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6/5/2021 How Mexican Government Handle Situation

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How Mexican Government Handle Situation

The success of the government has been undermined by a failure to disrupt opera�ons of cartels through captures of the kingpins and the recent escape of Guzman on July 11, 2015 (Bei�el, 2015). There are supposi�ons that the Sinaloa cartel is vying to seize dominance in Mexico and unite other cartels. On the one hand, it will reduce the level of inter-cartel violence, but on the other hand, such development of the situa�on would pose a serious challenge to the government that already struggles to devise a solu�on under the rule of recently elected President Enrique Pena Nieto (Bei�el, 2015). Hence, it is to be seen whether the Mexican government can handle the increased power of cartels and effec�vely prevent their further spread. All in all, the U.S. government is extremely worried about the Mexican situa�on because of the increasing violence that can spill over into the United States, which happens to be the target des�na�on of illicit drug shipments. Therefore, it is frequently recommended for the U.S. government to cooperate with the Mexican government with access to efficiently figh�ng powerful drug cartels that pose a significant threat to the United States’ na�onal security and overall well-being of society.