Local news (increase in security presence)

I seriously doubt that, after/if drugs in the US are legalized, the gang members will be looking for honest employment. I'm sure they'll come up with another way to screw the general population.

But the stupidly banned recreational substances that they smuggle to the USA are by far their main source of income. Of course, the longer governments and voters wait to DO THE RIGHT THING and decriminalize all substances, the stronger these criminal gangs get and the wider their web reaches, including into real estate, tourism, agriculture and manufacturing as they extort and force their way into different ventures and markets. They've already well positioned themselves into the political sphere of both our countries.