“In a previous life”, “I met a guy” who delighted in fucking the cartels and other international slimebags covertly.Gotta get that SIGINT for the targeting folks to figure out.
I believe less than 1000 well equipped US Marines with a clear objective could decimate the Mexican cartels in less than 30 days.
His efforts typically resulted in raising the level of suspicion of fellow cartel members sometimes resulting in internal strife, deaths by blowtorch, reduced trust of close associates and cross cartel wars.
I’d suggest we give this guy a 100X budget increase and hold back the marines.
Or just tactical nuke the fuckers.