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 targeting 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 implemented 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.
On a purely cost-benefit analysis basis, hunting for DEA agents is simply not worth it, it makes more business sense to take the loss and focus on the fact that drugs will continue to be profitable until there is full decriminalization (of any drug consumption) and legalization of less harmful drugs.
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 targeting 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 implemented 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.
Even hunting DEA agents is a massive stretch.
On a purely cost-benefit analysis basis, hunting for DEA agents is simply not worth it, it makes more business sense to take the loss and focus on the fact that drugs will continue to be profitable until there is full decriminalization (of any drug consumption) and legalization of less harmful drugs.