EL ESCALOFRIANTE MUNDO DE LA PASTA BASE - Santiago de Chile 🇨🇱

Summary

Highlights

• Zazza explores the dark world of 'pasta base' in Santiago, Chile. 🌆
• The drug is seen as a choice associated with freedom and community. 👫
• Personal stories reveal addiction starting as early as childhood. 👶
• The drug's effects are quick but short-lived, leading to severe drawbacks. ⏱️
• Locals express mixed feelings about their lifestyle, balancing pleasure with harsh realities. 🤔

Key Takeaways

• 'Pasta base' is a cheap and potent drug prevalent in Santiago, Chile. 💊
• 3% of the population has tried it, starting as young as 13. 😲
• Addiction is seen by some as a form of freedom, despite its adverse effects. 🕊️
• The drug scene is a mix of despair and resilience, with powerful personal stories. 📖
• Despite the challenges, many locals hold hopes and dreams beyond their current struggles. 🌟

Overview

Chapters

• 00:00 - 00:30: Introduction In the introduction chapter, tensions escalate as individuals are embroiled in a conflict over money. The altercation results in physical violence, with a character displaying a notable scar from the nose to the ear, indicative of past or recent trauma. Amidst this chaos, some characters reveal personal struggles with drug addiction, suggesting a backdrop of socio-economic challenges. The tension in the scene is palpable, prompting a decision to leave due to the heightened risk or discomfort, as one character notes that the situation has become 'spicy,' indicating a need for self-preservation or escape from the escalating conflict.
• 00:30 - 05:00: Life on the Streets This chapter titled 'Life on the Streets' explores the harsh realities and dangers of street life. It includes references to daily violence, personal struggles like cancer, and a feeling of contributing to a cycle of death and danger. The narrative also gives a vivid description of characters and situations, such as a person with 'Size 56 pants, 3 double chins,' and a hooded individual practicing with a rapier, reflecting the chaotic and perilous environment.
• 05:00 - 10:00: Escaping Danger In the chapter titled 'Escaping Danger', there is a narrative involving a conflict, where one individual claims to be formidable, metaphorically 'made of iron'. This person's antagonist, referred to as 'brother', stabs and robs him, indicating a betrayal or violent confrontation. Additionally, there is a mention of Chile leading the rankings in South America for the use of 'pasta base', a form of cocaine. The chapter appears to blend personal conflict with social commentary.
• 10:00 - 15:00: Understanding "Pasta Base" The chapter delves into 'Pasta Base,' a substance that 3% of the population has reportedly used at least once. It discusses its methods of consumption: smoking with tobacco, termed 'mono,' or mixing with marijuana, known as 'marciano.' The substance is identified as a derivative of cocaine and is described as a prevalent drug in the streets.
• 15:00 - 25:00: Interview with Users The chapter titled 'Interview with Users' describes a visit to an area known as 'La Vega', likened to 'Philadelphia.' The narrator notes that the area is not the most peaceful. 'La Vega' is highlighted as a place where many people who abuse a certain substance congregate. The description includes a mention of beautiful murals, alongside observations of trash, burned walls from bonfires made by the homeless, and the presence of excrement.
• 25:00 - 35:00: Production and Distribution This chapter discusses the immediate effects of drug consumption, particularly smoking. The effects are said to appear quickly, within seconds, providing a brief, intense experience ('the shot'). However, this is followed by negative aftereffects such as vomiting, nausea, and dizziness, which are common with many drugs. The chapter also sets a dramatic scene, describing a man in a questionable situation.
• 35:00 - 45:30: Reflections on Addiction and Society The chapter titled 'Reflections on Addiction and Society' delves into the grim realities of addiction. It begins with a personal account of the fleeting pleasure drugs provide, contrasted with the long-lasting detrimental impacts on one's life. The narrator expresses fear and anticipation about engaging with people affected by drug use. They describe the stark contrast between affluent shopping centers and nearby neighborhoods plagued by addiction. The chapter highlights the visible presence of addiction in society, specifically noting the transformation of local high schools and communities due to drug abuse.
• 45:30 - 51:00: Conclusion The chapter on 'Conclusion' depicts a contrasting urban environment where commerce thrives alongside illicit activities such as smoking 'pasta base'. The narrative highlights the juxtaposition of bustling commercial zones and serene areas, resembling Italy with beautiful churches, and contrasting them with dangerous, 'hot' passages that trap those who enter. The presence of a police station is noted, with peculiar wooden doors built into the wall that hint at past violence or criminal activity.

EL ESCALOFRIANTE MUNDO DE LA PASTA BASE - Santiago de Chile 🇨🇱 Transcription

• 00:00 - 00:30 What's happening? They are fighting over money. What happened? This arm they hit me, they beat me. A scar that goes from nose to ear. Let's run, come on. I am a drug addict. Okay. Same. Shall we go? Why? Because it got spicy here.
• 00:30 - 01:00 Did they send you to challenge? I like the street because I want to. Every day shootings and things... I have cancer. This one here? Yes, I feel like I'm selling death. The one they k*****, they m******... Be careful! Uy, uy, uy, uy. Size 56 pants, 3 double chins. That's how it was. The guy who was there hooded was also practicing with a rapier.
• 01:00 - 01:30 Yes, yes, you're made of iron. He goes and stabs me, brother. And takes everything from him. Look. Uy... Chile leads the rankings of South American countries that use "pasta base".
• 01:30 - 02:00 Consider that 3% of the population has used this substance at least once in their life. How is it used? Well, in two ways: Either it's smoked with tobacco and this is called "mono" or they mix it with marijuana and this is called "marciano". It's obviously a derivative of cocaine and, from what I've heard, it's the drug that is most used here in these streets.
