U.S. And Mexico Have Slight Rift Forming As They Combat Cartels

The United States under President Trump has made it clear that the actions of Mexico's drug cartels will not be tolerated. That has been very evident with raids against cartel leaders, with the assistance of Mexican intelligence. That is right, Mexico has been helping the U.S. in getting cartel leaders to face justice. After years of being a Cartel-state, Mexico is taking action against the thing that has held the country hostage for decades.

However, things have not been all roses and sunshine. Two American CIA officers were killed last weekend in Chihuahua during a cartel raid. Two Americans dead because of a situation Mexico themselves created and have refused to address until now. But even with as much as they are addressing it, relations between the U.S. and Mexico remain strained, as the U.S. believes Mexico can do more.

Former Texas DPS Captain Jaeson Jones says in reality, Mexico is carrying their fair share of weight thus far.

"The extradition of so many cartel bosses, we have never seen in the history of Mexico...that is allowing us to have intelligence to go after them," he says.

Combining CIA intelligence with any country is a lethal combination, just ask the Iranians. But it is always tricky when dealing with a state that is rife with cartel corruption. You can never know who to trust. But with today's technology, the game has changed in terms of hunting down the cartels. This is not the Pablo Escobar era. If the U.S. wants to find you, they will find you.

Mexico is providing what they can to combat this, and to their credit, it is more help than the U.S. has gotten from them in decades. They are firm in that stance that they have held up their end, which is true. But the rift comes because, as in life, good sometimes is not good enough.

"From the U.S. point...we are appreciative, but we want more done...and that rub is really starting to hit now," says Jones.

U.S. and Mexico relations have always had a layer of tension to them, but especially with President Trump in office. He has told them they have not pulled their weight in combatting the drug or immigration crisis, and he was right.

So, as the rift forms, there are two directions this will go.

"Either A, you see offensive action by the United States against these cartels directly, or B, you will see more operations by the Mexican government," Jones says. "My hope is that we do it unilaterally as partners, together...that is where the big wins are."

Jones adds that the end of the Iran war will be the trip wire for more operations down south.