If I was president, I would, at minimum, drop a daisycutter on the homes of every cartel leader and then warn Mexico we will invade them and or destroy them if they do not stop the border invasion and drug trade. Better yet, I’d drop a nuclear bomb.
Sounds good, but it would be useless without carpet bombing Langley where their bosses work.
The problem is that there have been several POTUS/CIA who have been partners with the cartels.
It is well documented that the CIA was bringing in Cocaine to Mena, AR originally during the Regan administration. GHW Bush was VP(former CIA director) and Bill Clinton was governor of AR.
I was told by a former Mexican national that he and several other El Presidente guards delivered a truckload of cocaine to the border as a present for POTUS GHW Bush when he took office.
I would assume that this continued under Clinton. I also would not be surprised if it continued under GW Bush.
So, IF the US government was going to take out CERTAIN cartel operations, they would probably only take out their COMPETITION and not their partners.