I spent a decent amount of time in Baja covering off-road racing in the mid-late 90s/early 2000s before things got really crazy. One thing you quickly learn in Mex is that you ‘DO NOT” mention any of the billion and 5 ways they conduct their business.
The other thing is that even then, who ran the show and their men was open knowledge. Every Mexican KNOWS who is doing what in the drug trade and if they are smart, their families stay healthy.
Mexo can be ‘fixed’ by a hydrogen bomb or a minefield along the border. Period. There are a lot of really outstanding people there, a number of which I call friends,but the very fabric of Mexican life is so intertwined with corruption, drugs and violence, that it is not ‘fixable’ by civilizational standards. You either participate in the process or leave.
You see it pretty much the same as I do, Norm.