Just saying after the Wako siege video where you talk about the Oklahoma City bomber and said quote “but that’s a story for another time” I have been waiting. I am getting big sad. Pls
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He actually fought them off to the point they left because there were so many of them dead. He had been hit many times and died slumped in his bathroom with a rifle pointed at the door. They never went in the building and found him dead. The only time they got in the building was at the begging of the firefight two members of the gang entered through the front door and were met with alejo looking straight at them. With a shot gun.
@@l3gion988 You literally quoted word for word Dancula's video. We all know it, you know it, just admit it already. "Who's Dancula?" Like you don't know
everybody commenting about his age being a factor is still south of 50 i'm sure and if not nowhere close to 70. So please don't assume what goes thru a 77 year old man's mind.
Don Alejo actually blasted the two at the door with a shotgun. The cartels left before Don Alejo had expired - he actually holed himself up in his bathroom for a last stand that never happened. The Legend
I just picture him in the bathroom, slumped on the floor. He just sparks up a single cigar and takes a long puff; before raising his gun at the door, cigar held between his teeth. *Insert the Mexican equivalent of "Bring it on, fucker" here*
@@NAME-yg8sl The closest we've got is Rambo: Last Blood, which was inspired by the true story. I always enjoyed the movie for the sheer catharsis of seeing cartel members brutalized by the goat himself.
This Man Is a leyend here in México, also there Is a whole Town who did the same called Cherán if you are interested. greetings from México Keep the good work
I just looked up Chéran, definitely an interesting story. It’s hard to imagine that a whole town of men and women armed with only rocks and fireworks could kick the cartel out of their town, but that’s exactly what happened. It’s pretty cool.
0:58 Here you have what most of our news papers publish in México: Strippers, some drama between actors and mutilated people from cartel, traffic accidents, etc. Oh, almost forgot, most of these have a kinda joke title or premise: "Granny was going to church, but a drunk driver took her to the Lord faster!" It's messed up.
At least there is some solace by the fact that he didn't leave his mortal coil without a fight and that his story inspires many people in Mexico to fight back the cartels to this day.
Rest In Peace to this man. I hope wherever I go when I die, I can meet this man. I would love to share a drink with him and hear his account of these courageous deeds. This dude certainly earned his seat in Valhalla
@@testaccount4191 pffft, then how come the cartels have such ready access to (and I'm not exaggerating) Browning M2s, Mk19s, up-armored Humvees and JLTVs, automatic rifles, light and medium machine guns like M249s, RPKs, M60s etc., As well as RPGs. If the Mexican government makes it so difficult, why do these cartels have enough guns to equip an infantry brigade and then some?
You dont know what your talking about, the cartels arent just a street gang they are more closer to Taliban and isis than just a street gang their enterprises span countries
Plenty of space up there for a man who lived well and fought against bad men with clearly evil intentions, all while making sure every worker and their families were gone and out of harm's way well before the fighting started. Good men are defined by the choices they make.
Man was a beast. I’d like to go out like that at 77. Still standing up for something not rotting in a nursing home. Next time I drink I will pour one for this man.
Slavery? They were going to probable cut their organs while they where still awake and consciousness and then they would leave his heart beating outside their bodies.
That man is a hero, deserves to live on in legend. Tonight I'm gonna pour a drink on the ground for him. And then I'll pour another, and drink it to his name. A man like that, I hope he'd approve of this kind of tribute to his valor, from a random stranger in rural Canada, 10 years later. I invite anyone who reads this to join me: To Alejo Garza Tamez, and his courage to stand against tyranny!
The Zetas used to scare the shit out of me when I was a kid, I grew up in Coahuila in the 2000’s and moved away since then, but the Zetas were no joke, their violence was barbarian and I’m glad este viejito se puso a matar zetas instead of running away.
The original Zetas wave got mostly wiped out because they were too aggressive with so many other cartels, and not that skilled at aligning with corrupt federal officials. They certainly started out extra brutal though, they were trained at a US military installation called 'The School of the Americas', which is infamous for training such men as Manuel Noriega and other anticommunist paramilitary forces throughout the 20th century and even today. The Zetas were created to be an elite anti-cartel task force, but when they had received their training and equipment, they pulled a classic heel turn and set up shop for themselves, with the knowledge of cryptographic transmission and improvised electronic communication and eavesdropping (cartel cell phone microtransmitters dot a great number of topographically ideal locations on hilltops and such across Mexico and the southwest USA!), IED creation with C4 and Semtex, and nightvision and composite ceramic body armor. That first wave of Zetas was pure nightmare fuel. But a few hundreds of original elites got ground down trying to fight literally endless numbers of rival cartel figures, and the brutal back and forth frequently showed up with ditches filled with human heads.