• 02:00 - 02:30 So, where have I come? I've come to "La Vega", which they call a bit like "Philadelphia". Here I look behind me because the area is not one of the most peaceful. So I've come to "La Vega", where most people who abuse this substance seem to concentrate. Look at the murals. How beautiful! And here you can see, apart from a lot of garbage, the burned walls. This is because people who don't have homes make bonfires. There's poop everywhere.
• 02:30 - 03:00 A rather dramatic situation. The man there in the corner, I don't know what he's doing. If he's peeing or... yes. When you smoke it, the effects appear quickly. About 8, 10, 15, 20 seconds pass and it gives you, boom, the shot. A shot that actually lasts only a few minutes and then what comes after is horrific: vomiting, nausea, dizziness. Like all drugs, right?
• 03:00 - 03:30 It gives you a small moment of pleasure and then a whole life... I s***... d***. I got really scared. A whole life of... of hell. Let's talk to these people. I'm really looking forward to it. I hope nothing happens to me. Let's go. The shopping center, if you see it, looks like Europe, it looks like the First World. Two blocks away and look, right here. You can see, focus over there. These are high schools that are taken over by people who smoke "pasta base". One block further you find communities full of "pasteros".
• 03:30 - 04:00 Here there is commerce, where they also smoke "pasta base", in the middle of commerce. And you walk two blocks and there's a church that looks like Italy. Those passages inward. There are some where nothing happens and it's very nice, all good. And there are others where it's hot, hot and you can't get out. You go in and don't come out. Look, here there's a police station. They have doors to the wall. Yes, the wall with wood. You know why, right? Wow! And this? No, I don't know why. It's because they burst it.
• 04:00 - 04:30 Why? Stones... Stones, gunshots, everything. Look here, look here, look here. Yes, they call it "little Philadelphia". And you know that the most famous video on my channel is right in Philadelphia, in Kensington, in areas where people use... Fentanyl, here Fentanyl seems not to have arrived, but this episode is about, as you've seen in the title, the "pasta base". Incredible that Chileans start trying it very young.
• 04:30 - 05:00 It seems that 3% of students... we're talking about 14,000 people, eh? not 2. 3% is 14,000. Have tried that drug from the age of 13-14. Look on this side. Yes, yes, yes. Look along these streets, over here. Here's another one. Let's go this way. See? There are two here. Look, look at these sides. Look over here, see? There's a... They were selling there. They were buying there.
• 05:00 - 05:30 Let's go around. Right there. It looks ugly in the day too. But at night... crazy hands. That day we passed, don't you remember you told me: "I don't want to pass." Don't worry, I'm going to show you the beautiful face and the bad face. So we'll pass by again, apart from stopping now, we'll pass by again tonight. So stay on this video because we start "light", but we end up very strong.
• 05:30 - 06:00 There where I live, there's one who has a king-sized bed. Sleeps better than me, for sure... Is the friend okay? Do you know him? Yes, he's sleeping. No, I just notice him. He's sleeping. Okay, okay. The important thing is that he's okay. Yes, everything's fine. Okay, okay. I see you're doing pretty well too. Ah, yes, I'm splendid, wonderful. Explain to me a little about this problem, because I see that many people suffer from... from that, from addiction to "pasta base". Why is that happening? That's a lie, nobody suffers. No? Everyone is where they want to be.
• 06:00 - 06:30 It's not addiction, it's more... it's more freedom. Can I ask you a question? Because I just saw it, I've never seen it before. Does your arm move...? This arm... they hit me, they beat me. Those who hate the homeless. Look. I see it moves like in reverse. Haven't they given you medical attention to... to fix it? Yes, they already fixed it. Oh, really? Doesn't it hurt anymore? No, yes, same. Same as when they ran me over.
• 06:30 - 07:00 My God. The abusers. Those who want to subject everyone on the street and force them to do what... what they want. But my God. You understand? You are a person like everyone else. Why treat you this way? I don't understand. According to them we bother, they discriminate against us, humiliate us. Did I bother you? I don't know. No, no, not at all. That bothers you. That bothers you. Yeah. One helps people. But still, I don't know, at night one doesn't have security, you know? To leave home because they say: "There are a lot of people there using." No, no, no.
• 07:00 - 07:30 It's that one makes mistakes because there are people who are dressed in suits and steal... millionaires and steal. You understand? Yes. All people... one thing is to be drug addicts and another to be criminals. Why did you start? If it's not too personal a question. Out of craziness. You liked partying and...? I still love it. Yes? Yes. Freedom. I am... addicted, but not distressed. Companionship, freedom. Everything that's in the street. Benefit, the advantages and disadvantages.
• 07:30 - 08:00 From how you talk, it seems they're all advantages, right? This is not the message we want to give. There must be something bad, right? In all that. There is bad. The disadvantages are that you don't have a bathroom or shower, there's discrimination, selfishness... the lack of respect from people, who think we are trash, that we are nothing, that we are worse than them. And we are people just like everyone else. They discriminate against me. So they return and they earn much more,
• 08:00 - 08:30 but not legally... they want to force them.... But do you know each other? Yes, I know them here. Oh, really? Yes. And how do you know when they are okay or when they are, for example, I don't know, dying, they're bad or...? By their face, well. And does your family know about this addiction? No. What do you think about that? I don't know, they'll think something I don't know. Ah, I haven't seen them for many years. Ah. Do you miss them? Do you feel alone or...? No, I feel lazy, I'm in paradise.
• 08:30 - 09:00 Oh, really? I am free, well. You are the person, I swear, uh... normally they tell me about dramatic situations, that they want to get out of that, and you seem to be super comfortable in this situation. Look, my mind is mine, I have my money saved, I have... mind. There are people who want everything, just as they see it. And that is abuse. You walk very fast, but are you going in a specific direction or... or are you just walking around? No, I'm walking. Ah, it looks like you're going like to a job interview.
