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Again, if the Cartels control the government, why would they be fighting Federal Troops as in the video, all the same. This confirms some of what you said, reading: 554 Municipalities under control of the Narcotrafickers...Transnational Criminal Organizations control governments and municipalities with 1,000,000 workers and 600 thousand annual salaries (or something like that).And so on.Still, I think it's pretty dicey to outright say they control the government, they obviously fight against the Federal Troops, that is the government. At the bottom is a quote: "Not only more violence, but more penetration and corruption in all levels of the government"https://twitter.com/contralinea"Plata o Plomo", "Lead or Silver"....
Mexico enshrines army's role in drug war with divisive law[Reuters]By Lizbeth Diaz,Reuters•December 15, 2017...Known as the Law of Internal Security, the bill establishes rules for the military's role in battling drug gangs, a conflict that has claimed well over 100,000 lives in the last decade.The military has been mired in several human rights scandals, including extra-judicial killings of suspected gang members and the 2014 disappearance of 43 students near an army base.Supporters of the legislation say it will set out clear rules that limit the use of soldiers to fight crime.Read more at: https://news.yahoo.com/mexicos-senate-passes-divisive-security-law-paving-way-125501266.html
A young mayor and her husband were shot dead in Veracruz, another mayor murdered in MichoacanChivis Martinez Borderland Beat From ElPeriodico and ClarinTwo Mayors killed, one in Veracruz and one in Michoacan. 100 mayors have been killed in Mexico since 2006. Veracruz mayor offered 30,000 pesos not to take office.http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2019/04/a-young-mayor-and-her-husband-were-shot.html
Many sitting politicians have been killed as well. The military, they are corrupted but not as bad as the rest of the system, fight cartels, they are the government obviously, that's my only point. Sitting politicians.
Mexico’s toughest cop took bullets in the fight against cartels. Now he’s seeking revengeKate Linthicum14-18 minutesAs the city of Tijuana has become Mexico's homicide capital, former military officer and mayoral candidate Julian Leyzaola is promising to get tough on crime.On a clear afternoon four years ago, a gunman ran up alongside a Jeep in the Mexican border city of Juarez and started shooting.Julian Leyzaola was hit twice in the chest, once in the neck and once in the back as he turned to shield his young son. It was that last bullet that left him paralyzed from the waist down.https://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-mexico-leyzaola-mayor-20190531-story.html
Anyway, a blanket statement as the Cartels control the Government is not so easy to make, they obviously, do fight the National Army and Navy. They may control some municipalities on the border to some extent and that being corruption or lead or silver, plata o plomo but are they in charge of the water company? Electricity? Even mayor's office. I'm not so sure about this. He doesn't sound owned by the cartels.
Third world cultures/societies, such as Mexico, are easy marks forcriminal activity such as drug production and smuggling as they are too lazy to to change their repetitive behavior as well as easy marks for corrupt and venal gangsters/politicians.