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This Zip Tie Trick Makes Escape Impossible 😳

Shawn Ryan Show

The speaker describes a modified zip tie restraint with angled cuts on the inside designed to injure escape attempts. He discovered that criminal groups in Mexico researched escape techniques from YouTube and modified their restraints specifically to prevent the common bursting method used to escape zip ties.

Summary

The speaker shares an observation about a dangerous modification to zip tie restraints. He initially saw a picture of zip ties that had angle cuts engineered into the inside surface. The purpose of these cuts was to cause injury—specifically to stab into the wrists of anyone wearing them. The speaker then describes gaining access to a laptop in Mexico belonging to people involved in criminal activity. Upon reviewing their browsing history, he found they had been watching YouTube videos about escape techniques and evasion methods, particularly focusing on the classic bursting method used to escape from zip tie restraints. In response to learning about this common escape technique, these individuals deliberately modified their zip ties by adding sharp angles to the interior. The modification served a dual purpose: it would both cause pain and injury to the wearer's wrists while simultaneously preventing the standard bursting escape method, as any attempt to burst the tie would result in cutting the restrained person's wrists.

Key Insights

  • Criminal groups in Mexico researched YouTube videos about zip tie escape techniques, specifically the bursting method, to understand how people attempt to break free from restraints
  • After learning about the bursting escape method from YouTube, these criminal groups modified their zip ties by adding angled cuts to the interior
  • The angled cuts in the modified zip ties were designed to both stab the wrists of the restrained person and prevent successful execution of the bursting escape method
  • The speaker gained access to a laptop belonging to criminals in Mexico and was able to review their browsing history
  • The modification made zip tie restraints more effective by exploiting knowledge of common escape techniques and engineering a counter-measure

Topics

Modified zip tie restraintsCriminal restraint methodsEscape technique researchInjury-inducing designYouTube as information source for criminal activity

Transcript

[0:00] I shared a picture of a zip tie restraint with an angle cut in the inside of them. So, when they would put them on, the angle cut in the zip tie would stab into your [music] wrists. And I actually got to see an open laptop and doing some site exploitation stuff down in Mexico. And I got to see their browsing history, which was fascinating to me, you know, what are these guys looking at? YouTube escaping evasion videos. People escaping [music] from zip ties doing the classic bursting method to escape from them. So, they decided to put angles in them so they when you try to do that, you would hurt yourself and [0:30] it…

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