Well Chad, ol’ buddy, you’re not gonna get it done without live ammo (lots) and a bright green light.
“not gonna get it done without live ammo (lots)”
I think that there is a good Inter-Agency appreciation of that. Some of the official designation of these organizations as “terrorist”, and the adoption of the term “Trans-National” Criminal Organization (TCO), are designed to satisfy certain legal requirements for the use of force (including potentially covert or Military), as well as other capabilities of Law Enforcement, the Intelligence Community, the State Department, and the Treasury.
It would require a lot of buy in from the Mexican Government to really go kinetic in a big way (like the Pablo Escobar hunt in Colombia), but even if they just use it to sweep up assets for wall building, every little bit helps.