Well to be absolutely fair, maybe not that good. The guy was a hunter, not a guy who's trained in tactics and military weapons. Meaning he had a lot of experience with bolt action hunting rifles (which basically were used as sniper rifles in this situation). His familiarity and experience with said guns are what allowed him to take precise shots under pressure. And quite frankly you could have replaced him with a "military trained" shooter and there's still a good chance they would not have faired better than he did. I'd take a lifelong hunter with his trusty rifle/shotgun to watch my back in a shoot out over a cop or a standard military service member with an M4/AR any day. However, where advanced tactics would have helped him, would have been to use his scoped rifles out in the woods at further distances rather than holing himself where he could eventually be surrounded. But the man was prepared to die that day and I'm sure he knew beforehand he probably wasn't going to make it out alive when he chose to stay inside of his ranch.
Reminds me of the police turning up to my granny's door asking questions and her arguing with them, all while not knowing my uncle had the attic filled with guns. Ireland in the 70s-80s was nuts
What an absolute legend of a man, the world needs more people like this.. a single old man, standing his ground, protecting what is his. I have nothing but respect for that.
sup mai doods they split into two groups cdn (cartel del noreste) and zetas vieja escuela they’re basically still together but just under different names but they’re not as powerful as they used to be
@rvidal0001 I'm in Mexico rn and literally everyone has nice trucks and mustangs. It's not as dangereous as it was in the 2000's and early 2010's. Chicago is way more dangereous than Mexico nowadays.
@rvidal0001 Lol Mexico isn't getting worse where did you pull those "statistics" from? Your rear end? You live in the states bruh i'm living in Mexico right now so it doesn't matter what your statistics say.
@@gggggggggggggggggg161 Possibly the last heard words from the 2 captured cartel grunts? I will agree that it very well may be bogus, but it does seem fitting.
Girls with time machines: I want to be a noble woman in medieval sweden, and fall in love with a gorgeous blonde hunk! Boys with time machines: WE'RE HERE MR. TAMEZ, WE'VE GOT RIFLES IN THE TRUCK BED, QUICK LET'S GET THIS PLACE FORTIFIED.
A very Brave and Courageous Man He was, Deserving the utmost Respect for His actions. Much Respect From me Sir! May you Rest in Peace and be forever Remembered for the Gallant Stand You Made.
Half of this man’s courage is more than most people ever display. He fought with dignity, honour and courage making his last stand. Rest in Peace, good sir.
I'd bet a part of him was hoping for something like that to happen.. and at 77, he had lived a full life. He certainly filled it up on that last fateful day. He's a LEGEND
He just the rare Latino that have good relentless and knows his right, if way more Latino were something like him then cartels would've been a street gang.
Considering Americans are actually the Natives of the Americas, there is nothing American about the European Colonizers.. they simply imposters climbing into the skin of others and claiming to be something they are not
Just to really spell it out.. Mexicans do not pronounce the X, only the English do.. it is pronounced with more like a H which modern Colonisers pronounce as an R, so Mehican becomes Merican
I mean I'd say the man was pretty damn American. Look at the continent he was on. Regardless of a sizable culture and language barrier, Mexico shares some strong cultural influences with the U.S.A. and Canada. The North American lifestyle was constant across those cultures, not all things directly equivalent, but most substitutable.
@Random Gaming can you explain to me why you think a dude on the internet should give spoiler warnings for a 10+ year old game that he doesn't know you might have played or not ???
Great friend of mine and his father stood up to the cartel. A lot of people died over the years including his father. They built a monument to him. My friend was shot 9 times and lived. Legends never die.
He was a neighbor of mine in Monterrey, an absolute legend who was well loved by the whole community, and beyond respected by his workers. There's a whole documentary up on youtube if you're like to learn more about him, I'll come back and edit this comment with the link as soon as I can find it again!
@@supmaidoods8753 They definitely are still a thing, but the Jalisco Carartel of the New Generation (CJNG in Spanish) is much more dangerous atm. As to being neighbors with Don Alejo, one of our other neighbors was a well known civil servant who was a notable exception from politics, since he was known to be honest as well. I know both men were good friends.
Been watching a lot of your videos recently, I've been subscribed for quite a while and I never even clocked that you only had a couple thousand when I first started watching. Especially love your tales from the bottle. Keep up the good work man!
Great story. I would never have u heard it or even remembered it if it wasn't for you and the way you told the story. Love the Irish accent. I'm a subscriber.
I couldn’t be helped but reminded of the indigenous Mexican town who kicked out both the corrupt government officials and drug cartels while watching this video
Man, I half expected Alejo to have ducked out into a secret tunnel while his attackers walk into a booby trapped house that blows them all up. Wish he’d have thought of that, or some other survival tactic. The only good thing was him taking out so many of the scumbags.
when my mom was 12 and living in mexico, her dad was murdered by a member of the mexican mafia because they were squatting on my familys farm. although my great uncle got revenge for that, they ended up moving to america to escape lol. i like hearing stories that stick it to organized crime, nice vid
What did your uncle do? I had a similar situation with criminal squatters in my mother's land in Zacatecas but they left. They would bury bodies in the area.
