Nope.
Kill him, as it is easy to get another dummy to run the cash and drive home the point to the next dummy better be careful when protecting their assets.
Cartels do not have loyal employees that they forgive.
Life is cheap to them and taking a life is nothing to the cartels.
I’ve got friends in the FBI and DEA (former military) and I’ve discussed this at length with them. They give the “courier” a receipt and the cartels look at it like a business. If they guy was trusted enough to give them a million dollars to lug around, they’re not indiscriminantly start lopping off heads.
And loyaly among the cartels is HIGHLY cultivated and rewarded. Guys don’t go out and get all tatted up with cartel slogans and signage if they think they’re gonna have to run some day. Sure, the traitors and thieves are executed, but that’s a GOOD leadership strategy. Otherwise, cartel leaders NEED loyal employees, especially given the amounts of cash they’re dealing with.