{"id":9853,"date":"2025-03-02T11:53:44","date_gmt":"2025-03-02T11:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-threats-and-mexicos-crackdown-hit-mexican-cartel\/"},"modified":"2025-03-02T11:53:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T11:53:44","slug":"trump-threats-and-mexicos-crackdown-hit-mexican-cartel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trump-threats-and-mexicos-crackdown-hit-mexican-cartel\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Threats and Mexico\u2019s Crackdown Hit Mexican Cartel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">One cartel leader says he\u2019s trying to figure out how to protect his family in case the American military strikes inside Mexico. Another says he\u2019s already gone into hiding, rarely leaving his home. Two young men who produce fentanyl for the cartel say they have shut down all their drug labs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A barrage of arrests, drug seizures and lab busts by the Mexican authorities in recent months has struck the behemoth Sinaloa Cartel, according to Mexican officials and interviews with six cartel operatives, forcing at least some of its leaders to scale back on fentanyl production in Sinaloa state, their stronghold.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The cartels have sown terror across Mexico and caused untold damage in the United States. But here in Culiac\u00e1n, the state capital, the dynamic seems to be shifting, at least for now. Cartel operatives say they\u2019ve had to move labs to other areas of the country or temporarily shut down production.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cYou can\u2019t be calm, you can\u2019t even sleep, because you don\u2019t know when they\u2019ll catch you,\u201d said one high-ranking member of the Sinaloa Cartel who, like other cartel operatives, spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of capture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe most important thing now is to survive,\u201d he added, his hands trembling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The government crackdown on organized crime intensified after the Trump administration threatened retribution unless Mexico halted the supply of fentanyl into the United States, vowing high tariffs if the flow of migrants and drugs continued.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">President Trump began floating the possibility of tariffs soon after his election in November, and soon after taking office announced 25 percent levies on Mexican goods if the country didn\u2019t act on border security and drug trafficking. The president gave Mexico a month to deliver results, threatening to enact the tariffs on March 4 if he wasn\u2019t satisfied.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Facing economic chaos, the Mexican government went on the offensive. President Claudia Sheinbaum dispatched 10,000 national guard troops to the border and hundreds more soldiers to Sinaloa state, a major hub of fentanyl trafficking where a cartel war has caused turmoil for months.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cEvery day there have been arrests and seizures,\u201d Omar Harfuch, the Mexican security minister, said at a recent news conference after returning from several days in Sinaloa. The detentions have led to \u201ca constant weakening\u201d of the cartel, he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The country\u2019s law enforcement seized nearly as much fentanyl in the last five months as it did in the previous year. Ms. Sheinbaum\u2019s administration says it has made nearly 900 arrests in Sinaloa alone since October.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Then, last week, the Mexican government said it had begun sending to the United States more than two dozen <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/27\/us\/politics\/mexico-cartel-sheinbaum-trump.html\" title=\"\">cartel operatives wanted by the American authorities<\/a>. It was a clear signal to the Trump administration that Mexico was eager to fight the cartels, though Mr. Trump said on the same day that he was still not satisfied with the government\u2019s efforts and that <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/27\/us\/politics\/trump-tariffs-canada-mexico-china.html\" title=\"\">tariffs would go into effect<\/a> on March 4.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cCriminal groups have not felt this level of pressure in such a long time,\u201d said Jaime L\u00f3pez, a security analyst based in Mexico City.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In interviews, cartel operatives agreed. Some said they were selling off property and firing unessential personnel to make up for lost income from the dent in the fentanyl trade. Others said they were investing money in advanced equipment to detect <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/18\/us\/politics\/cia-drone-flights-mexico.html\" title=\"\">American government drones<\/a>, which the United States flew into Mexico during the Biden and <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/03\/16\/world\/americas\/16drug.html\" title=\"\">Obama administrations<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Criminal organizations in Mexico have a long history of surviving efforts to dismantle them, or simply splintering off into new groups. But several operatives said that for the first time in years, they genuinely feared arrest or death at the hands of the authorities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Experts noted that a decline in production in Culiac\u00e1n wouldn\u2019t necessarily affect the flow of fentanyl north, since the drug is easy to make and the cartel can move its labs elsewhere. And it isn\u2019t clear how long any disruption in Culiac\u00e1n would last. Cooks and experts said they expected the cartel would restart labs in the city if the pressure subsided or the group needed an influx of cash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But the crackdown has had an immediate impact, they said, and some cited the newfound pressure by Mr. Trump.