US-Mexico relations have become a bit more shaky after several Republican candidates suggested more aggressive moves against Mexico's drug cartels to stop the flow of fentanyl.
The Mexican government recently froze the bank accounts of nearly two thousand people and businesses after authorities found they had ties to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) through a money-laundering network.
Nationwide lockdown measures have crippled the activities of the smugglers, making it even harder to launder money and transfer cash from across the border.
While the efforts of the Mexican government focused on mitigating the economic and health crisis brought by the pandemic, there has become a failure to provide basic security to vulnerable populations.
While Mexican authorities are making arrangements for the country’s healthcare system, specifically for COVID-19 patients, organized crime groups are exploiting vulnerable groups by providing basic resources while at the same time resorting to extortion, kidnapping, and violence.
