Mitt offered condolences, Trump offered to go to war to clear out these monsters. The Mexican president declined Trump’s offer saying “they don’t need a war”. What the hell does the Mexican president think he has now?
The Mexican President is one of them.
He very likely has so much money it could not be counted, would have to be weighed to estimate how much.
The cartels rule by paying off politicians and anyone else they feel the need to, and by terror. Carrot and stick, we will give you more money than you can imagine and if you refuse or cross us we will torture, murder you, or your family. It is known as plata o plomo and they live by it.
I have no doubt cartels are paying off a number of people in the US, and no doubt they will bring their violence here in a big way if allowed to. There is already violence among cartel people here, just not as open as Mexico. Of course it has not always been public in Mexico either.