How To Stay Safe In Medellin Colombia (EXCLUSIVE TECHNIQUE) | 🇨🇴
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 มิ.ย. 2024
- 0:00 Basic Medellin Safety Advice You Hear Everywhere
0:35 This Will Make You MASSIVE TARGET In Colombia
1:45 Medellin Colombia Safety Tips
2:35 Street Smarts Help But Be Humble
3:26 Story About a Bodyguard I Know Who Got Robbed In Cali
5:49 INSIDER SAFETY TECHNIQUE (MUST WATCH)
9:37 Be Careful With Bank Cards
9:57 Think Like This To Stay Safe In Colombia
10:20 A Common Mistake Foreigners Make
10:37 An Increase In Incidents Involving Tourists In Medellin
11:10 Stats Showing Colombia Was More Dangerous Before Not Now (Overall Not For Tourist)
11:33 People With Extreme Security Risks In Colombia
12:10 Foreigners Make Up a Very Small Percentage Of Incidents
This is probably the most honest video I’ve seen on Colombia. The truth is refreshing.
Thank you brother
GIve this guy a thumps up. This video saves lives. I dont carry luggage.just a simple backpack. Take a cab to a shopping center and not directly to your hotel. Dont let people know your a tourist. NEVER walk on a deserted street.
Thanks brother
Awesome advice! I was taught military opsec in Germany in the 80's. In Colombia there is no safe just trying to keep the odds in your favor.
Awesome brother exactly haha
Props for mentioning rates between the number of visitors and number being victims. Its refreshing to see someone talk about these issues with real advice and real knowledge on risks and probability.
Much respect to everyone, let's keep the comments respectable remember we are grown men commenting on youtube lol.. 🙏
I'll be there in 3 weeks. Been about 5x now. Because I travel with my girlfriend, I don't seem to have issues. I think as long as you stay away from the girls, you're pretty good. If you must go to the girls, just go to the agency that's well reviewed.
I had a girlfriend for probably at least 75% of my time in Colombia as well defiantly a huge advantage
Gringos with their Gringo girlfriends getting robbed no problem in Colombia. There are a lot less videos on TH-cam about that. But it makes sense because most tourists in Medellin travel solo and like to hook up with local chicks or even guys if it is a woman traveling. Criminals are watching you everywhere you go. It doesn't matter if you have a girlfriend or not. If they decide to hit on you they will trust me.
@@ThinLineMedia gringo is a strange term. Doesn’t apply to us. Gringo describes a look. Girlfriend is Honduran, fluent Spanish, and I’m Dominican, also fluent Spanish. We don’t even almost look like Gringos. We also also both smart, we don’t even drink or smoke, so we’re never around the clubs. When we go to Colombia, we’re on business. We go from point A to point B, that’s it. Otherwise we go to the mall attached to the hotel.
You’re watching too many videos, referring to the video where they said they’re watching you from the airports. He also said they target solo males. If you’re a couple, you aren’t a target, you’re just looking like an easy lick from the moto robbers. Probability of getting robbed is like less than 2%, traveling with your girlfriend likely reduces those odds to less than 1%. Maybe if you’re a white gringo who doesn’t know a lick of Spanish then your odds may be higher.
@@investmentanalyst779 No I was referring to other video where a couple was robbed in Medellin. Chance of getting robbed by moto robbers is pretty high. Your taxi driver can also tip the moto robbers. That is also a problem in Colombia that anybody can tip the criminals. While gringo look gives a person higher percentage of getting robbed, if you look Latino you can still get robbed. Lots of Colombians, Mexicans, Equadorians, Chileans, Argentinians - the list goes on are getting robbed. The moment you relax and think nothing is gonna happen to you and that you know how to move, that is when shit can happen. Now, we forgot that you also can get scammed in Colombia which sometimes is no different from a robbery because you can also lose little to large amounts of money that way ....
