The police are the ones enforcing the laws that make drugs so profitable in the first place. And it's not like they've solved the resulting crime problem, either.
With citizens being abandoned by the Federales, private armies and militias have arisen in self-defense, but not nearly enough to compete with the cartels.
And what happens when the criminals outgun the citizens like in mexico? Countering them would be a profession unto itself.
The police are the ones enforcing the laws that make drugs so profitable in the first place. And it's not like they've solved the resulting crime problem, either.
The police in mexico are 100% bought off, the criminals are in control.
With citizens being abandoned by the Federales, private armies and militias have arisen in self-defense, but not nearly enough to compete with the cartels.