Poor job is a significant understatement. The US was directly responsible for the rise of the cartels. They provided: - Incentives (war on drugs) - Weapons sh

Poor job is a significant understatement. The US was directly responsible for the rise of the cartels. They provided: - Incentives (war on drugs) - Weapons shipments (Operation Fast and Furious) - Training cartel members (US Special Forces trained the founding members of Los Zetas) - Money laundering services (Bank of America and others banked cartels) The US literally armed them with assault weapons. At times the CIA was directly trafficking drugs themselves.