Georgies51 my uncle shot and killed him as well, murder for murder haha. some of my family still lives in the area, but for the most part weve moved out
I really wanted him to win and blast those guys with explosives when they came in, fighting them around every corner until he was the last man standing D:
@@supmaidoods8753 Yup they're gone. CJNJ and the sinaloa cartel lused to be formed together to destroy Los Zetas, which they did. But I heard that the power was what made them split up. Now they are rivals
Cuando era niño, se popularizó mucho esta historia. Me da mucho gusto y a la vez no que este tipo de cosas se cuenten tanto de mi país. Sigo tu canal desde hace un tiempo y jamás creí que presentaras esta historia aquí. Saludos y buen trabajo.
Ahh! This is at home! Believe me, that newspaper it's know for that kind of shit on their front page, plus, the model usually gets a full picture in the middle of it. The story of Alejo was told on a small documentary a couple of years ago
What an absolute madlad, may his soul rest ever peacefully for he fought hard in life against one of the most evil forces in the modern world and he stood up to them because he believed in right and wrong and showed that you have a duty to stand up to evil wherever you may encounter it. Rest in peace Alejo Garza Tamez. You were a warrior and embodied the quote "Through taking action a man becomes a hero Through death a man becomes a legend Through time a legend becomes a myth And through hearing s myth a man becomes a man takes action."
I’d like to imagine if he was with us today that the whole city take over the Sinaloa cartel did in order to release El Chapós son from police custody would’ve failed
i like how its not like he suffered years and then finally came to the conclusion its time to fight back. nah, hes just like "oh, im sorry, you wanna fuck wits whos ranch? yeah, over my dead body."
The way your stories are presented is pretty damn awesome. I mean, where else can an old, white guy from the USA get to listen to stories told by someone in an Irish accent. The articles are interesting, yet amusing, just what this old man needs after a day of work. You've gained yourself another subscriber, lad. Keep up the good work. :)
What an unsung hero! He probably won't get a statue though. Who knows how many lives he saved between protecting his workers, shooting criminals, and preventing his ranch from becoming a drug lab and cartel base.
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Just saying after the Wako siege video where you talk about the Oklahoma City bomber and said quote “but that’s a story for another time” I have been waiting. I am getting big sad. Pls
Speaking of Irishmen with no guns, have you done martin 'the general' cahill.
hey @Qxir aka our lord and drunken saviour i was wondering if you could do a video on the 10 day war between slovenia and yugoslavia
and in return of you making the video i'll uhhhhhhh i'l do somthin
When you think about it he still won, the cartel didn't get the farm
I mean.... yes but no
@@Aviation1400 just yes. he was 77 anyway
@@bymafia2606 i mean, that’s true, but... idk
Not that day they didn't. Probably the day after.
@@anelpasic5232 yeah true
Threatening to kill an old man who knows he's going to die soon anyway is a stupid idea, especially if he's well-known for shooting a gun well.
Never fight a man on deaths door, he has nothing to loose
I guess the cartel's "pride goes before destruction"
The Dreadnought *i learned that from breaking bad*
The thing here isnt that he was going to die soon, it was that he wasnt afraid of dying. Never threaten to kill someone who isnt afraid of dying.
Well a career as a cartel henchmen doesn’t really need high IQ so I’m not surprised
He actually fought them off to the point they left because there were so many of them dead. He had been hit many times and died slumped in his bathroom with a rifle pointed at the door. They never went in the building and found him dead. The only time they got in the building was at the begging of the firefight two members of the gang entered through the front door and were met with alejo looking straight at them. With a shot gun.
Dankula 'Mad lads'?
@@NilausI what’s dankula lmao
L3GION a youtuber who did a video on this exact guy
@@l3gion988
You literally quoted word for word Dancula's video. We all know it, you know it, just admit it already.
"Who's Dancula?"
Like you don't know
“Met with alejo looking straight at them with a shotgun” was word for word in danks vid. You are either a liar or that’s a crazy coincidence.
Moral of the Story:
In this world, there are only two things to fear, the IRS and a pissed off Mexican
for anyone who doesnt fear the IRS just look into how al capone got put away
The enforcement arm of the banking cartel
The IRS and cartel can't find me if I'm on the fucking moon. My plan for criminal life in space is sorted.
Unless there is Mexican astronauts.
expectially if it's a Mexican woman because they chuck shoes at you
Mehico
I salute him for his batshit insane bravery
Well he was 77 and he literally left nothing to lose.
@@FR4M3Sharma apart from his life
everybody commenting about his age being a factor is still south of 50 i'm sure and if not nowhere close to 70. So please don't assume what goes thru a 77 year old man's mind.
