Calling them cartels is wrong, since it implies its a monopoly, which is not. But drug dealers certainly exist in Mexico and they are armed to the teeth with american weapons.
The “war on drugs” in Mexico was actually an attempt to create a drug cartel, a monopoly, and the result was a disaster that skyrocketed violence in Mexico and other latin american countries that implemented that policy.
Calling them cartels is wrong, since it implies its a monopoly, which is not. But drug dealers certainly exist in Mexico and they are armed to the teeth with american weapons.
The “war on drugs” in Mexico was actually an attempt to create a drug cartel, a monopoly, and the result was a disaster that skyrocketed violence in Mexico and other latin american countries that implemented that policy.