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Trump Admin Laying Groundwork For Unilateral U.S. Military Action Against Cartels In Mexico
(www.latintimes.com)
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... cartels don't want legalization. It would ruin their business model. In fact, one of the arguments for legalization is that it would destroy the cartel's money source.
Cartels have diversified their income sources to the point that if their drug income fell to 0 overnight they would still survive. Human trafficking, farming, natural resource extraction, and extortion make up very large parts of modern cartels income.
We should still legalize it to hurt the cartels, but it won't ruin them like it would have say 20 years ago.
Naw this president is clearly in talks with them since she wasnt shot. All she has to do is give them a simi legal avenue to operate where they still profit probably a bit less but without as much risk would costs them plenty.