@@ThinLineMedia I don’t take taxi. I get a personal driver hand picked from the institution I’m doing business with. I’m a a wall st analyst, not only did I reduce risk before hand, if we do get robbed, I wouldn’t lose anything. The phone I’m carrying is insured by my credit card, I only carry one credit card, if which I can lock when I reach the hotel, where I have the rest of my cards. I never have cash, credit is king. My money will never be at risk. Rule number 1 of having money, use other people’s money. All my money is invested, not even I can access my money outside market hours. And I can’t withdraw after selling. Have to wait a few days to settle.
best how to protect yourself video yet. best advice keep moving, never be still. give your opponent only a few seconds to make a go or no go decision.
Keep it moving is HUGE and VERY important in Colombia great tip!!!
This video was 🔥Very insightful and helpful. Thank you.
Thank you brother
Since a lot of you dudes don’t speak Spanish. The best way to stay safe is learn Spanish avoid those women who sell themselves. Avoid certain streets and do not wear jewelry and act rich. Do not hang around people who are possibly engaged in criminal activities or have problems with certain individuals. And also spend money for a good hotel with good security. And if you want to bring a woman over have another safe hotel where you bring them over.💯🤷🏻♂️
Sometimes even speaking Spanish can make you a victim. That’s when the robbers or someone that want to harm you. Will know that yours foreigner but you are also correct speaking and understanding Spanish is a necessary
Love the content brotha! ¡Saludos desde Perú!🙌🇵🇪
Saludos bro thank you 🙏🙏
Thanks for the advice my man. Itll help a lot of people..
Happy to help brother
Great Advice..
Thank you brother 🙏
Thanks bro great information
Appreciate that bro!
Thank you for this dude!
Happy to help bro
Good info bro, sub!
Great video, great advice.
Thabk you brother 🙏
Thanks for making this video. I'll be applying this info when I'm in South America next.
Thank you bro!
Great video man, thanks for the tips. Im in medellin right now and had no idea how sketch it was after dark..
Appreciate the comment bro!
another good video
Appreciate it bro
Great video. Good tips, especially the crypto one.
Thanks for dropping by bro 🙏
Great stuff man, you should make a video on how you learned Spanish
You have the best advice on crime in Colombia.
Thank you I appreciate that bro 🙏
Gold!
Thanks bro!
Good job with the advice. I live in Boston. I will share 2 things. A former co-worker here in Boston, who is from Medellin, once told me something very interesting. He and his son went to Medellin for vacation. At one point they stayed at a hotel for a night. The next day they left. They took a cab. On their cab ride, they got stopped by these guys with guns. They ordered my co-worker to hand over whatever money he had. He complied. They then took off. My co-worker is convinced that someone in the hotel knew that they travelled from America and therefore supposedly had money. This person then tipped off the robbers who waited for him. Here's the second story. I know another Colombian here in Boston. She's in her late 50s or early 60s. The other day I mentioned to her about the tourists who are getting drugged in Medellin, her hometown. You know what she said? "Good for them, why are they going to pick up those women?" It felt really cold for her to say that but I wonder who else feels that way in Colombia? I have always wanted to visit Colombia but that has changed. Not going there for the foreseeable future.
Tip offs / scouts are huge in colombia for sure. I was even warned about this before in downtown Cali some dude told me be very careful this street has guys who will text the motos to come as soon as they spot anything worth taking
My mother is Colombian and emigrated to NYC in the 70s. She use to say the United States is a great country even the poor are rich. I read comments of idiots believing that they’re from Chicago, NYC, Los Angeles and etc that they could survive in Colombia. Yet, these guys primarily stay in strata 5-6 districts in Medellin. It’s easy to play tough online like so many of these individuals. I was born in the United States in the Bay area but I have also lived in Chicago. Nothing in Chicago compares to ciudad Bolívar, Usme, Soacha and the south of Bogota. The poverty is immense alone
Totally agree. Americans can be so ignorant when they try to make those comparisons. Colombia is a different animal than anywhere in the States. My mother is also Colombian and I was born in US.
