In what could be a significant escalation of U.S. pressure on Mexico, the Trump administration has begun to impose travel restrictions and other sanctions on prominent Mexican politicians whom it believes are linked to drug corruption, U.S. officials said.
Not that they could accurately identify who is corrupt, but there are definitely politicians in bed with the cartel.
Would you consider this to be systemic? Or could you guess how high it goes? I would imagine it’s mostly mayoral level positions, being “in bed” can mean almost anything when the threat to your life is sufficient enough, that’s important to remember, it would be the politicians who are more physically isolated higher up I’d be worried about. At the end of the day unless it was the president, or who ever has the power to declare war in Mexico, is on the take it wouldn’t be sufficient to link Mexican politicians and leadership to an invasion, which is what they have been claiming the cartel activity is, a foreign invasion
I’d say systemic. Long history. I wouldn’t be surprised if people in congress and senate had been corrupted by cartels. There have been accusations towards past presidents. Sure some of it can be from threats to their lives or lives of loved ones. Just saying the corruption exists throughout their government.