The fate of Pablo Escobar should be instructive.
That was Columbia, where the government finally got serious in going after Escobar after the assassination of a presidential candidate. America joined Columbia in the operation, and Escobar was finally brought to justice.
This is Mexico, where the government is clearly inept (or worse) in handling the drug trade, and supportive of illegal immigration to America. We also have a much more pliant administration in office. I harbor serious doubts of what effective response we could expect from this administration.