I survived a shooting in the United States, so I have to make a video saying please don't come to the United States, it's very dangerous...
Excellent video. I appreciate your outlook on just rolling with the punches if it's your time.
Are there any other precautions men should take in the mid to long term when they start exposing themselves a bit more to friends, a girlfriend, or business partners? We hear the tragic stories where they play the long game on someone and get them 12-18 months down the line after some level of trust and rapport is reached.
Excellent advice from someone who knows and has knowledge and size to be a bodyguard but still stays smart and knows that there’s limits and that nobody is invincible. One thing that I would add is to stay where there’s a receptionist who takes their ID and also does not give it back or let them leave without talking to you for your ok. You are right too ably clothes. Lots of guys ay to dress like a Colombian but come on, mannerisms are so different and same with haircuts so doubtful most will pass as a Colombian. So right too about it’s also a roll of the dice when or if you’ll be a victim.
Great content! Just aubscribed
great points, people find it hard to not be materialistic like they are in their home countries. My xiaomi phone does me fine in south america, whereas i know some people who can't survive without the latest iphone on finance LOL
How to stay safe in Colombia: "Go to another country."
LOOOL 😆
I've been to Colombia 3 times as many as I have been to Mexico. I've only been robbed in Mexico and it was by 10 policemen. My best friend has been robbed twice in Mexico and both times by the police. And one other friend also robbed by the Mexican police. So you tell me if Colombia is worse?
@@iBoatLaunch I live only two hours from the Mexican border. What I can tell you is that Latin America is very problematic (eg corruption, crime, drug trafficking, influx of migrants, violence, to name only a few things).
I agree with you, go to a different country where drū-g-z and sècs tourism is legal 🎉
@@elfulano5884no sh!t?🤣
Lolololol !! Love it man, especially “don’t talk about crytpo”.
Security/safety is your wheelhouse in Colombia my man. Start a service , it’s needed
You would be great at it
Thank you brother, I actually was in that business before covid 😅😅
Yesterday's issue of El País has a very interesting article entitled, "US Embassy warns citizens not to use Tinder or Grindr in Medellín after suspicious deaths of eight tourists." It includes the statement that the new mayor of Medellin made on tourists.
There's crazy news coming out of the small independent media down there to, many mayors and high profile people been getting smoked left right and center around cauca and areas surronding Cali, even a politically active professor and his while family got taken out
Great video. What would you say is the best location to stay for 3 weeks and get as many notches as possible without paying? South america or bangkok? What do other guys think. Let me know. Thanks in Advance.
Thanks for your video. I wish the Hmong brother saw this or have a sense of street smart. He was not humble and complacent ✌️
Best thing to do is to travel with friends, and everybody share their gps location if you decide to part ways to meet up with a girl. Always have a backup phone that u don't mind losing. Don't carry a lot of money, or ID/important stuff with u. And be aware of ur surroundings. Don't believe if somebody's being nice to that they can be trusted.
maybe you could do a video on how much does colombia under report crimes
For reference of victims I know of probably only around 10% have reproted. People know it takes a ton of time and are worried about being threatened or having problems in the future, they just want to move on
Good info, Bro.
Do you have a suggested, reputable security company that offers bodyguard service out there???
I work security here in Miami, and I’ve seen some crazy stuff here. I can only wonder what people see in Colombia.
Honestly not really bro because the guys I know mainly just work for the big companies that do mainly corporate clients very expensive and long term contracts.
For the short term stuff a lot of guys just do informal handshake contract and follow around the client but they're not legally hired its kind of a loop hole cause you could pay him to follow you around but not to use his firearm permission to work as your bodyguard but if both your lives were in danger then he would have to right to use his firearm as a last resort for self defense (not because you pay him to).
@@BushidoNomad Gotcha.
Do you think that any foreigner (or Colombian native for that matter) draws more attention to themselves by having bodyguards/private security???