• 09:00 - 09:30 Yes, here are the people, all the people, because everyone works, look, even those who are drug addicts, they work. Have you had children or a family at some point? 5. 5? My children are 24 years old. Aha. Wow. They stole one from me. How did they steal one from you? They stole him from me, the system... stole my children. Did they kill him? No, they stole him. From the hospital, well. Yes, they stole him at birth. At 22 years old. My God. A traumatic event.
• 09:30 - 10:00 Ah, look at me, the one they k*****, they m******... a thousand things happened to me. What's happening? I've been left speechless. Well, the important thing is that he doesn't raise his hands.
• 10:00 - 10:30 Until there, let him scream as much as he wants. Nobody can interfere, those are their things. Of course. Listen, all this food, for example, sometimes, if there's something that's good, do you cook it, eat it or...? No, not me, I don't, I prefer... to ask until they give me or not, I'm poor... It's said: "Poor, touching, but always elegant." In case one can earn enough to get drugs, to drink... You are the nicest girl I've met to date, I swear.
• 10:30 - 11:00 It's the most fun walk since I arrived here in Chile. Sleep. A bit of a weird position, right? doesn't seem to be very comfortable. I see you're burned there, could it be? No, that's a tattoo. Ah! You got a tattoo, okay. That's it, they hit each other! No, I don't burn myself. Okay, okay, I thought you were burned. Thank you very much, huh? It's an honor. Take care. Bye. Same. Bye, beautiful, take care. Bye, bye, bye. A little kiss and everything.
• 11:00 - 11:30 Well, because I already have a partner, if not... Who knows? Apart from the joke, very nice and a vision, the truth, very different from what I'm used to because... You see me, I limp and you already know it, I broke my finger and I'm going a bit like this. Uh, look here... The smell, moreover, is quite strong. A very different vision because normally we hear totally desperate situations and she, the truth, lives it with a joy, with a serenity... incredible.
• 11:30 - 12:00 Now I'm thinking, actually, that it may be that she just used that drug, so she's in a moment of serenity, so to speak. But in reality, she had a lot of lucidity. The "pasteros"... are people who don't have conscience. They act, just like animals. Right now it's very serious here because of drugs. Many people who came from outside... from neighboring countries,
• 12:00 - 12:30 who came precisely because here it's very easy for them to traffic drugs, because there is no firm law that controls them and squeezes those major traffickers hard, as they can be called. Here it has never been seen that someone is murdered in cold blood in the streets with guns, here it has never been seen, never, never. And now it happens? Now it happens. Yes. Every day they murder someone... in such a place, shootings and things like that. There are places where one can walk peacefully and other places where one cannot.
• 12:30 - 13:00 But this is interesting, that you know the street, you're from the street, but still... It's that one has to avoid it. You know that one doesn't have to look for what hasn't been lost. And look at that. There are children who come out of school next to people lying on the street. Brother, it's a crazy thing. It's a reality that people don't want to accept and that they don't want to be shown, but it's a reality that exists. Do you understand me? That's why I want to document it, you know? because it's real life. It's tough. It's real life. It's a matter of you... Just as you see the students and smaller children pass by and there are "pasteros" lying there, dying.
• 13:00 - 13:30 Literally. Literally. Now you're talking and right now there are children passing behind you. Small children. Yes. Mothers, grandmothers, families who pass by here and see this. They call it "little Philadelphia" here. It seems there are a lot of people suffering from drug addiction. I am a drug addict. Okay. Due to a depression. Oh. Okay. So it's a bit of a hard story? Yes. My dad died, my mom, my ex-partner and from there an end of...
• 13:30 - 14:00 Come here! What drug do you use, "pasta base"? This. What is it? It's called Rum. Ah! Jamparrón. No, okay, this is alcohol, okay. But when we talk about things a little stronger? "Pasta". But the "pasta" now is not the "pasta" from before. What has changed? Uh! Is the potency now stronger? That now it doesn't do anything. No?
• 14:00 - 14:30 Is it lighter now? That's why I prefer Jamparrón to "pasta". Cheers to that, excuse me. Cheers, cheers, don't worry, yes, yes. As if you were at home. Tell me. They're doing a report on me. Does it bother you? Yes, the girl is a bit curious. What would you say to a little girl like that who might be offered drugs and all that? What advice would you give her? It's respect. For me it's respect. When I take drugs, when I drink, I always ask...
• 14:30 - 15:00 Ah. Permission. I mean... You hide so as not to bother...? Exactly, that's why I felt embarrassed now... Yes. I was even bothered because she was watching what I was doing. Is it something that embarrasses you? Yes. Why? Because I didn't tell anyone. At night, you being a woman... besides, you're very pretty. Aren't you afraid that things might happen to you? Many things have happened to me. They kidnapped me and they did...
• 15:00 - 15:30 How can I tell you? They raided... Let's see, I don't know. You were inside your home, so they entered... My shack. Yes, like a shanty that you make on the street. Exactly. Okay. Here to the floors, here. And they entered and what happened? And they beat the shit out of me. They broke two of my ribs and sank three small bones. And why that? Because I looked like another person.
• 15:30 - 16:00 Wow. And that person was asking for money from another person. And so now do you live in fear of living on the street or not? No. Hello, baby! There are many children in this area. I've been told it's one of the most complicated, but I see there are many families and... One has to have respect for others to respect you. Of course. How do you see your future? Would you like to get out of this situation? I'm this close. Oh, really? Are you almost there? Just a little bit and already... I'm a dog rescuer.
• 16:00 - 16:30 Okay. Very good. And I'm this close to getting what I want. As I tell you, I have walked in dangerous places, but one reaches an age where one prefers to avoid it. And if one goes to a dangerous place, one goes with people from there, it's the only way. At least in my 30 years, since... my experience... one doesn't get old for pleasure. I mean, one has to take care of oneself to enroll, as they say. I'm going to talk to the neighbors to see what they tell me. Good afternoon. How are you? Good morning.
