Very interesting, and very difficult to do. Cartels are a fascinating group of entities that are criminal gangs but organized as a sort of NGO. They penetrate all levels of government with the palo y pan methodology. Possess skill sets superior to both Mexican law enforcement and most of the military and probably are superior in this way to Texas law enforcement and the Texas NG and militia. Their operation in the gray zone between private and public makes them difficult to isolate, Unless the governor thinks he can get away with some sort of martial law regime in parts of Texas actually defeating the cartels is a virtual impossibility.
Is murder a skill set?
We have the skill sets and tools to do it. I’ve tracked AQ and Taliban bombmakers across the globe and broken down other terrorist organizations globally, all from a nondescript building in Northern Virginia.
The target folders are made, then the target nominations validated and ordered by priority of effects-— then its passed onto folks to do things in the dark of night.
It just takes the political will and leadership.