The growth of the New Generation cartel during the COVID-19 pandemic indicates they received external assistance, likely from China.

“The new generation cartel I think in a way is a product of that outside influence it's the only cartel That Grew during the co epidemic shutdown that tells me that there's some sort of outside influence from China there”

Glenn Beck equates the activities and brutality of Mexican drug cartels to the terrorist organization ISIS.

“you know, uh I think it was Donald Trump that said, uh this is the ISIS of, you know, Mexico. And you know, when you look at ISIS, the the ability to enslave people, to just murder them brutally, horribly, without any feeling. Um, it it seems like this is pretty accurate to say that the these cartel”

Dave Franke believes Mexican drug cartels are actively and extensively operating within the United States.

“first of all, we have to get rid of the notion that the cartel is not operating in the United States. It's absol It absolutely is.”