The open borders allowing for the free flow of drugs and empowerment of the cartels is evidence enough of this. Can’t claim there is a “war on drugs” with that going on.
And the legalization in some jurisdictions which has further empowered cartels and caused crime to skyrocket is additional evidence. Exactly the opposite of what the legalization crowd claimed would occur.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4128729/posts
“Contrary to political rhetoric, Mexican-style cartel killings and gun battles appear to have already reached the U.S. and are spreading — particularly in California. The region experienced an explosive growth of cartel marijuana grow operations that are taking advantage of legalization and lax laws.
This week, federal authorities clashed with one of two gunmen who are accused of killing a family of six — including a 16-year-old female and her baby. The murders took place last month in Tulare County, California, in what some authorities have dubbed a cartel killing.”