Mexico’s Narco-State Reality: Cartels, Corruption, and America’s Complicity — A Commentary

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In this commentary, we break down the long-standing entanglement between Mexico’s government and its powerful drug cartels—an issue that has resurfaced after recent violence and public accusations from Mexican officials themselves. From U.S. banks that once turned a blind eye to cartel money, to decades of failed “drug war” funding that simply strengthened one criminal group over another, the system has rewarded corruption on both sides of the border. Interviews with U.S. law enforcement, senators sounding the alarm, and a history that reads like a Tom Clancy novel all point to a country where political power and cartel influence have become increasingly difficult to separate. While most Mexicans are desperate for real reform and basic safety, entrenched interests continue to block change. This segment explores the humanitarian tragedy, the geopolitical consequences, and what meaningful pressure or policy might look like—if Mexico is ever to break free from cartel dominance.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:16):
I told you, been telling you. Mexico is a narco state, Kanlin.
I did a podcast on this a couple of weeks
ago before what happened this weekend, and not quite understanding
why the United States is so interested in Venezuela and Colombia. Again,
I think that there's ulterior motives there, but the problem
is Mexico. That's where fentanyl comes from. Now, first and foremost, Oh,

(00:40):
racist against Mexico. Mexicans are great, Okay, love Mexican people,
no problem with them at all. I understand, I get it.
I get it why many even want to get out
of there, especially in certain areas of that country where
it's ruled by narco terris, because that's what they are.
They've infiltrated the entire your government. It's been this way

(01:01):
for a long time. And let's be honest, we play
a part in this as well. Don't tell me we
don't facilitate this crap. I've done stories on this with
the banks here in the United States, how they set
up shop, how they profit from this. Give me a break. Okay, Yeah,
they're an arco state, no doubt about it. But again,
there's a lot of business being done between these two countries,

(01:24):
and a lot of power players here in the United
States just love to keep things the way that they
are now. First and foremost, their president this Shinbaum talking
about what was hugs not drugs? What was her tagline
there going, I mean, it's nonsensical. We went over, you know,

(01:45):
all of the people that have been assassinated and killed.
She's not doing a damn thing. There was an interview
I was watching. It was with the Texas Sheriff Roy Boyd,
and the investigation have found that basically the Mexican government
works directly with the cartels. But we kind of knew

(02:07):
that already. Any money that we give to Mexico to
go after the cartels, basically what happens is they pick
a cartel, pick a cartel, and that cartel will use
that money to take out the other cartel. So we

(02:27):
just entrenched the power of the one cartel, and that's
our tax dollars at work. That was a movie for
crying out, a tough book, Tom Clancy book, Clear and
Present Danger.

Speaker 1 (02:37):
This was that was.

Speaker 2 (02:39):
Early nineteen nineties. That movie came out. If I'm not
the same, that was basically the thing. You had the
Chief of Staff of the United States saying, Hey, you know,
we're going to have some political wins for the president.
We're going to team up with one of the bad
guys in this case, it was Columbia. And guess what
they're going to They're going to give us some wins
and some arrests here and there, so we look good

(03:00):
in the press and we're coming down on the war
on drugs, but they'll still continue to ship the drugs.
Sound reasonable, sound plausible? Yeah, well, that's what goes on.
The problem is, this is Sheriff Roy Boyd. The problem
is the cartels and the government of Mexico have been
in business for quite some time that they're now to

(03:21):
the point of almost being indistinguishable because the Mexican government
is directly involved in the narcotics trade as well. And
some of our investigations where the drugs weren't coming from
the cartels, the drugs were actually coming from members of
the Mexican government, and so I think the only way
to get Mexico to move and do something is to
put pressures on them. We also have to realize kind

(03:43):
of like when we gave all that money to the
Mexican government to go after the Sinaloa cartel, did they
go after the Cinaaloa cartel. No, they went to the
Cineloa cartel and said, hey, we need to show the
Americans that we're actually doing something. Who are the people
you want eliminated? And so we basically spent are tax
dollars in America to try to eliminate the Cineloa cartel,

(04:04):
and the Mexican government used that money to help the
Cineloa cartel eliminate their competition. What's the point, It's a point.
There was a senator from Mexico went on Fox News
this weekend and again, you better have good protection President

(04:25):
of Mexico. This is center. President of Mexico works for
the cartels. She was funded by money from the cartels.
Not just a president, they're an entire group of Mexican
politicians labeled the Narco politicians. Mexico's a narco state. Mexicans
are afraid of the alliance between the Mexican government and
the cartels. The Marina political Party is financed by the cartels.
That's how they get elected. Once they get elected, the

(04:47):
deal is for the Mexican government to then protect the cartels.
The President of Mexico, Claudia Shine boum Pardo, doesn't want
this information getting out. Mexicans and the politicians who are
not paid off by the cartel want Donald Trump to
help with the car tells again, it's a shame. Quite frankly,

(05:10):
quite a beautiful country, got a lot going on for it.
But this is what happens when you will leave evil
to take route. And we saw the protests, saw what
was going on. I don't know if it's going to continue,
if it's going to lead anything. Hope it does. I

(05:32):
hope it does. Hope they can finally actually get some
sort of change down there that will help the majority
of the people. Sad to see this. And again I've
read the stories, the various I mean, it's beyond graphic.
You know, you see, you know they make these movies
out there that the counselor and what was the other

(05:53):
one there with Brolin, I think of it the second oh, Sacario.
But you think that stuff's not real, it's real. It's real.
I mean, these people have no, no, no respect for

(06:13):
human life at all. And I'm not gonna I'm not
gonna get into graphic details here. You want to do
your own homework on this and the stuff that's found
and the type of torture of things that take place. Again,
it's like out of a movie. Watchdog on Wallstreet dot
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