intelslava | There has been some speculation that Mexican authorities did this at the behest of the United States in the lead-up to the meeting of North American leaders next week in Mexico City. There is, however, reason to be skeptical of such; such a violent response by CDS was to be expected after the Battle of Culiacán in 2019. If Sinaloa's demands aren't met and they do follow through with their threats, the deterioration in the security situation could place the meeting in jeopardy.
Such would be a blow to U.S. interests, given Washington's foreign policy of late has increasingly placed an emphasis on the role of Mexico within American strategy. Likewise, Chinese reach in Latin America is growing,
so the more the U.S. has to focus resources on Mexico, the more it is
constrained in operating elsewhere in the region to combat this trend.
Finally,
there are more immediate political considerations at play. Mexico in
2021 was the 2nd largest trading partner of the United States, with
total value of this commerce estimated at $661 Billion. This is
important, as
Mexican national authorities have previously identified CDS (and CJNG)
as a serious threat to cross border trading relations, given their
influence in the Mexican borderlands. Disruptions to this trade would affect not just important states like Texas and California, but the national economy at large.
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