• 16:30 - 17:00 I wanted to talk to the neighbors. Can I ask you a bit about how you feel? If you're afraid to go out at night. I don't live here... Neither do I. Okay. I don't live here. Okay. If not, with pleasure. Ok. Thank you very much. Good day. How are you? Hello. How are you, ma'am? Good afternoon. Permission. Come in, please. Why do these people who suffer from drug addiction concentrate a lot in this area? I see there are many around here in these streets. Many homeless people.
• 17:00 - 17:30 Yes. But why does that happen? Is the State not present or doesn't help them? I don't know, honestly. I'm new around here, I live in Brazil. Okay. Ok. Thank you very much. You're welcome. Thank you, thank you. The lady didn't want to talk much, but very nice anyway. Very kind. It seems that people are a little closed on this subject. They talk, they tell me things, but: "Ah, I'm not from here." Well, you're not from here, but you have a store there.
• 17:30 - 18:00 How are you not from here? Let's go here because to the right I've seen there are several people who suffer from this problem, let's talk to them. Because my father and mother died. Ah, and you were left alone? He took care of me. We're just a couple. You're a couple? Of course. But are you currently working or...? We're working. Oh, really? Yes. Okay. I see that the gentleman, for example, is smoking. What kind of drug do you use?
• 18:00 - 18:30 "Pasta base". "Pasta base". Is that what I hear a lot about? It's what most people use. That's what's smoked here. Why "pasta base"? Why not another drug? Is it cheaper or...? No, because we like it, it calms the nerves. As there are unknown people.... Yes. Now it's... like he's afraid... like you're police or something else... No, no. I'm not police or anything. How long have you been using "pasta base"? We... I since 11 years old, when my father died.
• 18:30 - 19:00 Wow, a long time, right? Of course, when my father passed away I threw myself into drugs. Can I sit here for a second? Yes, yes, yes. Sorry, huh? Permission. Since 11 years old...? Already alcohol. Both things? Both things. How would you summarize your life since 11 years old? A very hard life, I suppose. Hard... I cried, thought and missed very much. One doesn't know much about the children.
• 19:00 - 19:30 But the children almost never come to see her. Imagine that I am the lady's son. I try to help her... once, twice, ten times... but she never wants to quit drugs. What can I do to help her? Exactly for that. But what can I do? Uh... would have to... Take her out of here by force? Take her out, yes. You would have to take her out because if not... it would continue the same. Shall we go? Why? Because it got spicy here. Are you serious?
• 19:30 - 20:00 Yes, yes, yes. They're making calls over there, to other streets, they're talking about a snitch and well. So let's go, I think. Okay, okay. He says I have to leave, that things are getting a bit bad. Yes, yes. Since they don't know them here... I would have liked to ask more questions but they're getting a little... a little crazy. Rigid. Yes. It's that since they don't know you... Yeah. They think you're the police. No, no, no. It's not that. Okay. Good luck, huh. Thanks. Thanks. I'm sorry, huh, for everything that has happened. Thank you, sir. Cheer up. Thanks. Take care. Thanks, thanks.
• 20:00 - 20:30 Come on, let's go. Well, I was interviewing some people there on this street and my friends... who were watching me from afar told me, they called me. "Let's go, let's go, let's go." What happened? Wait, let's go, let's go and talk. Take it easy. They started calling over there, brother. That there was a snitch, they were saying: "Snitch, snitch." Some guys passed by with a bicycle, then they went back to look for... I imagine weapons. And the guy who was there hooded was also practicing with a rapier, as it's called here,
• 20:30 - 21:00 which is like... tools they use to assault. He was practicing like for when you passed by. Brother, this is a point, huh, this here on the corner. Of course, here. You understand me? Ah, yes. So, that's why they were all in psychosis. Of course, look at this here, see, look at this side. Look at them, listen to something. Yes. It's complex because they started calling and they're calling the woman, you know?
• 21:00 - 21:30 So, we... Yes, there was a woman who was going to throw herself, brother. Of course. That's why we didn't tell you, better to avoid it. Yes, that's why we were waiting for you to turn around to encourage you and move, you know? Because they're already moving over there and they already know we're advancing. Don't go away because later I'll show you what a laboratory where "pasta base" is produced is like. This is not a normal episode. We're going very, very, very deep into the matter. Stay calm. Good afternoon.
• 21:30 - 22:00 How are you? Good day. I saw you were throwing a stone there... on the stick. Yes, in the sky. What is that done for? Recycling. How are you, brother? I'm talking a bit about the problem of "pasta base" here in Santiago. He lives there, right? Yes. Are you friends? He might get angry that I was talking to him and we left. We're not acquainted. Okay, okay. When did you start...? What drug do you use? "Pasta base", I suppose... I use "pasta base", I started at 9 years old.
• 22:00 - 22:30 At 9 years old you started? Excuse me. Ah, well, very good, huh? You've set yourself up well! Yes, thank God, yes. You have your privacy, right? Yes. Okay. What is the knife for? To cut or to defend yourself? No, to peel cables. No, not the knives, they're bigger. Okay. But are there times when you need to defend yourself? Yes. Yes? But knives are for self-defense. We can go out because if not... exactly. Knives are for self-defense. Why did you start so young? Because it's surprising to start so early.
• 22:30 - 23:00 My mother was given a terminal diagnosis when I was 4 years old. My mother was going to die and they put us all in a juvenile home. And already... in the same home, rum was sold. My whole life I've been imprisoned... Have you had a very hard life? Very hard. "Pasta base" is terrible. It leaves you... I... have cancer. "Pasta base" is the only thing that takes away my pain.
