ViZIHta de AMLO

Question for AMLO: An intelligence unit of the Mexican Army recently reported (Guacamaya leaks) that there are now nine more criminal organizations operating in Mexico than when "el President" took office five years ago. Could he please explain...

That's easy. The war on drugs is a failure, but the world's largest market for stupidly banned recreational substance remains the USA, so besides handing organized violent criminals a multi-billion dollar black market on a platter, especially after what the DEA did in Colombia, the USA is also apparently more than willing to continue arming them. Each time a capo falls, like a hydra, several others vow to take his place. So keep arresting them and keep watching them multiply and become even more aggressive. The capos of 20 or 30 years ago were practically gentlemen compared to the monsters of today. Yet the failed war-on-drugs prohibition policies remain unchanged with the minor exception of marijuana in some U.S. states.

So SIMPLE minded to think the cartel is only drugs.

Not the point. Their main source of income by far remains stupidly banned popular recreational substances. Take that away and we have a much more level playing field for law enforcement to deal with more traditional criminal activities. No other criminal enterprise comes anywhere close to the drug trade except arms dealing.