Mexico – Operation Controlled Chaos
The killing of cartel leader El Mencho has been celebrated as a major victory for Mexico. Yet behind the dramatic operation may lie something else entirely: the first public test of a new U.S. doctrine for Latin America. Intelligence from Washington, a newly created anti-cartel task force, and the legal reclassification of cartels as terrorist organizations could signal the beginning of a new era of American intervention. Was El Mencho’s death truly a victory against organized crime – or the opening move in a strategy of controlled chaos in Mexico?