US PRESSURE FACTORED IN MEXICO'S DECISION TO TAKE OUT JALISCO CARTEL BOSS, EXPERTS SAY
“The risk in that is that you are not really moving the needle. (If) El Mencho is replaced quickly and you don’t see a huge fracture, a month from now nothing is really changed and we are back to the same old, same old,” he said. “It becomes a tactical success but a strategic failure. That is what we risk.”
Following the killing of Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) leader Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes, Global Guardian CEO Dale Buckner spoke with Border Report about what the operation means for cartel stability and U.S.–Mexico security cooperation.
In the interview, Buckner explains that while eliminating a high-profile cartel leader may represent a tactical win, it does not dismantle the infrastructure behind narcotics production and trafficking. He also discusses the role of U.S. intelligence support, the mounting pressure on Mexico to continue targeting cartel leadership, and the potential downstream effects such operations could have on regional stability and cross-border supply chains.
Click below to watch the interview, which runs from approximately minute 5:00 to minute 25:00.
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