What’s your view on that??
Basically once your get an escolta you become a rich colombian meaning you no longer associate with the common folks. Only go to the high class places which are gated and have parking for cars. You go dorectly to and from your gated house or condominio. If you're pulling up to normal spots with a bodyguard it would call a lot of attention unless you just have him dress in street clothes and hide the weapon and just act like a friend then it would be a benefit as you're two men not one but low key at the same time
@@BushidoNomad Thanks for the insight 👍🏽💯
If you search through a sewer to find gems, those "gems" might not be what you think they are.
I was just thinking about the part where you said guys should have a "security detail" to which all dates must submit identification. I wonder if any guys will start to put that in their dating app profiles now. I can see that catching on.
I was thinking that to, making it the new normal would be very helpful
Thanks for the video. Im happy to know that Ive been using these same exact protocols when I meet chicks. I will also rent a separate apartment to meet them if it gets to that and let them know that this is not my place. You can also run a background check on them using the police website and their id. I am very generous and friendly with my building security and they know no girls leave without me oking it. They know I dont drink and no reason I should ever be incoherent. The crypto component is important but all apps to financials shouldnt be on the phone. All biometric security should be changed to a pin. A pin is harder to access if youre unconscious. But there should be minimal security or financial risks on the phone. All bank cards secured. Use only cash you are willing to lose. I carry a throw wallet with fake cards, little cash and a cheap ass garbage phone with all the memory used up. If I get got, so be it but I minimize my risk as much as possible.
Great tips brother thank you
Tight 💯 %
I'm getting tons of videos about this topic for the last few days, whats going on?
Disney world employees are having enough of americans abuse..so they giving people taste of their own medicine..OH its the venezuelans passing by colombia doing they things as welll
I was attackec by knife in Cali at night, I escaped but I will not come back in Colombia, too dangerous. I did not have valuables things on me, no jewelry, only 40 dollas and a cheap phone 100 dollar.
Your the only content creator that keeps it 💯 on this topic. Passport bros brought this on themselves being sex hungry.
Appreciate that brother
Imagine going to a country and having to worry about your well-being constantly. This is insane bro
Bro, i cant help but being super curious about your national background?
So, can a permanent resident get a bodyguard license and carry a firearm? If so what would be the steps?
You'd have to be hired by the company, a security company can hold licneses not the individual brother
That OD just to meet a girl 😂
Bro i just came about a month ago from colombia to bangkok, i think im in the same building as you, i got something maybe u can help me with, nothing sketchy just a property in colombia
Hey bro what building? I'm in phillipines right now
@@BushidoNomad the one with the red lambo in the first spot under the car park, i just spent the last couple years building a house on a finca in a town south of medellin but then me and the Mrs decided we was sick of colombia so just moved here, I'm just in the process of getting it valued and advertised, but it's a gringo style house, if u know anyone that's got money over there that flips houses or a gringo moving down, it'll be going for a nice price as i want a quick sale.
Haha yes I remember that red Lambo, I moved out of there a while ago but love that building, I don't know anyone looking to buy in colombia atm bro
Someone tried to rob me for my phone in Bogota. I said “no entiendo” and handed him my phone with translator open. It was an old galaxy with a cracked screen. He made an ew face and refused to take it. 😂
one thing ive noticed is that in Cartagena the girls know they're required to show their Cedula at the hotel or AirBnB security. But when you ask a girl from Cali for her Cedula they actually get mad n offended. They didn't rob me or anything but i guess they weren't used to it being asked for..
Lmfaooo yeah thats a good sign if they get mad tho means it's a first for them
Because Cartegena and Medellin have popular red light districts. Obviously.
My friends and I are planning to go to Medellin and nightlife is a big component to it (women, parties, etc.). Are you saying don’t do it? Does this also apply to the paid ones? How to play it safe.