@@FR4M3Sharma he was 77 but he could of lived another 20 years especially if he grew up in the country side
@@FR4M3Sharma he had bigger balls than you
Don Alejo actually blasted the two at the door with a shotgun. The cartels left before Don Alejo had expired - he actually holed himself up in his bathroom for a last stand that never happened. The Legend
I just picture him in the bathroom, slumped on the floor. He just sparks up a single cigar and takes a long puff; before raising his gun at the door, cigar held between his teeth.
*Insert the Mexican equivalent of "Bring it on, fucker" here*
@@N-GinAndTonicTM I guess that it would be something like “Ya vengan putos”
How is this not a movie? I demand someone make this a movie.
@@NAME-yg8sl only cartel bosses gets tv series and movies
@@NAME-yg8sl The closest we've got is Rambo: Last Blood, which was inspired by the true story. I always enjoyed the movie for the sheer catharsis of seeing cartel members brutalized by the goat himself.
THE HOUSE BROKE BEFORE HIS GUARD DID
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What a badass. Nothing more than deep respect for him.
Alejo Tamez: I declare grudgement on you! It shall be laid down in the Damaz Kron!!
You know you are a badass when you get mentioned in warhammer references. Respect
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This Man Is a leyend here in México, also there Is a whole Town who did the same called Cherán if you are interested.
greetings from México Keep the good work
I would love to see Qxir telling the soty of this town!!
I just looked up Chéran, definitely an interesting story. It’s hard to imagine that a whole town of men and women armed with only rocks and fireworks could kick the cartel out of their town, but that’s exactly what happened. It’s pretty cool.
*legend
The beautiful Cheran Michoacan, 0% crime rate since then
¡Viva México!
0:58 Here you have what most of our news papers publish in México: Strippers, some drama between actors and mutilated people from cartel, traffic accidents, etc.
Oh, almost forgot, most of these have a kinda joke title or premise:
"Granny was going to church, but a drunk driver took her to the Lord faster!"
It's messed up.
@Endless Sporadic point and laugh
@Endless Sporadic what does mierdazuela mean?
@Endless Sporadic ik,that's really sad.
@@endless193 I think zuela means small, little, so i imagine "little shit"
@@ethelana9627 oh
At least there is some solace by the fact that he didn't leave his mortal coil without a fight and that his story inspires many people in Mexico to fight back the cartels to this day.
hear hear, sadly Mexico is so fucked and thinke collectively and think the government has to do everything and gave away their powere a long time ago.
But the Government is in with the cartel so fighting is impervious. They vote these jokers in and nothing changes.
He had no choice. It was either giving up everything his dad and him built, or die protecting it.
And he even has his own folk song which almost has million views :)
@@rg20322 the goverment stopped being with the cartel in 2018 because they finally voted those jokers out after 30 years of corruption
Huh, didnt know Rambo: Last Blood was based on a true story
That's what I was thinking lol
Ahh beat me to it
happinesk same
true
I was hoping he laid out Booby traps of dynamite taken from his business
Rest In Peace to this man. I hope wherever I go when I die, I can meet this man. I would love to share a drink with him and hear his account of these courageous deeds. This dude certainly earned his seat in Valhalla
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@@FlexBeanbag lmao
What an absolute hero. If even 1% of people were like him the cartels would quickly run out of manpower (and motivation).
The mexico government makes gun ownership really hard so....
@@testaccount4191 pffft, then how come the cartels have such ready access to (and I'm not exaggerating) Browning M2s, Mk19s, up-armored Humvees and JLTVs, automatic rifles, light and medium machine guns like M249s, RPKs, M60s etc., As well as RPGs.
If the Mexican government makes it so difficult, why do these cartels have enough guns to equip an infantry brigade and then some?
@@DansilSchroeder ever heard of smuggling?
You dont know what your talking about, the cartels arent just a street gang they are more closer to Taliban and isis than just a street gang their enterprises span countries
Doomspud Roflcopter they get them from America
Wow, he's a true inspiration. I hope God saved him a nice piece of Heaven for him up there.
@Drew Peacock’s Mustang what
@Drew Peacock’s Mustang he protected his land and home. I hope that if there were to be a heaven, he'd get a nice piece of heaven for himself.
Plenty of space up there for a man who lived well and fought against bad men with clearly evil intentions, all while making sure every worker and their families were gone and out of harm's way well before the fighting started. Good men are defined by the choices they make.
@@seannotconnery8191 God bless
Kinda shitty of your god to let the cartels kill an old man in the first place, isn't it?
Man was a beast. I’d like to go out like that at 77. Still standing up for something not rotting in a nursing home. Next time I drink I will pour one for this man.
this man is a literal leader and a king he saved his workers from possible slavery and stayed in his ground to the very end
Slavery? They were going to probable cut their organs while they where still awake and consciousness and then they would leave his heart beating outside their bodies.
To bad foe foe got ripped apart w a big gun 😂
@@liltree725 He died a hero defending himself and his property!