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-6\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cTrump established a deadline, and we are seeing the results of everything we could have seen in years being done in a month,\u201d Mr. L\u00f3pez said. \u201cThe government is sending a message that when it really wants to, it can exert that kind of pressure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But even before tariff threats intensified, Ms. Sheinbaum had showed her willingness to take on the cartels as soon as she took office on October 1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Her predecessor and political ally, former president Andr\u00e9s Manuel L\u00f3pez Obrador, had pursued a strategy he called \u201chugs not bullets,\u201d focusing on the root causes of crime and generally avoiding violent confrontations with criminals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">While she pledged allegiance to her mentor\u2019s vision, Ms. Sheinbaum made headlines with a rash of battles between soldiers and cartel gunmen that left dozens dead earlier in her presidency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Cartel members said they were making their own preparations for the heightened pressure under Mr. Trump. American officials say the United States has <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/18\/us\/politics\/cia-drone-flights-mexico.html\" title=\"\">recently begun expanding<\/a> drone flights into Mexico to detect drug labs, and last week the administration designated several cartels as terrorist organizations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-7\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In interviews, cartel operatives said they were importing scanners to detect drones and hiring more people with experience operating and tracking such aircraft. They also said they had increased arms shipments from the United States, the source of most of the illegal weapons used by criminals in Mexico.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-8\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Inside the Trump administration, there is still some division over whether the United States should <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/27\/world\/americas\/mexico-trump-cartels-washington.html\" title=\"\">take unilateral military action<\/a> inside Mexico against the cartels, or whether it should work more closely with the Mexican government in combating the drug trade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mexico\u2019s cartels are known for amassing military-grade weapons, including I.E.D.s and land mines, yet the operatives acknowledged in interviews that they could scarcely compete with the American military\u2019s arsenal. Even so, one high-level operative said the cartel would be prepared to respond if raids or strikes were carried out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIf a helicopter comes here and soldiers drop out, 20 or 30 of them,\u201d the operative said, \u201cthere\u2019s no way we\u2019d just sit here with our arms crossed.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-9\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">One cartel fentanyl cook, speaking from jail, said he was actually in favor of stepped up enforcement by the Mexican government, because he believed that curbing cartel violence could prevent the \u201cdeaths of innocents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Last week, Mexican forces arrested two big players within the Sinaloa Cartel who were close associates of Iv\u00e1n Archivaldo Guzm\u00e1n Salazar, the most powerful son of the drug lord known as El Chapo. After news of the captures spread, the Mexican military deployed a surge of soldiers throughout the city, setting up checkpoints and blocking off entire blocks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Despite the arrests, the violence in Culiac\u00e1n keeps claiming lives. On a recent Wednesday morning, the body of a man appeared face down in the middle of a street at a busy intersection, his hands tied and blood pouring from his head.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-10\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The next day, a different man\u2019s body was found in a residential neighborhood nearby, with his feet bound and a plastic bag over his head. Officials at the scene said it appeared the victim had been shot dead on the spot.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-11\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ms. Sheinbaum has defended her record on fighting the cartels and hit back hard against the Trump White House\u2019s accusation that the Mexican government has \u201can intolerable alliance\u201d with drug traffickers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe are combating organized crime groups, there can be no doubt about this,\u201d she said at a news conference last month, adding: \u201cWe are going after organized crime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But few dispute that corruption is rampant in Mexico. The last major crackdown on organized crime was led by a security chief who was later <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/02\/21\/world\/americas\/genaro-garcia-luna-guilty.html\" title=\"\">convicted in U.S. federal court of taking bribes from the Sinaloa Cartel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Cartel members said the only reason the government hadn\u2019t really fought them up until recently was because they\u2019d bought off enough officials. One cartel cell leader said he doubted that this new effort would seriously damage the cartel because the group could ensure its survival by bribing key officials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThere are always weak points,\u201d he said, \u201cthere are always loose ends we can get to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">When asked how it feels to be labeled terrorists, the cartel operatives responses ranged from apathetic to indignant.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-12\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The fentanyl cook in jail argued that the real terrorists were the users in the United States whose insatiable appetite for the drug fuels the trade. The two other young cooks agreed that the worst actors were north of the border: the arms dealers who turn a huge profit smuggling weapons into Mexico that kill so many people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The high-level operative said he considered himself a businessman, not a terrorist.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe talk about supply and demand,\u201d he said, \u201cnot AK-47s, much less bombing Times Square.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Even if the government bombs every drug lab in Mexico, he said, it won\u2019t make Americans less dependent on the drug, which is one of the most addictive synthetic opioids available. He said that, with the right ingredients, fentanyl can be synthesized almost anywhere \u2014 in tiny kitchens or rudimentary mountain labs \u2014 and that as long as Americans want fentanyl, it will get made.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cDemand will never end, the product is still being consumed.\u201d the operative said. \u201cAddiction means demand never ends.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br 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