 1 kilo of material in other ways, these submarines transport several tons . And this means that the cartel's profit of a few hundred thousand dollars turns into several hundred million dollars

7:02 . For example, when a submarine carrying 7 tons of cocaine arrives in Florida, how much do you think these 7 tons of drugs are worth? Between $200 and $300 million. If delivered on land, $300 million. If not, it would be much cheaper to deliver it in the middle of the water, $200 million. This guy in the red T-shirt you see is called Oscar Moreno Ricardo. He will be arrested by Colombian police in 2022. The police called this man the submarine king. Police say this Oscar Moreno Ricardo was involved in building all of these cartels' submarines. That means he was somehow in

7:47 charge of production in the middle of the forest. [Music] In the heart of the dense Amazon jungle, they set up their submarine production workshops along the rivers. When they built the submarine, they would throw it into the river and take it to the sea through the river. My rivers are full of water in the Amazon forests . They have access to both oceans through these rivers . They can enter the Pacific Ocean through Ecuador or enter the Atlantic Ocean through Brazil. And that without anyone realizing it, because these rivers are all full of water and deep, and a submarine could easily hide underneath . These cartels have a type of

8:34 cheap submarine that can't be called a submarine. They are boats that go into the water but their heads are outside. These no longer have oxygen technology and the ability to go underwater and come back up. It's just like a boat floating in the water. Air is also brought in through the same vent at the top and everyone breathes. It doesn't have any other equipment. Just a diesel engine, a fuel tank, and a bunch of cocaine. These are very poorly visible because only their heads are out, but they are more likely to get caught than submarines that go down. More than 200 submarines that have been trapped in the last 15 years have been of this [music] . These are very economical for cartels

9:22 because they are all disposable. When it reaches America or Europe, they open a valve to unload it, water fills it, and it goes down. Even those expensive submarines that move underwater . These valves have another use. When another submarine is about to sink, they open the hatch so that it fills with water and all the documents sink to the bottom of the sea. My people go out into the water and get arrested. But all evidence of the crime has been destroyed . In 2022, a Colombian cartel submarine enters the Atlantic Ocean via the Amazon River, and where is its destination?

10:08 Spain The main driver of this submarine is a private named Alejandro Augusto Álvarez, who was a Spanish boxer, but he abandoned his boxer and went into action against Álvarez. With this submarine, he has completely submerged and is moving forward at 19 kilometers per hour. This submarine does not have GPS or a computer component, because with such things, it is very easy to be seen on radar . Now how is Alvarez moving without GPS? With just a simple mechanical compass heading towards Spain, a route of more than 600 kilometers. At this speed of 19 kilometers per hour, they can

10:56 reach Spain in 2 weeks. The submarine that Alvarez is piloting is very different from the submarines that transport goods to America . Because they move near the coast in shallow areas, their work is easier and, most importantly, they require less fuel . But this submarine is going to cross the ocean and it has to have bigger bugs . [Music] For example, the submarine that goes from Colombia to America is 13 meters long, but the ones that go to Europe are over 20 meters long, and half of those 20 meters have a burnt tank, which means it has to run a diesel engine at full throttle for 2 weeks

11:45 . Alejandra Alvarez is taking 3 tons of cocaine to Europe. Now why are they carrying 3 tons compared to America? Because they usually took 67 people there. One is that there is no room because it needs to be more fuel. Secondly, the price of cocaine in Europe is much more expensive than in America, which is why it is profitable for them . There are no toilets or bathrooms in this submarine . The only food they have is dry things with protein to fill them up . So what do they do if they don't have a toilet? They have special plastic bags. They do their work there. They tie the bag tightly and put it in a special corner. So what does it smell like inside this submarine

12:33 ? It wasn't long before Alvarez realized he had entered the ocean at a bad time because the direction of the water was against his movement and he had to use a lot of fuel to go 19 kilometers per hour. The movement of this submarine continues for 27 days . If they were supposed to go to Spain in two weeks, their situation would get so bad that they would run out of fuel before they could even reach the Spanish coast. Because their fuel would run out, they would have no choice but to bring the submarine to the surface so they could somehow get fuel. But while they were still on the surface, Spanish Coast Guard planes would see them

13:19 and report to patrol ships, which would immediately approach the submarine. Alvarez and his staff, seeing that they were getting stuck, open the special hatch we mentioned so that the submarine could sink to the bottom of the ocean. These three also surface and are arrested. But the Spanish Coast Guard has said we need to bring this submarine up so we can get the evidence and convict them. A few weeks later, with the help of divers and ship's divers, they pull the submarine out and find 3,068 kilos of soaked cocaine . Something that costs more than 150 million

14:04 euros . Alvarez and two of his Ecuadorian employees were sentenced to 11 years in prison . The discovery of this submarine will send a shock to Europe . Because it was unprecedented for these submarines to be stranded near Europe. Usually, these were caught near Mexico and the United States, but one of these was caught in Europe, and the Europeans became serious about keeping the underwater ones. Every time one of these submarines is captured, the cartel loses tens of millions of dollars, and in order to prevent these losses, they have started to produce advanced submarines, and recently

14:51 they have acquired submarines that are 25 meters long. Not only does it have all the necessary equipment and supplies, but it also goes completely underwater. I have a modern periscope. That is, these cameras come out of the water and look around. They installed periscopes that allow them to see all around . The interesting thing about their new submarines is that they are made entirely of fiberglass, which makes them somewhat stealthy . These fiberglass submarines are much lighter, and therefore can carry more cargo and consume less fuel . And

15:38 don't run out of fuel like Alvarez. Once they reach their destination, as we said, they become garbage. They should sink them and return to Colombia themselves because the idea of ​​refueling and returning on this route is completely wrong for them. It would be better to build a new submarine. This fiberglass submarine we just described has never been captured by the coast guards of any country. So how did you know how to build something like that? From submarine corpses found near the shores. It's really interesting that such technology, namely durable fiberglass submarines with all their equipment, engineering, and technology, is being built in the middle of the jungle

16:26 . That too secretly. These cartels have so much money that they have no problem somehow bribing world-class engineers and specialists with money and bringing them here to build something for them . Because experts who examined the remains of these submarines say that the technology used in this is not the work of ordinary craftsmen. They know exactly what they are making and how to use it. That's why these submarines have never been caught since they started using this new technology. The latest technology that they have achieved and we want to show you is this

17:14 electric submarine. Of course, it doesn't have to travel this route on battery power. This submarine is a small ship that walks on water. This one will be placed under it and will be towed by this ship . There's nothing illegal on the ship, and if the coast guard gets a call and a submarine goes down, they'll inspect the ship, see there's nothing, and leave. This submarine has never been caught, only its bodies have been found. The trend of these submarines has always been forward-looking because it is the most profitable method for these cartels, and according to statistics, more than 80% of them reach their destination

18:02 [music] . But it can't always continue like this because humans usually innovate . They might build something that traps all these submarines. We have to see what happens in the future. [Music]