Alphabet agency-funded cartels. The drug trade is too lucrative to pass up whether its poppy in Afghanistan or cocaine in Central/South America. Los Zetas are big players in Mexico and they managed to get where they are because they had commando training. "During the 1990s, the GAFE reportedly received training in commando and urban warfare from Israeli special forces and American Special Forces units, which included training in rapid deployment, marksmanship, ambushes, counter-surveillance and the art of intimidation.[2]" Every. Single. Time.