"Mexican officials have repeatedly said that drug cartels are neither an insurgency nor terrorist organizations because their purpose is neither to destabilize the government nor promote a political ideology. Their level of cruelty is unprecedented, but they don't hate a particular group. Their only motive, Mexican authorities say, is hard, cold cash."
Source: Mexican drug cartels considered terrorists? - CNN.com
The Mexican officials do not understand what insurgency is, or many of them are complicit with the cartels activities...here is why. While it's true the narcos are not destablizing the national government, the narcos are destabilizing/subverting local governments and society.
How do we know this? The phrase "plata O plomo"...that phrase means only one thing- coercion.
The fact some narco affliates have run for government office, serve in the police forces, control/influence towns for their own purposes makes them terrorists, for while terrorism is a tactic...it is the dominant tactic and tool used against citizens of Mexico.
Yes, the cartels ARE destablizing government...a political ideology is not needed, in that the cartels rules replaces local governance...that is subversion.
Mexico has a criminal insurgency problem, and the primary means of exerting control is through use of terrorist tactics...tactics the government finds itself unable to stop...meaning the government has no control over the situation.
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