@@liltree725 L
sad when you have to be the one to like your own comment@@liltree725
When need more men like him in México. Fight the cartels and corrupt government.
Or just nuke the site from orbit
@@mwbgaming28 too extreme my fellow american.
overused stupid meme naw man fuck it 😂
Mexican ss squads would be good
overused stupid meme napalm and bombing runs
That man is a hero, deserves to live on in legend.
Tonight I'm gonna pour a drink on the ground for him. And then I'll pour another, and drink it to his name.
A man like that, I hope he'd approve of this kind of tribute to his valor, from a random stranger in rural Canada, 10 years later.
I invite anyone who reads this to join me: To Alejo Garza Tamez, and his courage to stand against tyranny!
A little too late but ill pour one out for him tomorrow, and I invite u to do the same.
I'm not old enough to drink, is juice fine?
@@midgetman4206 no get beer
@@midgetman4206 do it with the juice
cheers!, pouring one right now
When you can tell it’s good just by reading the title!
Especially narrated by Qxir! :3
If it's a Qxir video it'll be good.
Yes
The Zetas used to scare the shit out of me when I was a kid, I grew up in Coahuila in the 2000’s and moved away since then, but the Zetas were no joke, their violence was barbarian and I’m glad este viejito se puso a matar zetas instead of running away.
No it’s not
Elpidio Villarreal cual parte?
Calacas de que le dicen el mata zetas
Elpidio Villarreal neta nunca has oído que lo llaman Matazetas? Es información común aquí en el norte
The original Zetas wave got mostly wiped out because they were too aggressive with so many other cartels, and not that skilled at aligning with corrupt federal officials. They certainly started out extra brutal though, they were trained at a US military installation called 'The School of the Americas', which is infamous for training such men as Manuel Noriega and other anticommunist paramilitary forces throughout the 20th century and even today. The Zetas were created to be an elite anti-cartel task force, but when they had received their training and equipment, they pulled a classic heel turn and set up shop for themselves, with the knowledge of cryptographic transmission and improvised electronic communication and eavesdropping (cartel cell phone microtransmitters dot a great number of topographically ideal locations on hilltops and such across Mexico and the southwest USA!), IED creation with C4 and Semtex, and nightvision and composite ceramic body armor. That first wave of Zetas was pure nightmare fuel. But a few hundreds of original elites got ground down trying to fight literally endless numbers of rival cartel figures, and the brutal back and forth frequently showed up with ditches filled with human heads.
He told his employees not to show up the next day so they would be safe. What a hero.
Cartel: alright old man give me everything
Alejo: oh! Call an ambulance call an
ambulance *takes hunting rifle out* but not for me
LOL
Broo.
I lived 2 hours aways where Don Alejo made history, giving hope to people to stand up and protect each other. Arriba Tamaulipas
yes indeed tacotaco
Arriba Tamaulipas alvvvv
My family first settled in Tamaulipas in the 1760's. Arriba Tamaulipas.
@@arookdude4779 calm down hamburger boy
@@arookdude4779 inbred
I looked up his name and Alejo means “man’s defender” crazy how he really lived up to his name
Imagine what he could have done with an M4
Or an A-10 warthog
@@jarlboof or a lightsaber
@@masterpwn3r Or a big Iron on his hip
Well to be absolutely fair, maybe not that good. The guy was a hunter, not a guy who's trained in tactics and military weapons. Meaning he had a lot of experience with bolt action hunting rifles (which basically were used as sniper rifles in this situation). His familiarity and experience with said guns are what allowed him to take precise shots under pressure. And quite frankly you could have replaced him with a "military trained" shooter and there's still a good chance they would not have faired better than he did. I'd take a lifelong hunter with his trusty rifle/shotgun to watch my back in a shoot out over a cop or a standard military service member with an M4/AR any day. However, where advanced tactics would have helped him, would have been to use his scoped rifles out in the woods at further distances rather than holing himself where he could eventually be surrounded. But the man was prepared to die that day and I'm sure he knew beforehand he probably wasn't going to make it out alive when he chose to stay inside of his ranch.
@@JanO209 dude. That would have been terrifying.
“Guys the woods are shooting at us!!! It’s the devil! Fuck this!”
"Being Irish a sizeable collection of guns to me could be 1"
Me granda still has about 5 Armalites stashed away somewhere lol.
Reminds me of the police turning up to my granny's door asking questions and her arguing with them, all while not knowing my uncle had the attic filled with guns. Ireland in the 70s-80s was nuts
@@VeyronBD lmao.
In the RA for sure
Hehehehe damn shame what happened back then but it was necessary good thing it's all over now I can only say I hope it stays that way
there is somewhat a phrase here: if you need potato go to store, but if you need gun or grenade dig in the garden.
What an absolute legend of a man, the world needs more people like this.. a single old man, standing his ground, protecting what is his. I have nothing but respect for that.