• 23:00 - 23:30 I have an anti-inflammatory, with morphine. Nothing, only "pasta base" takes away my pain. But I don't complain, yes. But good, I have a woman. Ah. Very good. Yes. You give me the impression of being a very good person. I can't imagine you being... Here he comes. a criminal... No, uh... Is he coming running? Yes. But why does he have so much energy? Do you think he just used? Yes. Aha, that's why. He's going full speed. Careful, careful.
• 23:30 - 24:00 Uy, uy, uy, uy. How are you? The truth is, almost always when one has family problems... There are people who have humiliated you... and all that, one falls into that... into that drug. I've been out of consumption too, 2-3 years. But suddenly my dad died, my mom, they killed a son of mine, I don't know if he's imprisoned. A shit, I tell you. The system... I am antisocial, not for stealing so much, but for the anti-socialism that exists.
• 24:00 - 24:30 The rich every day have more, the poor less and less, the one in the middle is getting more and the one at the bottom continues lower. Lower. That boy, and another one comes there with a hat, who has entered, has gone in here, I think he was listening to see if I was a police officer or if I was... He was controlling the conversation a bit. He came to challenge. Exactly. Hey! Did you come to challenge? Did they send you to challenge?
• 24:30 - 25:00 Ah! This is rich! But is it calm or are we getting into a problem? This man is a millionaire. Is he a millionaire? They deposit 200 daily. Really? 200 thousand pesos daily. He says he has a lot of money... I don't know if... Do you have a dream or have you had a dream at some point in your life? What would you have liked to be in life? Go back to that age and be with my father.
• 25:00 - 25:30 That was my dream. And the dream I most desire is... to be at a table with my brother, with my family... and tell them all that I love them. And like that. No, no. You have physique, huh? But do you train or what? Yes. But you have to remove that tumor, huh? you have to remove that, because if not it gets worse. No, I don't think so. What have they told you? Does it go away or not? Yes, it goes away. And what? Are you going to remove it or...? No... it turned out good, it seems like it's the third breast.
• 25:30 - 26:00 Ah, okay, okay. It's benign, it just stays there. Okay. I like the street, I have everything and I recognize it, I love the street, because I don't like paying the Chilean State. Ah, very good, then, a silent protest. Yes, yes, yes. I said, I'm imprisoned for a few years. From 14 the security department took me. Yes. I have an aluminum coin here. They left me, they threw me out at 14 years old in "San José", they burst my testicles. Excuse me, lady. And there. It was the first politician I put in at 6 years old there... You killed them? Yes.
• 26:00 - 26:30 Damn! They put 172 gunshots in the "Piscoya", in the "Palla Nueva". And why? At 6 years old. Because he was a politician too... I was born in yard 2 of the correctional... of the "Pelarco". There I was born. Right? His daughter too. There we were born, his daughter and I. I was imprisoned until I was 6 years old. And from there, boom! What is it like to live on the street? Around here? Yes. I like to defend the boys on the street. Tell me the positive thing... What is it? Now... freedom? Freedom. You don't have to work if you don't want to.
• 26:30 - 27:00 No, it's not that. Because you don't survive on air, you don't survive on begging. Not this, not this, not this. Sorry for the expressions. You don't have to prostitute yourself or anything, you have to be calm. The gift of gab that the Lord gave us, because I've been a believer in God since I was 14 years old. Very good. He has always blessed me. Okay. Because I'm one of those who has taken the bread out of my mouth. Look. This is how the municipality left me, with this on. I wake up smoking cigarettes and I go to bed smoking cigarettes. What do you feel when you use glue? You hallucinate.
• 27:00 - 27:30 Oh really? You hallucinate. I hallucinated, after years... imagine. And do you like the sensation? I liked the sensation but it's not the same anymore. Of course. Uy. It's very hot. That. Yes. Cool off a little. Hey. There it goes. There it goes. And the "pasta base"? It's not the same anymore. Careful, there's a giant poop there. I can handle it, no problems. I'm surprised at the energy he has.
• 27:30 - 28:00 More police raids, more police raids on the ass-floor, just assholes. Why? Why do I tell you why? Because they put you down. The same narcos can have their hands raised, the same good ones who raid them, they put the street boys on the floor. I love keeping this match because I'm 54, I'm all broken. I've never seen iron break like this. I have a stab wound here, look, I don't see with this eye. Ah, you don't see well with this one? No, I don't see with this eye. I love keeping myself well. Look. Yes, yes. Look. I weighed 149.600 kg.
• 28:00 - 28:30 Size 56 pants, 3 double chins. That's how it was. You're damn good now, huh? May I? It's my name. Damn, very good, huh? Yes, yes, yes. You have a better physique than many of my 30-year-old friends. This one I took care of, I took care of him, look. I took care of him. He's a black man. Popeye fell and he's still limping. Surreal moment. In the domestic they took out 4-7. Because I was the only one who said: "I like the street because I want to."
• 28:30 - 29:00 Because everyone said... You decided it? "No, that my mom, that my dad, that this..." Lie. I love the street because I don't want to pay anything to the State. And may God forgive me, excuse those present. Like this, connected. You were tired of the system, you said: "That's it, I'm leaving it." Look, look at the police there, look at the police there. Good day chiefs! Do they bother you or not? No, they know us... Really? How much did you spend there? About 60, about 60.
• 29:00 - 29:30 There it is! No way! I took 10 thousand. This is reinforced with iron. You know? And I can step on glass and everything. Anti-shot... anti-tank... Not that one, huh. Mine yes. Mine yes. Made of iron. Yes, yes, you're made of iron. Drugs are for whoever wants, wants. To the "curu curu", as Professor Rosa used to say, to the "curu, curu". For whoever wants, wants. Because no one puts a gun to your head, a knife to your throat to make you do drugs. It's when one wants. The biggest liar on Earth arrived: "It's that I have problems with my mom, with my dad, that I'm here, that I'm there, that they raped me..."
