I don’t think they expect the Mexican government to be helpful. They know they’re infiltrated and will even undermine the U.S. efforts to stop the cartel. Not the end of the world, the U.S. can work around most of that.
However, the Mexican government holds one card that the U.S. needs and that is public acknowledgement, and the implicit consent that comes with it, that the Americans can conduct missions in the territory of Mexico. Without that, things get really messy legally, and can spark a much larger conflict than the U.S. wants to get into. IMO this is the purpose of the tariffs on Canada and Mexico. They will both be forced to allow America to conduct operations on their territory and play ball with immigration, deportations, and other key issues.
I don’t think they expect the Mexican government to be helpful. They know they’re infiltrated and will even undermine the U.S. efforts to stop the cartel. Not the end of the world, the U.S. can work around most of that.
However, the Mexican government holds one card that the U.S. needs and that is public acknowledgement, and the implicit consent that comes with it, that the Americans can conduct missions in the territory of Mexico. Without that, things get really messy legally, and can spark a much larger conflict than the U.S. wants to get into. IMO this is the purpose of the tariffs on Canada and Mexico. They will both be forced to allow America to conduct operations on their territory and play ball with immigration, deportations, and other key issues.