I'm not stuck on this ranch with you
You're stuck on this ranch with *me*
Watchmen reference?
so epic was that they made him a corrido
Wait they did
What's a Corrido?
@@NodDisciple1 mexican country music
th-cam.com/video/JkMMrdxsy5I/w-d-xo.html this corrido
@@NodDisciple1 A sort of "public domain" song. They make those for both famous and infamous people and situations.
The old man was the embodiment of classic Mexican. Brave, Proud, Noble.
"in a fight that they won"
Well, they fled the property and had six causalities to the one, so...
More of a pyrrhic victory.
Yeah no house either probably because of all the explosives.
I can tell you that 2010 was a hell of a year, specifically in Nuevo León. Mr Alejo has legends and songs in his honour
Are the Zetas still a thing?
@@supmaidoods8753 not so much anymore, some of their divisions merged into another cartels and stuff like that
sup mai doods they split into two groups cdn (cartel del noreste) and zetas vieja escuela they’re basically still together but just under different names but they’re not as powerful as they used to be
The cartels are not as bad as it was in the early 2010's
Any songs in particular? I might wanna listen to them.
This shows that all it takes is one brave person to stand up to pure evil to make evil rethink their actions. May this incredible man RIP
I hope more people can rise up and fight for their land, like this man. Mexico really needs to wake up.
@rvidal0001 Chicago makes Mexico look like a playground lmao
@rvidal0001 Hundreds of shootings and rampant gang violence daily in such a small city compared to a country would like to disagree.
@rvidal0001 I'm in Mexico rn and literally everyone has nice trucks and mustangs. It's not as dangereous as it was in the 2000's and early 2010's. Chicago is way more dangereous than Mexico nowadays.
@rvidal0001 Lol Mexico isn't getting worse where did you pull those "statistics" from? Your rear end? You live in the states bruh i'm living in Mexico right now so it doesn't matter what your statistics say.
@rvidal0001 You don't live in Mexico your argument is invalid. So Sure keep living in your bubble believing its getting worse. Reality is different ;)
His last words were as epic as the battle: "only a coward dies twice"
How would we know his last words, you pulled that out of your arse
@@gggggggggggggggggg161 Possibly the last heard words from the 2 captured cartel grunts? I will agree that it very well may be bogus, but it does seem fitting.
@@Sandalphon36 no way cartel members would respect a person they saw as dirt by mentioning his last words.
@@Sandalphon36 they were unconscious outside when he died inside
@@evelynswat1106 I mean, the windows are gone, and it isn't too big, so maybe.
Girls with time machines: I want to be a noble woman in medieval sweden, and fall in love with a gorgeous blonde hunk!
Boys with time machines: WE'RE HERE MR. TAMEZ, WE'VE GOT RIFLES IN THE TRUCK BED, QUICK LET'S GET THIS PLACE FORTIFIED.
underrated comment
Talk about going out like a bad ass.
This man had balls of steel
A very Brave and Courageous Man He was, Deserving the utmost Respect for His actions.
Much Respect From me Sir!
May you Rest in Peace and be forever Remembered for the Gallant Stand You Made.
Half of this man’s courage is more than most people ever display.
He fought with dignity, honour and courage making his last stand.
Rest in Peace, good sir.
"Zetas! Come and get them!"
~Alejo Garza Tamez, Battle of Thermopylae AD 2010
This guy has some massive balls to actually take on the cartel by himself.
Moreover, I am of the opinion that Carthage should be destroyed.
Carthgo delende est
@@princesstinklepanties2720 - Cato the Elder
I'd bet a part of him was hoping for something like that to happen.. and at 77, he had lived a full life. He certainly filled it up on that last fateful day. He's a LEGEND
Very nice reference
He just the rare Latino that have good relentless and knows his right, if way more Latino were something like him then cartels would've been a street gang.
I love how he even told his workers to leave, he didn't want to involve them
He's more American than most Americans. Rest In Peace
Considering Americans are actually the Natives of the Americas, there is nothing American about the European Colonizers.. they simply imposters climbing into the skin of others and claiming to be something they are not
Just to really spell it out.. Mexicans do not pronounce the X, only the English do.. it is pronounced with more like a H which modern Colonisers pronounce as an R, so Mehican becomes Merican
@@mysty0 no you rasist it is pronunced mejico
I mean I'd say the man was pretty damn American. Look at the continent he was on. Regardless of a sizable culture and language barrier, Mexico shares some strong cultural influences with the U.S.A. and Canada. The North American lifestyle was constant across those cultures, not all things directly equivalent, but most substitutable.
It’s just called being Mexican 💪🏽🔥
This is literally how Red Dead Redemption ended
When you just started red dead for the story
Thank you for ruining red dead redemption
Life before property.
@Random Gaming he's talking about the first one, not the second one
@Random Gaming can you explain to me why you think a dude on the internet should give spoiler warnings for a 10+ year old game that he doesn't know you might have played or not ???
