I assume the cartel leaders are essentially profit motivated Not an expert on this but my understanding is that since El Chapo Joaquín Guzmán was taken down hi

I assume the cartel leaders are essentially profit motivated Not an expert on this but my understanding is that since El Chapo Joaquín Guzmán was taken down his cartel splintered and they are no longer operating like a business not that it would have helped your goal here. This would probably be an extra-risky riskier and insane time to try to meet with them. If you are dead set on doing this I would guess that the least risky way to get a message to them would be to talk to a Sheriff in a border town that deals with their drug and people smugglers and knows what people can relay a message to them. They will advise against this as well. I would not try to meet them in person. Here is one of them [1] give this reporter or Sheriff a call. He's in Yuma County, AZ. Have thick skin, they are going to give you a hard time. Maybe hire an actor from South America the cartel might respect and pay the actor to make a short to-the-point video the cartel may enjoy watching. [1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdYAYgbf5Uc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdYAYgbf5Uc