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You would be right if we were talking about normal crime and violence, but we're not. The cartels aren't made up of poor people who are committing crimes out of desperation. The people who are in the cartels do the most horrific things just to join, and once they join, they're in for life. They have very organized hierarchies that keep a strict order, that's why they're massive crime syndicates.
They abduct people from their houses, they assassinate politicians, they hold public executions, burn down businesses who don't pay extortion fees, they torture people they kidnap, they rig elections, they put their corrupted judges and politicians in power, and the list goes on and on. They're even starting to control the country's biggest industries. For example, there's a good chance that the avocadoes you buy from the store came from a cartel controlled farm. Things were bad before, but they're especially bad now with the Sinaloa cartel being fractured. There's a lot of cartels competing for the top spot and things are ugly, really ugly. Some of the cartels are especially brutal just for the sake of it like Jalisco New Generation.
Mexico is a very unequal country. The nice areas are very nice. They're safe, peaceful, have tourists, and are relatively wealthy. But the bad areas? They're not even controlled by the government, they're ruled by the cartels. They have so much violence that Mexico as a whole is considered a major war zone by the ACLED. You would think that president would prioritize something this pressing, but she gets offended at the very thought of her doing something about the cartels. Her predecessor, AMLO, did the same thing and he is widely regarded as a cartel stooge. She's now being increasingly viewed in the same light.
You ah... You been there? Nah, it's cool. Keep the honkies over there