RIP Don Alejo. Few people have that kind of courage ! Alejo fought hard for his and fought alone.
this comment may be lost in the waves of actually good comments but i'm just here to say i love your vids man keep going
literally the top comment after the pinned one
I didn't know there was more I thought you were saying I love you so I was going to tell you well I love you too brother
One for the algorithms and the heart. Cheers!
I'm more afraid of the IRS
Not me. The IRS has rules.
@@AliasUndercover exactly
@@AliasUndercover Since when rules are not meant to be broken..
Death and Taxes buddy... Death and Taxes.
The IRS isn't gonna skin/gut/dismember you alive unlike the cartels.
Hopefully he's resting in Valhalla. A legend like that is sure to be there
Sovngard
@@reaven8172 *Sovrengard
@@Elitecommando501 Its actually Sovngarde but i didnt feel like editing it
valhalla is warriors heaven
Heaven, Valhalla, I like to imagine this dude gets the all access pass to them all 💀💀💀
Wild west hasn't ended it just evolved.
blood meridian is a good book
More like it moved down south.
Great friend of mine and his father stood up to the cartel. A lot of people died over the years including his father. They built a monument to him. My friend was shot 9 times and lived. Legends never die.
He was a neighbor of mine in Monterrey, an absolute legend who was well loved by the whole community, and beyond respected by his workers. There's a whole documentary up on youtube if you're like to learn more about him, I'll come back and edit this comment with the link as soon as I can find it again!
Are the Zeta still a thing ot have they died down? Also it must have been amazing to live next to this brave man.
@@supmaidoods8753 They definitely are still a thing, but the Jalisco Carartel of the New Generation (CJNG in Spanish) is much more dangerous atm.
As to being neighbors with Don Alejo, one of our other neighbors was a well known civil servant who was a notable exception from politics, since he was known to be honest as well. I know both men were good friends.
Wow, the amount of strategy that went into this defense was insane. Garza deserves the highest honor for this.
Been watching a lot of your videos recently, I've been subscribed for quite a while and I never even clocked that you only had a couple thousand when I first started watching. Especially love your tales from the bottle. Keep up the good work man!
Never stop making these
Please?
love your username
His ranch was not in Nuevo León, it was in Tamaulipas, probably the ugliest state in the northern Mexico
Ugliest state?
Elpidio Villarreal yes
@@ruggbi Shape wise or because it was run by the Zetas at the time?
Ugly in terms of the cartel wars waged there.
He clearly says he was born in nuevo león, not where the ranch is
Great story. I would never have u heard it or even remembered it if it wasn't for you and the way you told the story. Love the Irish accent. I'm a subscriber.
Words can't explain how much happiness I feel that you would tell the story of this man to more people
I couldn’t be helped but reminded of the indigenous Mexican town who kicked out both the corrupt government officials and drug cartels while watching this video
Chiapas?
Im from nuevo leon, I remember when this happened he gave us hope at a time of desperation, a true hero
Change title from “old man” to “absolute Mexican, boomer chad”
Thats Tango Mike Mike to you sir.
Big iron boomer
@@archetypealch3my290 Was that a Roy Benavidez reference?!?!
@@melvinmerkelhopper5752 yessir the one and only Roy Benavidez
@@archetypealch3my290 Hell yeah!
The Spanish Guitar solo at the end is appreciated
Man, I half expected Alejo to have ducked out into a secret tunnel while his attackers walk into a booby trapped house that blows them all up. Wish he’d have thought of that, or some other survival tactic. The only good thing was him taking out so many of the scumbags.
when my mom was 12 and living in mexico, her dad was murdered by a member of the mexican mafia because they were squatting on my familys farm. although my great uncle got revenge for that, they ended up moving to america to escape lol. i like hearing stories that stick it to organized crime, nice vid
What did your uncle do? I had a similar situation with criminal squatters in my mother's land in Zacatecas but they left. They would bury bodies in the area.
Georgies51 my uncle shot and killed him as well, murder for murder haha. some of my family still lives in the area, but for the most part weve moved out
@@idk-dq4tg this is out of nowhere but i heard one of my uncles worked for the cartel and tied numerous people to cacti
I really wanted him to win and blast those guys with explosives when they came in, fighting them around every corner until he was the last man standing D:
Its still heart-warming that he killed a few and the others got arrested :) he fought as hard as he could
@@supmaidoods8753 He did win in the end because the Zetas are no more.
@@fbi4780 Really? Are they gone gone or did they change names? Its good to hear, those people were animals
@@supmaidoods8753 Yup they're gone. CJNJ and the sinaloa cartel lused to be formed together to destroy Los Zetas, which they did. But I heard that the power was what made them split up. Now they are rivals
Too bad, real life often gives you a neutral ending rather than happy one.
You forgot the fact that the surviving narcos were executed. The high ranking Narcos were very pissed that one old man, made them look like idiots.
