NarcoMexico: Today as Always
Diego Martín Velázquez Caballero
It is carefully observed how certain situations, which at first might seem novel, actually resonate with historical dynamics within the Mexican political sphere. Mexico has been the North American Sicily for many decades, not only during the Morena administration.
A recent example is the case involving the former governor of Tabasco and current senator, Adán Augusto López Hernández.
While his situation has generated worrying conversations, accusations linking the political class to complex relationships rarely lead to decisive consequences. North America has always known that the political class is permeated by drug trafficking, yet it does nothing about it.
A precedent of this nature, which still resonates, is that of former Secretary of Public Security, Genaro García Luna, whose legal process, so far, does not seem to have brought any tangible benefit to the country, but rather the opposite, leaving a taste of uncertainty and frustration. Drug trafficking, corruption, and violence are unstoppable over time.
Since the late 1980s, literary works by authors such as Rafael Loret de Mola and Tom Clancy, through their revealing contexts, have suggested the urgent need for more decisive intervention by the United States to effectively combat drug trafficking.
However, historically, the neighboring nation has maintained a stance of restraint. This dynamic has led some observers to consider the possibility that certain factions within organized crime may be, in some way, linked to the interests of the "Yankee empire," a hypothesis that seems more logical than that of a White House solely concerned with the health of American youth.
However, this perception may be changing, especially in light of statements by former President Donald Trump, whose positions suggest a possible departure from the approaches traditionally adopted by both Democratic and Republican leaders.
In certain strata of society, the link between the political class and drug trafficking has become normalized, paradoxically viewing government actions as extraordinary gestures within this complex network.
For its part, the North American narrative often evokes legal justice regarding the context of drug trafficking in the 1980s; however, time has moved on; we are now in 2025.
Currently, in Morena's second six-year term, both drug production and trafficking have reached unprecedented levels of sophistication, and it seems that the expectation of effective control has vanished.
Unfortunately, beyond the media glare and the news stories that capture public attention, a profound resolution to these problems seems distant.
Even if figures like García Luna are apprehended, the elusive nature of both illicit money and certain political actors suggests that the essence of the situation in Mexico could remain unchanged.
It is a reminder that solutions to these challenges deeply rooted in the Mexican social fabric require a comprehensive and persistent approach, beyond the news cycles.