• 29:30 - 30:00 Lie. Because one has to have willpower to move forward with the Lord and that's all. Surprising, good message. It's true, it's true. Many times we think that, damn, life is hard, so we are... that they are justified, but no. What's happening? They are fighting over money. What has happened?
• 30:00 - 30:30 Of course. What are you going to run now? Let's both go. Let's run. Come on. Let's get some physical exercise. God bless you. Bye, friend. Good luck, huh. Good afternoon. Hello. How are you? Could you answer four questions, if you don't want to appear...? We can't. You can't? The thing is, look, what happens is that our superiors, I mean, the bosses... Yes. don't authorize it. Well, that's it, if you can't... I came to the neighborhood police station and...
• 30:30 - 31:00 Look here how curious, all the windows are covered with... wood. My companions, my friends say it's because they throw stones and break the glass. You've never heard... that happening in a police station. Let's see what they tell me. See? Just one question. Why do you have the walls covered? Do they throw stones and things like that? Around here. I don't know if you know that at the end there is a cemetery.
• 31:00 - 31:30 Yes. So high-risk funeral processions pass through here. Okay. So they come making disorder and start throwing stones. Like there. My God. But I don't understand the funeral with... stones. What does it have to do with? They are funerals of narcos, people... criminals. Ah, okay, they shoot to celebrate. Yes, because they throw stones... Since there's a police station, they throw stones. Is it culture to throw stones at the police? Is there no respect? Of course, people...
• 31:30 - 32:00 Well, you've heard it, they put these boards. Hello, hello. YouTuber? How are we? All good? I know you, I've seen you, buddy. Do you know why they put these boards? Because in funerals... So they don't break the glass, brother. In funerals, narcos throw things at the police. It's crazy. Yes, in narcos' funerals they fire shots. But here the boys break the glass of the police station because we all have it bad with the cops, cops are bastards, brother. Damn. Yes. But you're a good guy, right?
• 32:00 - 32:30 Not me, I go around stealing, brother, I go around in disguise. Really? I don't even wear glasses. Damn! Some pretty random things are happening, to be honest. Look how the police come down... And take everything. Look. And why do they do that? Ah, because it's illegal. Ah, because it's illegal... Look, look, look. Look. They take the fruit and everything. Look, look, look. Out, out, out.
• 32:30 - 33:00 I don't know, huh? I don't know what to think. I understand that for these businesses that pay taxes and everything, it might bother them that there are so many illegal businesses, but they are people, in the end, who are selling fruit honestly, they're not doing harm to anyone. You go there and take away everything they have for the day, when they're probably very humble people. I don't know, it's a scene that I didn't like very much, honestly. These are the "cités" of Estación Central. "Cité"? Explain to me what it is.
• 33:00 - 33:30 They are old alleys, centuries-old, they've been here at the station for 100-150 years, Estación Central is like a place of commerce. Imports, exports always arrive, so neighborhoods form here. Historically it has always been made up of the poorest neighborhoods, the most common people, formerly they were peasants who migrated from the countryside to the city and currently they are migrants from other countries: Venezuelans, Haitians, Peruvians... they all live in the "cités". Let me introduce you, I'm here with my friend the "Acertijo", he's one of the top freestylers, surely, in the country.
• 33:30 - 34:00 And your story is very, very interesting, because I see you have a scar here. I have a scar that goes from nose to ear. And it's somewhat connected to the topic of the video, because the one who did that to you was a "pastero". Tell me a bit, what happened? Yes, brother, I, well... Near the terminal here, right here in the central station, I was traveling for freestyle competition matters. And one time, very late, a "pastero", as we call them here, approaches me,
• 34:00 - 34:30 he asks me for my cell phone, I try to offer him money instead of the cell phone, because I worked with the cell phone. He goes and stabs me, brother. He stabs me just like that, without any more dialogue, he leaves, doesn't rob me of anything. Due to the adrenaline, I think, it didn't hurt at all. But I do remember everything that happened to me. And I remember how I had to call my family, then they took me to the hospital and everything. But, did you know that your face had been cut or did you just feel heat or cold? I felt heat and I had to put a cloth on my face.
• 34:30 - 35:00 Because I imagine you had a lot of... Yes, yes. Hello! Hello! How are you? How are you? Hello! Ah, very good, huh? Chileans like freestyle here. Yes, yes. It's dominated, it's dominated. So, I've actually shown "pasteros", as they call them, quite calm, nice, friendly. But of course, drugs in many situations make you do horrible things, right? What happens is that here at night it's already no man's land. Especially in the terminal, because as I tell you, they arrive...
• 35:00 - 35:30 travelers are at the terminal, there are people with suitcases, imports, exports. There's a lot of garbage, so it starts to be no man's land. And that's where the "pasteros", in the need or in the desire to get something, can assault you... when they catch you off guard. You have to give the child a little affection, there it goes. How are you? Can we take a picture, please? How are you there? Good. What were the days like after the cut?
• 35:30 - 36:00 I mean, how was the recovery? Did they stitch you up and send you home or...? Yes, I mean, they stitched me up, they did surgery on me and the next day I was already at my home, but afterwards I had to do a lot of therapy. A lot of therapy for facial reconstruction and movement, because I was one centimeter away from facial paralysis. Wow. Yes. But, nothing, it still helped me, it helped me. Why? As I was telling you, after that I started rapping well, it gave me another energy, yes. Like Eminem, the story of Eminem, I don't know if you know it, they hit him very hard
• 36:00 - 36:30 and when he woke up from the coma, he was very young, he rapped damn well. Now, they didn't do you a favor, but we're looking for the good, the positive. Yes, in the long run it helped me, in the long run it helped me. I mean, I had to do not only physical therapy, but mental therapy and within that mental therapy, art was what helped me. I mean, like thinking about how I turn the situation around, how I make this something positive and in that sense art was what helped me. Especially the trauma not only of going out on the street, but that my face changes, you know?