Yes dont go , go to thailand
It’s called an arma traumática, shoots a 8mm hard rubber ball at over 1000fps so will go through an aluminum pan .or mess you up possibly death
He had a massive crater in his head the pictures were crazy
Bro. You wanna colab? I am currently in Medellin
Hey bro I'm currently in Asia heading to the Philippines today
Why live somewhere that you can't go outside without being fearful of getting robbed or killed? Colombia is too much of a risk. Other Central and South American countries are safer.
My next latin american destination will likely be south brazil (very safe
@@BushidoNomad Uruguay is even safer.
Is it true about Envigado.. less petty crime because the cartel still runs the place. I live in the middle of Itagui.. away from the hills. Is it "safe."
One tip I have is to not use your international SIM card. Keep it hidden or locked somewhere on a separate device somewhere safe. Use a Colombian SIM card with nothing important tied to that number. That way they can't 2fa you as easily.
you can still use your main WhatsApp account with a Colombian sim.
Great tip, yeah I can barely manage my own 2fa that's why it's crazy how well they can clean someone out
Why does everyone talk about only Medellin and says its colombia. Every city is like a different country and I been living in Bogota for yrs and it is diffeent from Medellin.
If you watch the video I talk about Cali to brother! But yeah most people visit Medellin
It’s very simple. Do not go to consumer drugs or prostitution. That’s very simple.! DO NOT GO FOR DRUGS OR PROSTITUTION….
Repeat to yourself.
DO NOT GO FOR DRUGS OR
PROSTITUTION…
Repeat 100
Times but you will still go and then cry 😭 😢😢😢. Ohhh. I was drugged. I’m a victim😢😢😢😢
Great advice bro. Ive always had a lot of success online dating in Colombia. I never had an issue with tinder. You just have to take these precautions. Like checking their socials and taking their cedulas etc. When your sex deprived coming from the states and you come for 1 or 2 weeks, these are the people that are usually the victims of crimes. Its usually in touristy areas too. Sabaneta is home for me. Maybe not for others. Get out of poblado if you want to meet women. However, if you struggled dating in the states, your going to struggle here too. Colombian/foreign women are not coming to save you. You guys gotta have your ducks in order and be well rounded, or you will be taken advantage of
A lot of wisdom there brother appreciate it
as per the stats the male to female tourist ratio is 50/50 to colombia yet i have only seen males drugged or killed. this would indicate colombia is relatively safe for normal tourist.
That's why we don't trust stats, especially in latin america brother my first hand experience tells me there's no way in h3ll it's 50 50 anyone's whose been to colombia can attest, I actually personally don't know one female who has gone. Maybe stats are based off inbound flights? Mainly family members/ Colombians living aboard / possibly Venezuelan migrants? I could be wrong tho I simply share my first hand accounts
Colombia is a no go zone… I’ll pass
Nobody gonna miss sexpats !!
Just tell them to using apps… online dating isnt a thing in colombia. Meet women the normal way. Every country different, learn the culture.
Just go man its totally safe
I've been to Medellin 4 times since 2019, just recently went there again last November for 2 weeks. I absolutely love that city, yes it can be dangerous too just don't do the obvious stuff to make you an easy target.
I am Croatian just came here...i don't miss u man,at all ..😂
@@zalegalizaciju434 Los extranjeros que hacen turismo basura son los que se meten en problemas... En Colombia la puedes pasar muy bien y nunca te pasara nada si haces un turismo sano y responsable
Just tell them to using apps… online dating isnt a thing in colombia. Meet women the normal way. Every country different, learn the culture.
Lol who would want to live in Colombia after this 😂
LOL 😅😅
First technique? Dont go.
Couches in the road and he didnt think that was odd?
Good info but it’s pretty insane that this is what you have to do in Colombia. Insane …time to move on to another country
Yeah true brother when compared to other places lool
Whats the point visiting somewhere that you can't do normal things.
