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COVID-19 and Mexico's Criminal Cartels

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Scott Stewart
VP of Tactical Analysis, Stratfor

Apr 7, 2020 | 11:00 GMT

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Highlights

  • Mexican cartels may face short-term shortages of some precursor chemicals used to manufacture synthetic drugs, but these shortages are unlikely to significantly impact their output.
  • Mexican cartels have other drugs they can traffic, and even other lines of criminal business that can help them weather any setbacks in one particular facet of their operations.
  • With death tolls already at record levels in Mexico, the cartels have ample experience in replenishing their ranks.

Mexico's criminal cartels have shown themselves highly adaptive, and I have no doubt that they will take the COVID-19 crisis in stride just as they have other impediments....

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