• 36:30 - 37:00 Like thinking that my face is not going to be the same anymore, that I'm not the same person. Of course. So, of course, I thought it was something negative, but then I said, but it can still be positive, it can give me an aura, it can give me a push and that's how I did it. I mean, afterwards when I went out to rap on the stages, I already did it with another hunger, with another desire, because I already knew that I had faced the worst, so a rhyme, a rival, something they throw at me couldn't affect me. They saw you, they marked where you were and if you had something and then they were going to come.
• 37:00 - 37:30 Yes. But when they saw the camera they moved away. Yeah. Let's continue, right? Do you think what he just said is true? That these three behind you weren't trying to rob? There with the white hat. It could be, brother. You always have to believe that yes. Exactly and maybe not and that's it. But at least go... One always has to believe that... That's it. So it's like this, holding onto belongings, well...
• 37:30 - 38:00 well identified. Yes, it seems to me that we talk a lot about Barcelona, but here... the issue of theft is quite complicated. Because wherever I go, I go, they're looking at me, they're... checking my pockets like this. In this episode we're literally talking to everyone... about this drug, "pasta base". And this woman stopped me because she wanted to tell me something very related to that and very, very interesting. Tell me, what do you do? Hello, my name is Isidora,
• 38:00 - 38:30 I'm part of the NGO "Reducing Harm". What our NGO is about is harm reduction in drug use. We talk about all drugs and what we have is the more chemical area of this. We have colorimetric tests, with which one can know what the drug contains, if it's adulterated or if it's really what we believe it contains. We go to different events, parties, fairs... we've gone to neighborhoods too... Legal and less legal parties, I suppose.
• 38:30 - 39:00 Of course, wherever they take us, wherever they take us, of course. So, how does it work? The person comes with their little bag, I don't know, of cocaine, for example... Exactly. And gives it to you and you put it in a machine or... How does it work? Of course, we take a small part and on top of the crystals we put these liquids... This liquid will change color, as you may have seen, perhaps, in airports... And according to the colors that we can see in this reaction, we can see what it contains. And so we tell them: "Look, this has cocaine, it doesn't have cocaine, it has cocaine and something else..."
• 39:00 - 39:30 "Or this is nothing or it's anything but cocaine." And from the results we see, we can give... a more personalized way, tell people what they're going to feel or what they're not going to feel... and if they're in danger, beyond what already comes with using drugs. But, has it happened to you that someone gives you their little bag of whatever drug, you've analyzed it and seen that it was something very toxic? That, like, it was better that they simply throw it in the trash.
• 39:30 - 40:00 Yes, totally. Does that happen too? It has happened and there are people who even in front of us throw the drug in the trash when they see that it's something they don't want to consume. Wow! So, they are responsible, right? as much as possible a little... Of course, I mean... They are consumers who do things right. They are unfortunately the minority, but there is everything. There is everything. Surely many people listening to this interview say: "But, why don't they simply take away the drug..." "What is this about testing it? Okay, all good, put it in your body."
• 40:00 - 40:30 What do you answer? Do you think what you're doing is important? Of course, we base ourselves on free will, so to speak, it's that everyone has the freedom to know what they want to do and how to do it. The main point of this is, if you're going to do it, do it with as much information as possible. It's because when one buys, especially illegal things, one doesn't really know what one is going to buy, what one is going to consume. On the other hand with this, at least you already know, first, if it is what I want to consume
• 40:30 - 41:00 and if it's not, what risk am I taking in case I consume it. So, this more than anything, more than policing or saying like: "This shouldn't be done", it's: "Look, if you're going to do it, do it as informed as possible, in the best possible way." You know that my videos are not complete, but we go to the source... of this story and the source are the places, the laboratories where these substances are created. So, now I'm in one of these places and you can see that there are several substances here.
• 41:00 - 41:30 Can you explain to me a little what each one is... for example, this one here? This is the final product of... what we sell. Okay, already mixed and everything. Already mixed, already passed through a strainer and all that. Okay, sorry, it's a considerable amount, it would be like a kilo, right? Here it can be weighed. And there are 871 grams.
• 41:30 - 42:00 Uh, yes. What value could that have? This more or less generates about * m******. And what we see here? That's ketamine. Okay, are they little bags of one gram? They are bags of one gram and half a gram... which are also ready for commerce. Okay. And this that looks like a little piece of the wall? This is the pure product, so to speak, and it's what we have already mixed here.
• 42:00 - 42:30 Passed through a blender, through a strainer already with what is mixed and all that. First, what I do is contact my supplier and he's the one who brings me the product like this. It comes in a complete block that weighs a kilo. Okay. And they always have some design, so to speak, a dolphin, it could be, that distinguishes it as the quality of the product.
• 42:30 - 43:00 Ah. When it comes complete like that. Like that, but the complete kilo. Okay. And is this "dolphin" quality or...? Yes. Ah. And "dolphin" is like "good". Yes. It is considered one of the best... in terms of cocaine. And what I do is open the packages, start grinding it like you see here, more or less. Yes. And start to... break it down. Like this. I break it down. Okay. And I pass it through a blender.
• 43:00 - 43:30 Yes. And with other products that are ingredients for the mixture. Okay. And then I pass it through this which is the strainer so that it becomes finer and finer. It has to be very fine. So that it doesn't bother at the moment you use it. Yes, it has to be like powder. For my part... I started because of my family. Because from family it has been for generations the matter of selling... It's a family business. Yes. It has passed from grandmother, mother, father and so on through family.
