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“Real-World Impact on Active Investigations”
COURSE FEEDBACK
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER
“The Vigilance Project isn’t optional—it’s a force multiplier for anyone who wears a badge.”
If you’re in law enforcement and you don’t understand how Mexican cartels actually operate, you’re already behind.
This training fuses intelligence with real street experience into a single way of operating against Mexican cartel activity. Training without application is useless. Street work without understanding cartel methodology is reckless. When the two come together, you stop reacting to cartel crime and start dismantling cartel infrastructure.
I’ve applied this training in real-world operations targeting Mexican cartel–driven narcotics trafficking, firearms distribution, and fugitive apprehensions, working side by side with federal three-letter agencies where mistakes aren’t tolerated and weak analysis gets people hurt. In those environments, guessing isn’t an option.
The Vigilance Project sharpens your ability to separate Mexican cartel criminal indicators from lawful Mexican cultural and religious practices, keeping you from falling into stereotypical, false “intelligence” while also teaching you exactly what Mexican cartel criminal behavior looks like, how it presents, and how culture is deliberately exploited as cover.
This isn’t PowerPoint policing. It’s Mexican cartel focused, street-level intelligence backed by real methodology that holds up in joint task forces, federal briefings, and courtroom scrutiny.
If you want to move past low-level arrests and start dismantling Mexican cartel infrastructure the right way, The Vigilance Project puts you in a different league.
AJ NoriegA
Deputy, Sandoval County Sheriff’s Office
Bernalillo, New Mexico
TESTIMONIALS
“I would strongly recommend this training to any law enforcement professional working in narcotics or organized criminal investigations.”
As a narcotics investigator, I found The Vigilance Project training on cartel culture to be extremely informative and directly applicable to narcotics investigations. The course provided a deeper understanding of cartel structures, past and current representative groups, symbols and meanings, up-to-date and detailed organizational breakdowns, religious origins, mindsets, and cultural influences that are often overlooked but critically important in narcotics cases. This perspective has already helped me better interpret intelligence, evaluate behaviors, and understand the motivations behind cartel backed trafficking organizations operating in the United States and throughout the World. The material was practical, relevant, detailed and immediately translatable to improving investigative strategies and officer awareness. The class was detailed and interactive; Victor was passionate about law enforcement and backs his information with years of relevant experience and cases. I would strongly recommend this training to any law enforcement professional working in narcotics or organized criminal investigations.
Ryan Goddard
DEA
Detroit, MI
“Victor’s class has shed light on the numerous symbols employed by these criminal organizations, which are often concealed in plain sight and go unnoticed by the untrained eye.”
This training significantly enhanced my ability to identify such activities when they occur and involve cartels. During my tenure as a street cop with Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Department in Albuquerque, New Mexico, I have gained firsthand knowledge of the cartels’ regular operations in my area. This training has further equipped me with the necessary skills to identify and respond to such activities effectively. Victor’s class has shed light on the numerous symbols employed by these criminal organizations, which are often concealed in plain sight and go unnoticed by the untrained eye.
Jon Shoemaker
Patrol Deputy
Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office, NM
” I highly recommend any detective, agent, intelligence officer to attend this one of a kind course. “
As a detective and FBI TFO involved in Mexican cartel investigations in Texas, the course material that Det. Sgt. Victor Galarza teaches has been instrumental in having a clear and accurate understanding of the evolving cartel dynamics and provided the needed knowledge to identify, infiltrate, dismantle and destroy this highly organized criminal groups.
Victor has provided monumental insight into all aspects involving the Mexican Transnational Criminal Organizations. I highly recommend any detective, agent, intelligence officer to attend this one of a kind course.
cARLOS C.
Arlington Police Dept.
Arlington, TX
“Victor’s personal and professional experience is one of a kind. It is one thing for someone to read information off a powerpoint, but Victor takes his experience and knowledge to a new level with a ‘no holds bar’ approach to the information.”
RODNEY PARIS
Chief, Logan Police Department
Logan, NM
“Very knowledgeable course, in-depth information that can help save law enforcement lives. I would highly recommend this course to L.E. Victor was an incredible instructor.”
A. Flores
Chief, Milliken Police Dept.
Milliken, CO
“As a law enforcement officer devoted to training and educating our future police professionals, I absolutely recommend and support agencies who include Galarza’s training in their regimen.”
OPERATIONS LIEUTENANT
Mountain Village Police Dept.
Mountain Village, CO
” Understanding the Mexican Cartels and Narco Culture/ The Vigilance Project is undoubtedly the best training I have attended in my Law Enforcement Career.”
Understanding the Mexican Cartels and Narco Culture/ The Vigilance Project is undoubtedly the best training I have attended in my Law Enforcement Career. We became fully immersed in the historical and cultural events of Mexico and how they affected what we are seeing today. Victor is THE expert in this field and brings his personal and professional experience into the classroom to transport you into the deepest parts of Mexican Culture to ensure you get the complete picture of the complexities we as Law Enforcement will face during Cartel Investigations.
If you are seeking knowledge, good music, and great conversations, look no further than Victor Galarza and The Vigilance Project!
Adam Sikorski
Dunn Police Dept.
Dunn, NC
” If you want a deeper UNDERSTANDING of Mexican Cartels this is the class for you. As a Federal Agent, the course material has assisted many of my activities and investigations against these groups activity OPERATING throughout the U.S. and the World. I have taken this course twice and I highly recommend the Vigilance Project to all Law ENFORCEMENT.”
Understanding the Mexican Cartels and Narco Culture/ The Vigilance Project is undoubtedly the best training I have attended in my Law Enforcement Career. We became fully immersed in the historical and cultural events of Mexico and how they affected what we are seeing today. Victor is THE expert in this field and brings his personal and professional experience into the classroom to transport you into the deepest parts of Mexican Culture to ensure you get the complete picture of the complexities we as Law Enforcement will face during Cartel Investigations.
If you are seeking knowledge, good music, and great conversations, look no further than Victor Galarza and The Vigilance Project!
Special Agent Victor Avila
HSI Albuquerque, New Mexico Office
WHAT ATTENDEES SAY
“This training is truly like no other I have attended while in law enforcement, even being from Mexico. The material and experience that Victor Galarza taught in the class is second to none.”
DETECTIVE CESAR RODRIGUEZ
Fishers Police Dept.
Fishers, Indiana