Good point lol
i will change my path and take the long route to avoid obvious druggies and groups of young males. i see people often walking within arms reach of them, assuming they are harmless
Good idea anywhere forsure
@3:30 then he's not your friend. Maybe an associate of yours but sounds like you dont really consider him a friend if you dont like him
I agree bro I corrected it with text on screen, These videos are completely off the top of my head no script so sometimes a few mistakes come out
@@BushidoNomad I see it, great tips and info, man!👍🏾
Thank you bro 🙏
Ill begin by saying... The car was not worth your friends life being in danger.
I have a friend from bucaramanga and he tells me that even there there is a part where he wont go..
Even in fortaleza brazil there is a part of it where another friend of mine wont go..
I love latin america but i dont want to be looking over my shoulder my friend...
Greece is an alternative but also a hot spot for war...
The best way to stay safe is not to go there.
1. Don't go 2. Don't go 3. Don't go
Many more beautiful, much safer places to travel to.
So why should i go than there? No Tourist no money for them - no problem 🎉
Whats the point? If you need to take care of yourself so much! You can’t have nice things because you are giving papaya etc! What’s the point!!!!! I prefer to be free than to go to a place with hot guys or girls but in which I can’t be myself and I have to take care of myself all the time because I can get killed !! That sucks
History books try to paint a picture of men going on risky explorations for God, gold or glory. But 2/3 of those are just to get more 🍑🍑 back home.
All comes down to biología 😅
No thank you. Not worth it in ANY WAY. Don’t care about the women.
Ya paren con esa bobada de que como se tiene que ser en Colombia, en todos los paises es el mismo peligro, mas bien dejen de ser tan gringos y aprendan a comportarse en otros paises.
Obviously you haven’t been to other countries except South American continent - even Costa Rica is way safer…
I grew up in NYC. I dated a ton of Colombians and other South Americans without any issues. You really don’t have to risk your lives to date a Latina baddie 😂. The baddest Latinas live in America
LOOOOL 😂☠️
False the baddest latinas are in their native country
@@Flexizy7 ha, that’s comical. American Latinas are the best of both worlds. Americans that can actually date Latinas in America know this.
@@senorc4416 I live in New York and yes there’s bad latinas here but how can you compare that to a whole country full of bad latinas like Colombia. It’s no comparison
@@Flexizy7 I’m half Colombian. I’ve been going there since I was a baby. The Latinas in NYC are 100% better
Not a place to visit
I bought ticket to travel there before realising all these things otherwise i never would have.
I think you're a FED! Propaganda!! How do i know? Out the blue all the channels are suddenly posting about how much dating abroad sucks! This is curve the narrative! Too many ladies are salty about the passport bros!!
😀😃😄😁😆😅🤣😂
"Hello, State Dept? It's me again, Karen. I'm mad about American guys getting laid in Colombia. Do something!"
I would say you're boosting but I know some woman that would 100% do that lmfao. Dating abroad does not suck tho I can confirm that lol
He really don't need these clowns unless you're high-profile which case maybe you want to have somebody shadowing you but otherwise just stay at a nice hotel just basically take a little bit of cash Maybe One credit card or you don't even need to bring your credit card with you leave it at the hotel but just bring enough cash to pay for the evening and get the girl back to the hotel if it's a nice hotel they're going to check her identification when you arrive anyways and they're going to photocopy it and keep it there just in case
Excellent video. I appreciate your outlook on just rolling with the punches if it's your time.
Are there any other precautions men should take in the mid to long term when they start exposing themselves a bit more to friends, a girlfriend, or business partners? We hear the tragic stories where they play the long game on someone and get them 12-18 months down the line after some level of trust and rapport is reached.
Hey bro thank you! I'd say in general never show what you have more than necessary. Also anytime you're about to shell out a large amount of money just be aware that things can go wrong quite often and you may lose it.
Also leave an air of mystery around yourself that may keep partners guessing if you could possibly have a dark side or not. Sadly if people think they can screw you over with 0 consequences they will be much more likely to that's just the harsh reality