• 43:30 - 44:00 Has any of them been imprisoned at any point in their life? Yes, most of my family. And do you think you will have a different future? Yes. Like... ah, really? Yes. Why? Do you think you are more, I don't know, cautious or smarter than them? Yes, caution is an issue and also the issue of extravagance and all that. Because there are people who, I don't know, work in this and they like to earn, they like to show much more. Okay.
• 44:00 - 44:30 They like to buy luxury, they like to buy jewelry, they like to buy vehicles, houses... many extravagances. Yes. They can't stay low profile. Exactly. They don't like to stay low profile and I feel that it's also an issue to be cautious, to be constantly changing houses also, because of investigations, taking care of the police's eyes is also important. So, I feel that I could have a different future than what my family has gone through
• 44:30 - 45:00 and that they have also made the mistake of liking luxuries and all those things like showing the police what they earn. I do feel that I sell death, because yes there are families that are destroyed, there are people who self-destruct with this and who have come to have problems like deaths or diseases and many things. So, I do feel that I sell death, but I feel that at the same time it's a personal decision. So, at the same time that I am deciding to do it anyway, a bad thing, a thing that is negative and all
• 45:00 - 45:30 it's their own decision if they decide to destroy themselves or their own family. This reaches a bad point, it has to reach a negative point where you can fill yourself with money and you can become a person who has envy and all that and you can reach death for selling drugs, for being a trafficker, you can die.
• 45:30 - 46:00 So... and also the issue of being deprived of freedom or in a prison and all I feel that I wouldn't want my future child to have like... that future. How does it work once you have this bag of 800 grams of that powder or divide it into little bags? Is it you... who is going to sell it to people physically or is there a distribution... network? There's like a matter of organization too, because clearly we cannot
• 46:00 - 46:30 like show our faces and all that to the police, to the clients and everything. So, yes I am the one who buys it, the one who makes it, the one who makes it into little packages and all that. But I do have another person who distributes it in a place, in a house where points are considered here. Yes. And they are sold in that place. Normally the points of sale are very, very... they're very scary, you know? There are strange people... Yes, they are very dark, there is death within them too.
• 46:30 - 47:00 And people who feel bad presences too. So, after a point is formed in a house, so to speak, it's no longer a habitable place. Exactly. And do you personally go to these areas? Aren't you afraid? No, because I'm used to it all my life. So, I've lived in points, I've always worked with points. So, at the end of the day, it's not something that gives me fear. But it is something that, I don't know, I wouldn't live in that place again.
• 47:00 - 47:30 How can you go from producing one kilo, like what you have there, to many kilos? Before anything, would you be interested in selling many kilos? Yes, I've sold... like this... this... I've sold it. Because it's a much lower profit. Because you're buying this and you're selling it at a higher price. Okay. So, that difference is what you earn. And I have sold it, but I feel it's more dangerous because when selling your kilos, you'll have to distribute them.
• 47:30 - 48:00 So, you're going to move in a vehicle or with people and you're going to be carrying the merchandise. So, moreover, it's like exposing myself more to what I like to do, which is to maintain like a low profile. Of course. So, it's true that, obviously, the more kilos you sell, the more money, but the risks start to be... Much greater. Much greater and so it's not worth it,
• 48:00 - 48:30 better to earn just enough to live well, peacefully and not draw attention. It depends on the person's point of view too. Because there are people who like to cover themselves in money and they don't care about being detained afterwards if they will have money secured for their family. Of course. But when you wanted to stay on the street and wanted freedom and wanted family close, all that, it's like... that becomes another range more than taking care of oneself. I think there has to come a limit where I stop selling drugs to be able to live peacefully.
• 48:30 - 49:00 So, by that date I would like to have my own business. Maybe it's from ill-gotten money, but yes to get out of this someday to be able to have a life on the street. How are you, guys? We went to dinner and we had a little left over, it's chaufa rice with chicken and the other is a bit of potatoes with meat. Okay?
• 49:00 - 49:30 It's good. You're young, you're handsome... What's happening? Nothing, darkness, life hits you hard... You understand? Nothing, it's a bit of self-destruction. Touch the mud with little and then move forward, right? Like that. Do you use any kind of substances or simply live on the street? No, no, no. Yes, I take drugs. "Pasta base"? I consume all kinds of drugs. Yes, yes, yes. That's why, it's a bit of self-destruction, brother, yes. It's a bit of that and also a bit that it sticks to you too.
• 49:30 - 50:00 It's addictive. Of course, very addictive. It's true, that's very true, that's a lot of truth. Do you think you can't quit anymore? No, no, that yes. No, it's that if I can quit it, I quit it. Really? Yes, I don't despair. There are people who are more chronic, yes. Okay. But no, in that sense, no, if there isn't any, there isn't any. You've been using for a short time, I suppose... No, for a very long time. Oh, really? Yes. You keep yourself very well, your teeth and everything are very good. This is a matter of seeing yourself too, you understand?
• 50:00 - 50:30 For example, in self-destruction there are many who let themselves be seen from the outside, perhaps. At least, each time from within. What would you like to say to a young person who is thinking: "Well, maybe I'll try something..."? That if they want to self-destruct, if they want to harm themselves, I don't know, sign up for boxing, Muay Thai or kickboxing, but don't consume drugs, because they are the worst. Thank you very much. Same. Guys, it's getting dark. This has been the report on "pasta base", it's been a super intense day.
• 50:30 - 51:00 Please, listen to this guy, he's absolutely right. No matter what happens in life, there are always options and drugs are the worst of all. Don't touch drugs. I hope you liked it, as always, see you in the next episode. That the popular neighborhoods are consumed by "pasta base". But that won't prevent the hood from rising up and having its own class. And despite them wanting to impose that image on us, we learned to rise from above. Despite coming from the margin, because we can achieve it and break all fashions...