He asserts that Mexican cartels are essentially extensions or branches of the Mexican government.

“it's not wild so there's no more salary there's no more payroll it all got flattened it all got after Chapo fell the entire organization restructured so nobody's on payroll anymore there's no they used to have everything used to be structured like a company like a corporation right”

The Sinaloa cartel's peak period from 2003 to 2010 was an era of unprecedented drug trafficking coordination that has never been replicated by other criminal groups.

“what we refer to generally as the Golden Era and so by 2004 they had established themselves as the preeminent group they had gone from being the weakest to the most powerful in a span of about 15 years”

Cartels are highly intelligent, sophisticated organizations that are superior to and more powerful than the historic Italian mob.

“The smartest people I've ever met are some of your cartel leaders their intelligence their intelligence levels are like none other just their mind what they think the way they think um very sa Savvy I guess you want to call it they're always one step ahead”