Cartels tend to be relatively cautious on US soil and make a genuine effort to avoid generating heat. There is limited benefit for them to get engaged in something like this especially considering the politically sensitive nature of targeted ICE specifically.
It’s not impossible for one or two individuals to “take matters in their own hands”, but I can’t see this being a blanket policy inmplented by senior leaders of multiple cartel groups.
Cartels love to have drugs illegal, as that generates a ton of money. But they also want to make sure that they can operate without too much resistance. Not only does it not make sense to hunt for ICE officers instead of DEA agents, it would also be against their own business interests to generate this amount of heat.
Sounds like propaganda.
Cartels tend to be relatively cautious on US soil and make a genuine effort to avoid generating heat. There is limited benefit for them to get engaged in something like this especially considering the politically sensitive nature of targeted ICE specifically.
It’s not impossible for one or two individuals to “take matters in their own hands”, but I can’t see this being a blanket policy inmplented by senior leaders of multiple cartel groups.
Cartels love to have drugs illegal, as that generates a ton of money. But they also want to make sure that they can operate without too much resistance. Not only does it not make sense to hunt for ICE officers instead of DEA agents, it would also be against their own business interests to generate this amount of heat.