US-Mexico relations have become a bit more shaky after several Republican candidates suggested more aggressive moves against Mexico's drug cartels to stop the flow of fentanyl.
The Mexican government recently froze the bank accounts of nearly two thousand people and businesses after authorities found they had ties to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) through a money-laundering network.
Nationwide lockdown measures have crippled the activities of the smugglers, making it even harder to launder money and transfer cash from across the border.
While the efforts of the Mexican government focused on mitigating the economic and health crisis brought by the pandemic, there has become a failure to provide basic security to vulnerable populations.
While Mexican authorities are making arrangements for the country’s healthcare system, specifically for COVID-19 patients, organized crime groups are exploiting vulnerable groups by providing basic resources while at the same time resorting to extortion, kidnapping, and violence.
Last Wednesday, law enforcement raided and arrested several members of the notorious cartels The group suits up discreetly while putting on their protective caps and strategic rigging.
The US law enforcement agency has characterized the former second-in-command of the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel, Rubén Oseguera-González, AKA El Menchito.
Authorities at the international airport of Mexico reportedly found lollipops, each containing a capsule of methamphetamine inside. The freight shipment came from Sinaloa and was bound for Omaha, Nebraska.
Operations in Mexico and along the southern border of the United States have been affected. Since 2014, Mexican drug cartels have been suffering economically after marijuana was legalized and became conveniently available in Colorado.
