The deadly rivalry between Los Zetas and Sinaloa drug cartels over local turf and smuggling routes is now extending beyond the border and reaching deep into Mexico's "interior and southern areas" as reported by Randal C. Archibold for The New York Times: "the spreading violence, believed to largely reflect a widening turf war between two of the biggest criminal organizations in the country, has implications on both sides of the border, putting added pressure on political and law enforcement leaders who are already struggling to show that their strategies are working."
It's only a matter of time before the country's capital of Mexico City falls to the narco insurgents as reported by Catherine E. Shoichet for CNN:
Joel Ortega, a former Mexico City police chief who is now running for mayor, paints a dim[] picture. "Organized crime is already in the city," he said at a recent public safety conference. "This is where the country's main airport is, and a large international financial center that facilitates the export of large capital flows that go to other countries, which allows the criminal circle of drug trafficking to continue."
Of course, the Mexican drug cartels already run the table in the United States where they have well-entrenched supply lines, distribution networks and operational cells in hundreds of communties with only negligible resistance from law enforcement and the political system.
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