Alright, let’s talk about something refreshing. Not a press conference. Not a task force. Not another government study that costs $40 million to conclude drugs are… bad.

No, ladies and gentlemen, it looks like America finally remembered how to win a fight.

El Mencho has been arrested, and the CNJG cartel has been hit hard.

Did you know that El Mencho was arrested in San Franciso and RELEASED. Back in 1989.

Because while most of Washington was busy holding symposiums about “root causes” and hosting empathy workshops for criminals, President Trump just helped take down one of the most powerful cartel bosses on planet Earth. El Mencho. Gone. Finished. Game over for one very important résumé in organized crime.

And the reaction has been fascinating.

Not from the cartels. They reacted exactly how you’d expect. Panic, scrambling, hiding money, switching phones every eight minutes. Totally normal criminal behavior.

Do you know that the president of Mexico said she didn't want to use force against the cartels because it would violate their human rights.

"Returning to the war against the narco is not an option. First, because it is outside the framework of the law."

The interesting reaction came from politicians.

Suddenly, people who never showed urgency about fentanyl deaths are deeply concerned about… escalation. Isn’t that amazing? For years Americans were dying by the tens of thousands, and Washington’s response was basically a candlelight vigil and a grant proposal. But the moment a cartel leader gets eliminated, now we need caution. Now we need nuance. Now everybody’s a geopolitical philosopher.

It’s almost like stability was working out pretty well for somebody.

Let’s be honest about what cartels are. These aren’t guys in pickup trucks making bad decisions. These are multinational corporations with better logistics than most Fortune 500 companies. They run supply chains, security divisions, intelligence networks, and marketing operations. The only difference between a cartel and a tech startup is one sells poison and the other sells your data… and sometimes I’m not sure which one Congress regulates more.

CJNG, El Mencho’s organization, wasn’t just a cartel. It was an army with branding. Drones, armored vehicles, territory control. These guys weren’t hiding from governments. In many places, they were the government.

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