Cuando era niño, se popularizó mucho esta historia. Me da mucho gusto y a la vez no que este tipo de cosas se cuenten tanto de mi país. Sigo tu canal desde hace un tiempo y jamás creí que presentaras esta historia aquí. Saludos y buen trabajo.
After a long day at work, I get in and find a brand new Qxir. Smiles. Pours wine. And relax.
talented script writer this lad . top job
0:59 Exactly what I imagined The Sun would look like in Latin America.
I need to find that image
So we’ve seen:
1 man in the Mafia.
1 man vs the Yakuza.
1 man vs the Cartel.
What’s left?
1 man vs Pizza Hut
1 Man vs the IRS
Theres 1 internet troll who became a guerilla mercenary twice, if qxir wants to pick up that story.
The Triad I suppose.
1 man vs ISIS.
0:53 Yeah trying to check local paper while eating breakfast was one of my worst mistakes while on holiday in Mexico..
He had a good death.
Would've made a damn fine Viking.
More of an Aztec Warrior
or an aztec or a maya. he probably had those ancestry now vikings are over done, they were very sellout ish
He was Northerner, probably Tarahumara, Yaqui, Apache, or Comanche.
QDEP Don Alejo. 🇲🇽💯
It would seem all warrior people's would be pleased with this man amongst them... May he be merry in valhalla.
japanese man who took on yakuza himself: finally, a worthy opponent! our battle will be legendary!
I am still Lemillion!!!!
im curious to hear more
Did this really happen.
Ethan Stang i found ou Qxir did a video on this too. Check it out
@@ethanstang9941 mo
And people say guns aren't good for anything. Props to this guy, major balls.
“One gun is a collection”. Laughs in Murican
one of the best qxir stories
That is the most badass old man in the entire world.
I love tales from the bottle and I look forward to seeing more of them, keep up the great work
It's like a Vietnam war style last stand, except it's in Mexico.
this is random but whats your pfp from?
@@why-nv5ms I second this but it seems to be a fruitless search for the source
I love a good "last stand" story.
A man with either nothing left to lose; or everything to protect, giving it his all.
When drugs literally leads your country.
literally columbia from 1976 to 1993
@@YungFlightRisk also Mexico from 1996-2018
This whole shootout reminded me of red dead redemption's last mission as john marston where he tried to protect his family
To mr alejo garza tamez a man who stood his ground to the very end hopefully we can all be as brave as this man and many others like him one day
that one kid who says "I don't think so" before he starts to clutch a 1v10
"Ill be waitin for yuh" "probably not in an Irish accent" this straight had me dying 😆😆
Seeing what some random old man did really makes me wonder what would happen if police actually did their job
Keep up the good work man
Thank you
Ahh! This is at home!
Believe me, that newspaper it's know for that kind of shit on their front page, plus, the model usually gets a full picture in the middle of it.
The story of Alejo was told on a small documentary a couple of years ago
El pásala es una leyenda con sus encabezados jajaja
@@supersmashbrosevil Entre el Pásala y el Gráfico se van echando carreras con los encabezados hahaha
@HelluvaHusky well hello Mr Husky!
@HelluvaHusky Sure thing :3
From what this video told me, I half expected the pause to be a deception technique by Alejo.
What an absolute madlad, may his soul rest ever peacefully for he fought hard in life against one of the most evil forces in the modern world and he stood up to them because he believed in right and wrong and showed that you have a duty to stand up to evil wherever you may encounter it. Rest in peace Alejo Garza Tamez. You were a warrior and embodied the quote
"Through taking action a man becomes a hero
Through death a man becomes a legend
Through time a legend becomes a myth
And through hearing s myth a man becomes a man takes action."
I’d like to imagine if he was with us today that the whole city take over the Sinaloa cartel did in order to release El Chapós son from police custody would’ve failed
Could you imagine if everyone had the guts this man had? What a hero!
He's got more balls than most people
If you look up "Cajones" in the Spanish dictionary, you'll see a picture of this man.
Now you got me wondering if anyone actually looked that up not knowing what it meant lol!!!😂
You meant Cojones which is basically Balls, Cajones are how some closets are called
cojones*
When he mentioned that saw mill, I was expecting so morbid foreshadowing
As an American, he makes me proud!!!
Big balls to the end!
i like how its not like he suffered years and then finally came to the conclusion its time to fight back. nah, hes just like "oh, im sorry, you wanna fuck wits whos ranch? yeah, over my dead body."
The way your stories are presented is pretty damn awesome. I mean, where else can an old, white guy from the USA get to listen to stories told by someone in an Irish accent. The articles are interesting, yet amusing, just what this old man needs after a day of work. You've gained yourself another subscriber, lad. Keep up the good work. :)
What an unsung hero! He probably won't get a statue though. Who knows how many lives he saved between protecting his workers, shooting criminals, and preventing his ranch from becoming a drug lab and cartel base.