So…things have been written about this. The biggest issue in Mexico is the space between cities.
You move into one area and clear it out, anyone left leaves to join others in some other places and then you have to move the police force to wherever the new outbreak starts.
It’s Guerilla Warfare. It’s not impossible to stop with force, but it takes a long time. The fastest way to stop the Cartels is by Supply Suffocation, either by product, or by banking.
The trick here is that Cartels know this, and regularly rely on the law to prevent seizures of funds, and even recently have become money laundering operations for people wanting to traffic Chinese currency, so they are FLUSH with cash.
So in this specific case, it’s like fighting the Mafia. You can greatly reduce their operations by taking out the leaders, seizure of asset or product, and removing enforcers in their organizations, but you’ll always be left with a small contingent that will continue operating in some capacity.
The thing with Mexican Cartels is that they’ve strong armed themselves into legitimate businesses like agriculture (avocados are a big one), and it’s hard to find legal ways to prove that X business is funded by a Cartels when they are already laundering money. It could look like it comes from anywhere.
It’s a cat and mouse game until the larger population feels empowered enough to report members, or fight back themselves.
So…things have been written about this. The biggest issue in Mexico is the space between cities.
You move into one area and clear it out, anyone left leaves to join others in some other places and then you have to move the police force to wherever the new outbreak starts.
It’s Guerilla Warfare. It’s not impossible to stop with force, but it takes a long time. The fastest way to stop the Cartels is by Supply Suffocation, either by product, or by banking.
The trick here is that Cartels know this, and regularly rely on the law to prevent seizures of funds, and even recently have become money laundering operations for people wanting to traffic Chinese currency, so they are FLUSH with cash.
So in this specific case, it’s like fighting the Mafia. You can greatly reduce their operations by taking out the leaders, seizure of asset or product, and removing enforcers in their organizations, but you’ll always be left with a small contingent that will continue operating in some capacity.
The thing with Mexican Cartels is that they’ve strong armed themselves into legitimate businesses like agriculture (avocados are a big one), and it’s hard to find legal ways to prove that X business is funded by a Cartels when they are already laundering money. It could look like it comes from anywhere.
It’s a cat and mouse game until the larger population feels empowered enough to report members, or fight back themselves.